UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): February 25, 2015

 

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-13836   98-0390500

(Jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Unit 1202 Building 1000 City Gate

Mahon, Cork, Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

353-21-423-5000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

The disclosure under Item 8.01 below regarding the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture is incorporated under this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

Pricing of Notes Offering

On February 20, 2015, Tyco International plc (the “Company”), Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A. (“Tyco Luxembourg”) and Tyco International Finance S.A. (“TIFSA”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and UBS Limited (collectively, the “Underwriters”) under which TIFSA agreed to sell to the Underwriters €500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.375% Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Notes Offering”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by each of the Company and Tyco Luxembourg.

The Notes and Guarantees were registered by the Company, Tyco Luxembourg and TIFSA pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-200413) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which Registration Statement includes a Prospectus dated November 17, 2014 and a Prospectus Supplement dated February 20, 2015.

On February 25, 2015, TIFSA completed the Notes Offering. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), among TIFSA, the Company, Tyco Luxembourg and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among TIFSA, the Company, Tyco Luxembourg, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee and as paying agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as security registrar, transfer agent and authenticating agent.

TIFSA intends to use the proceeds from the issuance of the Notes general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, repayment of debt, capital expenditures, investments in subsidiaries, repurchases of ordinary shares and funding of legacy liabilities.

The Notes are TIFSA’s senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior debt, and senior to any subordinated indebtedness that TIFSA may incur. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and Tyco Luxembourg.

The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 1.375% per year from the date of original issuance or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or


provided for. Interest on the Notes will be payable on February 25 of each year, commencing on February 25, 2016, to the holders of record at the close of business on the February 10 prior to each interest payment date.

Prior to November 25, 2024, the Notes are redeemable at TIFSA’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed or a “make-whole” amount, plus in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. On or after November 25, 2024, the Notes are redeemable at TIFSA’s option at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest. TIFSA also may redeem all, but not less than all, of a series of Notes in the event of certain tax changes affecting such Notes.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture), unless TIFSA has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, each holder of Notes will have the right to require TIFSA to purchase all or a portion 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 the date of purchase.

Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, Indenture and Supplemental Indenture are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The Company is filing Exhibits 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 below as exhibits to this Current Report for the purpose of incorporating them as exhibits to the Registration Statement and such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated February 20, 2015, by and among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and UBS Limited.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015, among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc, Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015, among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc, Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee and as paying agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as security registrar, transfer agent and authenticating agent.
4.3    Specimen of Global Note (included as Annex A to Exhibit 4.2).
5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Allen & Overy Luxembourg.
5.3    Opinion of Arthur Cox.
5.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
5.2    Consent of Allen & Overy Luxembourg (included in Exhibit 5.2).
5.3    Consent of Arthur Cox (included in Exhibit 5.3).


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.

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC

(Registrant)

By:  

/a/ Andrea Goodrich

  Andrea Goodrich
 

Corporate Secretary and Associate General

Counsel

Date: February 25, 2015


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated February 20, 2015, by and among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and UBS Limited.
4.1    Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015, among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc, Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015, among Tyco International Finance S.A., Tyco International plc, Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee and as paying agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as security registrar, transfer agent and authenticating agent.
4.3    Specimen of Global Note (included as Annex A to Exhibit 4.2).
5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Allen & Overy Luxembourg.
5.3    Opinion of Arthur Cox.
5.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
5.2    Consent of Allen & Overy Luxembourg (included in Exhibit 5.2).
5.3    Consent of Arthur Cox (included in Exhibit 5.3).


Exhibit 1.1

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

€500,000,000 1.375% Notes due 2025

Fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any,

and interest by Tyco International plc and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A.

 

Underwriting Agreement

February 20, 2015

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Merrill Lynch International

Barclays Bank PLC

BNP Paribas

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

UBS Limited

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Tyco International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (société anonyme) registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under the number B 123.550 and having its registered office at 29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve, in L-2227 Luxembourg (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of €500,000,000 principal amount of its 1.375% Notes due 2025 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest (the “Guarantees”) by Tyco International plc, an Irish public limited company (“Tyco”) and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., a Luxembourg société en commandite par actions (“Tyco Luxembourg” and, together with Tyco, the “Guarantors”), and will have the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto. The Securities and the Guarantees are to be issued pursuant to the indenture, to be dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”) as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, to be dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Company and the Guarantors are hereinafter referred to as the “Tyco Parties.”


The Tyco Parties have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, on Form S-3 (the file number of which is set forth on Schedule III hereto), relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Securities, to be issued from time to time by the Tyco Parties. The registration statement as amended to the date of this agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated November 17, 2014 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Tyco Parties to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus.” The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Tyco Parties to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule II hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by any of the Tyco Parties with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

1. Representations and Warranties. The Tyco Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Underwriters that:

 

  (a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of any of the Tyco Parties, threatened by the Commission. If the Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, the Tyco Parties are well-known seasoned issuers (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and none of the Tyco Parties has received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement.

 

  (b)

(i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied, or will comply when so filed, in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the


Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4(a)), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) the Prospectus does not contain and at the Time of Delivery, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (A) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or the bona fide electronic road show identified as an issuer free writing prospectus in Schedule IV hereto based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Tyco Parties in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), of the Trustee.

 

  (c) None of the Tyco Parties is an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any issuer free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act) that any of the Tyco Parties is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each issuer free writing prospectus that any of the Tyco Parties has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by any of the Tyco Parties complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the issuer free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto and the electronic road show identified in Schedule IV hereto, if any, each furnished to you before first use, the Tyco Parties have not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any issuer free writing prospectus.


  (d) Each of the Tyco Parties has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, a company or a Luxembourg société en commandite par actions, as the case may be, in good standing (to the extent good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the corporate or company power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing is not reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, consolidated financial condition, consolidated shareholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of Tyco and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

  (e) Each of Tyco International Holding S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company and Tyco Fire & Security US Holdings LLC (the “Significant Subsidiaries”), has been duly formed, is validly existing as a corporation or company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation (to the extent good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), has the corporate or company power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification (to the extent good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, Tyco Luxembourg and each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by Tyco, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

 

  (f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Tyco Parties.

 

  (g) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company. When executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability and the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.


  (h) The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors. When the Securities are executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantees will be the valid and binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.

 

  (i) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, duly authorized by each of the Tyco Parties and, when executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against each of the Tyco Parties in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability; and the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Prospectus and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to you.

 

  (j) The execution and delivery by the Tyco Parties of, and the performance by them of their obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law or the charter or other governing documents or bye-laws of the Tyco Parties, (ii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon any of the Tyco Parties or any of the Significant Subsidiaries that is material to Tyco and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over any of the Tyco Parties or any Significant Subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by any of the Tyco Parties of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees by the Underwriters.

 

  (k) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development that is reasonably likely to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of Tyco and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

  (l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Tyco Parties, threatened to which any of the Tyco Parties or any Significant Subsidiary is a party other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


  (m) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, none of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any of the Tyco Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of any of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a material violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder; and the Tyco Parties and their subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures to ensure compliance therewith. No part of the proceeds of the offering will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.

 

  (n) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of Tyco and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Tyco and its subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein) and the pro forma financial information included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, if any, has been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, the assumptions on which such pro forma financial information has been prepared are reasonable, and such pro forma financial information has been prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  (o) None of the Tyco Parties is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, none will be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

  (p) Each preliminary prospectus with respect to the Securities filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  (q) Prior to the date hereof, none of the Tyco Parties or any of their affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any of the Tyco Parties in connection with the offering of the Securities.


  (r) None of the Tyco Parties is (i) in violation of its charter documents or other governing documents or bye-laws, (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which default has had or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (s) The statements set forth in the Basic Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees of Debt Securities” and in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Notes and Guarantees,” insofar as they purport to describe the material terms of the Securities and the Guarantees, and the statements set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the material provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly describe, in all material respects, those terms and provisions.

 

  (t) To the extent that the statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Certain Luxembourg, Ireland and United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” purport to describe certain provisions of the tax laws referred to therein, such summaries fairly describe, in all material respects, such provisions.

 

  (u) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of Tyco, are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  (v) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has been no change in internal control over the consolidated financial reporting of Tyco that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over the consolidated financial reporting.

 

  (w) Tyco maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by Tyco’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the internal control over consolidated financial reporting of Tyco is effective and Tyco is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.

 

  (x) Tyco maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to Tyco is made known to Tyco’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within Tyco and its subsidiaries; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.


  (y) The operations of the Tyco Parties and their subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and 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 any of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of any of the Tyco Parties, threatened.

 

  (z) None of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any of the Tyco Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, representative or affiliate of any of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries (i) is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned by or is acting on behalf of, an individual or entity that is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States (including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or enforced by Her Majesty’s Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions” and such persons, “Sanctioned Persons” and each such person, a “Sanctioned Person”), (ii) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (collectively, “Sanctioned Countries” and each, a “Sanctioned Country”) or (iii) will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity to fund any activities or business with any individual or entity or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against, any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

 

  (aa) Except as has been disclosed to the Underwriters or is not material to the analysis under any Sanctions, none of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding 3 years, nor does any of the Tyco Parties or any of their subsidiaries have any plans to increase its dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Countries.


  (bb) Each of the Company and Tyco Luxembourg represents that the choice of law provisions set forth in this agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Luxembourg, and will be recognized and given effect to by the courts of Luxembourg (unless a court determined that doing so would be contrary to public policy in Luxembourg); each of the Company and Tyco Luxembourg has, under the laws of Luxembourg, the power to submit to the jurisdiction of New York courts; the irrevocable submission of the Company and Tyco Luxembourg to the jurisdiction of the New York courts and the waiver by the Company and Tyco Luxembourg of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding in a New York court, included in this agreement, are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Luxembourg; none of the Company, Tyco Luxembourg or any of their assets is entitled to immunity (or any similar defense) from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in Luxembourg; this Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws of Luxembourg, for the enforcement thereof against the Company and Tyco Luxembourg and nothing in Luxembourg law prevents suit upon this Agreement in the courts of Luxembourg; and it is not necessary (a) in order to enable the Underwriters to exercise or enforce their rights under this Agreement in Luxembourg or (b) by reason of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, that any of the Underwriters should be licensed, qualified, authorized or entitled to do business in Luxembourg.

 

  (cc) Tyco represents that the choice of law provisions set forth in this agreement are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Ireland, and will be recognized and given effect to by the courts of Ireland (unless an Irish court has determined that doing so would be contrary to public policy in Ireland); Tyco can, under the laws of Ireland, submit to the jurisdiction of New York courts; the irrevocable submission of Tyco to the jurisdiction of the New York courts and the waiver by Tyco of any immunity and any objection to the venue of the proceeding in a New York court, included in this agreement, are legal, valid and binding under the laws of Ireland; neither Tyco nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity (or any similar defense) from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in Ireland; this Agreement is in proper legal form under the laws of Ireland, for the enforcement thereof against Tyco and nothing in Irish law prevents suit upon this Agreement in the courts of Ireland; and it is not necessary (a) in order to enable the Underwriters to exercise or enforce their rights under this Agreement in Ireland or (b) by reason of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, that any of the Underwriters should be licensed, qualified, authorized or entitled to do business in Ireland.

 

2. Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters to Sell and Purchase. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.208% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, to the Time of Delivery (as defined below).


3. Terms of Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4. Payment for and Delivery of the Securities.

 

  (a) Payment for the Securities shall be made by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company in Federal (same-day) funds in euro by wire transfer to a common depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A/N.V. (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriters at least forty-eight hours in advance against delivery of the Securities. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be at or about 10:00 a.m., London time, on February 25, 2015 or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the “Time of Delivery.”

 

  (b) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be registered in the name of a nominee of Euroclear and Clearstream. The Securities shall be delivered to the Underwriters at the Time of Delivery, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid by the Company, against payment therefor plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of payment and delivery.

 

5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities at the Time of Delivery are subject, in their discretion, to the representations and warranties of the Tyco Parties contained in this Agreement being true and correct as of the Time of Delivery, that the Tyco Parties shall have each performed all of their respective obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and further subject to the following conditions:

 

  (a) On or after 3:15 p.m. (London Time) on February 20, 2015 (the “Applicable Time”), there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Tyco Parties or any of their respective securities or in the rating outlook for any of the Tyco Parties by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

  (b)

No change, nor any development that involves a prospective change, in the consolidated financial condition, general affairs, management, consolidated shareholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of Tyco and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has occurred since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time


  of Sale Prospectus, the effect of which in the sole judgment of Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Merrill Lynch International, on behalf of the Underwriters, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the sole judgment of Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Merrill Lynch International, on behalf of the Underwriters, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus.

 

  (c) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Tyco Parties herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by each of the Tyco Parties of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsection (b) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

 

  (d) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

  (e) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, special New York counsel to the Tyco Parties, shall have furnished to you such written opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, that will be substantially in the form previously agreed upon.

 

  (f) Allen & Overy Luxembourg, Luxembourg counsel to the Company and Tyco Luxembourg, shall have furnished to you such written opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, that will be substantially in the form previously agreed upon.

 

  (g) Arthur Cox, Irish counsel to Tyco, shall have furnished to you such written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, that will be substantially in the form previously agreed upon.

 

  (h) On the date of the Prospectus prior to the execution of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I.

 

  (i) The Underwriters shall have received at the Time of Delivery a copy of the Indenture executed by the Tyco Parties.

 

  (j) The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through Clearstream and Euroclear.

 

  (k) The Company shall have applied to list the Securities on the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such action shall have been provided to the Underwriters.


6. Covenants of the Tyco Parties. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters contained or referred to in this Agreement, the Tyco Parties jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Underwriter as follows:

 

  (a) Tyco will furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement and will deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

 

  (b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, Tyco will furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.

 

  (c) Tyco will furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by any of the Tyco Parties and will not use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.

 

  (d) None of the Tyco Parties will take any action that would result in an Underwriter or any of the Tyco Parties being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

  (e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Tyco Parties forthwith will prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at their own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.


  (f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Tyco Parties forthwith will prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at their own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Tyco Parties) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

  (g) Promptly from time to time as you may reasonably request the Tyco Parties will endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities and the Guarantees; provided that none of the Tyco Parties will be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such state.

 

  (h) The Tyco Parties will cooperate with the Representatives in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through Clearstream and Euroclear.

 

  (i) The Tyco Parties will use their best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance if applicable, the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) for trading on such exchange as promptly as practicable after the date hereof.

 

  (j)

The Company hereby authorizes Citigroup Global Markets Limited in its role as stabilizing manager (the “Stabilizing Manager”) to make adequate public disclosure regarding stabilization of the information required in relation to such stabilization by Commission Regulation (EC) 2273/2003 of the Commission of the European Communities. The Stabilizing Manager for its own account may, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and directives, over-allot and effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail, but in doing so the Stabilizing Manager shall act as principal and not as agent of the Company and any loss resulting from overallotment and stabilization shall be borne, and any profit arising therefrom shall be beneficially retained, by the


  Stabilizing Manager. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilizing Manager (or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilizing Manager) will undertake any stabilization action. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed so as to require the Company to issue in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Securities specified in Schedule I hereto. Such stabilization, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time and shall be conducted by the Stabilizing Manager in accordance with all applicable laws and directives.

