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Form 8-K Under Armour, Inc. For: Jun 13

June 13, 2016 4:50 PM EDT

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 13, 2016

 

 

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

 

 

 

Maryland   001-33202   52-1990078

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1020 Hull Street, Baltimore, Maryland   21230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 454-6428

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 13, 2016, Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), closed its offering of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of June 13, 2016, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), both between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The sale of the Notes has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211850) (the “Registration Statement”).

The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $592.1 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses paid by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay amounts borrowed under its revolving credit facility.

Notes and the Indenture

Interest and Maturity

The Notes bear interest at the rate of 3.250% per annum. Interest on the Notes is payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning December 15, 2016. The Notes will mature on June 15, 2026.

No Security; No Guarantee

The Notes are not secured and are the Company’s senior obligations. The Notes are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries.

Optional Redemption

Prior to March 15, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Notes), the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time or from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or a “make-whole” amount applicable to such Notes as described in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. On or after March 15, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Notes), the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time or from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Change of Control Triggering Event

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised the option to redeem the Notes, the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

Covenants

The Indenture contains covenants, including limitations that restrict the Company’s ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to create or incur secured indebtedness and enter into sale and leaseback transactions and the Company’s ability to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to another person, in each case subject to material exceptions described in the Indenture.

Events of Default

The Indenture also provides for customary events of default which, if any of them occurs, would permit or would require the principal and accrued interest on the Notes to become due and payable immediately following any applicable grace period.


The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. The Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, including the form of Global Note representing the Notes attached thereto, are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 8, 2016, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Notes. The Underwriting Agreement contains representations by the Company and indemnification on certain matters in favor of the underwriters named therein. In the ordinary course of their business, the underwriters and certain of their affiliates have in the past and/or may in the future engage in investment and commercial banking or other transactions of a financial nature with the Company or its affiliates, including the provision of certain advisory services and the making of loans to the Company and its affiliates in the ordinary course of their business for which they will receive customary fees or expenses. In particular, affiliates of each of the underwriters are lenders under the Company’s revolving credit facility and accordingly will receive a portion of the net proceeds from the offering. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. This description of certain of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. Certain legal opinions related to the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2 and are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 8, 2016, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters.
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, relating to the 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.3    Form of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (included in the First Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1    Opinion of John P. Stanton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of the Company.
  5.2    Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
23.1    Consent of John P. Stanton (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
    By:  

/s/ John P. Stanton

      John P. Stanton
Date: June 13, 2016       Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 8, 2016, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters.
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, relating to the 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.3    Form of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (included in the First Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1    Opinion of John P. Stanton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of the Company.
  5.2    Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
23.1    Consent of John P. Stanton (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).

Exhibit 1.1

$600,000,000

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

3.250% Senior Notes due 2026

Underwriting Agreement

June 8, 2016                    

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  As Representatives of the

  several Underwriters listed

  in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                            Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

550 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $600,000,000 principal amount of its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented and amended by a Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of June 13, 2016 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).


The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1.    Registration Statement.  The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211850), including a prospectus, relating to the Company’s debt securities (including the Securities), and such registration statement became effective upon filing. Such registration statement, as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the exhibits thereto, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Securities, including any preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Securities, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus relating to the Securities, including any prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Securities, in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. At or prior to 3:40 p.m. New York City time on June 8, 2016, the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 8, 2016, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

2.    Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(a)    The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”), and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.927% of

 

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the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from June 13, 2016 to the Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

(b)    The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c)    Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 13, 2016, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.

(d)    Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

(e)    The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.

 

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3.    Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a)    Preliminary Prospectus.  No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.

(b)    Time of Sale Information.  The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(c)    Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.  The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Registration Statement, (iii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iv) the Prospectus, (v) the documents listed on Annex A hereto which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information and (vi) any electronic road show or other written communications provided that, in the case of any written communication described in clause (vi), such written communication shall have been approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the

 

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light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(d)    Registration Statement and Prospectus.  The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

(e)    Incorporated Documents.  The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents are filed with the Commission will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(f)    Financial Statements.  The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(g)    No Material Adverse Change.  Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock in connection with, and the grant of equity awards under, the Company’s existing equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) (collectively, “Equity Awards”)) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than borrowings in the ordinary course of the Company’s business), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change in or affecting the business, properties, rights, assets, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

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(h)    Organization and Good Standing.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, rights, assets, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Securities (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.01 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K.

(i)    Capitalization.  The Company has the capitalization as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (except for Equity Awards) and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(j)    Due Authorization.  The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(k)    The Indenture.  The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Base Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(l)    The Securities.  The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(m)    Underwriting Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(n)    Descriptions of the Transaction Documents.  Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus to the extent described therein.

(o)    No Violation or Default.  Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles or charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(p)    No Conflicts.  The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(q)    No Consents Required.  No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries is required for the execution and delivery by the Company of and the performance by the Company of its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(r)    Legal Proceedings.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(s)    Independent Accountants.  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(t)    Title to Real and Personal Property.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have good title to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(u)    Intellectual Property.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names, copyrights, know-how, and trade secrets and all other worldwide intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted. The conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property rights of any third party in any manner that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others which could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person in a manner which could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)    Investment Company Act.  The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(w)    Taxes.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes (except where the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the applicable financial statements of the Company) and filed all tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof (except where the failure to file would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect); and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(x)    Licenses and Permits.  The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective

 

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properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation or modification or non-renewal would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(y)    Compliance With Environmental Laws.  Except as otherwise described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (z) have not received notice or claim of any actual or potential non-compliance or liability arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice or claim, (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are subject to costs or liabilities arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates that material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities will be required in the current or succeeding fiscal years or in any further periods as may be material.

(z)    Compliance with ERISA.  Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and except as would not individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee pension benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which

 

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the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA) or “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred; (vi) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification and (vii) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan.

(aa)    Disclosure Controls.  The Company maintains an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(bb)    Accounting Controls.  The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the

 

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Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.

(cc)    Insurance.  The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance in amounts and against such losses and risks as the Company reasonably considers adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(dd)    No Unlawful Payments.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any contribution, gift, entertainment or other expense relating to political activity in violation of applicable law; (ii) made any direct or indirect payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds in violation of applicable law; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment in violation of applicable law.

(ee)    Compliance with Money Laundering Laws.  The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(ff)    No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws.  None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other sanctions authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Sanctions”), and the Company will not

 

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directly, or to its knowledge indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, to the extent such activities or business are in violation of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(gg)    Statistical and Market Data.  Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(hh)    Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in any material respect with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(ii)    Status under the Securities Act.  The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

4.    Further Agreements of the Company.  The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a)    Required Filings.  The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(b)    Delivery of Copies.  The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c)    Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object unless the Company reasonably believes such filing is required under applicable law.

(d)    Notice to the Representatives.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing (which may be by email), (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification

 

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of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e)    Time of Sale Information.  If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with applicable law, the Company will as promptly as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f)    Ongoing Compliance.  If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will as promptly as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented including such documents to be incorporated by reference will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.

(g)    Blue Sky Compliance.  The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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(h)    Earnings Statement.  The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement provided that the Company will be deemed to have complied with such requirement by filing on EDGAR a report that satisfies the requirements for an “earnings statement” under Rule 158 of the Securities Act.

(i)    Clear Market.  During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.

(j)    Use of Proceeds.  The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds”.

(k)    DTC.  The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l)    No Stabilization.  The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(m)    Record Retention.  The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

5.    Certain Agreements of the Underwriters.  Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a)    It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show if the contents therein have been prepared by, or approved in advance by the Company), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in

 

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advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company.

(b)    It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6.    Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.  The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a)    Registration Compliance; No Stop Order.  No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.

(b)    Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(c)    No Downgrade.  Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any of the Company’s other debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or any of the Company’s other debt securities (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(d)    No Material Adverse Change.  No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

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(e)    Officer’s Certificate.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives delivered on behalf of the Company and not in such executive officer’s personal capacity (i) confirming that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.

(f)    Comfort Letters.  On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(g)    Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company.  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 Statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(h)    Opinion of General Counsel.  John P. Stanton, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(i)    Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j)    No Legal Impediment to Issuance.  No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

 

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(k)    Good Standing.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its domestic Significant Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization, in each case, in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(l)    DTC.  The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(m)    Indenture and Securities.  The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.

(n)    Additional Documents.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7.    Indemnification and Contribution.

(a)    Indemnification of the Underwriters.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

 

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(b)    Indemnification of the Company.  Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following information: (i) the fifth paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus, (ii) the third sentence of the seventh paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus and (iii) the eighth paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus.

(c)    Notice and Procedures.  If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, separate from the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Person for all Indemnified Persons, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that

 

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are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d)    Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company

 

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on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e)    Limitation on Liability.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f)    Non-Exclusive Remedies.  The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8.    Effectiveness of Agreement.  This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9.    Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or

 

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New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

10.    Defaulting Underwriter.

(a)    If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons reasonably satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section

 

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10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d)    Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11.    Payment of Expenses.

(a)    Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters not to exceed $5,000); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors. Except as provided in this Section 11 or in Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel.

