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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 28, 2020

 

 

www.carlisle.com 

 

CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-9278   31-1168055

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

16430 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 400

Scottsdale, Arizona

  85254
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 781-5000

 

N/A

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $1 par value   CSL   New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, $1 par value   n/a   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

¨ Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

  

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On February 28, 2020, Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the “Company”) closed its previously announced public offering of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.750% senior notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).

 

The Notes are governed by the Base Indenture, dated January 15, 1997 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated February 28, 2020 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as successor to Fleet National Bank), as trustee.

 

Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2020, to holders of record on the preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be.  The Notes will mature on March 1, 2030.  The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. 

 

The Notes contain customary negative restrictions for notes of this type, such as limitations on our ability to incur secured debt or enter into sale and leaseback transactions. We may redeem the Notes at any time prior to December 1, 2029 at the make whole price set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. On or after December 1, 2029, we may redeem the Notes at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements.  The Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On February 28, 2020, the Company issued a notice for the redemption in full of all $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.125% notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”). The 2020 Notes will be redeemed on March 29, 2020 (the “Redemption Date”) at the redemption price set forth in the succeeding paragraph (the “Redemption Price”).

 

The Redemption Price will equal the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2020 Notes redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the 2020 Notes) plus 35 basis points, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
4.1   Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated February 28, 2020.
     
4.2   Form of 2.750% Senior Notes due 2030.
     
104   Cover page interactive data file (formatted in inline XBRL).

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
   
     
  By: /s/ Robert M. Roche
  Name: Robert M. Roche
  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
Date: February 28, 2020  

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1 

 

 

 

CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED

 

and

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee

 

 

 

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of February 28, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 28, 2020 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), between CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as successor to Fleet National Bank), a national banking association in its capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Fleet National Bank (with the Trustee as its successor) previously entered into an indenture, dated as of January 15, 1997 (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2006, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2010 and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2012, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of senior debt securities of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to, among other things, establish the form or terms of any series of Securities as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.750% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) and to, among other things, establish the form and terms of the Notes; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid and legally binding amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article One
AMENDMENTS

 

Section 101          The changes, modifications and supplements to the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall govern only the terms of (and only the rights of the Holders and the obligations of the Company with respect to), the Notes, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other securities that may be issued under the Indenture (or govern the rights of the Holders or the obligations of the Company with respect to any such other securities) unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede any corresponding provisions in the Indenture. Subject to the preceding sentence, and except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes and govern the rights of the Holders of the Securities and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect thereto.

 

 

 

 

Section 102         The Company hereby makes the following amendments to the Indenture, applicable only to the Notes:

 

(a)         The definition of “Officers’ Certificate” in Section 101 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following: “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Controller or any Assistant Controller, in each case, of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such Officer’s Certificate shall include the statements required by Section 102 of the Indenture.” Any reference in the Indenture to an “Officers’ Certificate” shall refer to an “Officer’s Certificate”.

 

(b)         Section 501(5) of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “$20,000,000” with “75,000,000”.

 

(c)         Section 704 of the Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following provision immediately following subsection (3): “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any requirement to file with the Trustee reports and the other information required by this Section 704 shall be deemed satisfied to the extent the Company has filed such reports and other information with the Commission.”

 

(d)         Section 1004 of the Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the two paragraphs therein in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

 

“The Company agrees for the benefit of Holders of Senior Securities only, that unless otherwise provided herein, the Company will not itself, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured after the date of the Indenture by pledge of, or mortgage or other lien (“Mortgage”) on, any Principal Property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or any shares of stock or Debt of any Significant Subsidiary without effectively providing that the Senior Securities of all series issued pursuant to the Indenture (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Senior Securities) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured Debt, so long as such secured Debt shall be so secured.