 

  (k)

Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Tyco Parties will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the counsel and accountants of the Tyco Parties in connection with the registration, issuance and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by any of the Tyco Parties, and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1), if applicable) (it being understood that the foregoing does not include fees and disbursement of counsel for the Underwriters), including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable in connection with such transfer and delivery, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) all filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (vi) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, (vii) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Tyco Parties relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of Tyco, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Tyco Parties and any such


consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) the cost of printing or reproducing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, closing documents and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees, (x) all expenses and application fees in connection with the listing of the Securities on the NYSE (xi) all expenses and application fees in connection with the approval of the Securities for eligibility for clearance and settlement through Euroclear and Clearstream and (xii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Tyco Parties hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in clauses (iii) and (v) of this subsection (h), and Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

  (l) The Tyco Parties will prepare final term sheets relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form consented to by the Underwriters, and will file such final term sheets within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities.

 

  (m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the business day after the Time of Delivery, none of the Tyco Parties will offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of any of the Tyco Parties that are substantially similar to the Securities and the Guarantees without your prior written consent.

 

7. Covenant of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Tyco Parties not to take any action that would result in any of the Tyco Parties being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Tyco Parties thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

 

8.

Additional Covenants. Each of the Tyco Parties, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that, unless each has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Underwriters, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Tyco Parties that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Tyco Parties, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed by the Tyco Parties with the Commission or retained by the Tyco Parties under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheets prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. The Company agrees that it has complied and


will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any such free writing prospectus consented to pursuant to this Section 8, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

 

9. Indemnification and Contribution.

 

  (a) The Tyco Parties, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, each broker dealer affiliate of any Underwriter and each of their respective officers and directors from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, including the final term sheets prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Tyco Parties shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, including the final term sheets prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Tyco Parties by any Underwriter expressly for use therein.

 

  (b)

Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Tyco Parties, their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Tyco Parties within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, to which the Tyco Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement


of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, including the final term sheets prepared and filed pursuant to Section 6(l), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Tyco Parties by such Underwriter expressly for use therein.

 

  (c)

In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) above, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by (i) the relevant Underwriter(s), in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 9(a) and (ii) by Tyco, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 9(b). The indemnifying party 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, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such


  settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified person.

 

  (d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or 9(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party 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 Tyco Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Tyco Parties on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand 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 Tyco Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Tyco Parties and the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth herein, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Tyco Parties on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand 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 Tyco Parties on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

 

  (e)

The Tyco Parties and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to subsection (d) 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 above in subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to above in subsection (d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses


  reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities purchased by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors 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 remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

10. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by written notice given to Tyco, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Time of Delivery (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, the NYSE, (ii) trading of any securities of Tyco shall have been suspended on the NYSE, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States or in Europe shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal, New York State or European Union authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

11. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters.

 

  (a)

If, at the Time of Delivery, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder at such time, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased at such time, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Underwriters may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase at such time; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, at the Time of Delivery any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder at such time and the aggregate


  principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased at such time, and arrangements satisfactory to the Underwriters and Tyco for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or of the Tyco Parties. In any such case the Underwriters and Tyco shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

  (b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 (other than clause (ii) thereof), none of the Tyco Parties shall be under any liability to any Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement except as provided in Section 6(k) and Section 9 hereof; but if for any other reason the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated, including because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 is not satisfied, this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10(ii) or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of any of the Tyco Parties to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Tyco Parties agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives on demand for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities, and the Tyco Parties shall be under no further liability except as provided in Section 6(k) and Section 9 hereof.

 

12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service.

 

  (a) Each of the Tyco Parties irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Tyco Parties irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that any of the Tyco Parties has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each of the Tyco Parties irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding.


  (b) Each of the Tyco Parties hereby irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding described in the preceding paragraph and agrees that service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent. Each of the Tyco Parties waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Each of the Tyco Parties represents and warrants that such agent has agreed to act as its agent for service of process, and each of the Tyco Parties agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect.

 

13. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Tyco Parties with respect to any sum due from any of them to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day following receipt by such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter of any sum in such other currency, and only to the extent that such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency. If the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder, the Tyco Parties jointly and severally agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter agrees to pay to Tyco an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person of such Underwriter hereunder.

 

14. Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it: (i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

 

15.

Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Tyco Parties and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and


  effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or any of the Tyco Parties, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Tyco Parties, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

16. Agreement Among Managers. The execution of this Agreement by all parties will constitute the Underwriters’ acceptance of the ICMA Agreement Among Managers Version 1/New York Schedule subject to any amendment notified to the Underwriters in writing at any time prior to the execution of this Agreement. References to the “Managers” shall be deemed to refer to the Underwriters, references to the “Lead Manager” shall be deemed to refer to each of Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Merrill Lynch International and references to “Settlement Lead Manager” shall be deemed to refer to Citigroup Global Markets Limited. As applicable to the Underwriters, Clause 3 of the ICMA Agreement Among Managers Version 1/New York Schedule shall be deemed to be deleted in its entirety and replaced with Section 11 of this Agreement.

 

17. Notice. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you in care of Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom, Attention: MTN Desk (tel: +44 207 986 9050, fax: +44 207 986 1927); J.P. Morgan Securities plc, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, United Kingdom, Attention: Head of Debt Syndicate and Head of Debt Capital Markets Group, Legal (fax: +44 203 493 0682); Merrill Lynch International, 2 King Edward Street, London EC1A 1HQ, United Kingdom, Attention: Syndicate Desk (fax: +44 207 995 2968); if to any of the Tyco Parties shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of such Tyco Party set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Tyco Parties by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

 

18. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters and the Tyco Parties and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the officers and directors of the Tyco Parties and each person who controls the Tyco Parties or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

 

19. Time of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

 

20.

Arm’s-Length Commercial Transaction. Each of the Tyco Parties acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Tyco Parties, on the one hand, and the


  several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Tyco Parties, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any of the Tyco Parties with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising any of the Tyco Parties on other matters) or any other obligation to any of the Tyco Parties except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) each of the Tyco Parties has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each of the Tyco Parties agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriter, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to any of the Tyco Parties, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

22. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

23. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

24. Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between any of the Tyco Parties and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

25. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Tyco Parties and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, 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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.


If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us six counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Tyco Parties. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.
By:  

/s/ Arun Nayar

Name:   Arun Nayar
Title:  

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:  

/s/ Peter Schieser

Name:   Peter Schieser
Title:   Manager

 

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.
By:  

/s/ Peter Schieser

Name:   Peter Schieser
Title:   Managing Director


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Tom Pauk

Name:   Tom Pauk
Title:   Delegated Signatory
  Citigroup Centre
  33 Canada Square
  Canary Warf
  London E14 5LB
  United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC
By:

/s/ Selma Adhikary

Name: Selma Adhikary
Title: Executive Director
25 Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London E14 5JP
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
By:

/s/ Alexander von Sponeck

Name: Alexander von Sponeck
Title: Managing Director
2 King Edward Street
London ECIA 1HQ
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By:

/s/ Cuthbert Kendall

Name: Cuthbert Kendall
Title: Director
5 North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London 14 4BB
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

BNP PARIBAS
By:

/s/ Camille Munuera

Name: Camille Munuera
Title: Authorised Signatory
By:

/s/ Hugh Pryse-Davies

Name: Hugh Pryse-Davies
Title: Authorised Signatory
10 Harewood Avenue
London NW1 6AA
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (EUROPE) LIMITED

By:

/s/ Aaron Weaver

Name: Aaron Weaver
Title: Director
By:

/s/ Eva Callaghan

Name: Eva Callaghan
Title: Director
1 Cabot Square
London E14 QJ
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH

By:

/s/ Ritu Ketkar

Name: Ritu Ketkar
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Jack McCabe

Name: Jack McCabe
Title: Managing Director
Winchester House
1 Great Winchester Street
London EC2N 2DB
United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Gilliam

Name:   Ryan Gilliam
Title:   Vice President
  200 West Street
  New York, New York 10282


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:  

/s/ Delphine Mourot

Name:   Delphine Mourot
Title:   Executive Director
  25 Cabot Square
  Canary Wharf
  London E14 4QA
  United Kingdom


Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

UBS LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Ben Richards

Name:   Ben Richards
Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ Nicholas Lewis

Name:   Nicholas Lewis
Title:   Executive Director
  1 Finsbury Avenue
  London EC2M 2PP
  United Kingdom


SCHEDULE I

 

     Principal
Amount of
Securities to

be Purchased
 

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

   108,334,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

     108,333,000   

Merrill Lynch International

     108,333,000   

Barclays Bank PLC

     25,000,000   

BNP Paribas

     25,000,000   

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

     25,000,000   

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

     25,000,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     25,000,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

     25,000,000   

UBS Limited

     25,000,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

500,000,000   
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

Materials other than the preliminary prospectus that comprise the Time of Sale Prospectus:

Term Sheet, dated February 20, 2015


SCHEDULE III

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 433

Supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated

February 20, 2015 and the Prospectus dated November 17, 2014

Registration No. 333-200314, 333-200314-01 and 333-200314-02

February 20, 2015

Pricing Term Sheet

€500,000,000 1.375% Notes due 2025

 

Issuer: Tyco International Finance S.A.
Guarantors:

Tyco International plc

Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A.

Size: €500,000,000
Maturity: February 25, 2025
Coupon: 1.375%
Price to Public: 99.833% of face amount
Yield to Maturity: 1.393%

Spread to Benchmark German Government Security:

+103.8 basis points
Benchmark German Government Security: 0.500% DBR due February 15, 2025

Benchmark German Government Security Price/Yield:

101.420% / 0.355%
Mid-Swap Yield: 0.713%
Spread to Mid-Swap Yield: +68 basis points
Interest Payment Dates: Annually on February 25, commencing February 25, 2016
Day Count Convention: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
Redemption Provisions: Prior to November 25, 2024, at greater of par and a make-whole call at comparable German Government security rate +20 basis points; on and after November 25, 2024, at par; in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.
Pricing Date: February 20, 2015
Settlement Date: February 25, 2015 (T+3)
Settlement: Euroclear/Clearstream
Listing: Application will be made to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.
Common Code/ISIN/CUSIP: 119546567 / XS1195465676 / 902118BR8
Denominations: €100,000 x €1,000
Stabilization: Stabilization/FCA
Ratings (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch):* A3 (negative) / BBB+ (stable) / A- (stable)


Underwriters:

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Merrill Lynch International

 

Co-Managers:

Barclays Bank PLC

BNP Paribas

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc

UBS Limited

 

* Note: The security ratings set forth above are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal by the assigning rating organization at any time.

The Issuer and the Guarantors have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer and the Guarantors have 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 preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Limited at 1-800-831-9146 or prospectus@citi.com, J.P. Morgan Securities plc at +44-20-7134-2468 or Merrill Lynch International at 1-800-294-1322 or Dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.

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.


SCHEDULE IV

Net Roadshow Fixed Income Investor Presentation dated February 2015


ANNEX I

Pursuant to Section 5(h) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:



Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.,

as Issuer,

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC,

as Parent and Guarantor

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.,

as Guarantor

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST

COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of February 25, 2015

UNSUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

     1   

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms

     1   

ARTICLE II. ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

     8   

Section 2.01         Designation and Terms of Securities

     8   

Section 2.02         Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate

     11   

Section 2.03         Denominations; Provisions for Payment

     13   

Section 2.04         Execution and Authentications

     15   

Section 2.05         Transfer and Exchange

     16   

Section 2.06         Temporary Securities

     23   

Section 2.07         Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities

     23   

Section 2.08         Cancellation

     24   

Section 2.09         Third Party Beneficiaries

     24   

Section 2.10         Authenticating Agent

     24   

Section 2.11         Global Securities

     25   

Section 2.12         CUSIP Numbers

     25   

Section 2.13         Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

     26   

Section 2.14         Wire Transfers

     26   

Section 2.15         Designated Currency

     26   

Section 2.16         Form of Guarantee

     27   

ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

     27   

Section 3.01         Redemption

     27   

Section 3.02         Notice of Redemption

     27   

Section 3.03         Payment Upon Redemption

     29   

Section 3.04         Sinking Fund

     29   

Section 3.05         Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

     30   

Section 3.06         Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

     30   

ARTICLE IV. CERTAIN COVENANTS

     30   

Section 4.01         Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

     30   

Section 4.02         Maintenance of Office or Agency

     31   

Section 4.03         Paying Agents

     31   

Section 4.04         Statement by Officers as to Default

     32   

Section 4.05         Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee

     32   

 

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     Page  

ARTICLE V. SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     32   

Section 5.01         Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders

     32   

Section 5.02         Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders

     32   

Section 5.03         Reports by the Company

     33   

Section 5.04         Reports by the Trustee

     33   

ARTICLE VI. REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

     34   

Section 6.01         Events of Default

     34   

Section 6.02         Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

     35   

Section 6.03         Application of Funds Collected

     37   

Section 6.04         Limitation on Suits

     37   

Section 6.05         Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver

     38   

Section 6.06         Control by Securityholders

     38   

Section 6.07         Undertaking to Pay Costs

     39   

Section 6.08         Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Laws

     40   

ARTICLE VII. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     40   

Section 7.01         Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     40   

Section 7.02         Certain Rights of Trustee

     41   

Section 7.03         Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities

     42   

Section 7.04         May Hold Securities

     42   

Section 7.05         Funds Held in Trust

     43   

Section 7.06         Compensation and Reimbursement

     43   

Section 7.07         Reliance on Officer’s Certificate

     43   

Section 7.08         Disqualification; Conflicting Interests

     44   

Section 7.09         Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

     44   

Section 7.10         Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     44   

Section 7.11         Acceptance of Appointment By Successor

     45   

Section 7.12         Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     46   

Section 7.13         Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

     47   

ARTICLE VIII. CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     47   

Section 8.01         Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

     47   

Section 8.02         Proof of Execution by Securityholders

     48   

Section 8.03         Who May be Deemed Owners

     48   

Section 8.04         Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded

     48   

ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     49   

Section 9.01         Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders

     49   

 

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     Page  

Section 9.02         Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders

     51   

Section 9.03         Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     51   

Section 9.04         Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures

     52   

Section 9.05         Execution of Supplemental Indentures

     52   

ARTICLE X. SUCCESSOR

     53   

Section 10.01         Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

     53   

Section 10.02         Successor Person Substituted

     53   

ARTICLE XI. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     54   

Section 11.01         Applicability of Article

     54   

Section 11.02         Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     54   

Section 11.03         Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance

     55   

Section 11.04         Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust

     56   

Section 11.05         Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents

     57   

Section 11.06         Repayment to the Company or Guarantor

     57   

Section 11.07         Reinstatement

     57   

ARTICLE XII. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     58   

Section 12.01         No Recourse

     58   

ARTICLE XIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     58   

Section 13.01         Effect on Successors and Assigns

     58   

Section 13.02         Actions by Successor

     58   

Section 13.03         Notices

     59   

Section 13.04         Governing Law

     60   

Section 13.05         Treatment of Securities as Debt

     60   

Section 13.06         Compliance Certificates and Opinions

     60   

Section 13.07         Payments on Business Days

     61   

Section 13.08         Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

     61   

Section 13.09         Counterparts

     61   

Section 13.10         Separability

     61   

Section 13.11         No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     62   

Section 13.12         Table of Contents, Headings, Etc

     62   

Section 13.13         Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process

     62   

Section 13.14         Waiver of Jury Trial

     63   

Section 13.15         USA Patriot Act

     63   

ARTICLE XIV. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS

     63   

Section 14.01         Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes

     63   

Section 14.02         Payment of Additional Amounts

     64   

 

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     Page  

ARTICLE XV. GUARANTEES

     67   

Section 15.01         Guarantee

     67   

Section 15.02         Execution and Delivery of Guarantee

     69   

Section 15.03         Release of Guarantee

     69   

 

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Cross Reference Table*

 

Section of

Trust Indenture Act

of 1939, as amended

  

Section of

Indenture

310(a)    7.09
310(b)    7.08
   7.10
310(c)    Inapplicable
311(a)    7.13
311(b)    7.13
311(c)    Inapplicable
312(a)    5.01
   5.02(a)
312(b)    5.02(b)
312(c)    5.02(b)
313(a)    5.04(a)
313(b)    5.04(b)
313(c)    5.04(b)
313(d)    5.04(c)
314(a)    5.03
314(b)    Inapplicable
314(c)    13.06
314(d)    Inapplicable
314(e)    13.06
314(f)    Inapplicable
315(a)    7.01
315(b)    6.01(c)
315(c)    7.01(a)
315(d)    7.01(b)
315(e)    6.07
316(a)    6.06,
   8.04
316(b)    6.04
316(c)    8.01
317(a)    6.02
317(b)    4.03
318(a)    13.08

 

* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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THIS INDENTURE is dated as of February 25, 2015, among TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “Company”), TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC, an Irish public limited company (“Parent”), TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares (“Tyco SCA”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

A. This Indenture provides for the issuance of unsecured debt securities (the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee, and for guarantees of the Securities.

B. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below) that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

C. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.

The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01 and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or that are by reference in the Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the time of any computation.

144A Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series sold in global form in reliance on Rule 144A.


Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

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

Applicable Procedures”, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security for a series of Securities, means the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange at the relevant time.

Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, or any duly authorized committee of such Board of Directors.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, to have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day”, with respect to any series of Securities, means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in the city where the office or agency for payment on the Securities is maintained pursuant to Section 4.02, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.

Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, partnership interests (whether general or limited), any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A., or its successors.

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Company” means Tyco International Finance S.A. until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor entity.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10005.

Currency” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

Default” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

Definitive Security” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Securityholder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.05.

Depositary”, with respect to Securities of any series which the Company shall determine will be issued in whole or in part as a Global Security, means The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01.

Designated Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

Distribution Compliance Period” means the restricted period as defined in Rule 903(b)(3) under the Securities Act.

Dollar” or “$” means such currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a Foreign Currency, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of Dollars obtained by converting such Foreign Currency involved in such computation into Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of Dollars with the applicable Foreign Currency as quoted by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (unless another comparable financial institution is designated by the Company) in New York, New York, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date two business days prior to such determination.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear System.

Event of Default”, with respect to Securities of a particular series, means any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.

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

 

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Foreign Currency” means a currency, currency unit or composite currency, including the euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments or a composite currency the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Governmental Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

Guarantee” with respect to Securities of any series which the Company shall determine will be guaranteed by another Person, means the unconditional and unsubordinated guarantee by a Guarantor of the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on a series of Securities when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and this Indenture.

Guarantor” shall mean any Person providing a Guarantee of the Securities of any series pursuant to Article XV.

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

including” means including without limitation.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

Indirect Participant” means any entity that, with respect to the Depositary, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified herein, in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

 

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Officer” means any managing director, the chairman or any vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate, signed by any managing director or by the chairman or any vice chairman of the Board of Directors, or the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or vice president or the secretary or any assistant secretary or the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.06, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may be an Officer or employee of or counsel for the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.06, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Original Issue Discount Security” means a 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 6.01.

Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities of any series, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities of such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which funds in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent other than the Company, or, if the Company shall act as its own paying agent, shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company for the Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07, except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be

 

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deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more currencies that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be based on the Dollar Equivalent, on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security.

Parent” means Tyco International plc until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Parent” shall mean such successor entity.

Participant”, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, means a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, during which any or all of the specific terms of the Securities, including the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the 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 in accordance with the terms of the relevant Supplemental Indenture.

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

Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security. For the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(b) to be placed on all Restricted Securities issued under this Indenture or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, except where specifically stated otherwise by the provisions of this Indenture, such Board Resolution or such supplemental indenture.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Regulation S Global Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, or a Regulation S Permanent Global Security of such series, as the case may be.

Regulation S Permanent Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend, that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold or, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series upon expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series, as the case may be.

 

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Regulation S Temporary Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more temporary Global Securities, bearing the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend, issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(d), which is required to be placed on all Regulation S Temporary Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Responsible Officer” means any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Definitive Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security of such series, unless or until it has been (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Securities” means the securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Securityholder,” “Holder,” “holder of Securities,” “registered holder,” or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Security Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Security Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Stated Maturity”, with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred.

 

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Subsidiary”, with respect to any Person, means any other Person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock at the time is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.

Trustee” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall include its successors and assigns. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the Trustee with respect to that series.

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and 10.01.

Unrestricted Definitive Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Global Security”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Securities”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force.

Voting Stock” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person, irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency.

ARTICLE II.

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or

 

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pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, with respect to the Securities of the series:

(1) the title of the Security of the series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, other Securities of that series;

(3) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any, including any procedures to vary or reset such rate or rates, and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, and the record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;

(6) any trustees, authenticating agents or paying agents with respect to such series, if different from those set forth in this Indenture;

(7) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods or defer the payment of interest and the duration of such extension or deferral;

(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions, including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations, or at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and 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;

(10) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication for such series;

 

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(11) if other than denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(12) the Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of the series shall be payable;

(13) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof that will be due and payable upon declaration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 or upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or that will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date, or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined;

(14) the terms of any repurchase or remarketing rights;

(15) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the type of Global Security to be issued; the terms and conditions, if different from those contained in this Indenture, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities in definitive registered form; the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legends referred to in Section 2.02;

(16) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or another obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;

(17) any additional restrictive covenants or Events of Default that will apply to the Securities of the series, or any changes to the restrictive covenants set forth in Article IV or the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 that will apply to the Securities of the series, which may consist of establishing different terms or provisions from those set forth in Article IV or Section 6.01 or eliminating any such restrictive covenant or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series;

(18) any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified event occurs;

(19) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Securities of a series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

 

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(20) any special tax implications of the Securities, including provisions for original issue discount securities, if offered;

(21) whether and upon what terms Securities of a series may be defeased if different from the provisions set forth in this Indenture;

(22) with regard to the Securities of any series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

(23) whether the Securities of the series will be issued as Unrestricted Securities or Restricted Securities, and, if issued as Restricted Securities, the rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act in reliance on which they will be sold;

(24) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued with Guarantees and, if so, the identity of any Guarantor (including whether Parent and/or Tyco SCA shall be a Guarantor under the series) and the terms, if any, of any Guarantee of the payment of principal and interest, if any, with respect to Securities of the series and any corresponding changes to the provisions of this Indenture as then in effect; and

(25) any and all additional, eliminated or changed terms that shall apply to the Securities of the series, including any terms that may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations, including the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series.

(b) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except that Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, in different denominations, with different currency of payments due thereunder, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates from which such interest may accrue or on which such interest may be payable, and with different redemption dates, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any supplemental indenture. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide that such Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon original issuance from time to time upon written order of persons designated in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series.

Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate.

(a) The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the

 

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Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental hereto, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

(b) Each Restricted Security (and all Restricted Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a Private Placement Legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.”

(c) To the extent required by the Depositary for particular series of Securities, each Global Security of such series shall bear legends in substantially the following forms:

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED

 

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PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.”

“UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

(d) To the extent required by the Depositary, each Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITIES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE HOLDER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CASH PAYMENTS OF INTEREST DURING THE PERIOD WHICH SUCH HOLDER HOLDS THIS SECURITY. NOTHING IN THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT INTEREST FROM ACCRUING ON THIS SECURITY.”

Section 2.03 Denominations; Provisions for Payment.

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(11). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified as provided in Section 2.01 with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well

 

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as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in Dollars except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12), at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a)(4), interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of any Securities pursuant to Section 2.01, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section 2.03 with respect to a series of Securities shall mean a date 15 days immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.03, each Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01, any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Security (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below.

(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee funds in an amount equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such funds when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee promptly shall notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date

 

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therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than ten days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities, or their respective Predecessor Securities, are registered on such special record date and shall not be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.

Section 2.04 Execution and Authentications.

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or by both (a) its president, chief financial officer or vice president and (b) its secretary, any assistant secretary, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. In the case of Definitive Securities of any series, such signatures may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 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, with the form of Guarantee thereon executed by any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01 and the preceding paragraph, in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with an Authentication Order or such other procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a supplemental indenture or the written order of the Company delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee conclusively may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the written order of the Company, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate and other documents delivered pursuant to this Section 2.04 at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such written order, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate or other documents have been superseded or revoked, and written notice thereof is provided to Trustee, or expire by their terms.

 

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Section 2.05 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose as provided in Section 4.02, a register or registers (the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as provided in this Article II and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and the transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the “Security Registrar”). If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Security Registrar, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Security Registrar.

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations, and any Guarantor thereof shall execute the form of Guarantee or Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Security or Securities upon receipt of an Authentication Order. The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company and any Guarantor thereof, evidencing the same indebtedness as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Prior to such due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, the Company, any paying agent and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Company, the paying agent or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All certifications, Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.05 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile, to be followed by delivery of the original document to Trustee within three (3) Business Days of delivery by facsimile.

(b) Service Charge. No service charge shall be payable by a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or by a Holder of a Definitive Security for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or for any issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series. The Company, however, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 2.06, 3.03(b) and 9.04.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for a series of the Securities to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or to another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for a series of the Securities or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for a series of

 

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the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the provisions of Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In either such event the Company will execute the Definitive Securities of such series, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, will execute the form of Guarantees thereon, and subject to this Section 2.05 the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, if applicable, will authenticate and deliver such Definitive Securities in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security of such series for such Definitive Securities of such series, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Definitive Securities shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its Participants or Indirect Participants or otherwise, shall in writing instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Except as provided in Sections 2.06 and 2.07, a Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 2.05(c); however, beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.05(d) or (e). The provisions of this Section 2.05(c) are subject to Section 2.11.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities of a series shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution and any one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities of a series shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series. Subject to Section 2.05(e)(4), no written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.05(d)(1).

 

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(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.05(d)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar, as applicable, either:

(A)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above;

provided that in no event shall Definitive Securities of a series be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the relevant Distribution Compliance Period and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903 and Rule 904 under the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of all the requirements for transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities of a series contained in this Indenture, any Board Resolution, or one or more indentures supplemental hereto and the Securities of such series or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security or Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.05(h).

(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security of the same series if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A.

(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of any series may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) above and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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If any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests so transferred. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series.

(e) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Securities.

(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and certificates and opinions of counsel, if applicable, the Trustee, upon receipt of written instructions accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute a Restricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Restricted Definitive Security. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Securities of such series to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of a series may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(d)(2), the Trustee, upon receipt of written instructions accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Unrestricted Definitive Security. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(4) Transfer or Exchange of Regulation S Temporary Global Securities. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 2.05, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of a series may not be (A) exchanged for a Definitive Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series, unless such exchange is effected by the Company, does not require an investment decision on the part of the Holder thereof and does not violate the provisions of Regulation S, and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act or (B) transferred to a U.S. person (as such term is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person, other than an initial purchaser of such Regulation S Temporary Global Security, or a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security of such series prior to the events set forth in clause (A) above or unless the transfer is pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or 904.

(f) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests.

(1) Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Security of a series proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Securities of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series, then, upon receipt by the Trustee of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Security of such series proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series, a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B; or

 

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(B) if such Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 under the Securities Act, a completed certificate to that effect set forth in Exhibit A,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Security of such series, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Security of such series and, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Security of such series or the Regulation S Global Security of such series as applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Restricted Definitive Security of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon receipt of evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.05(f)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Securities of such series so transferred or exchanged and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security of such series.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Definitive Securities of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series at any time. Upon receipt of a written request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause or be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities of such series. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Security of a series to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) of this Section 2.05(f) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Securities of such series so transferred.

(g) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities. Upon written request by a Holder of Definitive Securities of a series and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.05(g), the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05(a). In addition to the

 

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requirements set forth in Section 2.05(a), the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents, and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.05(g).

(1) Restricted Definitive Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities. Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series if the Trustee receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A, including the certifications, certificates and opinions of counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Securities of a series may transfer such Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in accordance with Section 2.05(a). Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security of a series have been exchanged for Definitive Securities of such series or a particular Global Security of a series has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security of such series shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.08. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security of such series is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series or for Definitive Securities of such series, the principal amount of Securities of such series represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) No Exchange or Transfer. The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such

 

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mailing, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption, or (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(5) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

Section 2.06 Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company, with the form of Guarantee thereon executed by any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute, and if applicable any Guarantor will endorse, and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge to the holders, at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 4.02 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be valid obligations under this Indenture.

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company, subject to the next succeeding sentence, shall execute a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and upon the Company’s written request the Trustee, subject to the next succeeding sentence, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Security. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment 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. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company, instead of issuing a

 

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substitute Security, may pay or authorize the payment of the same, 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 they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude, to the extent lawful, any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08 Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On written request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company evidence of the cancellation of Securities by the Trustee. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.09 Third Party Beneficiaries.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision contained herein.

Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent.

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding, there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which either the Trustee or the Company shall have the right to appoint. The Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series, including Securities issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be valid obligations for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, unless otherwise specified in a supplemental indenture or other document in which the Company appoints the Authenticating Agent, shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient

 

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under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. Any Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee with the Consent of the Company at any time may, and upon request by the Company shall, terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, either the Trustee or the Company may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

Section 2.11 Global Securities.

(a) General. If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (iii) shall be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary or otherwise delivered pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the Guarantee or Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.04 shall authenticate such Global Security or Global Securities.

(b) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream, respectively, in effect at the relevant time shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities of such series that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers.

The Company in issuing the Securities of a series may use “CUSIP” numbers if then generally in use, and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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Section 2.13 Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies.

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of such series denominated in any Foreign Currency will be made in such Foreign Currency.

In the event any Foreign Currency or Currencies in which any payment with respect to any series of Securities may be made ceases to be a freely convertible Currency on United States Currency markets, for any date thereafter on which payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a series is due, the Company shall select the Currency of payment for use on such date, all as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. In such event, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the Currency which it has selected to constitute the funds necessary to meet the Company’s obligations on such payment date and of the amount of such Currency to be paid. Such amount shall be determined as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The payment with respect to such payment date shall be deposited with the Trustee by the Company solely in the Currency so selected.

Section 2.14 Wire Transfers.

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment required to be deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities by any method of wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Trustee or such Paying Agent such that funds are available on or before the date such payment is to be made to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. If the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent with respect to Securities of any series that are represented by one or more Global Securities, the Company may make any such payment by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Depositary for such Securities.

