EX-4.1



 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Version 
 4.350% NOTES
DUE 2048 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

between 
 INTERNATIONAL PAPER
COMPANY 
 and 
 THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 
 (AS SUCCESSOR TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 

(FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BANK OF NEW YORK)) 

Dated as of August 9, 2017 
  







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
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	 ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS
	  			
	  			
			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	Definition of Terms	  	 	1	 
		
	ARTICLE 2	  			
	TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES	  			
			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	Designation and Principal Amount	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.02.
	  	Maturity	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.03.
	  	Depository	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.04.
	  	Form; Denomination	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.05.
	  	Legend	  	 	3	 
	 Section 2.06.
	  	Special Transfer Provisions	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.07.
	  	Interest	  	 	4	 
	 Section 2.08.
	  	Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.09.
	  	Place of Payment	  	 	5	 
	 Section 2.10.
	  	Defeasance; Discharge	  	 	5	 
		
	ARTICLE 3	  			
	REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES	  			
			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	Optional Redemption by Company	  	 	5	 
	 Section 3.02.
	  	Change of Control Triggering Event	  	 	7	 
	 Section 3.03.
	  	No Sinking Fund	  	 	9	 
		
	ARTICLE 4	  			
	MODIFICATION	  			
			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	Modification of Indenture and Supplemental Indenture	  	 	9	 
		
	ARTICLE 5	  			
	FORMS OF NOTES	  			
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	Forms of Notes	  	 	9	 
		
	 ARTICLE 6

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES
	  			
	  			
			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	Original Issue of Notes; Further Issuances	  	 	9	 
		
	 ARTICLE 7

MISCELLANEOUS
	  			
	  			
			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	Ratification of Indenture	  	 	10	 
	 Section 7.02.
	  	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals	  	 	10	 
	 Section 7.03.
	  	Governing Law	  	 	10	 
	 Section 7.04.
	  	Separability	  	 	10	 
	 Section 7.05.
	  	Counterparts	  	 	10	 


  
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 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 9, 2017 (the “Supplemental
Indenture”), between International Paper Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New
York)), as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture, dated as of April 12, 1999, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Indenture”). 

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide, among other things, for the future issuance of the
Company’s unsecured Securities to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in
the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any series of Securities issued
under the Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.1(7) of the Indenture
provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections 2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series
of its Securities to be known as its 4.350% Notes due 2048 (the “Notes”), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and all
requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and (ii) the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the
Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects; 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as
provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 
 DEFINITIONS 

Section 1.01. Definition of Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Supplemental Indenture unless the definition of such
term is amended and supplemented pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; 
 (b) a term defined anywhere in this Supplemental
Indenture has the same meaning throughout; 
 (c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; 







 (d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article in this
Supplemental Indenture; 
 (e) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; 

(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(f): 

“Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e). 

“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a). 

“Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a). 

“Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b). 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e). 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Comparable Treasury Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

“Global Note” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a). 

“Independent Investment Banker” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a). 

“Investment Grade” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e). 

“Issue Date” means August 9, 2017, the date of initial issuance of the Notes. 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its
successors. 
 “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals above. 

“Optional Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a). 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, association,
joint-stock company, joint venture, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“Rating Agency” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e). 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Reference Treasury Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

  
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 “Remaining Life” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., and its successors. 
 “Supplemental Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
above. 
 “Treasury Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c). 

“Voting Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(e). 

ARTICLE 2 
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE NOTES 
 Section 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the
“4.350% Notes due 2048” initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes pursuant to Section 3.3 of
the Indenture. 
 Section 2.02. Maturity. The Notes will mature on August 15, 2048. 

Section 2.03. Depository. The Depository Trust Company shall be the initial Depository for the Notes until a successor shall have
been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depository” shall mean or include such successor. 

Section 2.04. Form; Denomination. 

(a) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, without coupons,
substantially in the form herein below recited (each, a “Global Note” and collectively, the “Global Notes”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided. 
 The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository or its nominee, as provided in Section 2.3 of the Indenture. 

(b) The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. The Notes shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers of the Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee. 

Section 2.05. Legend. Each Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof: 

UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY GLOBAL NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED 

  
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BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF. 
 Section 2.06. Special Transfer Provisions. 

(a) A Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to the Depository, to a nominee of the Depository, or to a successor
Depository selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository. 
 (b) If at any time the Depository for the
Notes notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository or if at any time the Depository for the Notes shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation,
and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and, subject to Article 3 of the Indenture, the
Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and make available for delivery the Notes in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Note in exchange for the Global Note. In addition, the Company may (subject to the procedures of the Depository) at any time determine that the Notes shall no longer be represented by a Global Note. In such event the Company will
execute, and subject to Section 3.5 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Notes in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note in exchange for the Global Note. Upon the exchange of the Global Note for the Notes in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Notes in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Note shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Notes to the Depository for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Notes represented by Global Notes will be exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing. 

