Obligation Burlington Santa Fe LLC 4.1% ( US12189LAD38 ) en USD

Burlington Santa Fe LLC

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US12189LAD38 ( en USD )

4.1% par an ( paiement semestriel )

31/05/2021 - Obligation échue

Prospectus brochure de l'obligation Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC US12189LAD38 en USD 4.1%, échue

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Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC (BNSF) est une société de chemin de fer de classe I américaine qui exploite un vaste réseau ferroviaire à travers l'ouest des États-Unis et le Canada, transportant une variété de marchandises, notamment des produits agricoles, des produits manufacturés et des produits énergétiques.

L'Obligation émise par Burlington Santa Fe LLC ( Etas-Unis ) , en USD, avec le code ISIN US12189LAD38, paye un coupon de 4.1% par an.
Le paiement des coupons est semestriel et la maturité de l'Obligation est le 31/05/2021

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Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration No. 333-166755

Title of Each Class of
Amount to be Maximum Offering Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered

Price

Offering Price
Registration Fee(1)
4.10% Debentures due 2021
$250,000,000
99.567%
$248,917,500
$28,900
5.40% Debentures due 2041
$500,000,000
99.688%
$498,440,000
$57,869
Total

$86,769

(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933

Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus dated May 12, 2010)
$750,000,000

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC

$250,000,000 4.10% Debentures due 2021
$500,000,000 5.40% Debentures due 2041

The 4.10% Debentures due 2021 (the "2021 Debentures") will bear interest at the rate of 4.10%
per annum and the 5.40% Debentures due 2041 (the "2041 Debentures" and, together with the 2021
Debentures, the "Debentures") will bear interest at the rate of 5.40% per annum.

We will pay interest on the Debentures on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The first such
payment will be made on December 1, 2011. The 2021 Debentures will mature on June 1, 2021 and the
2041 Debentures will mature on June 1, 2041. The Debentures will be issued only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

We have the option to redeem all or a portion of the 2021 Debentures and the 2041 Debentures at
any time. See "Description of Debentures--Optional Redemption" in this prospectus supplement. There
is no sinking fund for the Debentures.

Investing in the Debentures involves risks. See Item 1A, "Risk Factors", of
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K to read about factors you should
consider before buying the Debentures.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has
approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

Price to
Underwriting
Proceeds, Before

The Public(1) Discount

Expenses, to BNSF

Per 2021 Debenture

99.567%
0.65%

98.917%
Total
$ 248,917,500 $ 1,625,000
$ 247,292,500
Per 2041 Debenture

99.688% 0.875%

98.813%
Total
$ 498,440,000 $ 4,375,000
$ 494,065,000

(1) Plus accrued interest from May 19, 2011, if settlement occurs after that date. Interest on the
Debentures must be paid by the purchasers if the Debentures are delivered after May 19, 2011.

The Debentures offered by this prospectus supplement will not be listed on any securities
exchange. Currently, there is no public market for the Debentures.

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The underwriters expect to deliver the Debentures in book-entry form only, through the facilities
of The Depository Trust Company against payment on May 19, 2011.

Joint Book-Running Managers

Citi
J.P. Morgan
Wells Fargo Securities

Co-Managers

BMO Capital Markets

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities

SOCIETE GENERALE

US Bancorp

The date of this prospectus supplement is May 16, 2011.
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We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any dealer, salesperson or other
person to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus
supplement or the accompanying prospectus, and do not take responsibility for any
unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus are an offer to sell only the debt securities described in this prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus, but only under circumstances and in
jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus
supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference
is current only as of the respective dates of those documents.

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The Company
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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Use of Proceeds
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Description of Debentures
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Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
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Underwriting
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Validity of the Debentures
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Experts
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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Use of Proceeds

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Description of Debt Securities

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Plan of Distribution
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Validity of Securities
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

This document is in two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the
specific terms of this offering. The second part, the accompanying prospectus, gives more general
information, some of which may not apply to this offering. You should read this entire prospectus
supplement, as well as the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference that
are described under "Where You May Find More Information" in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus.