Section 2.15 Designated Currency.

The Company may provide pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series that:

(a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12) is of the essence and agree that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of Securities of such series shall be given in the Designated Currency;

(b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall be discharged, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Securityholder receiving such payment, in accordance with normal banking procedures, may purchase with the amount paid in such other Currency after any premium and cost of exchange on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community immediately following the day on which such Securityholder receives such payment;

 

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(c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and

(d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 2.16 Form of Guarantee.

The form of Guarantee shall be set forth on the applicable series of Securities substantially as follows:

GUARANTEE

For value received, [    ] hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

 

Dated: [    ]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

Section 3.01 Redemption.

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 or 14.01.

Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption.

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give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that: (i) payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, if none, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities; (ii) interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice; (iii) from and after said date interest will cease to accrue; and (iv) the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

(b) If all or less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ written notice, unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee thereupon shall select from Securities of such series Outstanding not previously called for redemption, in accordance with a method that complies with the requirements, if any, of any stock exchange on which Securities are listed and that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate, which may include selection pro rata or by lot, and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof of the principal amount of such Securities of such series of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee promptly shall notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities of such series to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

The Company, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of an Officer’s Certificate, may instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section 3.02, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name, as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with,

 

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the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section 3.02.

Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.

(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed 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, in each case as established pursuant to Section 2.01 or 14.01. Interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, such Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01).

(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute a new Security of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate, and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, such new Security; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute a new Global Security of like tenor in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate requesting authentication and delivery, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, such new Global Security.

Section 3.04 Sinking Fund.

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

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Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series other than any Securities previously called for redemption and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit. Together with such Officer’s Certificate, the Company will deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.

ARTICLE IV.

CERTAIN COVENANTS

The following covenants shall apply to the Securities, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such covenant shall not apply to such series of Securities:

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of a series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities.

 

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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company will maintain for such series an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be given or served. Such designation will continue with respect to each office or agency until the Company, by written notice signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee, shall designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. 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 Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, MS: NYC60-1630, New York, New York 10005, acting as the Company’s agent, as the office to be maintained by it for each such purpose.

Section 4.03 Paying Agents.

(a) The Company, upon written notice to the Trustee accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, may appoint one or more paying agents, other than the Trustee, for all or any series of the Securities. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as paying agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, upon notice to the Trustee, may act as paying agent.

(b) The Company shall require each paying agent, other than the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee, to agree in writing with the Company, and the Company shall deliver a copy of such agreement to the Trustee, that the paying agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all funds held by the paying agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the paying agent, if other than the Company or a Guarantor, shall have no further liability for the funds. If the Company or a Guarantor acts as paying agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders all funds held by it as paying agent.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.03 to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold funds in trust as provided in this Section 4.03 is subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, and (ii) the Company at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of this Indenture or for any other purpose, may pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all funds held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such funds to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such funds were held by the Company or such paying agent. Upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds.

 

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Section 4.04 Statement by Officers as to Default.

So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company and each Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee on or before March 31 in each year a certificate, which need not comply with Section 13.06, executed by the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and any Guarantor, if applicable, on their respective behalf as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s, as the case may be, compliance with all covenants and agreements under this Indenture required to be complied with by the Company and Guarantor, respectively (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture). Such certificate need not include a reference to any non-compliance that has been fully cured prior to the date as of which such certificate speaks.

The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 6.01.

Section 4.05 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or to fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder.

ARTICLE V.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) semi-annually at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date for a series of Securities (and in all events at intervals of not more than six months) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may require in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

Section 5.02 Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders.

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

 

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(b) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities. Each Securityholder, by receiving and holding a Security, agrees with each Guarantor thereof, the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee or any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with this Section 5.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under this Section 5.02(b).

Section 5.03 Reports by the Company.

(a) So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after Parent files with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that Parent may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company shall be deemed to have complied with the previous sentence to the extent that such information, documents and reports are filed with the Commission via EDGAR (or any successor electronic delivery procedure); provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to the EDGAR system (or its successor).

(b) 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).

Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.

(a) Any Trustee’s report required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be transmitted on or before July 15 in each year following the date hereof, so long as any Securities are outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date convenient to the Trustee no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior thereto.

(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) A copy of each Trustee’s report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with any stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed and with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

 

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ARTICLE VI.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such Event of Default shall not apply to such series of Securities:

(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or

(3) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series; or

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or a Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee (other than a default or breach that is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 6.01), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after the date on which there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and every applicable Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, every applicable Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(5) the Guarantee with respect to the Securities of such series shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be asserted in writing by the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and such Guarantee; or

(6) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, 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 or sequestrator or similar official of the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, 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; or

 

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(7) the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator or similar official of the Company or a Guarantor or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(8) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.

(b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in respect of the Securities of a series, in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company and any Guarantor thereof, and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders, may declare the unpaid principal of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series or established with respect to that series pursuant to Section 2.01 to the contrary.

(c) The Trustee shall give to the Securityholders of any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, notice by mail of all defaults known to the Trustee that have occurred with respect to such series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “default” or “defaults” for the purposes of this Section 6.01(c) being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series.

Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for

 

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principal, premium, if any, or interest, or both, with interest upon the overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the amounts so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any Guarantor, if applicable, and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any Guarantor, if applicable, wherever situated.

(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company or any Guarantor or its respective creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any funds or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 6.03. Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.

In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee in its discretion or in accordance with the direction of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.03 Application of Funds Collected.

Any funds collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such funds on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such funds have been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the Company.

Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits.

No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. By

 

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accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 6.04, each Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, to the extent permitted by law, shall be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders.

(a) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of Securities of any other series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

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consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(c) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series shall have been declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company, any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has or has caused to be paid or deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration, with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to such series, except non-payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as a result of such declaration, shall have been remedied or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 6.07 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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Section 6.08 Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Laws.

Each of the Company and any Guarantor covenants, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and any Guarantor, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.

(a) In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use 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 his or her own affairs.

(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform

 

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to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical computations or other facts, statements and opinions stated therein);

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding 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 with respect to the Securities of that series; and

(4) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by an Officer (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein).

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own 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 or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.

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(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other papers or documents, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry into such 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.

(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

(h) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections and immunities given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

Section 7.03 Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any funds paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any funds received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

Section 7.04 May Hold Securities.

The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.08 and 7.13.

 

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Section 7.05 Funds Held in Trust.

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, all funds received by the Trustee, until used or applied as herein provided, shall be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any funds received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon.

Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.

(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be paid, such compensation, which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust, as the Company and the Trustee from time to time may agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses and disbursements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ, except any such expense or disbursement as may arise from its own negligence or bad faith. The Company and each Guarantor shall indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and shall hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes, other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee, reasonably incurred by the Trustee without negligence or bad faith on its part and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration or enforcement of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability whether asserted by the Company, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person.

(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses and disbursements shall: (i) be secured by a lien prior 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 (ii) survive the termination of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

(c) Where the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with a bankruptcy event of default, such costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under applicable Federal or state, bankruptcy, insolvency or other law.

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions 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 to take any action hereunder, such matter, unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, may be deemed to be conclusively proved and

 

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established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Affiliate of the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company promptly shall appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Company may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all or any series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, on behalf of that holder and all others

 

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similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.

Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding at any time may remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the Company.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.

(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 7.10 may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.

Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

(a) 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. On the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and funds held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

 

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(b) 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: (i) 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; (ii) 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 (iii) 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, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder. 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 such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture. 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. On request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and funds 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.

(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company may 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 Section 7.11(a) or (b), as the case may be.

(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII.

(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the successor trustee shall cause a notice of its succession to be transmitted to Securityholders.

Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

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which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall continue to be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE VIII.

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company, at its option, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, may fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

 

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Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.

(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary.

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security, whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar, for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.

Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company, a Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by an Affiliate of the Company or a Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not an Affiliate. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Securities of a particular series, if any known by the Company or a Guarantor to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described

 

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Persons and, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities of such particular series not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.

At any time prior to the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, may revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series.

ARTICLE IX.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company, any Guarantor of a series, if applicable, and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect, without the consent of the holders of any series of Securities, for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series, including making such changes as are required for this Indenture to comply with the Trust Indenture Act;

(b) to add an additional obligor on the Securities or to add a Guarantor of any outstanding series of Securities, or to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any such Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to Article X;

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(d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of any outstanding series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all outstanding series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

(e) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the holders of any outstanding series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all outstanding series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series);

(f) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall not become effective with respect to any outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;

(g) to secure the Securities of any series;

(h) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of Outstanding Securities in any material respect;

(i) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to provide which, if any, of the covenants of the Company shall apply to such series, to provide which of the Events of Default shall apply to such series, to name one or more Guarantors and provide for Guarantees of such series, to provide for the terms and conditions upon which the Guarantees of such series of Securities may be released or terminated, or to define the rights of the holders of such series of Securities;

(j) to issue additional Securities of any series; provided that such additional Securities have the same terms as, and be deemed part of the same series as, the applicable series of Securities issued hereunder to the extent required by Section 2.01(b); or

(k) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series 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 trust hereunder by more than one Trustee.

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company and any Guarantor, if applicable, in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, any applicable Guarantor, and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

 

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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures, the Company and any Guarantor, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) extend a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of any Securities of any series or reduce the principal amount thereof or reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security of any series; (iii) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security; (iv) make any Security payable in Currency other than that stated in the Security; (v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); or (vi) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant, Event of Default or other provision of this Indenture that has been expressly included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, if any, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant, Event of Default or other 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 Securityholders of a series affected thereby under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Promptly after the execution by the Company, any applicable Guarantor and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.02, the Company shall mail or caused to be mailed a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

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respect to such series in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, any applicable Guarantor and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture and authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01 may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and, if applicable, upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and any applicable Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee in its discretion may but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article IX.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.05, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE X.

SUCCESSOR

Section 10.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.

The Company and each Guarantor covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, unless:

(a) either the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance substantially all the assets of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be (if other than the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be), (A) shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities or the obligations under the Guarantees, as the case may be, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and agreements of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, by supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such Person and (B) is an entity treated as a “corporation” for United States tax purposes or the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, obtains either (x) an opinion, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, of tax counsel of recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel shall include Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, or (y) a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service, in either case to the effect that such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, will not result in an exchange of the Securities for new debt instruments for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(b) no Event of Default and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall be continuing immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

To the extent that a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to any series provides for different provisions relating to the subject matter of this Article X, the provisions in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture shall govern for purposes of such series.

Section 10.02 Successor Person Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, herein. In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance by way of lease), the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any successor entity which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article X, shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees and may be liquidated and dissolved.

 

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ARTICLE XI.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Applicability of Article.

If the Securities of a series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), then the provisions of this Article XI relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01.

Section 11.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

If at any time:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall have delivered or shall have caused to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated, other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07, and Securities for whose payment funds or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and thereupon repaid to the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.06; or

(b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount, in funds or Governmental Obligations sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.05 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.06 and Article XIV, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

 

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Section 11.03 Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance.

(a) If at any time:

(1) all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.02 shall have been paid by the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee in trust funds or Governmental Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and

(2) the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall also pay or cause to be paid all other amounts payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then, subject to Section 11.03(c), after the date such funds or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee, the obligations of the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except, to the extent applicable to each, for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.05 and 7.10 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.06 and Article XIV shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

(b) In addition, each of the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, at its option and at any time, by written notice executed by an Officer delivered to the Trustee, may elect to have its obligations, to the extent applicable to each, under Section 5.03 and any covenant contained in Article X, and any other covenant contained in the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series pursuant to Section 2.01, discharged with respect to all Outstanding Securities of a series, this Indenture and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (“covenant defeasance”), such discharge to be effective on the date the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 11.03(c) are satisfied, and such Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration of Securityholders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be “Outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(4) or otherwise, but except as specified in this Section 11.03(b), the remainder of the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under the Securities of such series, this Indenture, and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

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(c) The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 11.03 to the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series:

(1) the Company or a Guarantor irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or, at the option of the Trustee, with a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, funds or Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other amounts payable by it hereunder, provided that (A) the trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed to pay such funds or the proceeds of such Governmental Obligations to the Trustee and (B) the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such funds or the proceeds of such Governmental Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of such series;

(2) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;

(3) no Event of Default under clauses (1), (2), (3), (5), (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become such an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date of such deposit;

(4) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s or Guarantor’s exercise of either option under this Section 11.03 and will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such election had not been exercised;

(5) such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (i) cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any Securities or (ii) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is registered as such, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940; and

(6) notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 11.03, such covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company or Guarantor pursuant to Section 2.01.

After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 11.03 and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations pursuant to this Section 11.03.

Section 11.04 Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust.

All funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.02 or 11.03 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent, including the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, acting as its own paying agent, to the holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such funds or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.

 

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Section 11.05 Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents.

In connection with the provisions of Section 11.02 or 11.03, all funds or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable,, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Governmental Obligations.

Section 11.06 Repayment to the Company or Guarantor.

Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, for the payment thereof. Anything in this Article XI to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, from time to time upon written request by the Company or Guarantor, which shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, any funds or Governmental Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Sections 11.02 or 11.03 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article XI.

Section 11.07 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any funds or Governmental Obligations in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any applicable Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to the applicable series of Securities and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such funds or Governmental Obligations in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company or a Guarantor has made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities of such series to receive such payment from the funds or Governmental Obligations held by the Trustee or paying agent.

 

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ARTICLE XII.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 12.01 No Recourse.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or Guarantor or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.

All the agreements of the Company and any Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities shall bind their respective successors whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company or any Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable.

 

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Section 13.03 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Company, a Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address:

 

If to the Company:

Tyco International Finance S.A.

29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Attention: The Managing Directors

Facsimile No.: +352 266-378-51

If to Parent:

Tyco International plc

Unit 1202, Building 1000

City Gate, Mahon, Cork

Ireland

Attn: General Counsel

Facsimile No.: [+353 21-423-5000]

If to a Guarantor other than Parent: To the address specified in the documentation naming such Guarantor
In any case, with copies to:
Tyco International (U.S.), Inc.
9 Roszel Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Attn: Treasurer
Facsimile No.: (609) 720-4208
and
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attention: Andrew L. Fabens
Facsimile No.: (212) 351-5237
If to the Trustee: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
60 Wall Street, 16th Floor
MS: NYC60-1630
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Trust & Securities Services
With a copy to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
25 DeForest Avenue
Mail Stop: SUM01-0105
Summit, New Jersey 07901
Attn: Trust & Securities Services
Facsimile No.: 732-578-4635

 

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The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications, other than those sent to Securityholders, shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, to his address shown on the Security Register. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is conclusively presumed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Section 13.04 Governing Law.

This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

Section 13.05 Treatment of Securities as Debt.

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for United States federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 13.06 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

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conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically dealt with by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of 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 (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 13.07 Payments on Business Days.

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or principal and premium, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.

Section 13.08 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 13.09 Counterparts.

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

Section 13.10 Separability.

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

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Section 13.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.12 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table 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 or provisions hereof.

Section 13.13 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.

