The Notes are intended to be fully fungible and be consolidated and form a single issue for all purposes with the Issuers issue of US$600,000,000 and US$150,000,000 principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due May 5, 2026 as described in the Issuers pricing supplement number 4347 dated May 2, 2006 and pricing supplement number 4355 dated May 4, 2006, respectively.

The Notes are being purchased by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the "Underwriter"), as principal, at 99.9858% of the aggregate principal amount less an underwriting discount equal to 0.575% of the principal amount of the Notes.

The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

At March 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding indebtedness totaling $359.920 billion, consisting of notes payable within one year, senior notes payable after one year and subordinated notes payable after one year. The total amount of outstanding indebtedness at March 31, 2006, excluding subordinated notes payable after one year, was equal to $357.254 billion.

The information contained in the Prospectus under the caption "Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges" is hereby amended in its entirety, as follows:

For purposes of computing the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of net earnings adjusted for the provision for income taxes, minority interest and fixed charges.

Fixed charges consist of interest and discount on all indebtedness and one-third of rentals, which the Company believes is a reasonable approximation of the interest factor of such rentals.