We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any other person to give you any
information not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus. Accordingly, we and the underwriters do not take responsibility for any
unauthorized information or representations. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer
to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume
that the information appearing in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the
documents incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the respective dates of those documents in
which the information is contained. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since those dates.

THE COMPANY

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC ("BNSF"), a Delaware limited liability company, is a
holding company that conducts no operating activities and owns no significant assets other than
through its interests in its subsidiaries. On February 12, 2010, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of November 2, 2009 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Berkshire"), and R Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned
by Berkshire ("Merger Sub"), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation merged with and into Merger
Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire. Upon consummation of
the merger, Merger Sub changed its name to "Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC." As used in this
prospectus supplement "BNSF" refers to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC, our predecessor
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and BNSF's subsidiaries unless the context requires
otherwise. BNSF is engaged primarily in freight railroad transportation through its ownership of its
principal operating subsidiary, BNSF Railway Company ("BNSF Railway"). BNSF Railway operates
one of the largest railroad networks in North America with approximately 32,000 route miles of track
in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF Railway serves major cities and ports in the western
and southern United States, Canadian and Mexican traffic and important gateways to the eastern
United States.

BNSF Railway derives a substantial portion of its revenues from transportation services
provided by the following business groups: Consumer Products, which includes the business areas of
international intermodal, domestic intermodal (truckload/intermodal marketing companies and
expedited truckload/less than-truckload/parcel), and automotive; Coal; Agricultural Products; and
Industrial Products, including the business areas of construction products, building products,
petroleum products, chemicals and plastic products, and food and beverages.

Our principal executive offices are located at 2650 Lou Menk Drive, Fort Worth, Texas
76131-2830, telephone number (800) 795-2673.

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table sets forth BNSF's ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods shown.

Successor

Predecessor

Three

Months

Ended February 13 - February 13 - January 1 -

March 31,
March 31,
December 31, February 12
Year Ended December 31

2011

2010

2010

2010
2009 2008 2007 2006
Earnings to Fixed
Charges(1)
5.80 x
5.73 x

6.33 x

4.48 x
3.91 x 5.04 x 4.62 x 4.90x

(1) For purposes of this ratio, earnings are calculated by adding fixed charges (excluding capitalized
interest) to pre-tax income or loss from continuing operations adjusted for equity method investee
income and amortization of capitalized interest. Fixed charges consist of interest on indebtedness
(including amortization of debt discount and premium) and an estimate of the portion of rental
expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Debentures for general corporate purposes,
which may include but are not limited to working capital, capital expenditures, and repayment of
outstanding indebtedness.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBENTURES

The following description of the particular terms of the Debentures offered in this prospectus
supplement supplements the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities set
forth in the accompanying prospectus. We refer you to the accompanying prospectus for that
description. If this description differs in any way from the general description of the debt securities in
the accompanying prospectus, then you should rely on this description.

General

BNSF will issue the 4.10% Debentures due 2021 (the "2021 Debentures") and the
5.40% Debentures due 2041 (the "2041 Debentures" and, together with the 2021 Debentures, the
"Debentures") each as a separate series of debt securities under the Indenture dated as of December 1,
1995 (the "Base Indenture"), as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February 11, 2010, pursuant to which BNSF assumed the obligations under the Base Indenture, as
supplemented, and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of May 19, 2011 (the Base
Indenture, as so supplemented, the "Indenture"), between BNSF and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as
successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee. The Base Indenture is filed as
Exhibit 4 to BNSF's registration statement on Form S-3 filed on February 8, 1999. The Fifth
Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to BNSF's current report on Form 8-K filed on
February 16, 2010.

BNSF is a holding company that conducts its operations through its operating subsidiaries.
Accordingly, BNSF's ability to pay principal and interest on the Debentures depends, in part, on its
ability to obtain dividends or loans from its operating subsidiaries, which may be subject to contractual
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addition, the rights of BNSF and the rights of its creditors, including holders of the Debentures, to
participate in any distribution of the assets of a subsidiary upon the liquidation or recapitalization of
the subsidiary will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent
BNSF itself may be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary.