Section 2.07. Interest. 

(a) The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.350% per annum, from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year (each, an “Interest
Payment Date”), commencing on February 15, 2018, to the Person in whose name such Note or any Predecessor Security is registered, at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be the
close of business on the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, and at the foregoing rate on overdue principal. 

  
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 (b) The amount of interest payable for any period less than a full interest period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest
payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable.

 Section 2.08. Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. For purposes of the Notes, Section 8.1 of the Indenture is
amended to add “limited liability company,” immediately after “corporation,” and immediately before “partnership or trust” in clause (1) thereof. 

Section 2.09. Place of Payment. The Place of Payment where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served initially is the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

Section 2.10. Defeasance; Discharge. The provisions of Section 4.3 and Section 10.11 of the Indenture will apply to the
Notes. 
 ARTICLE 3 
 REDEMPTION
OF THE NOTES 
 Section 3.01. Optional Redemption by Company. 

(a) Subject to Article XI of the Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or
from time to time, at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to: 
 (i) in the
case of Notes redeemed before the Par Call Date, the greater of (x) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, and (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such Notes being redeemed to the Redemption Date; or 

(ii) in the case of Notes redeemed on or after the Par Call Date, 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. 
 The Company shall calculate the Optional Redemption Price and promptly notify the Trustee
thereof. Any redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be made upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice prior to the Redemption Date of the Notes to be redeemed to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed, at the
Optional Redemption Price. If Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.01(a), the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in accordance with Section 11.3 of the Indenture; provided that if at the
time of redemption the Notes to be redeemed  

  
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are registered as a Global Note, the Depository shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed held by each Holder of the Notes to be
redeemed. The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to be paid. 

(b) Notice of any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be given as provided in Section 11.4 of the Indenture except that
any notice of such redemption pursuant to Section 3.01(a) (x) shall not specify the related Optional Redemption Price but only the manner of calculation thereof and (y) shall be given upon not less than 15 nor more than
60 days’ prior notice prior to the Redemption Date of the Notes to be redeemed. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the calculation of such Optional Redemption Price. 

(c) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 3.01(c): 

“Business Day” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in New York, New York
and on which commercial banks are open for business in New York, New York. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue”
means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of the Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that the Notes matured on the
Par Call Date) to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average of the Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. 
 “Independent Investment Banker” means an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. 
 “Par Call Date” means
February 15, 2048. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” 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 (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 Dealers” means (a)(i) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its
successors and (ii) a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United
States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (b) one or more other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company. 

  
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 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
(i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently available Data Download Program designated “H.15” or any successor publication or program which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
(if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate
per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price
for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. 

Section 3.02. Change of Control Triggering Event. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised the right to redeem the Notes pursuant
to Section 3.01 by giving irrevocable notice to the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer
described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”),
subject to the rights of Holders of the Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 

(b) Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior
to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall be required to send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the
terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the
“Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior
to the Change of Control Payment Date. 
 (c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

(i) accept or cause a third party to accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer; 
 (ii) deposit or cause a third party to deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of
Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and 

  
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 (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased and that all conditions precedent set forth in this Section 3.02 to the Change of Control Offer and to the
repurchase by the Company of Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with. 
 The Company will not be required to
make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and
not withdrawn under its offer. 
 (d) The Company shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under 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 Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the
provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 3.02, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.02 by
virtue of any such conflict. 
 (e) The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 3.02(e): 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following after the Issue Date: (1) the direct or indirect sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
“person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) 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, it being agreed that an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for
whom shares are held under an employee stock ownership, employee retirement, employee savings or similar plan and whose shares are voted in accordance with the instructions of such employee shall not be a member of a “group” (as that term
is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) solely because such employee’s shares are held by a trustee under said plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of the Company’s Voting Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates
with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is converted into or exchanged for, Voting Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) during any period of 24 consecutive calendar months, the majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company shall no longer be composed
of individuals (a) who were members of the board of directors of the Company on the first day of such period or (b) whose election or nomination to the board of directors of the Company was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(a) above constituting, at the time of such election or nomination, at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

  
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 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the Notes cease to be rated
Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control)
and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a
possible ratings change). If a Rating Agency is not providing a rating for the Notes at the commencement of any Trigger Period, the Notes will be deemed to have ceased to be rated Investment Grade by such Rating Agency during that Trigger Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated. 

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of
Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the
Company under the circumstances permitting it to select a replacement agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.” 