 

This restriction does not apply to, and there shall be excluded in computing secured Debt for the purpose of such restriction, Debt secured by: (i) Mortgages existing on the date of the first issuance of Securities under this Indenture; (ii) Mortgages on property of, or on any shares of stock or Debt of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Significant Subsidiary; (iii) Mortgages in favor of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; (iv) Mortgages in favor of the United States of America 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 or statute; (v) Mortgages on any real or personal property existing at the time of acquisition thereof or created within one year of such acquisition; (vi) Mortgages to secure Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost or construction or improvement of the property subject to such Mortgage, provided, however, that (a) the principal amount of any Debt secured by such Mortgage does not exceed 100% of such purchase price or cost and (b) such Mortgage does not extend to or cover any other property other than such item or property and any improvements on such item; (vii) Mortgages securing industrial revenue, development or similar bonds; (viii) Mortgages created in connection with a project financed, or assets acquired, with, and created to secure any Nonrecourse Obligations; (ix) Mortgages securing indebtedness, the principal amount of which when aggregated with all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries in respect of sale and leaseback transactions (as defined in Section 1005) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; (x) any extension, renewal, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refundings or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (ix), inclusive; provided, however, that (a) such extension, renewal, refunding or replacement Mortgage shall be limited to all or a part of the same property, shares of stock or Debt that secured the Mortgage extended, renewed, refunded or replaced (plus improvements on such property) and (b) the Debt secured by such Mortgage at such time is not increased.”

 

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(e)         Section 1005 of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” with “15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets”.

 

(f)         The first sentence of Section 1104 of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing “not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date” with “not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date”.

 

(g)        Section 1104 of the Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following after the last sentence of Section 1104: “At the Company’s option, a notice of redemption may be conditioned on the satisfaction of one or more conditions specified therein.”

 

Section 103        The Company hereby makes the following supplements to the Indenture, applicable only to the Notes:

 

(a)        Definitions.

 

(i)                 “Capital Stock” means (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) 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, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

 

(ii)                 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) other than the Company or one of the Company’s subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to a liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person (as defined below) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock.

 

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(iii)                “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 

(iv)                “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.

 

(v)                 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

(vi)                “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

(vii)               “Rating Agency” means each of S&P and Moody’s, or if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s, or both, as the case may be.

 

(viii)              “Rating Event” means (1) to the extent the Notes were rated with an Investment Grade Rating by either of the Rating Agencies at the commencement of the Relevant Period (as defined below) and the ratings of the Notes are downgraded by either or both of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) (the “Relevant Period”) such that the rating of the Notes by each of the Rating Agencies at the end of the Relevant Period is below an Investment Grade Rating, which downgrading is a result of the transactions constituting or occurring simultaneously with the applicable Change of Control (as evidenced by a public statement by the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies that downgraded the Notes) or (2) to the extent the Notes were not rated with an Investment Grade Rating by either of the Rating Agencies at the commencement of the Relevant Period, the Notes continue to be rated at a level below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies at the end of the Relevant Period.

 

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(ix)                 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of S&P Global, Inc.

 

(x)                  “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

 

(b)          Change of Control.

 

(i)                 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall notify the Trustee, and make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Securities of such series at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and stating: (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and that all Securities of such series properly tendered will be accepted for payment; (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); (3) that any Security of such series not tendered will continue to accrue interest; (4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Securities of such series accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; (5) that Holders electing to have any Securities of such series, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached as Exhibit 1 to the Security completed, purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Securities to the Trustee or paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; (6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Securities of such series delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities purchased; and (7) that Holders whose Securities of such series are being purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities of such series in connection with a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this paragraph or the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this paragraph or the Indenture by virtue of such conflict. On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: (1) accept for payment all Securities of such series or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Trustee or paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities of such series or portions thereof properly tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of such series properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of such Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The paying agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Securities of such series properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Securities, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered by such Holder, if any; provided, that each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third Person makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this paragraph and all other provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

 

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Article Two
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 201          All capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

Section 202          This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date first above written.

 

Section 203          This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 204          This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 205          The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein (other than those made expressly by the Trustee) are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.

 

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Section 206          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other document provided or permitted by this Supplemental Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

 

(a)          the Trustee by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose herein if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at US Bank Corporate Trust Services, 225 Asylum Street, 23rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, or at any other address subsequently furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee; or

 

(b)          the Company by the Trustee shall be sufficient for every purpose herein if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Carlisle Companies Incorporated, 16430 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ 85254, Attention: Treasurer, or at any other address subsequently furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

 

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

 

CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
   
   
  By: /s/ Robert M. Roche
  Name: Robert M. Roche
  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee
 
By: /s/ Keith Henselen  
Name: Keith Henselen  
Title: Vice President  

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.  This Security may not be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depository Trust Company or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.  Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.