BNSF is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire, which has control over all
decisions requiring equity holder approval, including the election of our managers. In circumstances
involving a conflict of interest between Berkshire and our creditors, Berkshire could exercise its
control in a manner that would benefit Berkshire to the detriment of our creditors.

The covenants in the Indenture will not necessarily afford the holders of the Debentures
protection in the event of a decline in BNSF's credit quality resulting from highly leveraged or other
transactions involving BNSF.

BNSF may issue separate series of debt securities under the Indenture from time to time
without limitation on the aggregate principal amount. BNSF may specify a maximum aggregate
principal amount for the debt securities of any series.

The Debentures will be unsecured obligations of BNSF and will rank on a parity with each
other and with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of BNSF. We will issue the
Debentures in book-entry form only. We do not intend to list the Debentures on any securities
exchange.

The 2021 Debentures will be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, will
bear interest at 4.10% per annum and will mature on June 1, 2021.

The 2041 Debentures will be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, will
bear interest at 5.40% per annum and will mature on June 1, 2041.

The Debentures will bear interest from May 19, 2011 or from the most recent interest payment
date to which interest has been paid or provided for. We will pay interest on the Debentures
semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year to the registered holders of the
Debentures as of the close of business on the immediately preceding May 15 and November 15,
respectively, whether or not that day is a business day. The first interest payment date will be
December 1, 2011. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months.

We may, without the consent of the holders of a series of Debentures, issue additional
Debentures of such series and thereby increase the principal amount of the Debentures of such series
in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for the issue date and price to investors) and
with the same CUSIP number as the Debentures of such series offered in this prospectus supplement.

No Sinking Fund

The Debentures will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.

Optional Redemption

At any time before March 1, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date), the
2021 Debentures will be redeemable as a whole or in part, at our option, at a redemption price equal to
the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the 2021 Debentures to be redeemed or (2) the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
2021 Debentures to be redeemed (not including any portion of such interest accrued as of the
redemption date) discounted to the redemption date semiannually (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus in either
case any accrued and unpaid interest on the

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2021 Debentures to be redeemed to the date of redemption. The Independent Investment Banker (as
defined below) will calculate the redemption price.

At any time on or after March 1, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date),
the 2021 Debentures will be redeemable as a whole or in part, at our option, at a redemption price
equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2021 Debentures to be redeemed plus accrued and
unpaid interest on the 2021 Debentures to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

At any time before December 1, 2040 (the date that is six months prior to the maturity date),
the 2041 Debentures will be redeemable as a whole or in part, at our option, at a redemption price
equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the 2041 Debentures to be redeemed or
(2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
2041 Debentures to be redeemed (not including any portion of such interest accrued as of the
redemption date) discounted to the redemption date semiannually (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus in either
case any accrued and unpaid interest on the 2041 Debentures to be redeemed to the date of
redemption. The Independent Investment Banker (as defined below) will calculate the redemption
price.

At any time on or after December 1, 2040 (the date that is six months prior to the maturity
date), the 2041 Debentures will be redeemable as a whole or in part, at our option, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2041 Debentures to be redeemed plus accrued and
unpaid interest on the 2041 Debentures to be redeemed to the date of redemption.

"Treasury Rate", with respect to a series of Debentures, means, with respect to any redemption
date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue for such series of Debentures assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
series of Debentures for such redemption date.

"Comparable Treasury Issue", with respect to a series of Debentures, means the United States
Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Debentures of such series that would be used, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity with the remaining term of the Debentures of such series.

"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by
BNSF.

"Comparable Treasury Price", with respect to a series of Debentures, means, with respect to
any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption
date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the
Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
the average of all such quotations.

"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations", with respect to a series of Debentures, means, with
respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the
Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for
such series of Debentures (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the
third business day preceding such redemption date.

"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC and their respective successors and one other nationally recognized investment banking firm that
is a primary

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U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer") specified from
time to time by us; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary
Treasury Dealer, we shall replace that former dealer with another Primary Treasury Dealer.