(b)    If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12.    Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement

 

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is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase. The parties hereby agree that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated may, without notice to the Company, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated’s capital markets, investment banking or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement.

13.    Survival.  The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

14.    Certain Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

15.    Compliance with USA Patriot Act.  In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

16.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Authority of the Representatives.  Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

(b)    Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-834-4533); Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, New York 10020, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal (fax: 646-855-5958); and c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 (fax: 704-410-0326). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Under Armour, Inc., 1020 Hull Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230; Attention: John P. Stanton, Esq., with a copy to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York, 10010, (fax: 212-859-8773) Attention: Daniel Bursky, Esq. and Mark Hayek, Esq.

 

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(c)    Governing Law.  This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(d)    Submission to Jurisdiction.  The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

(e)    Waiver of Jury Trial.  Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

(f)    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by pdf or any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(g)    Amendments or Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(h)    Headings.  The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
By  

/s/ Lawrence P. Molloy

  Title:  Chief Financial Officer


Accepted as of the date first written above
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Maria Sramek

  Name: Maria Sramek
  Title:   Executive Director

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                               INCORPORATED

By:  

/s/ Brendan Hanley

  Name: Brendan Hanley
  Title:   Managing Director
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ William W. Ingram

  Name: William W. Ingram
  Title:   Managing Director

For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 240,000,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

     90,000,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     90,000,000   

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     45,000,000   

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     45,000,000   

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

     24,000,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     24,000,000   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     10,500,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     10,500,000   

Regions Securities LLC

     10,500,000   

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     10,500,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 600,000,000   


Annex A

Time of Sale Information

 

    Pricing Term Sheet, dated June 8, 2016, substantially in the form of Annex B.


Annex B

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-211850

Pricing Term Sheet

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

$600,000,000 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026

PRICING TERM SHEET

June 8, 2016

 

 

 

Issuer:    Under Armour, Inc.
Title of Securities:    3.250% Senior Notes due 2026
Principal Amount:    $600,000,000
Net Proceeds to Issuer (before expenses):    $593,562,000
Trade Date:    June 8, 2016
Settlement Date (T+3):    June 13, 2016
Interest Payment Dates:    Semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2016
Maturity Date:    June 15, 2026
Public Offering Price:    99.577%
Coupon:    3.250%
Benchmark Treasury:    1.625% due May 15, 2026
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:    99-10 / 1.700%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    + 160 bps
Yield to Maturity:    3.300%
Optional Redemption:   

Make-Whole Call:

   Prior to March 15, 2026 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date), T + 25 bps

Par Call:

   On or after March 15, 2026 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date)
CUSIP / ISIN:    904311 AA5 / US904311AA54
Denominations / Multiple:    Minimum of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Senior Co-Managers:   

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.


Co-Managers:   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Regions Securities LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

      

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533 (collect), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 (toll-free) or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751 (toll-free).

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

as the Company

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of June 13, 2016

 

 

 

 

 


         PAGE  
ARTICLE 1   
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1   

Section 1.02.

  Other Definitions      5   

Section 1.03.

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      5   

Section 1.04.

  Rules of Construction      6   
ARTICLE 2   
THE SECURITIES   

Section 2.01.

  Form and Dating      6   

Section 2.02.

  Execution and Authentication      6   

Section 2.03.

  Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      9   

Section 2.04.

  Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest      11   

Section 2.05.

  Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents Generally      11   

Section 2.06.

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      12   

Section 2.07.

  Transfer and Exchange      12   

Section 2.08.

  Replacement Securities      14   

Section 2.09.

  Outstanding Securities      15   

Section 2.10.

  Temporary Securities      16   

Section 2.11.

  Cancellation      16   

Section 2.12.

  CUSIP Numbers      16   

Section 2.13.

  Defaulted Interest      17   
ARTICLE 3   
REDEMPTION   

Section 3.01.

  Applicability of Article      17   

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions      17   

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Securities Called for Redemption      19   
ARTICLE 4   
COVENANTS   

Section 4.01.

  Payment of Securities      20   

Section 4.02.

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      20   

Section 4.03.

  Corporate Existence      21   

Section 4.04.

  Certificate to Trustee      21   

Section 4.05.

  Reports by the Company      21   
ARTICLE 5   
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION   

Section 5.01.

  Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets      22   

Section 5.02.

  Successor Substituted      22   

 

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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01.   Events of Default    22
Section 6.02.   Acceleration    23
Section 6.03.   Other Remedies    24
Section 6.04.   Waiver of Past Defaults    24
Section 6.05.   Control by Majority    24
Section 6.06.   Limitation on Suits    24
Section 6.07.   [Reserved]    25
Section 6.08.   Collection Suit by Trustee    25
Section 6.09.   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    25
Section 6.10.   Application of Proceeds    26
Section 6.11.   Restoration of Rights and Remedies    26
Section 6.12.   Undertaking for Costs    26
Section 6.13.   Rights and Remedies Cumulative    26
Section 6.14.   Delay or Omission not Waiver    27
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.   General    27
Section 7.02.   Certain Rights of Trustee    27
Section 7.03.   Individual Rights of Trustee    30
Section 7.04.   Trustee’s Disclaimer    30
Section 7.05.   Notice of Default    30
Section 7.06.   Reports by Trustee to Holders    31
Section 7.07.   Compensation and Indemnity    31
Section 7.08.   Replacement of Trustee    32
Section 7.09.   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor    33
Section 7.10.   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc    34
Section 7.11.   Eligibility    34
Section 7.12.   Money Held in Trust    34
ARTICLE 8
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 8.01.   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    34
Section 8.02.   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    34
Section 8.03.   Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities    35
Section 8.04.   Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent    35
Section 8.05.   Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years    35
Section 8.06.   Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture    36
Section 8.07.   Defeasance of Certain Obligations    36
Section 8.08.   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance    36

 

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ARTICLE 9   
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS   

Section 9.01.

  Without Consent of Holders      37   

Section 9.02.

  With Consent of Holders      38   

Section 9.03.

  Revocation and Effect of Consent      39   

Section 9.04.

  Notation on or Exchange of Securities      40   

Section 9.05.

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc      40   

Section 9.06.

  Conformity with Trust Indenture Act      40   
ARTICLE 10   
MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 10.01.

  Trust Indenture Act of 1939      41   

Section 10.02.

  Notices      41   

Section 10.03.

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      42   

Section 10.04.

  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      42   

Section 10.05.

  Evidence of Ownership      43   

Section 10.06.

  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar      43   

Section 10.07.

  Payment Date Other Than a Business Day      43   

Section 10.08.

  Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial      43   

Section 10.09.

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      43   

Section 10.10.

  Successors      43   

Section 10.11.

  Duplicate Originals      44   

Section 10.12.

  Separability      44   

Section 10.13.

  Table of Contents, Headings, Etc      44   

Section 10.14.

  Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt From Individual Liability      44   

Section 10.15.

  Judgment Currency      44   

Section 10.16.

  Force Majeure      45   

Section 10.17.

  U.S.A. Patriot Act      45   

Section 10.18.

  Benefits of Indenture      45   

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA

Section

       

Indenture

Section

310

   (a)    7.11
   (b)    7.03, 7.09
   (c)    N.A.

311

   (a)    7.03
   (b)    7.03
   (c)    7.03

312

   (a)    N.A.
   (b)    10.02
   (c)    10.02

313

   (a)    7.06
   (b)    N.A.
   (c)    N.A.
   (d)    N.A.

314

   (a)    4.04
   (b)    N.A.
   (c)    N.A.
   (d)    N.A.
   (e)    N.A.
   (f)    N.A.

315

   (a)    7.02
   (b)    7.02
   (c)    7.02
   (d)    7.02
   (e)    N.A.

316

   (a) (last sentence)    N.A.
   (a)(1)(A)    N.A.
   (a)(1)(B)    N.A.
   (a)(2)    N.A.
   (b)    N.A.

317

   (a)(1)    N.A.
   (a)(2)    N.A.
   (b)    N.A.

318

   (a)    N.A.

N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 13, 2016, between Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation as the Company (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the issuance from time to time of its senior debt securities to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized, among other things, the authentication, execution and delivery of this Indenture and the Securities; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE:

In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities or of any and all series thereof as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions.

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, transfer agent or Authenticating Agent.

Board of Directors means:

(a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee or subcommittee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership;


(c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managers or members thereof or any board or committee serving a similar management function; and

(d) with respect to any other Person, the individual or board or committee of such Person serving a management function similar to those described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.

Board Resolution” means one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee or subcommittee thereof, certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary, to have been duly adopted and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the principal place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a Successor replaces it pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter means the Successor.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at Wilmington Trust, National Association, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 – Attention: Under Armour, Inc. Administrator.

Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 2.03 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Registered Global Securities of that series.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any successor statute thereto, as amended from time to time.

GAAP” means with respect to any computations required or permitted hereunder, generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States as in effect from time to time; provided, however if the Company is required by the Commission to adopt (or is permitted to adopt and so adopts) a different accounting framework, including but not limited to the

 

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International Financial Reporting Standards, “GAAP” shall mean such new accounting framework as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, in each case, those accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the (i) Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession as in effect from time to time and (iv) the rules and regulations of the Commission governing to inclusion of financial statements in period reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the Commission.

Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Security as indicated on the Security Register.

Indenture” means this Indenture as originally executed and delivered or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and shall include the forms and terms of the Securities of each series established as contemplated pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03.

Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or chief executive officer, any president, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any assistant secretary.

Officer’s Certificate” means, with respect to the Company, a certificate signed in the name of the Company by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) the statements provided in Section 10.04, if applicable.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include the statements provided in Section 10.04, if and to the extent required thereby. Opinions of Counsel required to be delivered under this Indenture may have qualifications customary for opinions of the type required.

Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the Principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.

 

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Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Principal” of a Security means the principal amount of, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, includes any premium payable on, the Security.

Registered Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.02, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.02.

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean an officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Securities” means any of the securities, as defined in the first paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any successor statute thereto, as amended from time to time.

Subsidiary” means with respect to the Company at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which the Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, or any one or more Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly own more than 50% of the Voting Stock.

Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 and thereafter shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and any successor statute thereto (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as it may be amended from time to time.

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which have general voting power under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of the board of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of a Person; provided that, for the purpose of such definition, capital stock which carries only the right to vote conditioned on the occurrence of an event shall not be considered Voting Stock whether or not such event shall have occurred.

Yield to Maturity” means, as the context may require, the yield to maturity (i) on a series of Securities or (ii) if the Securities of a series are issuable from time to time, on a Security of such series, calculated at the time of issuance of such series in the case of clause (i) or at the time of issuance of such Security of such series in the case of clause (ii), or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series or on such Security, and calculated in accordance with the constant interest method or such other accepted financial practice as is specified in the terms of such Security.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions. Each of the following terms is defined in the section set forth opposite such term:

 

Term

   Section

Authenticating Agent

   Section 2.02

cash transaction

   Section 7.03(a)

Covenant Defeasance

   Section 8.07

Event of Default

   Section 6.01

Judgment Currency

   Section 10.15

Legal Defeasance

   Section 8.06

Paying Agent

   Section 2.05

record date

   Section 2.04

Registrar

   Section 2.05

Required Currency

   Section 10.15

Security Register

   Section 2.05

self-liquidating paper

   Section 7.03(b)

Successor

   Section 5.01(a)

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture. The following term used in this Indenture that is defined by the Trust Indenture Act has the following meaning:

obligor” on the Securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Securities.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by reference in the Trust Indenture Act to another statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

 

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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(b) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;

(c) “herein”, “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

(d) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated;

(e) use of masculine, feminine or neuter pronouns should not be deemed a limitation, and the use of any such pronouns should be construed to include, where appropriate, the other pronouns;

(f) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(g) “including” means including without limitation;

(h) “or” is inclusive; and

(i) references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in such form or forms (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law, or with any rules of any securities exchange or usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication. One Officer shall execute the Securities for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Company. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

The Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may appoint an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) to authenticate Securities. The Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such Authenticating Agent.

 

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A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security by an authorized signatory of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities upon the written order of the Company. In authenticating any Securities of a series, the Trustee shall receive prior to the authentication of any Securities of such series, and (subject to Article 7) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, unless and until the Trustee receives written notice that such documents have been superseded or revoked:

(a) any Board Resolution and/or executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities of that series were established;

(b) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the Securities, stating that the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein, established in compliance with this Indenture and all conditions precedent to the authorization and delivery of the Securities have been complied with; and

(c) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein, established in compliance with this Indenture and that the supplemental indenture, to the extent applicable, and Securities have been duly authorized and, if executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof on the date of such opinion, would be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and would be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, general principles of equity and other customary exceptions, and that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with and all conditions precedent to the authorization and delivery of the Securities have been complied with, and covering such other matters as shall be specified therein and as shall be reasonably requested by the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02, if, in connection with a Periodic Offering, all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or the written order, Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.02 at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

 

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With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.

If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of a series or a portion thereof are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate Principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued in such form and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Registered Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or its custodian pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN 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 IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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

THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

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Section 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate Principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.03,

(a) the designation of the Securities of the series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from the Securities of all other series;

(b) any limit upon the aggregate Principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and any limitation on the ability of the Company to increase such aggregate Principal amount after the initial issuance of the Securities of that series (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or upon redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant hereto);

(c) the date or dates on which the Principal of the Securities of the series is payable (which date or dates may be fixed or extendible);

(d) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and on which a record shall be taken for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall be determined;

(e) if other than as provided in Section 4.02, the place or places where the Principal of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, notices, demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and notice to Holders may be published;

(f) the right, if any, of the Company to redeem Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;

(g) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and any of the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(h) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(i) if other than the Principal amount thereof, the portion of the Principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

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(j) if other than the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the coin or currency in which payment of the Principal of or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable or if the amount of payments of Principal of and/or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(k) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the Principal of and interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable, and the manner in which any such currencies shall be valued against other currencies in which any other Securities shall be payable;

(l) whether the Securities of the series may be exchangeable for and/or convertible into the common stock of the Company, any other security or cash or any combination thereof;

(m) if the Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(n) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or the registrar or any other agents with respect to the Securities of the series;

(o) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Securities of the series (including provisions permitting defeasance of less than all Securities of the series), which provisions may be in addition to, in substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing) the provisions of Article 8;

(p) if the Securities of the series are issuable in whole or in part as one or more Registered Global Securities, the identity of the Depositary or common Depositary for such Registered Global Security;

(q) any other Events of Default or covenants with respect to the Securities of the series; and

(r) any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture except as permitted by Article 9).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to date and denomination, except in the case of any Periodic Offering and except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto and any forms and terms of Securities to be issued from time to time may be completed and established from time to time prior to the issuance thereof by procedures described in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture.

 

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Unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate Principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate Principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased.

Section 2.04. Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if not so established with respect to Securities of any series, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the Officer of the Company executing the same may determine, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest and shall be payable on the dates, established as contemplated by Section 2.03.

The person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case the provisions of Section 2.13 shall apply. The term “record date” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series established as contemplated by Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, the fifteenth day next preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.

Section 2.05. Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents Generally. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration, registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”), which shall be in Wilmington, Delaware. The Company shall cause the Registrar to keep a register of the Securities and of their registration, transfer and exchange (the “Security Register”). The Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents or transfer agents with respect to any series.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent and any change in the name or address of an Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company may remove any Agent upon 30 days prior written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency

 

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agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar; provided that neither the Company nor an Affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the defeasance of the Securities or the discharge of this Indenture under Article 8.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee no less than ten days prior to each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in the Security Register.

Section 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Not later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of any Principal or interest on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such Principal or interest. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of Principal of and interest on such Securities and shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee. If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any Principal of or interest on any Securities, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders thereof a sum of money sufficient to pay such Principal or interest so becoming due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act as required by this Section.

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (other than a Registered Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate Principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for that purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate Principal amount.

 

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All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.07, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Global Securities of any series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Registered Global Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered Global Securities shall no longer be eligible under applicable law, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law with respect to such Registered Global Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law for such Registered Global Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication and any deliverables required under this Article 2 and delivery of definitive Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate Principal amount equal to the Principal amount of such Registered Global Securities, in exchange for such Registered Global Securities.

The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary determine that any Registered Global Securities of any series shall no longer be maintained in global form. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication, any deliverables required under this Article 2 and delivery of definitive Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities of such series and tenor in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate Principal amount equal to the Principal amount of such Registered Global Securities, in exchange for such Registered Global Securities.

Any time the Securities of any series are not in the form of Registered Global Securities pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, the Company agrees to supply the Trustee with a reasonable supply of certificated Securities without the legend required by Section 2.02 and the Trustee agrees to hold such Securities in safekeeping until authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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If established by the Company pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to any Registered Global Security, the Depositary for such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series and tenor in definitive registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,

(a) to the Person specified by such Depositary new Securities of the same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Registered Global Security; and

(b) to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (a) above.

Securities issued in exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

Neither the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary or its participants.

The Company and the Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series for a period beginning at the opening of 15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of such Securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day such notice of redemption is mailed or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part.

Section 2.08. Replacement Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt of order for authentication, and deliver, in exchange for such mutilated Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless with an order of authentication delivered by the Company, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, and in the case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and the ownership thereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require payment by the holder thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for any mutilated Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.09. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those paid pursuant to Section 2.08, those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding and those that have been defeased pursuant to Section 8.06.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a holder in due course.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the maturity date or any redemption date or date for repurchase of the Securities money sufficient to pay Securities payable or to be redeemed or repurchased on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

 

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A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds such Security, provided, however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in conclusively relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Any Securities so owned which are pledged by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, as security for loans or other obligations, otherwise than to another such Affiliate of the Company, shall be deemed to be outstanding, if the pledgee is entitled pursuant to the terms of its pledge agreement and is free to exercise in its or his discretion the right to vote such securities, uncontrolled by the Company or by any such Affiliate.