The Company and each Guarantor (including Parent and Tyco SCA) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any party to enforce any rights under or with respect to this Indenture, any Security and any Guarantee or any other document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may be instituted in any state or federal court in The City of New York, State of New York, United States of America, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that and agrees not to claim or plead in any court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof.

The Company and each Guarantor (including Parent and Tyco SCA) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally designates and appoints CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, U.S.A. (and any successor entity) (“CT Corporation”) as its authorized agent to receive and forward on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court and agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Company or each Guarantor, as the case may be. Said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable. Nothing in this Section 13.12 shall affect the right of the Holders to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Holders to bring proceedings against the Company or any Guarantor in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions. The Company and each Guarantor further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as the Securities are outstanding. The Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes and directs CT Corporation to accept such service on its behalf. If for any reason CT Corporation ceases to be available to act as such, the Company and each Guarantor agrees to designate a new agent in New York City.

 

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To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court (including any court in the United States, the State of New York, Luxembourg, Ireland or other jurisdiction in which the Company or such Guarantor, or any successor thereof, may be organized or any political subdivisions thereof) or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property or assets, this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees or any other documents or actions to enforce judgments in respect of any thereof, then the Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity, and any defense based on such immunity, in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, to the extent permitted by law.

Section 13.14 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.15 USA Patriot Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA 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 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. 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 USA Patriot Act.

ARTICLE XIV.

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS

Section 14.01 Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes.

The Securities of any series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more than 90 days’ notice (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date and Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 14.02), if any, if as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws, regulations or rulings of Luxembourg, Ireland or the United States, as applicable, or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the power to tax (a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws, including any action taken by, or change in the published administrative practice of, a taxing authority or a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction (regardless of whether such action, change or holding is with respect to the Company or a Guarantor), which amendment or change is announced or becomes effective on or after the date the Securities of such series are issued, the Company or a Guarantor has become, or there is a material probability that it will become, obligated to pay Additional Amounts on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Securities of such series, and such

 

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obligation cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be; provided, however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts, and (b) at the time such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. Prior to the publication or, where relevant, mailing (and/or to the extent permitted by applicable procedures or regulations, electronic delivery) of any notice of redemption described in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (i)(A) certificate signed by two directors of the Company stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Company taking commercially reasonable measures available to it or (B) a certificate signed by two Officers of the Guarantor stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by such Guarantor taking commercially reasonable measures available to it, as the case may be, and (ii) a written opinion of independent tax counsel to the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, of recognized standing to the effect that the Company or Guarantor has or there is a material probability that it will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a change, amendment, official interpretation or application described above and that the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid the payment of such Additional Amounts by taking commercially reasonable measures available to it.

Section 14.02 Payment of Additional Amounts.

All payments made by the Company or any Guarantor under or with respect to the Securities and the Guarantees will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction (“Taxes”), unless the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. In the event that the Company or Guarantor is required to so withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each holder of Securities (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will equal the amount that such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment to a holder of Securities or a holder of a beneficial interests in Global Securities where such holder is subject to taxation on such payment by a relevant Taxing Jurisdiction for any reason other than such holder’s mere ownership of the Securities or for or on account of:

(a) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld solely because such holder or a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, or member of such holder if such holder is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder:

(1) is or was present or engaged in, or is or was treated as present or engaged in, a trade or business in the Taxing Jurisdiction or has or had a permanent establishment in the Taxing Jurisdiction;

 

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(2) has or had any present or former connection (other than the mere fact of ownership of such Securities) with the Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes, including being or having been a national citizen or resident thereof, being treated as being or having been a resident thereof or being or having been physically present therein;

(3) with respect to any withholding Taxes imposed by the United States, is or was with respect to the United States a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company, a controlled foreign corporation, a foreign private foundation or other foreign tax exempt organization or corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax; or

(4) actually or constructively owns or owned 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a Guarantor;

(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar Taxes imposed with respect to the Securities, except as otherwise provided herein;

(c) any Taxes imposed solely as a result of the presentation of such Securities (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the beneficiary or holder thereof would have been entitled to the payment of Additional Amounts had the Securities been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(d) any Taxes imposed or withheld solely as a result of the failure of such holder or any other person to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction of such holder, if such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Taxes;

(e) with respect to withholding Taxes imposed by the United States, any such Taxes imposed by reason of the failure of such holder to fulfill the statement requirements of sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code;

(f) any Taxes that are payable by any method other than withholding or deduction by the Company or a Guarantor or any paying agent from payments in respect of such Securities;

(g) any Taxes required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment in respect of any Securities if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

(h) any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld pursuant to the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC of June 3, 2003, or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and 27, 2000, on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, or any amendment thereof, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, that Directive or the Luxembourg Law of December 23, 2005, as amended;

 

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(i) any withholding or deduction for Taxes which would not have been imposed if the relevant Securities had been presented to another paying agent in a Member State of the European Union;

(j) any withholding or deduction required pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations or agreements thereunder, official interpretations thereof, or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto; or

(k) any combination of Section 14.02(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j).

Additional Amounts will not be payable to or for the account of any Holder or the holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security if such payment would not be subject to such withholding or deduction of Taxes but for the failure of a Holder or the holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security to make a valid declaration of non-residence or other similar claim for exemption or to provide a certificate declaring its non-residence, if the Company were treated as a domestic corporation under United States federal income tax and if (x) the making of such declaration or claim or the provision of such certificate is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing Authority as a precondition to an exemption from, or reduction in, the relevant Taxes, and (y) at least 60 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which the Company or a Guarantor shall apply this paragraph, the Company or Guarantor shall have notified all Holders of Securities in writing that they shall be required to provide such declaration or claim.

Additional Amounts also will not be payable to any Holder or the holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or to such holder that is not the sole Holder or holder of such beneficial interests of such Security, as the case may be. This exception, however, will apply only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment.

The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will also (i) make such withholding or deduction of Taxes and (ii) remit the full amount of Taxes so deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with all applicable laws. The Company or Guarantor, as applicable, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes. The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will, upon request, make available to the holders of the Securities, within 90 days after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company or Guarantor or if, notwithstanding the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s efforts to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, other evidence of such payments by the Company or Guarantor.

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the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information as is necessary to enable such Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to holders of Securities on the payment date.

In addition, the Company will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and duties, including interest, penalties and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, payable in Luxembourg or the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the foregoing in respect of the creation, issue, offering, enforcement, redemption or retirement of the Securities.

The provisions of this Article XIV shall survive any termination of the discharge of this Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which the Company or a Guarantor or any successor Person to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is organized or is engaged in business for tax purposes or any political subdivisions or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein; provided, however, the date on which the Company or Guarantor changes its jurisdiction in which it is organized or such Person becomes a successor to the Company or applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be substituted for the date on which the series of Securities was issued.

Whenever in this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal and premium, if any, redemption price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

ARTICLE XV.

GUARANTEES

Section 15.01 Guarantee.

Unless otherwise specified in the terms of a series of Securities under this Indenture, Parent and Tyco SCA each is named hereby as a Guarantor with respect to each series of Securities issued under this Indenture. Each person named as a Guarantor of a series of Securities under this Indenture, by being named as a Guarantor of such series of Securities, hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees (i) to each Holder of each Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and (ii) to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each such Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.

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of, and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any such Guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all or any of the Securities or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each such Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in such Guarantee. Each such Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders of the applicable series of Securities are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of such Securities, to collect interest on such Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to such Securities, such Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of such Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of such Holders.

Any such Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holders of the Securities against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payment arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.

The Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of such Securities, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any holder of such Securities, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, such Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

Any term or provision of the Guarantee to the contrary notwithstanding, the aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to prevent such Guarantee from violating or becoming voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

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Section 15.02 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.

Unless otherwise specified in the terms of a Guarantor of a series of Securities under this Indenture, each Guarantee shall include the terms of the Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 and shall be substantially in the form established pursuant to Section 2.16. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to execute its Guarantee, in a form established pursuant to Section 2.16, on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

Each such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each such Guarantor by any one of its chairman of the Board of Directors, president, vice presidents or other person duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Guarantor. The signature of any or all of these persons on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

A Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of such Guarantor shall bind such Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of any Security or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantee.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee on behalf of a Guarantor and shall bind such Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that the Guarantee does not bear the signature of such Guarantor. Every Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 and in the form of Guarantee established pursuant to Section 2.16 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to execute a Guarantee on any such Security.

Section 15.03 Release of Guarantee.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article XV to the contrary, concurrently with the payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of a series, every Guarantor shall be released from and relieved of its obligations under this Article XV with respect to the Securities of such series. Upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction giving rise to the release of this Guarantee was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of each Guarantor from its obligations under this Guarantee. If any of the obligations to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities and all other obligations of the Company are revived and reinstated after the termination of this Guarantee, then all of the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be revived and reinstated as if this Guarantee had not been terminated until such time as the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities are paid in full, and each Guarantor shall enter into an amendment to this Guarantee, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, evidencing such revival and reinstatement.

 

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

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.
By:

/s/ Peter Schieser

Name: Peter Schieser
Title: Managing Director
TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.
By: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY S.A R.L.,
its general partner
By:

/s/ Peter Schieser

Name: Peter Schieser
Title: Manager & Authorized Signatory
TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:

/s/ Mark Armstrong

Name: Mark Armstrong
Title: Senior Vice President, M&A and Treasurer
By:

/s/ Arun Nayar

Name: Arun Nayar
Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Trustee

By:

/s/ Carol Ng

Name: Carol Ng
Title: Vice President
By:

/s/ Anthony D’Amato

Name: Anthony D’Amato
Title: Associate

[Signature Page to Senior Debt Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Tyco International Finance S.A.

29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Attention: The Managing Directors

[Trustee]

[Address]

 

Re: [Insert description of Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [Insert date], among Tyco International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “Company”), Tyco International plc, an Irish public limited company (“Parent”), Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares (“Tyco SCA”), and [Insert trustee], a [Insert jurisdiction of trustee], as trustee (the “Trustee”), [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of [Insert date]][and the Board Resolution adopted [Insert date]] (together, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. [Insert transferor] (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $[ ] in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “Transfer”), to [Insert transferee] (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security or a Definitive Security Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Security for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “QIB”) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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2. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or a Definitive Security pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (y) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (z) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904 (b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed Transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Transfer is not being made to a U.S. person (as such is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than an initial purchaser of the Securities) and the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ¨ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Definitive Security pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities and Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ¨ Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

(b) ¨ Such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(c) ¨ Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ¨ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or of an Unrestricted Definitive Security.

(a) ¨ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to

 

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maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(c) ¨ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities or Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

Dated:

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]

 

By:

 

Name: 
Title:

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

1. The Transferor owns and proposed to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

(a)    ¨      a beneficial interest in the:

(i)     ¨    144A Global Security (CUSIP ), or

(ii)    ¨    Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP ), or

(b)    ¨    a Restricted Definitive Security.

2. After the transfer the Transferee will hold:

(a)    ¨      a beneficial interest in the:

(i)      ¨    144A Global Security (CUSIP ), or

(ii)     ¨    Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP ), or

(iii)    ¨    Unrestricted Global Security (CUSIP ); or

(b)    ¨      a Restricted Definitive Security; or

(c)    ¨      an Unrestricted Definitive Security,

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Tyco International Finance S.A.

29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Attention: The Managing Directors

[Address of Trustee]

 

Re: [Insert description of the Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of [Insert date], among Tyco International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “Company”), Tyco International plc, an Irish public limited company (“Parent”), Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares (“Tyco SCA”), and [Insert trustee], a [Insert jurisdiction of trustee], as trustee (the “Trustee”) [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of [Insert date]][and the Board Resolution adopted [Insert date]] (together, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

[Insert owner] (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified herein, in the principal amount of [    ]$ in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security.

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s

 

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beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities for Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities.

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Restricted Definitive Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a Restricted Definitive Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Security issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s

 

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Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in the: [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Security or ¨ Regulation S Global Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

[Insert Name of Owner]
By:

 

Name: 
Title:
Dated:

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.,

as Issuer,

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC and

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.

as Guarantors,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee and as Paying Agent

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.,

as Security Registrar, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of February 25, 2015

€500,000,000 of 1.375% Notes due 2025

 

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of February 25, 2015 among TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “Company”), TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC., an Irish public limited company (“Parent” or “Tyco International”), TYCO FIRE & SECURITY S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares (“Tyco Luxembourg,” and together with Parent, the “Guarantors”) and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation as trustee (the “Trustee”) and as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) and DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A., as registrar (the “Security Registrar”), transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) and authenticating agent (the “Authenticating Agent”).

RECITALS

A. Parent, Tyco Luxembourg, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness.

B. Pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Company has authorized the issuance of €500,000,000 principal amount of 1.375% Notes due 2025 (the “Offered Securities”).

C. The entry into this First Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

D. Parent, Tyco Luxembourg and the Company desire to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

E. All things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, Parent, Tyco Luxembourg, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent and the Authenticating Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1. Terms of Offered Securities.

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute a series of securities having the title “1.375% Notes due 2025”.

 

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(2) The initial aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, or 3.03) is €500,000,000.

(3) The entire Outstanding principal of the Offered Securities shall be payable on February 25, 2025.

(4) The rate at which the Offered Securities shall bear interest shall be 1.375% per year. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Offered Securities shall be February 25, 2015, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Offered Securities shall be February 25 of each year, beginning February 25, 2016. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date to the holders of record at the close of business on the February 10 prior to each Interest Payment Date (a “regular record date”). The basis upon which interest shall be calculated will be the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Offered Securities (or February 25, 2015, if no interest has been paid on the Offered Securities), to but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is referred to as “ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA),” and is intended to be applied as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association.

(5) The Company initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent with respect to the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Base Indenture until such time as Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections and immunities granted to the Trustee in the Indenture mutatis mutandis. Principal of, premium, if any, interest on and additional amounts, if any, on the Offered Securities will be payable at the office or agency of the Paying Agent at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, 16th Floor, MS: NYC60-1630, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Trust & Securities Services, until such time as the Company designates an alternate place of payment.

(6) The Company initially appoints Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as Security Registrar and Transfer Agent with respect to the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture until such time as Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. shall have all of the rights, privileges, protections and immunities granted to the Trustee in the Indenture mutatis mutandis.

(7) The Company hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as the Authenticating Agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) for the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture. For so long as Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. is affiliated with the Trustee, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. shall not be required to meet the requirements set forth in the fourth sentence of Section 2.10 of the Base Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any action taken or not taken by the Authenticating Agent.

 

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(8) The Offered Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date on or after November 25, 2024 (a “Par Redemption Date”), in whole at any time or in part from time to time (in €1,000 increments, provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Par Redemption Date.

(9) (A) The Offered Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to November 25, 2024 (a “Make Whole Redemption Date”), in whole at any time or in part from time to time (in €1,000 increments, provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Make Whole Redemption Date, on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Make Whole Redemption Date.

(B) As used herein:

Treasury Rate” means the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption yield on the Offered Securities, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Reference Bond (as defined below) on the basis of the middle market price of the Reference Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by the Company or an independent investment bank appointed by the Company.

Reference Bond” means, in relation to any Treasury Rate calculation, a German government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Offered Securities, or if the Company or an independent investment bank appointed by the Company considers that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as the Company or an independent investment bank appointed by the Company, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by the Company or an independent investment bank appointed by the Company, determine to be appropriate for determining the Treasury Rate.