 

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED

 

$

 

2.750% Notes Due 2030

 

No. CUSIP 142339 AJ9
   
  ISIN  US142339AJ92

 

Principal Sum: $

 

Certain capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture under which this Security is issued.

 

Carlisle Companies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the Principal Sum specified above, as may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Schedule A hereto, on March 1, 2030, unless earlier redeemed or repaid as herein provided, and to pay interest, if any, thereon from February 28, 2020 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing September 1, 2020 until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment at the rate per annum of 2.750%.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 or August 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York designated by the holder in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

 

 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH HEREIN.

 

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

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

 

Dated: February 28, 2020    
     
  CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
     
[CORPORATE SEAL]    
     
   By:  
    Name: Robert M. Roche
    Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its “2.750% Notes Due 2030” (herein called the “Securities”), initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $750,000,000 issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1997, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated the date hereof, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as successor in interest to Fleet National Bank), as Trustee, as it may be amended and supplemented from time to time (collectively, the “Indenture”), to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

 

The Securities shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time (a “Redemption Date”).  At any time prior to December 1, 2029 (the “Par Call Date”), the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of any Securities being redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the Securities matured on the Par Call Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points.  At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Securities will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to be redeemed to the Redemption Date.  In each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date in accordance with the Securities and the Indenture.  The Company will mail notice by first-class mail of any redemption at least 15 days, but not more than 60 days, before the Redemption Date to each registered holder of the Securities to be redeemed. Once the notice is mailed, the Securities called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.  On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the applicable redemption price and accrued interest).  On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on the Redemption Date.  If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, and the Securities are Global Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by the Depositary Trust Company (“DTC”), as the Depositary by lot.  If the Securities to be redeemed are not Global Securities then held by the DTC, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by the Series Trustee by a method the Series Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities (assuming, for this purpose, that the Securities matured on the Par Call Date).

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee is provided with fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations or (C) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers or another independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and one other treasury dealer selected by the Company, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing and the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

 

If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Securities and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (a) the entire indebtedness of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

This Global Security or portion hereof may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities except in the limited circumstances provided in the Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

In the event that (i) the Depositary or another depositary in respect of the Securities of this series, as the case may be, notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 60 days of such notice, (ii) the Depositary with respect to such Global Securities so requests following an Event of Default under the Indenture or (iii) the owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Securities requests such exchange in writing delivered through the Depositary or the Company following an Event of Default under the Indenture, then the Holder hereof shall surrender this Global Security to the Trustee for cancellation and whereupon, in accordance with Section 305 of the Indenture, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities of this series in definitive registered form without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Global Security at the time outstanding in exchange for this Global Security.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not any amount due in respect of this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL SUM REDUCTIONS

 

Principal Sum outstanding as of February 28, 2020: $

 

Thereafter, the following decreases have been made:

 

Date of 
Redemption or 
Repurchase
  Principal Amount
Redeemed or 
Repurchased
  Principal Amount
Remaining
  Notation Made by or on
Behalf of
the Trustee
             
             
             

 

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EXHIBIT 1

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

The undersigned hereby elects optional redemption of Carlisle Companies Incorporated, 2.750% Notes due 2030, No.   , CUSIP No.  142339AJ9 (the portion thereof specified below) with the effect provided in said Security by delivering this form of “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” duly completed by the Holder of said Security to the Trustee at U.S. Bank National Association, Global Corporate Trust Services, 101 North First Avenue, Suite 1600, Phoenix, AZ 85003 | LM-AZ-X16P or such other address of which Carlisle Companies Incorporated shall from time to time notify the Holders of the Securities.

 

Specify the portion of said Security (which shall be U.S. $2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, which may be all or part of the Holder’s interest in said Security) as to which the Holder elects optional redemption:

 

U.S. $                     .
 
Dated:    
 
Signature:    
 

NOTE:  The signature to this notice must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Global Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or correspondent in The City of New York or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(Print or Type Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)

 

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

 

 

Dated    

 

NOTE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Global Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or correspondent in The City of New York or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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