Section 2.10. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities of such series. Temporary Securities of any series shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities of such series but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Securities, as evidenced by his or her execution of such temporary Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series and tenor upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of such series and tenor and authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

Section 2.11. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold. The Registrar, any transfer agent and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel and dispose of in accordance with its retention policy then in effect all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall, upon written request of the Company, deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers, and the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders and no representation shall be made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

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Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay, or shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest (as may be specified in the terms thereof, established pursuant to Section 2.03) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before such special record date, the Company shall deliver to each Holder of such Securities and to the Trustee a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article 3 shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Securities of such series.

Section 3.02. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Company shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by electronic transmission in the case of Securities held in book-entry form, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the registry books. Any notice delivered in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given and is effective, whether or not the Holder receives the notice and any defect in notice shall not affect the validity of the notices properly given. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.

The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the name of the Securities including the series and issue date, the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, the interest rate of the Securities to be redeemed, the maturity date of the Securities to be redeemed, the certificate number of the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, whether the redemption is subject to any conditions precedent (noting that, in the Company’s discretion, the date of redemption may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the date of redemption or by the date of redemption as so delayed), the redemption price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof (provided that the actual redemption price, calculated as described in the notice of redemption, will be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two days prior to the redemption date), the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to

 

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accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series and tenor in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Once notice of redemption is delivered in accordance with Section 3.02 hereof, Securities called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, unless such notice of redemption is revoked by the Company and provided that, redemptions and notices of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be conditioned on one or more conditions precedent. The date of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived. Such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the date of redemption or by the date of redemption as so delayed. To effect a delay in the date of redemption or a rescission of redemption, the Company shall (i) furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate identifying the redemption and notice of redemption being delayed or rescinded, as applicable, and setting forth the conditions precedent that were not satisfied or waived and (ii) mail by first class mail or deliver electronically, or cause to be mailed by first class mail or delivered electronically, a notice of delay of redemption or a notice of rescission of redemption, as applicable, to each Holder whose Securities were to have been redeemed.

If given in the manner provided for in Section 3.02, the notice of redemption shall be conclusively presumed to have been given whether or not a Holder receives such notice. Failure to give timely notice or any defect in the notice shall not affect the validity of the redemption.

On or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all of the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price is not received by the Trustee by the redemption date, a notice revoking such redemption shall be sent in the same manner as the redemption notice and no Event of Default shall exist. If all of the outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 10 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate stating that all such Securities are to be redeemed. If less than all the outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the

 

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Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and requesting that the Trustee select the Securities to be redeemed, which the Trustee may do subject to customary procedures and guidelines of the Depositary or in case of definitive Securities, on a pro rata basis (subject to adjustments to satisfy the authorized denominations). In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

Securities may be redeemed in part in principal amounts equal to authorized denominations for Securities of such series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 3.03. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and except as provided in Sections 7.12 and 8.03, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable in the case of Securities, to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.04 and 2.13 hereof.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security) borne by such Security.

Upon presentation of any Security of any series redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of such series and tenor, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

 

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall pay the Principal (and any premium thereon) of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. The interest on Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only to the Holders thereof (subject to Section 2.04) and at the option of the Company may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security Register.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture and the Securities of any series to the contrary, if the Company and a Holder of any Security so agree, payments of interest on, and any portion of the Principal of, such Holder’s Security (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment date or the final payment of Principal on such Security) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the Company of immediately available funds by 11:00 A.M., New York City time on the date of payment (or such other time as may be agreed to between the Company and the Paying Agent), directly to the Holder of such Security (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior (or such other time frame acceptable to the Trustee) to such payment date requesting that such payment will be so made and designating the bank account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of Principal, surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the last instruction delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section 4.01 unless a new instruction is delivered 15 days prior to a payment date. The Company will indemnify and hold each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) resulting from any act or omission to act on the part of the Company or any such Holder in connection with any such agreement or from making any payment in accordance with any such agreement.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue Principal, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the Securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company or the Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America or other domestic or foreign taxing authorities from any payments hereunder.

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain in the United States of America, an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office as such office or agency of

 

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the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 10.02; provided, however, no service of legal process in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder may be made at the Corporate Trust Office.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States of America for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 4.03. Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by Article 5 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. This Section 4.03 shall not prohibit or restrict the Company from converting into a different form of legal entity.

Section 4.04. Certificate to Trustee. The Company will furnish to the Trustee annually, on or before a date not more than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year (which, on the date hereof, is a calendar year), a brief certificate (which need not contain the statements required by Section 10.04) from its principal executive, financial or accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the compliance of the Company with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) which certificate shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 4.05. Reports by the Company. The Company covenants to deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports which the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates); provided, however, that any such information, document or report filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (or EDGAR) system or any successor thereto shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee; provided, further however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the timelines or content of any such filing or report or to determine whether such filing has occurred.

 

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ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. The Company may consolidate or merge with or into, or transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties or assets to, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, any other Person, provided that:

(a) The Company shall be the surviving Person, or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor”) shall be a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) the Company (or, if applicable, the Successor) shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease complies with the requirements of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Securities, the Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company (or, if applicable, the Successor), subject to customary exceptions.

Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 of this Indenture, the Successor may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Successor had been named as the Company herein and thereafter the predecessor Person, except in the case of a lease, shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Securities and this Indenture.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to each series of Securities:

(a) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of such series when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 consecutive days;

(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the Principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Security of such series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, or otherwise;

(c) a failure by the Company to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement in such series of Securities or this Indenture and the continuance of such failure for 90 days after receipt by the Company of notice of such failure, specifying such failure and requiring the same to be remedied, from the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% of the Principal amount of such series of Securities outstanding;

 

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(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company, or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

(e) the Company (i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company, for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company, or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(f) any other Event of Default established pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to the Securities of such series occurs.

No Event of Default with respect to a single series of Securities issued hereunder (and under or pursuant to any supplemental indenture, Officer’s Certificate or Board Resolution) specific to such series shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Securities unless otherwise provided in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture, Officer’s Certificate or Board Resolution with respect to any other series of Securities.

Section 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default other than as described in clauses (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 with respect to the Securities of any series then outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in the Principal amount (or, if the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the Principal as may be specified in the terms thereof established pursuant to Section 2.03) of the then outstanding Securities of such series may declare each Security of that series due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If an Event of Default as described in clauses (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 occurs with respect to the Company, the Securities of such series will immediately become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities of such series and if not already the Paying Agent, the Trustee shall immediately and automatically become the Paying Agent. The Holders of a majority in Principal amount of Securities of such series may rescind any acceleration and its consequences (other than with respect to an Event of Default as described in clauses (d) or (e) of Section 6.01) if (1) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (2) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency in which the Securities of that series are payable (A) all overdue interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities of that series, (B) all unpaid Principal of and premium, if any, on any outstanding Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such a declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid Principal or premium at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or, if no such rate or rates are so prescribed, at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such

 

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default, and (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, interest upon overdue interest to that date of such payment or deposit at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, or, if no such rate or rates are so prescribed, at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default and (3) all existing Events of Default (other than for nonpayment of Principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies. If a payment Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue, in its own name or as trustee of an express trust, any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of Principal of and interest on the Securities of such series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of such series or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee under the Indenture. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series also will be entitled to waive past defaults regarding such Securities, except for a default in payment of Principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision that cannot be modified or amended hereunder without the consent of the Holder of each such Security.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series also will be entitled to waive past defaults regarding such Securities, except for a default in payment of Principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision that cannot be modified or amended hereunder without the consent of the Holder of each such Security. The Trustee generally may not be ordered or directed by any of the Holders of Securities to take any action unless one or more of the Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it prior to taking such actions, and provided further than, the Trustee may refuse to follow any written direction of the Holders that conflicts with law or the Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series may institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

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(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written request.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 6.07. [Reserved].

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series in payment of Principal or interest specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount (or such portion thereof as specified in the terms established pursuant to Section 2.03 of Original Issue Discount Securities) of Principal of, and accrued interest remaining unpaid on, together with interest on overdue Principal of, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest on, the Securities of such series, in each case at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all amounts owing the Trustee hereunder.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due the Trustee hereunder) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Securities or upon any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it hereunder. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to empower the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10. Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of Principal or interest, upon presentation of the several Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and noting thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series and tenor in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of such series and tenor if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) and any Agent applicable to the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected;

SECOND: To Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of such series for principal of, or premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities of such series for principal of, or premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

Section 6.11. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then, and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.12. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, in either case in respect to the Securities of any series, a court may require any party litigant in such suit (other than the Trustee) to file an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess costs, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, a suit instituted by the Trustee or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series.

Section 6.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities in Section 2.08, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

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Section 6.14. Delay or Omission not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Agent or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. General. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as explicitly provided by the Trust Indenture Act and as set forth herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless it receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Article 7.

Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through (d):

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, affidavit, certificate, Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel (or both), statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(b) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section 10.04 and shall cover such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion. Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof;

 

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(c) the Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care;

(d) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities as to the time, method, and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by the documents;

(f) any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon all future Holders of Securities and upon Securities executed and delivered in exchange therefore or in place thereof;

(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers or for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(h) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture and shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, Board Resolution, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Principal amount of the Securities of all series affected then outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require additional indemnity or security satisfactory to it against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding or may refuse to take the requested action;

 

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(j) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(k) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof;

(l) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, the Agents and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder or in connection herewith by the Trustee or any Agent;

(m) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;

(n) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture;

(o) during the existence of any Event of Default (which has not been cured), the Trustee shall exercise the rights, duties and powers vested in it with the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs;

(p) the Trustee shall not be answerable for anything other than its gross negligence or willful misconduct;

(q) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith, unless it has been proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(r) the Trustee undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied duties shall be read into the Indenture against the Trustee;

(s) the Trustee has no liability or responsibility for the action or inaction of any Depositary or Agent (unless it is acting as such Agent);

(t) the Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default, except failure to receive any of the payments required to be made to the Trustee, unless the Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing by the Company or by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, and in the absence of such notice the Trustee may conclusively assume no default exists;

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(v) the Trustee shall have no obligation to undertake any calculation hereunder or have any liability for any calculation performed in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereunder.

Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311. For purposes of Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b)(4) and (6), the following terms shall mean:

(a) “cash transaction” means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and

(b) “self-liquidating paper” means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as statements of the Company and not of the Trustee and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents (a) makes any representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, (b) shall be accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the Securities or for any funds received and disbursed in accordance with the Indenture, (c) shall be responsible for the validity of the execution by the Company of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture thereto, and (d) shall be responsible or liable with respect to any information, statement or recital herein, in the prospectus, prospectus supplement or other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to any of the Securities.

Section 7.05. Notice of Default. The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default, except failure to receive any of the payments required to be made to the Trustee, unless the Trustee shall be specifically notified in writing by the Company or by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, and in the absence of such notice the Trustee may conclusively assume no Default exists. If any Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and if the Trustee receives written notice of such Default from the Company or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities (along with any indemnity or security requested by the Trustee), the Trustee shall give or cause to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series notice of such Default within 90 days after it occurs if any Securities of such series are

 

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then outstanding, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee or via electronic delivery, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the delivery of such notice; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the Principal of or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each July 15 following the date of the first issuance of Securities hereunder, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such July 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee and each Agent such compensation for its services as agreed in writing from time to time among the parties. The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and each Agent and any predecessor Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements, expenditures and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, any Agent or such predecessor Trustee. Such expenses shall include the compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s, any Agent’s or such predecessor Trustee’s agents, counsel, consultants, other experts employed by it in its exercise and performance of its powers and duties as Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, and other persons not regularly in their employ.

The Company shall indemnify and defend the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) and any predecessor Trustee for, and hold them harmless from and against, any and all loss, damage, claim, cost, liability or expense suffered or incurred by them (without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order) arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and the Securities or the issuance of the Securities or of series thereof or the trusts hereunder and the performance of duties under this Indenture and the Securities, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against or investigating any claim, charge, complaint, allegation, assertion or demand of any nature (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability and of complying with any process served upon them or any of their officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties under this Indenture and the Securities.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall have a first lien on the trust estate with right of payment prior to payment on account of interest, principal and premium, if any, on the Securities for all administrative expenses, advances, disbursements, and counsel fees incurred or made in and about execution of the trusts and performance of the duties of the Trustee and for the cost and expense incurred in defending against any liability (unless such liability is adjudicated to have resulted from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee).

 

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No provision of the Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties thereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the rejection or termination of this Indenture under bankruptcy law or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, if the Trustee renders services and incurs expenses following an Event of Default under Section 6.01(d) or Section 6.01(e) hereof, the parties hereto and the holders by their acceptance of the Securities hereby agree that such expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. A resignation or removal of the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and appointment of a successor Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

The Trustee may resign as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series at any time by giving 30 days’ advance written notice to the Company. The Holders of a majority in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with respect thereto with the consent of the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series if: (i) the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.11 of this Indenture; (ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect thereto. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series may appoint a successor Trustee in respect of such Securities to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not deliver its written acceptance required by Section 7.09 within 30 days after the retiring Trustee gives notice of its resignation or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Trustee (in the case of resignation), the Company or the Holders of a majority in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series may

 

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petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect thereto or the Trustee may appoint a successor (in the case of resignation). The resigning or removed Trustee shall not have any liability or responsibility for the action or inaction of any successor Trustee.

The Company shall give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee in respect of the Securities of such series to all Holders of Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to this Section 7.08 and Section 7.09, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts owed hereunder and subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates;

 

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but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under this Article and qualified under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 7.10. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges, consolidates or converts into, or transfers all or part of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee herein.

Section 7.11. Eligibility. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

Section 7.12. Money Held in Trust. The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article 8 of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Except as otherwise provided with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company, at the Company’s option and at any time, may elect to have Section 8.06 or Section 8.07 of this Indenture applied to all of the then outstanding Securities of any series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. Except as otherwise provided with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.03, this Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect with respect to the Securities of a particular series, when (a) either (i) all Securities of such series that have been authenticated and, except for lost, stolen or destroyed Securities of such series that have been replaced or paid and Securities of such series for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) all Securities of such series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one

 

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year or (3) if redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the Company’s name, and at the Company’s expense; (b)(i) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee U.S. legal tender, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof as may be provided with respect to the Securities, in amounts that will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants (with a copy to the Trustee), without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness (including all Principal, premium, if any, and interest) on such series of Securities not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (in the case of Securities of such series that have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be; (ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the indenture in respect of the Securities of such series; and (iii) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited amounts toward the payment of the Securities at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be, and (c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Indenture has been satisfied and discharged and that all conditions precedent in connection with such satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Section 8.03. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities. Subject to Section 8.05, all moneys (including U.S. Government Obligations and the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02, 8.06 or 8.07 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent to the Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for Principal and interest; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 8.04. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

Section 8.05. Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the Principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such Principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Company and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company by the Trustee for such series or such Paying Agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

 

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Section 8.06. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture. The Company shall be deemed to have paid and shall be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Securities of any series, on the 91st day after the deposit referred to in Section 8.08(i) has been made, and the provisions of this Indenture shall no longer be in effect with respect to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if any, (b) rights of Holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of Holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (c) the issuance of temporary Securities or the substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (d) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (e) the rights of Holders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them (“Legal Defeasance”); provided that the conditions in Section 8.08 below shall have been satisfied.

Section 8.07. Defeasance of Certain Obligations. The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in, and this Indenture will no longer be in effect with respect to, any covenant established pursuant to clauses (q) or (r) of Section 2.03, and clauses (c) (with respect to any covenants established pursuant to Section 2.03(s) or (t)) and (f) of Section 6.01 shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (“Covenant Defeasance”); provided that the conditions in Section 8.08 below shall have been satisfied.

Section 8.08. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.06 or 8.07 hereof to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, to be defeased:

(i) the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities as to which Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will occur, money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, as may be provided with respect to such Securities, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants (with a copy to the Trustee), to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities on the stated date for payment thereof or on the redemption date of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities, and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, has a valid and perfected security interest in obligations so deposited;

(ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service, a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(iii) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(iv) no Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and no Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01(d) or Section 6.01(e) occurs, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

(v) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (excluding this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; and

(vi) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent provided for in, in the case of the Officer’s Certificate, (i) through (v) and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) of this paragraph have been complied with.

If the amount deposited with the trustee to effect a Covenant Defeasance is insufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the applicable series of debt securities when due, then the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and such series of Securities will be revived, and such Covenant Defeasance will be deemed not to have occurred.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any series without notice to or the consent of any Holder:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; provided that such amendments or supplements shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

(b) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(c) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder with respect to the Securities of any or all series by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.09;

 

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(d) to establish the form or forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.03;

(e) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders to the Securities of any series or to surrender any rights the Company has under this Indenture or to add circumstances under which the Company will pay additional interest on the Securities of the relevant series;

(f) to add one or more guarantees for the benefit of Holders of the Securities;

(g) to provide for the issuance of any Securities or additional Securities of such series;

(h) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depository;

(i) to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities” sections of any prospectus, prospectus supplement or other offering document prepared in connection with the issuance of the Securities (with the basis of any such amendment pursuant to this clause (i) to be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate);

(j) to make changes to this Indenture applicable only to other series of Securities issuable hereunder;

(k) to make any change that does not adversely affect in any material respect the rights of any Holder in any respect;

(l) to comply with Article 5; or

(m) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to Securities of any series.

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. Subject to Section 6.04, without prior notice to any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities of any series with the consent of the Holders of a majority in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such amendment, and the Holders of a majority in Principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby by notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such series.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.02, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

(a) extend the stated maturity date of the Principal of, or any installment of interest on, any such Security;

(b) reduce the principal amount of or the rate (or extend the time for payment) of interest on (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), or any premium payable upon the redemption of, any such Security;

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(d) change the place or currency of payment of Principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any such Security;

(e) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any such Security;

(f) reduce the above stated percentage of outstanding Securities the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or amend the Indenture with respect to the Securities of the relevant series;

(g) modify any waiver provision, except to increase any required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security of the series affected thereby;

(h) cause any such Security to become subordinate in right of payment to any other debt, except to the extent provided in the terms of such Security;

(i) if such Security provides that the holder may require us to repurchase or convert such Security, impair such Holder’s right to require repurchase or conversion of such Security on the terms provided therein; or

(j) make any changes to this paragraph of Section 9.02.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of any Holder under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall give to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consent. Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the Security of the consenting Holder, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of its Security. Such revocation shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver is executed or otherwise becomes effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment, supplement or waiver shall become effective with respect to any Securities affected thereby on receipt by the Trustee of written consents from the requisite Holders of outstanding Securities affected thereby.