We will mail notice of any redemption between 30 days and 60 days before the redemption
date to each holder of the Debentures to be redeemed. The notice of redemption with respect to a
redemption pursuant to the first and third paragraphs of "Optional Redemption" need not set forth the
redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof. We will notify the trustee of such
redemption price promptly after the calculation, and the trustee shall not be responsible for such
calculation.

Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest
will cease to accrue on the Debentures or portions of the Debentures called for redemption.

Change of Control Repurchase Event

If a change of control repurchase event occurs with respect to a series of Debentures, unless we
have exercised our right to redeem the Debentures of such series as described above, we will be
required to make an offer to each holder of Debentures of such series to repurchase all or any part (in
integral multiples of $1,000) of that holder's Debentures of such series at a repurchase price in cash
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Debentures repurchased plus any accrued and
unpaid interest on the Debentures repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase. Within
30 days following a change of control repurchase event or, at our option, prior to a change of control,
but after the public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the change of
control, we will mail a notice to each holder of the applicable series of Debentures, with a copy to the
trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the change of
control repurchase event and offering to repurchase Debentures of such series on the payment date
specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the
date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the change
of control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a change of control repurchase event
occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. We will comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Debentures as a result of a change of control
repurchase event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with
the change of control repurchase event provisions of the Debentures, we will comply with the
applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations
under the change of control repurchase event provisions of the Debentures by virtue of such conflict.

On the repurchase date following a change of control repurchase event, we will, to the extent
lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Debentures or portions of Debentures properly tendered pursuant to
our offer;

(2) deposit with the trustee an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all
Debentures or portions of Debentures properly tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the Debentures properly accepted, together
with an officers' certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Debentures being
purchased by us.

The trustee will promptly mail to each holder of Debentures properly tendered the purchase
price for the Debentures, and the trustee will promptly cause to be transferred by book-entry to each
holder a new debenture equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Debentures
surrendered; provided that each new debenture will be in a principal amount of a minimum
denomination of $2,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

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We will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Debentures upon a change of
control repurchase event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise
in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by us and such third party purchases all
Debentures properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion of a repurchase at the option of holders, the following
definitions are applicable:

"Below investment grade ratings event", with respect to a series of Debentures, means that on
any day within the 60-day period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the
Debentures of such series is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any
of the rating agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a change of control; or (2) public notice
of the occurrence of a change of control or the intention by BNSF to effect a change of control, the
Debentures of such series are rated below investment grade by each of the rating agencies.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a below investment grade ratings event otherwise arising by virtue of a
particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular change of
control (and thus shall not be deemed a below investment grade ratings event for purposes of the
definition of change of control repurchase event hereunder) if the rating agencies making the reduction
in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform
the trustee in writing that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or
circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable change of control
(whether or not the applicable change of control shall have occurred at the time of the ratings
reduction).

"Change of control" means the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation,
any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any "person" or "group" (as those terms are
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than Berkshire, its subsidiaries, or its or such
subsidiaries' employee benefit plans, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting
power of our voting stock or other voting stock into which our voting stock is reclassified,
consolidated, exchanged or changed measured by voting power rather than number of shares.

"Change of control repurchase event", with respect to a series of Debentures, means the
occurrence of both a change of control and a below investment grade ratings event for such series of
Debentures.

"Investment grade" means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody's (or its equivalent under any
successor ratings category of Moody's); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under
any successor ratings category of S&P); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any
additional rating agency or rating agencies selected by us.

"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

"Rating agency" means (1) each of Moody's and S&P; and (2) if either Moody's or S&P
ceases to rate the Debentures or fails to make a rating of the Debentures publicly available for reasons
outside of our control, a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by us (as certified by a written consent or resolution of
our board of managers) as a replacement agency for Moody's or S&P, or both of them, as the case
may be.

"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

"Voting stock" of any specified "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock (or other equity interests) of such person that is
at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors (or other equivalent body)
of such person.

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