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Offered Security to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Offered Security that would be due after the related Make Whole Redemption Date but for the redemption. If that Make Whole Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to an Offered Security, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on the Offered Security will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on the Offered Security to the Make Whole Redemption Date.

(10) Except as provided herein, the Offered Securities shall not be subject to redemption, repurchase or repayment at the option of any holder thereof, upon the occurrence of any particular circumstances or otherwise. The Offered Securities will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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(11) The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are herein incorporated by reference.

(12) Except as provided herein, the holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(13) (A) Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, and except as otherwise specified herein, the Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any, interest on and additional amounts, if any, on the Offered Securities in money of the member states of the European Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union, that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (the “Euro”).

(B) If on or after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Offered Securities will be made in Dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable in Euros on any date will be converted into Dollars on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for Euro. Any payment in respect of the Offered Securities so made in Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Offered Securities, the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.

(14) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the registered form of one or more Global Securities, and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in the United Kingdom shall be the initial Depositary. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any action taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(15) The Offered Securities will be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will be ranked equally among themselves.

(16) The Offered Securities are not convertible into shares or other securities of the Company.

(17) The additional Event of Default and restrictive covenants set forth in Sections 1.3 and 1.4 shall be applicable to the Offered Securities.

(18) The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream, respectively, in effect at the relevant time shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

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Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms.

As used herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Attributable Debt”, in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, means the aggregate of present values (discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease, represents the effective interest rate that the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased assets) of the obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for net rental payments during the remaining term of the applicable lease, including any period for which such lease has been extended or, at the option of the lessor, may be extended. The term “net rental payments” under any lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rental or additional rental, on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.

Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or London are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, is open.

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

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any 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 more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other than Parent or a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of Parent or other Voting Stock into which Parent’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) Parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Parent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of Parent or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of Parent outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged

 

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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; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of Parent are not Continuing Directors or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (1), (2) or (5) above if: (i) Parent becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company or a holding company becomes the successor to Parent under Section 8.2 of the Indenture pursuant to a transaction that is permitted under Section 8.1 of the Indenture and (ii) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction (or a series of related transactions) are substantially the same (and hold in the same proportions) as the holders of Parent’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction. The term “person,” as used in this definition, means any Person and any two or more Persons as provided in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

Consolidated Net Worth” at any date means total assets less total liabilities, in each case appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Parent, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Tangible Assets” at any date means total assets less all intangible assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Parent, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet. “Intangible assets” means the amount (if any) stated under the heading “Goodwill and Other Intangible assets, net” or under any other heading of intangible assets separately listed, in each case on the face of such consolidated balance sheet.

Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of Parent who:

(1) was a member of such board of directors on the date hereof; or

(2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such board of directors pursuant to a proposal by a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of a proxy statement of Parent in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

Depositary” for the Offered Securities shall mean initially Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, or such other Depositary as the Company shall designate pursuant to the Indenture.

Fitch” means Fitch Inc., and its successors.

Funded Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of the determination thereof, including any Indebtedness renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from the date of the determination thereof.

 

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Governmental Obligation” with respect to the Offered Securities means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the German government or (ii) an obligation of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the German government the payment of which is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the German government, the central bank of the German government or a governmental agency of the German government, which, in either case (x)(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (x)(i) or (x)(ii) above or in any specific principal or interest payments due in respect thereof.

Indebtedness” means, without duplication, the principal amount (such amount being the face amount or, with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities, determined based on the accreted amount as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of Parent prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of such consolidated balance sheet) of (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced by debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or similar instruments or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto (such instruments to constitute Indebtedness only to the extent that the outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are collateralized by cash or cash equivalents reflected as assets on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles), (iv) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except (A) trade and similar accounts payable and accrued expenses, (B) employee compensation, deferred compensation and pension obligations, and other obligations arising from employee benefit programs and agreements or other similar employment arrangements, (C) obligations in respect of customer advances received and (D) obligations in connection with earnout and holdback agreements, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (v) all obligations as lessee to the extent capitalized in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and (vi) all Indebtedness of others consolidated in such balance sheet that is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is legally responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest in, others).

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

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

Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness upon the enforcement of which recourse may be had by the holder(s) thereof only to identified assets of Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company or any Subsidiary of Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company

 

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and not to Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company or any Subsidiary of Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company personally (subject to, for the avoidance of doubt, customary exceptions contained in non-recourse financings to the non-recourse nature of the obligations thereunder).

Principal Property” means any U.S. manufacturing, processing or assembly plant or any U.S. warehouse or distribution facility of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is used by any U.S. Subsidiary of the Company and (A) is owned by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent on the date hereof, (B) the initial construction of which has been completed after the date hereof, or (C) is acquired after the date hereof, in each case, other than any such plants, facilities, warehouses or portions thereof, that in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, are not collectively of material importance to the total business conducted by Parent and its subsidiaries as an entirety, or that has a net book value (excluding any capitalized interest expense), on the date hereof in the case of clause (A) of this definition, on the date of completion of the initial construction in the case of clause (B) of this definition or on the date of acquisition in the case of clause (C) of this definition, of less than 2.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets on the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its subsidiaries as of the applicable date.

Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Offered Securities or fails to make a rating of the Offered Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) 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 Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event” means the rating on the Offered Securities is lowered by at least two of the three Rating Agencies and such Offered Securities are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of such Offered Securities is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or Parent’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that owns or leases a Principal Property.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means an arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property whereby such Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to such Person other than Parent, Tyco Luxembourg, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any such arrangement involving a lease for a term, including renewal rights, for not more than three years.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, and it successors.

 

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Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “Person” as of any date, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

Section 1.3. Additional Covenants.

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to defeasance, as provided in the Indenture):

(1) Limitation on Liens.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness that is secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance (each a “lien”) upon any property that at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee constitutes a Principal Property, or any shares of stock of or Indebtedness issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without effectively providing that, for so long as such lien shall continue in existence with respect to such secured Indebtedness, the Offered Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equally with the Offered Securities, it being understood that for purposes hereof, Indebtedness which is secured by a lien and Indebtedness which is not so secured shall not, solely by reason of such lien, be deemed to be of different ranking) shall be equally and ratably secured by a lien ranking ratably with or equal to (or at the Company’s option prior to) such secured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not apply to:

(a) liens existing on the date the Offered Securities are first issued;

(b) liens on the stock, assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, unless created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) liens on any assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the assets of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or liens to secure the payment of the purchase price of such Principal Property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property or improvements or construction thereon, which Indebtedness is incurred, assumed or guaranteed prior to, at the time of or within one year after such acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of such improvement or construction or commencement of full operation of such property, whichever is later); provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement,

 

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the lien shall not apply to any Principal Property theretofore owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Principal Property so acquired, constructed or improved (and accessions thereto and improvements and replacements thereof and the proceeds of the foregoing);

(e) liens securing Indebtedness owing by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or a subsidiary thereof or by the Company to Parent or Tyco Luxembourg;

(f) liens in favor of the United States or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute, rule or regulation or to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price (or, in the case of real property, the cost of construction or improvement) of the Principal Property subject to such liens (including liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings);

(g) pledges, liens or deposits under workers’ compensation or similar legislation, and liens thereunder that are not currently dischargeable, or in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or to secure the public or statutory obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance, or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or to secure surety, performance, appeal or customs bonds to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or in litigation or other proceedings in connection with the matters heretofore referred to in this clause, such as interpleader proceedings, and other similar pledges, liens or deposits made or incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding that is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, including liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith is prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review or for which the time to make an appeal has not yet expired; or final unappealable judgment liens which are satisfied within 15 days of the date of judgment; or liens incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party;

(i) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent; or that can thereafter be paid without penalty, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; landlord’s liens on property held under lease; and any other liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or the ownership of their respective assets, that

 

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were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such Principal Property for the purposes of such business;

(j) liens to secure the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under agreements with respect to spot, forward, future and option transactions, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(k) liens not permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) to (j), inclusive, if at the time of, and after giving effect to, the creation or assumption of any such lien, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (without duplication) secured by all such liens not so permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) through (j), inclusive, together with the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by paragraph (a) under subsection (2) below, do not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 10% of Consolidated Net Worth; and

(l) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part, of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (k), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby unless otherwise excepted under clauses (a) through (k) shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the assets (or any replacements therefor) that secured the lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on real property).

(2) Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction unless:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at the time of entering into a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on the Principal Property to be leased in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to Section 1.3 (1) above; or

(b) the direct or indirect proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be leased are at least equal to the fair value of such Principal Property (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors) and an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the property or assets so leased is applied, within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, to the purchase or acquisition (or, in the case of real property, commencement of the construction) of property or assets or to the retirement (other than at maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or mandatory redemption provision) of Securities, or of Funded Indebtedness of the Company or a

 

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consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Securities; provided that there shall be credited to the amount of net worth proceeds required to be applied pursuant to this clause (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of Securities delivered within 180 days of the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (ii) the principal amount of other Funded Indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company within such 180-day period, excluding retirements of Securities and other Funded Indebtedness as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions.

(3) Change of Control Triggering Event.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Offered Securities, it shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Offered Securities to repurchase, at the Holder’s election, all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Offered Securities on the terms set forth herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Offered Securities repurchased to the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of the Offered Securities describing in reasonable detail the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Offered Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) In order to accept the Change of Control Offer, the Holder must deliver (or otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to the Paying Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, its Offered Security together with the form entitled “Election Form” (which form is contained in the form of note attached hereto as Exhibit A) duly completed, or a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth:

(i) the name of the Holder of such Offered Security;

(ii) the principal amount of such Offered Security;

(iii) the principal amount of such Offered Security to be repurchased;

(iv) the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of such Offered Security;

 

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(v) a statement that the Holder is accepting the Change of Control Offer; and

(vi) a guarantee that such Offered Security, together with the form entitled “Election Form” duly completed, will be received by the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) Any exercise by a Holder of its election to accept the Change of Control Offer shall be irrevocable. The Change of Control Offer may be accepted for less than the entire principal amount of an Offered Security, but in that event the principal amount of such Offered Security remaining outstanding after repurchase must equal €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.

(d) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Offered Securities or portions of such Offered Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Offered Securities properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities being repurchased.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Offered Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Offered Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

(f) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 1.3(3), the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 1.3(3) by virtue of any compliance with such laws or regulations.

 

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Section 1.4 Additional Event of Default.

The following additional event shall be established and shall constitute an “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding:

(9) an event of default shall happen and be continuing with respect to the Company’s, Parent’s or Tyco Luxembourg’s Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) under any indenture or other instrument evidencing or under which the Company, Parent or Tyco Luxembourg shall have a principal amount outstanding (such amount with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities based on the accreted amount determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company, Parent or Tyco Luxembourg, as the case may be) in excess of $100,000,000, and such event of default shall involve the failure to pay the principal of such Indebtedness on the final maturity date thereof after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or such Indebtedness shall have been accelerated so that the same shall have become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within ten Business Days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company and the Guarantors by the Trustee, or to the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series; provided however that:

(1) if such event of default under such indenture or instrument shall be remedied or cured by the Company, Parent or Tyco Luxembourg or waived by the requisite holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Securityholders; and

(2) subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any such event of default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, Parent or Tyco Luxembourg, as the case may be, by the holder or an agent of the holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or by the Holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1. Definitions.

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

Section 2.2. Confirmation of Indenture.

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 2.3. Concerning the Trustee.

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture. The recitals contained herein and in the Offered Securities, except the certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 2.4. Governing Law.

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law.

Section 2.5. Separability.

In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to 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 2.6. Counterparts.

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

Section 2.7 No Benefit.

Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors or assigns, and the holders of the Offered Securities, any benefit or legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture.

 

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

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.
By:

/s/ Peter Schieser

Name: Peter Schieser
Title: Managing Director
TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:

/s/ Mark Armstrong

Name: Mark Armstrong
Title: Senior Vice President, M&A and Treasurer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Trustee and as Paying Agent

By:

/s/ Carol Ng

Name: Carol Ng
Title: Vice President
By:

/s/ Anthony D’Amato

Name: Anthony D’Amato
Title: Associate

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.

as Security Registrar, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent

By:

/s/ David Contino

Name: David Contino
Title: Attorney
By:

/s/ Mahen Surnam

Name: Mahen Surnam
Title: Attorney


TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.
By: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY S.A R.L.,
its general partner
By:

/s/ Andrea Goodrich

Name: Andrea Goodrich
Title: Manager & Authorized Signatory
By:

/s/ Robert Sedgley

Name: Robert Sedgley
Title: Manager & Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 1.375% NOTES DUE 2025

[Insert the Private Placement Legend and/or the Global Security legend, as applicable]

1.375% NOTES DUE 2025

 

No. [        ] €[                ]
Common No. [                ]
ISIN No. [                ]
CUSIP. [                ]

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

promises to pay to BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                ] Euros on February 25, 2025.

Interest Payment Date: February 25 of each year

Record Date: February 10 of each year

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

Date: [                    ]

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

 

Name:

Title:

 

[If second signature is applicable]

 

Name:

Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Trustee

DEUTSCHE BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.,

as Authenticating Agent

By:

 

Name:
Title:
By:

 

Name:
Title:
Dated:

 

 

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GUARANTEE

BY

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC

For value received, TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the holders, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated:

 

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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GUARANTEE

BY

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.

For value received, TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the holders, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated:

 

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY FINANCE S.C.A.

By:

TYCO FIRE & SECURITY S.À.R.L.,

its general partner

By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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TYCO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE S.A.

1.375% Notes due 2025

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of Tyco International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (the “Company”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, Tyco International plc (“Parent” or “Tyco International”), Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A. (“Tyco Luxembourg,” and along with Parent, the “Guarantors”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2015 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Paying Agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as Security Registrar, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “Indenture.” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “Security,” and collectively, the “Securities”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, Parent, Tyco Luxembourg and the holders of the Securities (the “Securityholders”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 1.375%. The Company will pay interest annually on February 25 of each year (each such day, an “Interest Payment Date”). If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be February 25, 2016. The basis upon which interest will be calculated will be the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities (or February 25, 2015, if no interest has been paid on the Securities), to but excluding the next scheduled interest payment date. This payment convention is referred to as “ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA),” and is intended to be applied as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association.

 

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2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name such Securities are registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that the Securities or a portion thereof are called for redemption and the Par Redemption Date or Make Whole Redemption Date, as applicable, is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Securities will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Securities as provided in the Indenture. Initial holders will be required to pay for the Securities in Euros, and all payments of interest and principal, including payments made upon any redemption or repurchase of the Securities, will be payable in Euros except as set forth herein or in the First Supplemental Indenture. If, on or after the date of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Euro is unavailable to the Company due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the Euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Union that have adopted the Euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Securities will be made in Dollars until the Euro is again available to the Company or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in Euros will be converted into Dollars on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for Euro. Any payment in respect of the Securities so made in Dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Securities or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.

3. Paying Agent and Security Registrar. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee, will act as Paying Agent and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. will act as Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. Parent, Tyco Luxembourg, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

4. Indenture. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“TIA”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and TIA for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “1.375% Notes due 2025”, initially limited to €500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: Tyco International Finance S.A., 29 Avenue de la Porte Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg, Attention: The Managing Directors.