 

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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date (which may be not less than five nor more than 60 days prior to the solicitation of consents) for the purpose of determining the Holders of the Securities of any series affected entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were such Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those Persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be such Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Securities of any series affected thereby, it shall bind every Holder of such Securities unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (j) of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (a) through (j) of Section 9.02, the amendment or waiver shall bind each such Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security that evidences the same indebtedness as the Security of the consenting Holder.

Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of any Security, the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder and the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on any Security of such series thereafter authenticated. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security of the same series and tenor that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, (i) an Officer’s Certificate and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel. The Opinion of Counsel shall state that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all requisite consents have been obtained or that no consents are required and that such supplemental indenture constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company (and any guarantor, as applicable) in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.06. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 9 shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

 

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ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.01. Trust Indenture Act of 1939. This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 10.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if written and (a) if delivered in person when received or (b) if mailed by first class mail 5 days after mailing, or (c) as between the Company and the Trustee if sent by facsimile transmission, when transmission is confirmed, in each case addressed as follows:

if to the Company:

Under Armour, Inc.

1020 Hull Street

Baltimore, MD 21230

Tel: (410) 454-6428

Attention: General Counsel

if to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attention: Under Armour, Inc. Administrator

Fax: (302) 636-4145

The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given to Holders of any Securities, by mailing (or delivering electronically in the case of a global security) to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. Notice mailed shall be sufficiently given if so mailed (or delivered electronically in the case of a global security) within the time prescribed. Copies of any such communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed (or delivered electronically in the case of a global security) to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

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Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or communication is mailed (or delivered electronically in the case of a global security) in the manner provided in this Section 10.02, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case it shall be impracticable to give notice as herein contemplated, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods delivered by authorized representatives of the Company as previously identified and provided to the Trustee. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 10.03. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 10.04. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate required by Section 4.04) shall include:

(a) a statement that each person signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 10.05. Evidence of Ownership. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security Register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the Principal of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 10.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

Section 10.07. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. Except as otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities, if any date for payment of Principal or interest on any Security shall not be a Business Day at any place of payment, then payment of Principal of or interest on such Security, as the case may be, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at any place of payment with the same force and effect as if made on such date and no interest shall accrue in respect of such payment for the period from and after such date.

Section 10.08. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.

Section 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture or loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture or agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 10.10. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their Successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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Section 10.11. Duplicate Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 10.12. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 10.13. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions hereof.

Section 10.14. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt From Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in any Security or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or of any Successor, either directly or through the Company or of any Successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 10.15. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the Principal of or interest on or premium, if any, on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures a bank could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a Business Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures a bank could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (1) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (2) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.

 

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Section 10.16. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 10.17. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 10.18. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

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SIGNATURES

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

UNDER ARMOUR, INC., as the Company
By:  

/s/ Lawrence P. Molloy

  Name: Lawrence P. Molloy
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature page to Base Indenture]


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL

        ASSOCIATION, as the Trustee

By:  

/s/ W. Thomas Morris, II

  Name: W. Thomas Morris, II
  Title: Vice President

[Signature page to Base Indenture]

Exhibit 4.2

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 13, 2016

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 13, 2016

3.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

as the Company

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as the Trustee


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I   
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference   

Section 1.01

    

Relationship with Base Indenture

     1   

Section 1.02

    

Definitions

     1   
ARTICLE II   
The Notes   

Section 2.01

    

Form and Dating

     7   

Section 2.02

    

Issuance of Additional Notes

     8   
ARTICLE III   
Redemption and Prepayment   

Section 3.01

    

Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes

     9   

Section 3.02

    

Notes Redeemed in Part

     9   

Section 3.03

    

Optional Redemption

     9   

Section 3.04

    

Mandatory Redemption

     10   
ARTICLE IV   
Particular Covenants   

Section 4.01

    

Limitation on Liens

     10   

Section 4.02

    

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     11   

Section 4.03

    

Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event

     12   
ARTICLE V   
Defaults   

Section 5.01

    

Defaults

     14   
ARTICLE VI   
Miscellaneous   

Section 6.01

    

Trust Indenture Act Controls

     14   

Section 6.02

    

Governing Law

     15   

Section 6.03

    

[Reserved]

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Section 6.04

    

Successors

     15   

Section 6.05

    

Severability

     15   

Section 6.06

    

Counterpart Originals

     15   

Section 6.07

    

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     15   

Section 6.08

    

Validity or Sufficiency of Supplemental Indenture

     15   

Section 6.09

    

Waiver of Jury Trial

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 13, 2016, between Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation, as the Company (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), providing for, inter alia, the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Company’s senior notes;

WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture and to the extent set forth herein to provide for the issuance and the terms of the Notes (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company;

WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto and the execution and delivery thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties hereto;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of each other and for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Relationship with Base Indenture. Unless otherwise noted herein, the terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling in respect of the Notes.

Section 1.02 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Base Indenture. The following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.02:

Additional Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02 hereof.

 

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Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the related Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

Attributable Debt” means, on the date of any determination, the lesser of (1) the sale price of the Principal Property so leased multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such transaction and the denominator of which is the base term of such lease, and (2) the present value of the obligation of the lessee for Net Rental Payments during the remaining term of the lease included in a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the interest rate set forth or implicit in the terms of such lease or, if not practicable to determine such rate, the weighted average interest rate per annum borne by the Notes on such date of determination, in either case compounded semiannually.

Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the principal place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following:

 

  (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 Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” other than to the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, other than any such transaction or series of related transactions where holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior thereto hold at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the transferee Person immediately after giving effect thereto;

 

  (2) any circumstance or event which causes any “person” other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries or Kevin Plank and/or any of the Kevin Plank Family Entities, at any time, to own and control, directly or indirectly, of record and beneficially, Voting Stock constituting greater than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors of the Company or any parent company;

 

  (3)

the Company or any parent company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company or any parent company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock, the Voting Stock of such parent

 

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  company or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such parent company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or

 

  (4) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company (a “parent company”), and (ii) the Holders of the Company’s Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of any parent company immediately prior to that transaction hold at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company or such parent company immediately following that transaction; provided that any series of related transactions shall be treated as a single transaction. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03 hereof.

Change of Control Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03 hereof.

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03 hereof.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a related Rating Event.

Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Supplemental Indenture.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, to price new issues of corporate debt securities with a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life of the Notes to be redeemed.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all quotations obtained or (3) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

 

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Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, the Company’s total assets, less net goodwill and other intangible assets, less total current liabilities, all as described on the Company’s most recently available consolidated balance sheet and calculated based on positions as reported in the Company’s most recently available consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.01 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Supplemental Indenture.

DTC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01 hereof.

Funded Debt” means all indebtedness for money borrowed, including purchase money indebtedness, (i) having a maturity of more than one year from the date of its creation or having a maturity of less than one year but by its terms being renewable or extendible, at the option of the obligor in respect of such indebtedness, beyond one year from its creation (including in all cases any such indebtedness that may be included in current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time) and (ii) which is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, the Global Notes, in the form or forms of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof.

Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, governing the Notes, together, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers, as appointed by the Company from time to time.

Initial Notes” means the first $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category) and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from a Substitute Rating Agency).

Kevin Plank Family Entity” means

 

  (1) any not-for-profit corporation controlled by Kevin Plank, his wife or children, or any combination thereof;

 

  (2) any other corporation if at least 66% of the value and voting power of its outstanding equity is owned by Kevin Plank, his wife or children, or any combination thereof;

 

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  (3) any partnership if at least 66% of the value and voting power of its partnership interests are owned by Kevin Plank, his wife or children, or any combination thereof;

 

  (4) any limited liability or similar company if at least 66% of the value and voting power of the Company and its membership interests are owned by Kevin Plank, his wife or children; or

 

  (5) any trust the primary beneficiaries of which are Kevin Plank, his wife, children and/or charitable organizations, which if the trust is a wholly charitable trust, at least 66% of the trustees of such trust are appointed by Kevin Plank or his wife.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

Net Proceeds” means, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the aggregate amount of cash or cash equivalents received by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, less the sum of all payments, fees, commissions and expenses incurred in connection with such transaction, and less the amount (estimated reasonably and in good faith by the Company) of income, franchise, sales and other applicable taxes required to be paid by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction in the taxable year that such transaction is consummated or in the immediately succeeding taxable year, the computation of which shall take into account the reduction in tax liability resulting from any available operating losses and net operating loss carryovers, tax credits and tax credit carryforwards, and similar tax attributes.

Net Rental Payments” means the total amount of rent payable by the lessee after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges.

Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Supplemental Indenture.

Par Call Date” means March 15, 2026.

Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant or other similar facility, office facility, warehouse, distribution center or any parcel of real estate or group of contiguous parcels of real estate located within the United States owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the gross book value, without deduction of any depreciation reserves, of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Rating Agency” means:

 

  (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and

 

  (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency in lieu thereof.

 

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Rating Event” with respect to the Notes means (i) the rating of the Notes is lowered by both of the Rating Agencies during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the earlier of the first public notice of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (b) the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control, and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies) and (ii) the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade rating by both of the Rating Agencies on any day during the Trigger Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request 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, such Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (or any of their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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 Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement whereby the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries has sold or transferred, or will sell or transfer, property and has or will take back a lease pursuant to which the rental payments are calculated to amortize the purchase price of the property substantially over the useful life of such property.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and its successors.

Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company which owns or leases a Principal Property.

Special Tax District” means a special taxing district that is created to (a) support any TIF Financing Obligation, or (b) provide services supplemental to those customarily provided by the applicable local governmental authorities.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for any or each of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

 

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Supplemental Indenture” means this First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Trustee, governing the Notes, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Base Indenture and the terms hereof.

TIF Financing Obligation” means any notes, bonds or other obligations issued by a governmental authority at the request and for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the community in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts any portion of its business.

Trustee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating. (a) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication included thereon will be substantially in the form or forms of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 with integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of this Supplemental Indenture or any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be, will govern and be controlling.

(b) Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form or forms of Exhibit A attached hereto. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each will provide that it will represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the custodian of the Notes, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with written instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.02 hereof. The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

(c) The Notes shall not be exchangeable for nor convertible into the common stock of the Company or any other security.

 

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(d) The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture.

“THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN 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 IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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

Section 2.02 Issuance of Additional Notes. The Company will be entitled, upon delivery to the Trustee of an authentication or company order, Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, to issue Additional Notes under this Supplemental Indenture which will have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, other than with respect to the date of issuance, the issue price and, in some cases, the first interest payment date (“Additional Notes”), provided that the Company is in compliance with the covenants contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture and no Event of Default exists. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes issued will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture, provided that, if any Additional Notes subsequently issued are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any Notes previously issued, such Additional Notes shall be issued under a separate CUSIP, ISIN and/or any other identifying number, but shall otherwise be treated as a single class with all other Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall provide to the Trustee a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officer’s Certificate which shall contain the following information:

(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(b) the issue price, the issue date, the initial interest payment date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes. The Company will send by first class mail, or by electronic transmission in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, notice of any redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) to be redeemed setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in Article 3 of the Base Indenture. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate that complies with applicable legal requirements, if any, and in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC.

Section 3.02 Notes Redeemed in Part. No Notes of principal amount of $2,000 or less may be redeemed in part.

Section 3.03 Optional Redemption. Prior to the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (assuming such Notes matured on the Par Call Date) (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in the case of each of (1) and (2), accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

On and after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.

The redemption prices will be calculated assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible to calculate or verify calculations or to provide or verify data for such calculations. Prior to the redemption date, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right to so redeem have occurred and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the redemption price, showing the calculation in reasonable detail. If the redemption date is between the relevant interest record date and the

 

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related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such interest record date, and no additional interest is payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions thereof called for redemption.

Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be conditioned on one or more conditions precedent as provided for in Section 3.02 of the Base Indenture.

Section 3.04 Mandatory Redemption. The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE IV

PARTICULAR COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (herein called “debt”) secured by a pledge of, or mortgage or other lien on, any Principal Property, now owned or hereafter owned by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or any shares of capital stock or debt of any Significant Subsidiary (herein called “liens”), without providing that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other debt or obligations of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes and then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at its option, prior to) such secured debt so long as such secured debt shall be so secured. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:

(a) liens existing as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture;

(b) liens on any property acquired (whether by merger, consolidation, purchase, lease or otherwise), constructed or improved by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary after the date of this Supplemental Indenture which are created or assumed prior to, contemporaneously with, or within 18 months after, such acquisition, construction or improvement, to secure or provide for the payment of all or any part of the cost of such acquisition, construction or improvement (including related expenditures capitalized for U.S. federal income tax purposes in connection therewith) incurred after the date of this Supplemental Indenture;

(c) liens on any property, shares of capital stock or debt existing at the time of the acquisition thereof, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase, lease or otherwise (including liens on property, shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time such Person becomes a Significant Subsidiary); provided that such lien was not created in anticipation of the Person becoming a Significant Subsidiary;

 

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(d) liens for taxes, duties, assessments, governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or delinquent or which can be paid without penalty or are being contested in good faith;

(e) liens imposed for one or more Special Tax Districts;

(f) liens in favor of, or which secure debt owing to, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; and

(g) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, removals or replacements) as a whole or in part, of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) – (f), inclusive; provided that (i) such extension, renewal or replacement lien shall be limited to all or a part of the same property, shares of capital stock or debt that secured the lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property) and (ii) the debt secured by such lien at such time is not increased.

Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary may incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt secured by a lien which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Notes, provided that at the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all outstanding debt secured by liens which could not have been incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary without equally and ratably securing the Notes then outstanding except for the provisions of this paragraph, together with the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt incurred pursuant to Section 4.02(a) does not at such time exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Section 4.02 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company may not, and may not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving any Principal Property, unless either of the following conditions are met:

 

  (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to Sale and Leaseback Transactions plus the aggregate amount of debt secured by a lien incurred without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 4.01 above would not exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, or

 

  (b) within 270 days of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the Company or such Significant Subsidiary applies to any combination of (a) the retirement or prepayment, and in either case, the permanent reduction, of Funded Debt of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (including that in the case of a revolver or similar arrangement that makes credit available, such commitment is so permanently reduced by such amount) or (b) the purchase, construction, development, expansion or improvement of property or assets used or useful in the Company’s business, an amount not less than the Net Proceeds of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

 

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This restriction will not apply to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, and there will be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation described in this Section 4.02 or under Section 4.01 above with respect to any such transaction (x) solely between the Company and a Significant Subsidiary or solely between Significant Subsidiaries; and (y) in which the applicable lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of three years or less.

Section 4.03 Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has unconditionally exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder (the “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or a portion (equal to minimum denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

(b) Within 30 days following the date upon which a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, or at its option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company will be required to deliver a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state:

(i) that such Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date (subject to the rights of Holders of records on the relevant interest record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date) (the “Change of Control Payment”);

(ii) the date of repurchase, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date the Change of Control Offer is provided, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(iii) the procedures determined by the Company, consistent with the Indenture, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes repurchased; and

(iv) if the notice is provided prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring 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, accept for payment, all Notes or portions thereof validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, and shall deposit with the Paying Agent (by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the payment date) an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes so tendered. The

 

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Company shall also deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each tendering Holder the Change of Control Payment for the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order from the Company, shall promptly authenticate and cause to be delivered (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, if any, provided that each such new Note shall be in a minimum denomination of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that on the Change of Control Payment Date, there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default (other than any Event of Default arising solely by failure to pay the Change of Control Payment), the Company shall not be obligated to accept Notes tendered pursuant to this Section 4.03 or to deposit with the Paying Agent any amounts representing any Change of Control Payments, and the Paying Agent shall not deliver or cause to be delivered to any tendering Holders any amounts representing any Change of Control Payments, and such Notes tendered will be returned to the respective Holders.

(d) If the Change of Control Payment Date is between the relevant interest record date and the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such interest record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.

(e) Holders of Notes electing to have Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Trustee at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Notes to the Trustee by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Trustee, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(f) The Company will comply 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 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 the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.

(g) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner and at the times required and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company, and such third party purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. For all purposes of the Notes and the Indenture, the failure by such third party to comply with the requirements of such offer and to complete such offer shall be treated as a failure by the Company to comply with its obligations to offer to purchase the Notes unless the

 

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Company promptly make an offer to repurchase the Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to the date of repurchase, which shall be no later than 30 days after the third party’s scheduled Change of Control Payment Date.

(h) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes following a Change of Control Triggering Event, and the Company, or any third party making an offer to repurchase the Notes in the Change of Control Triggering Event in lieu of the Company, as described in Section 4.03(g) hereof, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party shall have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Triggering Event, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any to, but not including, the redemption date.

ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS

Section 5.01 Defaults. In addition to the Events of Default described in the Base Indenture, as contemplated by Section 2.03 of the Base Indenture, the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) a default on any indebtedness for borrowed money (including guarantees thereof) of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary of the Company (other than indebtedness owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), which default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness (if such indebtedness has not already matured in accordance with its terms) in an amount in excess of $100,000,000 without such indebtedness having been discharged or the acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled within 30 days after receipt by us of notice from the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding; provided, however, that if any such failure or default that results in acceleration ceases or is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 6.02 of the Base Indenture (including the ability for Holders to rescind any acceleration and its consequences) shall apply to the Event of Default described in Section 5.01(a).

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. This Supplemental Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 6.02 Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.

Section 6.03 [Reserved].

Section 6.04 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors.

Section 6.05 Severability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 6.06 Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 6.07 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The Table of Contents and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 6.08 Validity or Sufficiency of Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee is not responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, or for the recitals contained herein.

