Designation and Principal Amount Sample Clauses

Designation and Principal Amount. The Notes are hereby authorized and are respectively designated the 1.625% Notes due 2015, the 2.250% Notes due 2017, the 3.500% Notes due 2022 and the 5.000% Notes due 2042, each unlimited in aggregate principal amount. The 2015 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, the 2017 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, the 2022 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000,000 and the 2042 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000,000, which amounts shall be set forth in the written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture. In addition, without the consent of the holders of an applicable series of Notes, the Company may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, additional Notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as such series of Notes (except for the issue date, issue price, and, in some cases, the first payment of interest or interest accruing prior to the issue date of such additional Notes); provided that if such additional Notes are not fungible with such Notes issued on the date hereof for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Notes will be issued under a separate CUSIP number. Any additional Notes having such similar terms, together with the applicable series of Notes issued on the date hereof, shall constitute a single series of notes under the Indenture. No additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the applicable series of Notes.