“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided that if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to
provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency;
provided that the Company shall give notice of such appointment to the Trustee. 
 “Voting Stock” of any specified
Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person. 

Section 3.03. No Sinking Fund. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. 

ARTICLE 4 
 MODIFICATION 

Section 4.01. Modification of Indenture and Supplemental Indenture. Section 9.2 of the Indenture, as it relates to the Notes,
is hereby modified so that the reference to “not less than 66-2/3%” shall read “not less than a majority”, except that in the case of increasing (or reopening) the principal amount, no consent of Holders will be required. 

ARTICLE 5 
 FORMS OF NOTES 

Section 5.01. Forms of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. 
 ARTICLE 6 

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES 

Section 6.01. Original Issue of Notes; Further Issuances. 

(a) The Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000 may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon a Company Order, signed by its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the Company, except as otherwise required by the Indenture. 

  
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 (b) The Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue
additional Notes having identical terms and conditions as the Notes issued on the Issue Date (except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first Interest Payment Date and initial interest accrual date) in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount. Any such additional Notes will be part of the same series as the Notes issued on the Issue Date and will be treated as one class with the Notes, including, without limitation, for purposes of voting and redemptions. 

ARTICLE 7 
 MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 7.01. Ratification of Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects
ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. 

Section 7.02. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 7.03. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws. 
 Section 7.04. Separability. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 

Section 7.05. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an
original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and, in the case of the Company, attested as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Errol A. Harris

		 	Name: Errol A. Harris
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer


  

					
	Attest:	 	
		
	By:	 	 /s/ M.J.A. “Jekka” Pinckney

		 	Name: M.J.A. “Jekka” Pinckney
		 	Title: Assistant Secretary

  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ R. Tarnas

		 	Name: R. Tarnas
		 	Title: Vice President


 [Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture] 







 Exhibit A 

(FORM OF FACE OF NOTE) 
 [UNLESS
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
GLOBAL NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]a 
  

			
	No. [ ]	  	CUSIP No. [    ]

 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY 

4.350% NOTE DUE 2048 

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, a New York corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [X] or registered assigns, the principal sum of [X] ($[X]) [or such other sum as is set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases of Global Note attached hereto]b on August 15, 2048, and to pay interest on said principal sum semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment
Date”) commencing February 15, 2018, at the rate of 4.350% per annum from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date until the
principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and at such rate on any overdue principal. The amount of interest payable for any period less than a full interest period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and
the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes of this series is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable. 

 
  

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 The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
installment, which shall be the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of the Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 
 This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. 

The provisions of this Note are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth at this place. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed on this
    day of                     ,
                    . 
  

			
	INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:


  

			
	Attest:	 	
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:


  
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 (FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION) 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

Dated:                      

 

			
	The Bank of New York Mellon
    Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory



  
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 (FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE) 

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the “Notes”),
specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 12, 1999, duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as
successor to The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York)), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the 4.350% Notes due 2048 Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 9, 2017 (the
“Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee (the Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all Indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. The Notes of this series shall have the designation and are initially issued in aggregate
principal amount as specified in said Supplemental Indenture. 
 This Note shall be subject to redemption as provided in
Section 3.01 of the Supplemental Indenture and Article XI of the Indenture. 
 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering
Event with respect to the Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes of this series on the terms set forth in Section 3.02 of the Supplemental Indenture. 

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to the Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the
principal of all of the Notes of this series may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of the indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to Section 9.2 of the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Notes of any series at the time outstanding, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default under the Indenture or Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, subject to
Section 5.13 and Article IX of the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners
of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange therefor or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered Holder hereof
on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in The City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company 

  
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or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in relation thereto. 
 Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the
Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7 of the Indenture) interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 No recourse shall be had for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or the interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director,
past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released. 
 The Notes of
this series are issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. [This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances
set forth in the Indenture.]a As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein and therein set forth, Notes of this series so issued are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 All
terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 THE INDENTURE AND
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 

 

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 [FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE] 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 

Insert Taxpayer Identification No. 
  

 
 Please print or typewrite name and address including
zip code of assignee 
  
  

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
            attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. 

Your Signature: 
  

			
		
	By:	 	  

		
	Date:	 	  


 Signature Guarantee: 
  

			
		
	By:	 	  

		 	(Participant in a Recognized Signature
		 	Guaranty Medallion Program)
		
	Date:	 	  



  
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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL
NOTEa 
 The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

 

									
	 

Date of 
Exchange
	  	 
Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Note
	  	 
Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Note
	  	 
Principal Amount of this 
Global Note following
such
decrease or increase
	  	 Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee
or
Securities Custodian


  

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