Section 6.09 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

UNDER ARMOUR, INC., as the Company
By:  

/s/ Lawrence P. Molloy

  Name:   Lawrence P. Molloy
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Trustee
By:  

/s/ W. Thomas Morris, II

  Name:   W. Thomas Morris, II
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF FACE OF NOTE

[GLOBAL SECURITY LEGEND]

THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN 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 IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

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

 

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3.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2026

Under Armour, Inc.

 

   CUSIP No. 904311 AA5
   ISIN No. US904311AA54
No. [001]    $[●]

Interest. UNDER ARMOUR, INC., a Maryland corporation, (herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [●] United States dollars (U.S.$[●]), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases attached hereto, on June 15, 2026 and to pay interest thereon from June 13, 2016 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2016, at the rate of 3.250% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Method of Payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the relevant record date for such interest, which shall be June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated: June 13, 2016

 

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:       Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE

Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016, (the “Base Indenture”) as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $600,000,000.

Optional Redemption. Prior to the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (assuming such Notes matured on the Par Call Date) (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in the case of each of (1) and (2), accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

On and after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, but not including, the redemption date.

The redemption prices will be calculated assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible to calculate or verify calculations or to provide or verify data for such calculations. Prior to the redemption date, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right to so redeem have occurred and (ii) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the redemption price, showing the calculation in reasonable detail. If the redemption date is between the relevant interest record date and the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such interest record date, and no additional interest is payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions thereof called for redemption.

Any redemption and notice of redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be conditioned on one or more conditions precedent as provided for in Section 3.02 of the Base Indenture.

 

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For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the principal place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”), that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, to price new issues of corporate debt securities with a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life of the Notes to be redeemed.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all quotations obtained or (3) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

“Par Call Date” means, March 15, 2026.

Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (or any of their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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 Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice of any redemption will be delivered by first-class mail, or by electronic transmission in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate that complies with applicable legal requirements, if any, and in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

Except as set forth above, the Notes will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each affected series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such affected series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture contains customary limitations that restrict the Company’s ability to merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of its assets, place liens on its property or assets and engage in sale/leaseback transactions. Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, a Holder of Notes will have the right, subject to certain terms and conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes of such Holder at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange. The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Registrar accompanied by a written request for transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the

 

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Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Miscellaneous. The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

All terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES

The following increases or decreases in this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Note
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Note
   Principal Amount of
this Note following
each decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee
           
           
           

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT REPURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03 (Change of Control) of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

 

¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount:

$            

 

Date:  

 

   Your Signature:   

 

  

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

June 13, 2016

Under Armour, Inc.

1020 Hull Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211850) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the issuance by the Company of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Debt Securities”). With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on my part, and I express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of such assumptions or items relied upon.

The Debt Securities have been issued pursuant to a base indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented and amended by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), both between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

For purposes of this opinion, the “Underwriting Agreement” is the Underwriting Agreement related to the Debt Securities, dated June 8, 2016, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”).

In connection with this opinion letter, I, or persons reporting to me, have (i) investigated such questions of law, (ii) examined originals or certified, conformed or reproduction copies of such documents and records of the Company, such certificates of public officials and such other documents, and (iii) received such information from officers and representatives of the Company and others, in each case as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter. I, or persons reporting to me, have examined, among other documents, the following:

 

  a) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;

 

  b) an executed copy of the Base Indenture;


  c) an executed copy of the Supplemental Indenture;

 

  d) executed copies of the Debt Securities issued on the date hereof;

 

  e) the charter of the Company (the “Company Charter”), certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland;

 

  f) the bylaws of the Company (the “Company Bylaws”); and

 

  g) resolutions relating to the Transaction Documents (as defined below) adopted by the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of the Company.

The documents referred to in items (a) through (d) above are referred to herein collectively as the “Transaction Documents.”

In all such examinations, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to me as conformed or facsimile, electronic or photostatic copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, I have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, statements and representations contained in the certificates and other information of or from representatives of the Company and others.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:

a.    The Company is a corporation validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland;

b.    The Company has the corporate power and authority to issue and sell the Debt Securities, perform its obligations thereunder and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; and

c.    The Debt Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when duly executed and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Debt Securities will be validly issued.

I am admitted to practice law only in the State of Maryland. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Maryland, as currently in effect; and no opinion is expressed with respect to any other laws or any effect that such other laws may have on the opinions expressed herein.

This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the opinions expressly stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are given only as of the date hereof, and I undertake no responsibility to update or supplement this opinion letter after the date hereof for any reason.


I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to the references to me in the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplements related to the Debt Securities. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sincerely,

/s/ John P. Stanton

John P. Stanton

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Exhibit 5.2

June 13, 2016

Under Armour, Inc.

1020 Hull Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Under Armour, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211850) (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the Company’s issuance and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Debt Securities”), to be issued under the indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of June 13, 2016 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), both between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”). The Securities are being purchased and sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated June 8, 2016 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of such assumptions or items relied upon.

In connection with this opinion, we have (i) investigated such questions of law, (ii) examined originals or certified, conformed, facsimile, electronic, photostatic or reproduction copies of such agreements, instruments, documents and records of the Company, such certificates of public officials and such other documents, and (iii) received such information from officers and representatives of the Company as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. We have examined, among other documents, the following:

 

  (a) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;

 

  (b) executed copies of the Debt Securities issued and delivered on the date hereof;

 

  (c) an executed copy of the Base Indenture; and

 

  (d) an executed copy of the Supplemental Indenture.

The documents referred to in items (a) through (d) above, inclusive, are referred to herein collectively as the “Documents.”


In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified documents of all copies submitted to us as certified, conformed, facsimile, electronic, photostatic or reproduction copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinion expressed herein, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, the statements, representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement, certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

To the extent it may be relevant to the opinion expressed below, we have assumed that (i) the Debt Securities have been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, (ii) all of the parties to the Documents are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, (iii) all of the parties to the Documents have the power and authority to (a) execute and deliver the Documents, (b) perform their obligations thereunder, and (c) consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, (iv) each of the Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all of the parties thereto (other than the execution and delivery of the Documents by the Company, to the extent execution and delivery is governed by New York law), (v) the execution of the Documents does not violate the charter, the by-laws or any other organizational document of any such parties or the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of any such parties; (vi) each of the Documents constitutes a valid and binding obligation of all the parties thereto (other than as expressly addressed in the opinions below as to the Company), enforceable against such parties in accordance with their respective terms, and (vii) all of the parties to the Documents will comply with all of their obligations under the Documents and all laws applicable thereto.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Debt Securities, when duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

A.    The opinion set forth above is subject to the following qualifications: (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws (or related judicial doctrines) now or hereafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, (ii) general principles of equity (including, without limitation, standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness, equitable defenses and limits as to the availability of equitable remedies), whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, and (iii) the application of any applicable fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent obligation, or preferential transfer law or any law governing the distribution of assets of any person now or hereafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally.

B.    We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents:

(i)    relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation;


(ii)    relating to (a) forum selection or submission to jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any waiver of any objection to venue in any court or of any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum) to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York, (b) choice of governing law to the extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York or a federal district court sitting in the State of New York, in each case, applying the choice of law principles of the State of New York, (c) service of process or (d) waiver of any rights to trial by jury;

(iii)    specifying that provisions thereof may be waived only in writing;

(iv)    containing any purported waiver, release, variation, disclaimer, consent or other agreement of similar effect (all of the foregoing, collectively, a “Waiver”) by the Company under any provision of the Documents to the extent limited by provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions), or to the extent that such a Waiver applies to a right, claim, duty, defense or ground for discharge otherwise existing or occurring as a matter of law (including judicial decisions), except to the extent that such a Waiver is effective under, and is not prohibited by or void or invalid under, provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions);

(v)    purporting to give any person or entity the power to accelerate obligations without any notice to the obligor;

(vi)    which may be construed to be in the nature of a penalty;

(vii)    specifying that any person may exercise set-off or similar rights other than in accordance with applicable law;

(viii)    relating to payment of late charges, interests (or discount or equivalent amounts), premium, “make-whole” payments, collection costs or fees at a rate or in an amount, after or upon the maturity or acceleration of the liabilities evidenced or secured thereby or after or during the continuance of any default or other circumstance, or upon prepayment, that a court would determine in the circumstances to be unreasonable, a penalty or a forfeiture; and

(ix)    requiring that any unearned portion of the Debt Securities issued at a discount be paid upon acceleration or otherwise earlier than the stated final maturity.

C.    We express no opinion as to the effect of any law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York wherein any party to the Documents may be located or wherein enforcement of any Documents may be sought that limits the rates or interest legally chargeable or collectible.

D.    We express no opinion as to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any agreement, instrument or other document referred to, or incorporated by reference in, the Documents) other than the Documents.


The opinion expressed herein is limited to the laws of the State of New York, as currently in effect, and no opinion is expressed with respect to any other laws or any effect that such other laws may have on the opinion expressed herein. The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. This letter is given only as of the time of its delivery, and we undertake no responsibility to update or supplement this letter after its delivery.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to references to this firm under the caption “Legal Opinions” in the Registration Statement and prospectus supplements related to the Debt Securities. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP



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