5. Optional Redemption. The Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date on or after prior November 25, 2024 (a “Par Redemption Date”), in whole at any time or in part from time to time (in €1,000 increments, provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be

 

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redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Par Redemption Date. The Securities will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to November 25, 2024 (a “Make Whole Redemption Date”), in whole at any time or in part from time to time (in €1,000 increments, provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the redemption date, on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)), at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Make Whole Redemption Date. If the giving of the notice of redemption is completed as provided in the Indenture, interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Par Redemption Date or Make Whole Redemption Date, as applicable, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Redemption Price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.

6. Change of Control Triggering Event. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem this Security, it shall be required to make an offer to the holder of this Security to repurchase, at such holder’s election, all or a part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof; provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), of this Security, in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of this Security repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event, a notice shall be mailed to each Holder describing in reasonable detail the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase this Security on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed.

7. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of €100,000 or any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but a Securityholder may be required to pay any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company will not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all of the outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

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8. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Securityholder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

9. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company. Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After return to Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors.

10. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, Parent, Tyco Luxembourg and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures to enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding, changing or eliminating any provisions of the Base Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered elsewhere in the Base Indenture the rights of the holders of the securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) extend a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of any Securities of any series or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest of any Security of any series; (iii) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security; (iv) make any Security payable in Currency other than that stated in the Security; (v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case or redemption, on or after the redemption date); or (vi) reduce the percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures. The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding securities of each series affected thereby, on behalf of all of the holders of the securities of such series, to waive any past Default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any security of such series or a Default in respect of a covenant or provision of the Base Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding security of such affected series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Securityholder shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

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11. Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to the securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company, Parent and Tyco Luxembourg (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such holders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless such holders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the securities of such series.

12. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities. The Trustee, subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any Paying Agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or Security Registrar.

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of Parent, Tyco Luxembourg or the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities.

14. Discharge of Indenture. The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

15. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

 

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16. Guarantees. All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the holder of this Security by Parent and Tyco Luxembourg, as provided in the related Guarantees and the Indenture.

17. Additional Amounts. The Company and Guarantors are obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Security to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

18. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

19. Governing Law. The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                        

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:                                                              
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee:                                                          

 

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ELECTION FORM

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE HOLDER

ELECTS TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER

 

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within Security (or the portion thereof specified below), pursuant to its terms, on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the Change of Control Offer, for the Change of Control Payment specified in the within Security, to the undersigned,                                         , at                                          (please print or typewrite name, address and telephone number of the undersigned).

For this election to accept the Change of Control Offer to be effective, the undersigned must (A) deliver, to the address of the Paying Agent set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holder of the within Security, either (i) the Security with this “Election Form” form duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name of the Holder of the Security, (b) the principal amount of the Security, (c) the principal amount of the Security to be repurchased, (d) the certificate number or description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (e) a statement that the option to elect repurchase is being exercised, and (f) a guarantee stating that the Security to be repurchased, together with this “Election Form” duly completed, will be received by the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date or (B) otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the depositary. The address of the Paying Agent is [        ]; Attention: [            ].

If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repurchased, specify the portion thereof (which principal amount must be €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof; provided that any remaining principal amount shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof) which the Holder elects to have repurchased: €                    .

 

Holder:
By:

 

Name:
Title:

 

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Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP]

February 25, 2015

Tyco International Finance S.A.

29 avenue de la Porte Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg

Tyco International plc

Unit 1202, Building 1000

City Gate, Mahon, Cork, Ireland

Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A.

29 avenue de la Porte Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg

 

Re: Tyco International Finance S.A.

Tyco International plc

Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A.

1.375% Notes due 2015

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Tyco International Finance S.A., a Luxembourg limited liability company (the “Company”), Tyco International plc, an Irish public limited corporation (“Tyco International”) and Tyco Fire & Security S.C.A., a Luxembourg partnership limited by shares (“Tyco Luxembourg” and, together with Tyco International, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3, file no. 333-200314 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the prospectus included therein, the prospectus supplement, dated February 20, 2015, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and the offering by the Company pursuant thereto of €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.375% Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”).

The Notes have been issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of February 25, 2015 the “Base Indenture”), between the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated February 25, 2015, relating to the Notes (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) between the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Security Registrar, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent, and are guaranteed pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the notations endorsed on the Notes by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals,


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of the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company, the Guarantors and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others.

We have relied upon the opinion of Allen & Overy Luxembourg, filed as an exhibit to the Tyco International’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 25, 2015 (the “Form 8-K”), with respect to matters governed by the laws of Luxembourg and the opinion of Arthur Cox, filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K, with respect to matters governed by the laws of Ireland.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, and the Guarantees of the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors obligated thereon, enforceable against such Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:

 

  A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.

 

  B. The opinions above are each subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and (ii) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

  C.

We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights, (ii) any waiver (whether or not stated as


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  such) under the Indenture, the Guarantees or the certificates evidencing the global Notes (collectively, the “Specified Note Documents”) of, or any consent thereunder relating to, unknown future rights or the rights of any party thereto existing, or duties owing to it, as a matter of law; (iii) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Specified Note Documents of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity; (iv) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws, (v) any purported fraudulent transfer “savings” clause, (vi) any provision in any Specified Note Document waiving the right to object to venue in any court, (vii) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any Federal court, (viii) any waiver of the right to jury trial or (ix) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Validity of the Securities” in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP



Exhibit 5.2

 

Tyco International Finance S.A. and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A.

29, avenue de la Porte Neuve

L-2227 Luxembourg

 

(the Addressees each an Addressee)

  

Allen & Overy

société en commandite simple, inscrite au

barreau de Luxembourg

33 avenue J.F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg

Boîte postale 5017 L-1050 Luxembourg

 

Tel             +352 4444 55 1

 

Fax             +352 4444 55 222

Our ref                     /0086990-0000001 LU:8853697.5

Luxembourg, 25 February 2015

Legal Opinion

Dear Sirs,

 

1. We have acted as legal advisers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) to (i) Tyco International Finance S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme), having its registered office at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) (the Register) under number B 123550 (the TIFSA), and (ii) Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A, a corporate partnership limited by shares (société en commandite par actions), having its registered office at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg and registered with the Register under number B 190265 (Tyco Luxembourg and together with TIFSA, the Companies).

This legal opinion is issued in connection with the proposed issue and sale to the Underwriters (as named in Schedule I of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) by TIFSA, of an aggregate EUR 500,000,000 principal amount of 1,375% notes due 2025 (the Securities) pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated 20 February 2015 (the Underwriting Agreement). The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Tyco International plc, an Irish public limited company (TIP) and Tyco Luxembourg (the guarantee issued by Tyco Luxembourg being the Tyco Luxembourg Guarantee). The Securities and the Tyco Luxembourg Guarantee are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of 25 February 2015 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture dated 25 February 2015 among TIFSA, TIP, Tyco Luxembourg and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the First Supplemental Indenture and collectively with the Base Indenture, the Indenture).

 

2. We have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, copies of the documents listed below:

 

2.1 a scanned copy of the restated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of TIFSA (the TIFSA Articles) as at 27 March 2014;

 

Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, is an affiliated office of Allen & Overy LLP. Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest (associated office), Budapest, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta (associated office), Johannesburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mannheim, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Riyadh (associated office), Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Yangon.


2.2 a scanned copy of the incorporation deed (acte de constitution) of Tyco Luxembourg, containing its articles of association (the Tyco Luxembourg Articles and together with the TIFSA Articles, the Articles), dated 5 September 2014;

 

2.3 an electronic copy of a negative certificate (certificat négatif) issued by the Register in respect of TIFSA dated 25 February 2015 stating that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate, there were no records at the Register of any court order regarding, amongst others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against TIFSA, (ii) reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), (iii) controlled management (gestion contrôlée) or (iv) composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) (the TIFSA Certificate);

 

2.4 an electronic copy of a negative certificate (certificat négatif) issued by the Register in respect of Tyco Luxembourg dated 25 February 2015 stating that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate, there were no records at the Register of any court order regarding, amongst others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against Tyco Luxembourg, (ii) reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), (iii) controlled management (gestion contrôlée) or (iv) composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) (the Tyco Luxembourg Certificate and together with the TIFSA Certificate, the Certificates);

 

2.5 a scanned copy of the written resolutions of the board of directors of TIFSA taken on 13 February 2015 (the TIFSA Resolutions);

 

2.6 a scanned copy of circular resolutions of the board of managers of the general partner of Tyco Luxembourg, acting in its capacity as general partner of Tyco Luxembourg, taken on 13 February 2015 (the Tyco Luxembourg Resolutions and together with the TIFSA Resolutions, the Resolutions);

 

2.7 scanned copies received by email on 25 February 2015 of the executed Indenture, the executed global note representing the Securities and the executed Tyco Luxembourg Guarantee, each dated 25 February 2015;

 

2.8 an electronic copy of the registration statement in form S-3, including a prospectus (the Registration Statement) dated as of 17 November 2014; and

 

2.9 an electronic copy of the supplement prospectus to the prospectus included in the Registration Statement dated as of 25 February 2015 (the Prospectus).

The documents listed in paragraph 2.7 above are herein referred to as the Opinion Documents. The term “Opinion Documents” includes, for the purposes of paragraphs 3. and 5. below, any document in connection therewith.

Unless otherwise provided herein, terms and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Opinion Documents.

 

3. ASSUMPTIONS

In giving this legal opinion, we have assumed with your consent, and we have not verified independently:

 

3.1 the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the completeness and conformity to the originals of all the documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, faxed, scanned or e-mailed copies or specimens and the authenticity of the originals of such documents and that the individuals purported to have signed, have in fact signed (and had the general legal capacity to sign) these documents;

 

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3.2 that all factual matters and statements relied upon or assumed herein were, are and will be (as the case may be) true, complete and accurate on the date of execution of the Opinion Documents;

 

3.3 that all authorisations, approvals and consents under any applicable law (other than Luxembourg law) which may be required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Opinion Documents have been or will be obtained;

 

3.4 the due compliance with all matters (including without limitation, the obtaining of necessary consents and approvals and the making of necessary filings and registrations) required in connection with the Opinion Documents to render it enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions (other than Luxembourg);

 

3.5 that the place of the central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the principal place of business (principal établissement) and the centre of main interests (as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings, as amended (the EU Insolvency Regulation)) of the Companies are located at the place of their registered offices (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and that the Companies have no establishment (as such term is defined in the Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;

 

3.6 that the Opinion Documents are entered into and performed by the parties thereto in good faith and without any intention of fraud or intention to deprive of any legal benefit any persons (including for the avoidance of doubt third parties) or to circumvent any applicable mandatory laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (including without limitation any tax laws);

 

3.7 that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg which would adversely affect, or otherwise have any negative impact on, the opinions expressed in this legal opinion;

 

3.8 that the Opinion Documents are legally valid and binding in all respects;

 

3.9 that in respect of all the parties to the Opinion Documents, no steps have been taken pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or equivalent or analogous proceedings to appoint an administrator, bankruptcy receiver, insolvency officer or liquidator over the respective parties or their assets and that no voluntary or judicial winding-up or liquidation of such parties has been resolved or become effective at the date hereof. In respect of the Companies, we refer to the Certificates;

 

3.10 that the entry into and performance under the Opinion Documents are made for the corporate benefit (intérêt social) of the Companies;

 

3.11 that the TIFSA Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that each member of the board of directors of TIFSA has carefully considered the entry into and performance by TIFSA of the Opinion Documents before signing the TIFSA Resolutions;

 

3.12 that the Tyco Luxembourg Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that each member of the board of managers of the general partner of Tyco Luxembourg has carefully considered the entry into and performance by Tyco Luxembourg of the Opinion Documents before signing the Tyco Luxembourg Resolutions; and

 

3.13 that the Articles have not been modified since the dates referred to in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above.

 

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4. OPINION

Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions made above and the qualifications set out below and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that, under the laws of Luxembourg in effect, as construed and applied by the Luxembourg courts in published Luxembourg court decisions, on the date hereof:

 

4.1 Status

TIFSA is public limited liability company (société anonyme) formed for an unlimited duration and legally existing under the laws of Luxembourg.

Tyco Luxembourg is a corporate partnership limited by shares (société en commandite par actions) formed for an unlimited duration and legally existing under the laws of Luxembourg.

 

4.2 Power and authority

TIFSA has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the Indenture and to issue the Securities.

Tyco Luxembourg has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the Indenture and the Guarantee.

 

4.3 Execution

The Indenture, the Guarantee and the Securities have been duly authorised, executed and delivered on behalf of the relevant Companies.

 

5. QUALIFICATIONS

The above opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

5.1 The opinion expressed herein is subject to, and may be affected or limited by, the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, liquidation, reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), controlled management (gestion contrôlée), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite), reorganisation proceedings or similar Luxembourg or foreign law proceedings or regimes affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

5.2 A search at the Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether a (and the Certificate do not constitute conclusive evidence that no) winding-up resolution or petition, or an order adjudicating or declaring a, or a petition or filing for, bankruptcy or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), controlled management (gestion contrôlée), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) or judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) or similar action has been adopted or made.

 

5.3 The corporate documents of, and relevant court orders affecting, a Luxembourg company (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Register immediately and there is generally a delay in the relevant document appearing on the files regarding the company concerned. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the required filing of documents has not occurred or that documents filed with the Register may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Register will be effective (opposable) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Official Gazette unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.

 

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5.4 We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Companies or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents. We express no opinion on matters of fact.

 

5.5 We express no opinion whatsoever on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Opinion Documents.

 

6. This legal opinion is as of this date and we undertake no obligation to update it or advise of changes hereafter occurring. We express no opinion as to any matters other than those expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom. We express no opinion on any economic, financial or statistical information (including formulas determining payments to be made) contained in the Opinion Documents (or any document in connection therewith).

 

7. This legal opinion is given on the express basis, accepted by each person who is entitled to rely on it, that this legal opinion and all rights, obligations or liability in relation to it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Luxembourg law and that any action or claim in relation to it can be brought exclusively before the courts of Luxembourg.

 

8. The following provisions shall apply in respect of the provision of this legal opinion to the Addressees, except that if and to the extent that any general terms of engagement that we may have in place at the date of this legal opinion with the Addressees where such Addressees are our clients have a different effect, then such other effect shall apply in relation to the provision of this legal opinion:

 

8.1 as regards the Addressees, any non-contractual rights and obligations arising out of or in connection with this legal opinion are governed by and are to be construed in accordance with Luxembourg law and the courts of Luxembourg have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute or matter arising out of or in connection with this legal opinion; and

 

8.2 any Addressee who is entitled to, and does, rely on this legal opinion agrees, by so relying, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law and regulation (and except in the case of wilful misconduct or fraud) there is no assumption of personal duty of care by, and such person will not bring any claim against, any individual who is a partner of, member of, employee of or consultant to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings and that such person will instead confine any claim to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings (and for this purpose “claim” means (save only where law and regulation applies otherwise) any claim, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise).

 

9. Luxembourg legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original French or German terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. It should be noted that there are always irreconcilable differences between languages making it impossible to guarantee a totally accurate translation or interpretation. In particular, there are always some legal concepts which exist in one jurisdiction and not in another, and in those cases it is bound to be difficult to provide a completely satisfactory translation or interpretation because the vocabulary is missing from the language. We accept no responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies to the extent that they are attributable to such factors.

 

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This legal opinion is given to you exclusively in connection with the Opinion Documents and may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose. For the purpose of the opinion to be addressed to you by the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, this opinion may be relied upon by them as if it were addressed to them. You may not give copies of this legal opinion to others, or enable or allow any person or persons to quote, rely upon or otherwise use part or all of this legal opinion without our prior written permission except that you may give copies to your legal advisers for the purposes of information only and on the strict understanding that we assume no responsibility whatsoever to them as a result or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by TIP on 25 February 2015, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Validity of the Securities” in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Marc Feider

Allen & Overy

Marc Feider*

Partner

Avocat à la Cour

 

 

*  This document is signed on behalf of Allen & Overy, a société en commandite simple, registered on list V of the Luxembourg bar. The individual signing this document is a qualified lawyer representing this entity.

 

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Exhibit 5.3

[Letterhead of Arthur Cox]

February 25, 2015

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

 

To: Tyco International plc

Unit 1202

Building 1000

City Gate

Mahon

Cork

(the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

1. Basis of Opinion

 

  1.1 We act as solicitors in Ireland for the Company. This Opinion is furnished to you in connection with (a) the issuance and sale of €500million 1.375% Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) by Tyco International Finance S.A. (the “Issuer”) and (b) the issuance of guarantees (the “Guarantees”) of the Notes by each of the Company (the “Company Guarantee”) and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A. The Notes and Guarantees were registered pursuant to a filing by the Company, the Issuer and Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A. with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (US), as amended (the “Securities Act”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 20, 2015 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and the prospectus supplement dated February 20, 2015 (together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus Supplement”), each with respect to the offering of the Notes and the Guarantees, and each of which is supplemental to a Prospectus dated November 17, 2014 with respect to the registration of an unlimited amount of unsecured debt securities of the Issuer and the guarantees of such debt securities by the Guarantors.

 

  1.2 The Notes and the Guarantees are being issued under an Indenture dated as of February 25, 2015 by and among the Issuer, the Company, Tyco Fire & Security Finance S.C.A. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Base Indenture”) as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

 

  1.3

This Opinion is solely for the benefit of the addressees of this Opinion and may not be relied upon, used, transmitted, referred to, quoted from, circulated, copied, filed with any governmental agency or authority, disseminated or disclosed by or to any


  other person or entity for any purposes without our prior written consent provided that, it may be disclosed to regulatory authorities to whom disclosure may be required by applicable laws or regulations and your legal adviser(s) and your successors and permitted assignees on the basis that it is for information only, such persons may not rely upon this Opinion, we have no responsibility to such persons in connection with this Opinion and such persons are bound by restrictions as to disclosure and reliance set out in this Opinion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we hereby consent to the reliance by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP on this opinion in rendering its “Exhibit 5” opinion in connection with the issuance of the Notes and Guarantees. In addition, we hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the Commission in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees. Further, we consent to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Validity of the Securities”. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  1.4 This Opinion is confined to and given in all respects on the basis of the laws of Ireland in force as at the date hereof as currently applied by the courts of Ireland. We have made no investigations of and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction or the effect thereof. In particular, we express no opinion on the laws of the European Union as they affect any jurisdiction other than Ireland. We have assumed without investigation that insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the First Supplemental Indenture or the Company Guarantee (together, the “Documents”) or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

  1.5 This Opinion is also strictly confined to:

 

  (a) the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication or otherwise to any other matter;

 

  (b) the Documents (and no other documents whatsoever) and the Searches (see paragraph 1.9 below),

and is subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out below.

In giving this Opinion, we have relied upon the Closing Certificate (as defined in Schedule 1) and the Searches (see paragraph 1.9 below) and we give this Opinion expressly on the terms that no further investigation or diligence in respect of any matter referred to in the Closing Certificate or the Searches is required of us.

 

  1.6 No opinion is expressed as to the taxation consequences of the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

  1.7 For the purpose of giving this Opinion, we have examined scanned copies sent to us by email in pdf or other electronic format of the Documents. We have also examined the documents referred to in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

  1.8 All words and phrases defined in the Documents and not defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as are respectively assigned to them in the Documents. References in this Opinion to:

 

  (a) the “1963 Act” means the Companies Act, 1963 as amended and references to the “1990 Act” means the Companies Act 1990 as amended;


  (b) Companies Acts” means the Companies Acts 1963 to 2005, Parts 2 and 3 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006, the Companies (Amendment) Act 2009, the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the Companies (Amendment) Act 2012, all statutory instruments which are to be read as one with, or construed or read together with or as one with, those acts and every statutory modification and re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

 

  (c) CRO” means the Irish Companies Registration Office;

 

  (d) Ireland” means Ireland exclusive of Northern Ireland;

 

  (e) Searches” means the searches listed in paragraph 1.9.

 

  1.9 For the purpose of giving this Opinion, we have caused to be made the following legal searches against the Company on the date of this Opinion.

 

  (a) on the files of the Company maintained by the Registrar of Companies in the CRO for mortgages, debentures or similar charges or notices thereof and for the appointment of any examiner, receiver or liquidator;

 

  (b) in the Judgments Office of the High Court for unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees and the like for the twelve years immediately preceding the date of the search;

 

  (c) in the Central Office of the High Court of Dublin for any proceedings filed by or against the Company in the five years prior to the date of the Searches and for any petitions filed in respect of the Company; and

 

  (d) on the register of persons disqualified or restricted from acting as directors of companies incorporated in Ireland, which is maintained by the Registrar of Companies in the CRO, against the names of the current directors of the Company as identified in the search results referred to at sub-paragraph (a) above.

 

  1.10 This Opinion is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland (as interpreted by the courts of Ireland at the date hereof) and anyone seeking to rely on this Opinion agrees for our benefit that the courts of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of, or in connection with this Opinion. This Opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this Opinion at any time in the future or to advise you of any change in law or change in interpretation of law which may occur after the date of this Opinion.

 

2. Opinion

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in this Opinion, we are of the opinion that:

Capacity, Authority and Status

 

  2.1 The Company is a public limited company and is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland.

 

  2.2 The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority, under its memorandum and articles of association, to enter into, execute and deliver the Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Documents.


  2.3 The entry into, execution and delivery of the Documents by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder does not contravene:

 

  (a) any law of Ireland applicable to the Company; or

 

  (b) the memorandum and articles of association of the Company.

 

  2.4 All necessary corporate action required on the part of the Company to authorise the entering into, execution and delivery of the Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder has been duly taken.

 

  2.5 The Documents have been duly executed by the Company.

 

  2.6 The Documents are in the proper form for enforcement before the Irish Courts.

 

3. Assumptions

For the purpose of giving this Opinion we assume the following, without any responsibility on our part if any assumption proves to have been untrue as we have not verified independently any assumption:

Authenticity and bona fides

 

  3.1 the completeness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals or copies of originals, and (in the case of copies) conformity to the originals of copy documents, and the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals thereon, that any signatures are the signatures of the persons who they purport to be and that each original was executed in the manner appearing on the copy;

 

  3.2 that, where incomplete versions of the Documents have been submitted to us or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this Opinion, the originals of the Documents correspond in all respects with the last drafts of the complete Documents submitted to us;

 

  3.3 that the Documents have been delivered by the parties thereto and are not subject to any escrow arrangements and the terms thereof will be observed and performed by the parties thereto;

 

  3.4 that the copies produced to us of minutes of meetings and/or of resolutions of directors or shareholders correctly record the proceedings at such meetings and/or the subject matter which they purport to record and that any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened, duly quorate and held and that those identified as present at any such meetings were present at such meetings and were entitled to attend and vote at the meeting and acted bona fide throughout and that no further resolutions have been passed or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof and that such resolutions have not been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect;

 

  3.5 that each director of the Company has disclosed any interest which he may have in the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts and the Articles of Association of the Company and none of the directors of the Company has any interest in the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby except to the extent permitted by the Articles of Association of the Company;


  3.6 the absence of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence and lack of bad faith on the part of the parties to the Documents and their respective officers, employees, agents and (with the exception of Arthur Cox) advisers.

Accuracy of searches and warranties

 

  3.7 that, based only on the searches referred to in paragraph 1.9(d), no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly as a director or secretary of, or who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, the Company has been the subject of a declaration under Section 150 of the Companies Act, 1990 as amended by Section 41 of the Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001 (Disqualification and Restriction: Directors and other Officers);

 

  3.8 the truth, completeness and accuracy of the information disclosed in the Searches and that such information is accurate as of the date of this Opinion and has not since the time of such search been altered. In this connection, it should be noted that (a) the matters disclosed in the Searches may not present a complete summary of the actual position on the matters we have caused searches to be conducted for, (b) the position reflected by the Searches may not be fully up-to-date and (c) searches at the CRO do not necessarily reveal whether or not a prior charge has been created or a resolution has been passed or a petition presented or any other action taken for the winding-up of, or the appointment of a receiver or an examiner to, the Company or its assets;

 

  3.9 the truth, completeness and accuracy of all representations and statements as to factual matters contained in the Closing Certificate (as defined in Schedule 1) at the time they were made and at all times thereafter;

Commercial Benefit

 

  3.10 that there was consideration for the entering into of the Documents and that the Documents have been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arm’s length terms and for the benefit of each party thereto and are in those parties’ respective commercial interests and for their respective corporate benefit, in respect of which we refer you to the Closing Certificate and the board resolutions attached thereto;

No other information and compliance

 

  3.11 that the Documents are the only documents relating to the subject matter of the relevant transaction (for the purposes of this Opinion) and that there are no agreements or arrangements of any sort in existence between the parties to the Documents which in any way amend or vary the terms of the Documents or in any way bear upon or are inconsistent with the opinions stated herein;

Authority, Capacity, Execution and Enforceability

 

  3.12

that no party to the Documents is a “consumer” for the purposes of Irish law or a “personal consumer” for the purposes of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Consumer Protection Code 2015, that the parties to the Documents (other than the Company to the extent opined on herein) are duly incorporated and validly in existence and that they and their respective signatories have the appropriate capacity, power and authority to execute the Documents to which they are a party, to exercise and perform


  their respective rights and obligations thereunder and to render those Documents and all obligations thereunder legal, valid, binding and enforceable on them, and that each party to the Documents (other than the Company to the extent opined on herein) has taken all necessary corporate action and other steps to execute, deliver, exercise and perform the Documents to which it is a party and the rights and obligations set out therein;

 

  3.13 that the execution, delivery and performance of the Documents:

 

  (a) does not and will not contravene the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland;

 

  (b) does not and will not result in any breach of any agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party; and

 

  (c) is not and will not be illegal or unenforceable by virtue of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland;

 

  3.14 that the Company was not mistaken in entering into the Documents as to any material relevant fact;

 

  3.15 that the Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction other than Ireland insofar as opined on herein;

 

  3.16 that the full and final versions of the Documents were presented to the Company for execution;

Solvency and Insolvency

 

  3.17 that:

 

  (a) the Company was not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 214 of the 1963 Act and Section 2 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 or any analogous provision under any applicable laws immediately after the execution and delivery of the Documents;

 

  (b) the Company will not, as a consequence of doing any act or thing which any Document contemplates, permits or requires the relevant party to do, be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of such Sections or any analogous provisions under any applicable laws;

 

  (c) no liquidator, receiver or examiner or other similar or analogous officer has been appointed in relation to the Company or any of its assets or undertaking; and

 

  (d) no petition for the making of a winding-up order or the appointment of an examiner or any similar officer or any analogous procedure has been presented in relation to the Company;

Financial Assistance and Connected Transactions

 

  3.18 the Company is not, by entering into the Documents or performing its obligations thereunder, providing financial assistance in connection with a purchase or subscription of its shares which would be prohibited by Section 60 of the 1963 Act;


  3.19 that none of the transactions contemplated by the Documents are prohibited by virtue of Section 31 of the 1990 Act, which prohibits certain transactions between companies and their directors or persons connected with their directors;

Foreign Laws

 

  3.20 That as a matter of all relevant laws (other than the laws of Ireland):

 

  (a) all consents, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications, registrations and other steps necessary or desirable to permit the execution, delivery (where relevant) and performance of the Documents or to perfect, protect or preserve any of the interests created by the Documents have been obtained, made or done, or will be obtained, made or done, within any relevant time period(s); and

 

  (b) the legal effect of the Documents, and the transaction contemplated thereby, and the creation of any interest the subject thereof will, upon execution and, where relevant, delivery of the Documents be effective.

Governing law and jurisdiction

 

  3.21 That under all applicable laws (other than those of Ireland):

 

  (a) the choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Documents (to the extent that they are expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York) is a valid and binding selection which will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland); and

 

  (b) the submission of each party to the Documents to the jurisdiction of the courts of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in the City of New York (to the extent that they are so expressed) is valid and binding and will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland).

 

4. Qualifications

The opinions set out herein are subject to the following reservations:

General Matters

 

  4.1 We express no opinion as to whether the Documents breach any other agreement or instrument.

 

  4.2 A particular course of dealing among the parties or an oral amendment, variation or waiver may result in an Irish court finding that the terms of the Documents have been amended, varied or waived even if such course of dealing or oral amendment, variation or waiver is not reflected in writing among the parties.

 

  4.3 No opinion is expressed on any deed of assignment, transfer, accession or similar document executed after the date of this opinion in relation to any of the rights and obligations contained in the Documents.

 

  4.4 No opinion is expressed on any deed or agreement envisaged by the Documents to be entered at a future date or any future action taken by a party under the Documents.


Due Diligence and Searches

 

  4.5 We have conducted no due diligence of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person, other than the Searches, and we have not conducted any other searches whatsoever. We have not concluded any due diligence on the status of any person other than the Company, and in particular have not considered any due diligence on the addressees of this Opinion or enquired or investigated as to whether they have obtained their appropriate licenses or approvals.

Execution of Documents

 

  4.6 We note the decision in the English case of R (on the application of Mercury Tax Ltd) v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 2721. Although this decision will not be binding on the courts of Ireland it will be considered as persuasive authority. One of the decisions in that case would appear to indicate that a previously executed signature page from one document may not be transferred to another document, even where the documents in question are simply updated versions of the same document. Our Opinion is qualified by reference to the above referenced decision.

Sanctions

 

  4.7 If a party to any of the Documents or to any transfer of, or payment in respect of, the Documents is controlled by or otherwise connected with a person (or is itself) resident in, incorporated in or constituted under the laws of a country which is the subject of United Nations, European Union or Irish sanctions or sanctions under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as amended, or is otherwise the target of any such sanctions, then obligations to that party under the relevant Documents or in respect of the relevant transfer or payment may be unenforceable or void.

Sincerely yours,

 

s/s/ Arthur Cox

ARTHUR COX


Schedule 1

Closing Documents

 

1. The Notes

 

2. The Registration Statement

 

3. The Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement

 

4. Closing Certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated the date of this Opinion (the “Closing Certificate”) with copies of:

 

  (a) the Company’s constitutional documentation;

 

  (b) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company;

 

  (c) written decisions of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company; and

 

  (d) specimen signatures of authorised signatories of the Company.
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