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) – March 11, 2008

 

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   1-11437   52-1893632

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland   20817
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(301) 897-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 11, 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.121% Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”). The Notes mature on March 14, 2013, with interest payable semiannually on March 14 and September 14 of each year. The first interest payment will be made on September 14, 2008. The Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement and the form of Notes are filed as exhibits to this report and are incorporated by reference herein.

On March 11, 2008, the Company entered into an indenture (the “Indenture”) with The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which the Company may issue an unlimited amount of debt securities from time to time in one or more series. The Notes are issued under the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture is filed as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed on the exhibit index, which appears elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.


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.

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ David A. Dedman

  David A. Dedman
  Vice President & Associate General Counsel

March 12, 2008


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1   

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2008, by and among the Company and the Underwriters.

4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2008, by and among the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
4.2    Form of 4.121% Notes due 2013.
5.1    Opinion of Hogan & Hartson LLP regarding the validity of the Notes being registered.
23.1    Consents of Hogan & Hartson LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1).

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION COPY

Lockheed Martin Corporation

4.121% Notes due 2013

 

 

Underwriting Agreement

March 11, 2008

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

    As representative of the several Underwriters

    named in Schedule I hereto,

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation (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 4.121% Notes due 2013 of the Company (the “Securities”).

1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-149630) in respect of the Securities has been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, has been threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus supplement relating


to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act together with the Basic Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Act to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of the Registration Statement or such prospectus; any reference herein to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated by reference therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;

 

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(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 1:00 pm (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the final term sheet in the form attached as Schedule III hereto and to be filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto does not conflict with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in the Pricing Disclosure Package or an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;

(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and when read together with other information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the respective times they became effective or were filed with the Commission, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(b) hereto;

 

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(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date and as of the Time of Delivery as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to (i) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or (ii) any statements in or omissions from the part of the Registration Statement that shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Indenture;

(f)(i) The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole have not sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any material loss or material interference with their business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus;

 

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(h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued pursuant to the Indenture and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture to be dated as of March 11, 2008 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), under which they are to be issued, which is substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and to the effect of general principles of equity;

(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the terms or provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or is bound, (ii) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company or (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) where the effect of such conflict, breach or default would not be material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and would not adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except for those that have been obtained or that may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;

(j) The Company is not in violation of its Charter or Bylaws or in breach of any terms of, or in default under, any agreement or undertaking of the Company in any such case in which the violation, breach or default would have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(k) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or of which any property of the Company is the subject which reasonably could be expected individually, or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on

 

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the financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; and

(l)(A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 14, 2008 to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) hereunder, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.

3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Prospectus. The Underwriters shall give notice to the Company when all the Securities are sold for purposes of Section 5(c).

4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form that will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to Goldman, Sachs & Co., for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to Goldman, Sachs & Co. for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on March 14, 2008 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the “Time of Delivery”.

 

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(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(i) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (the “Closing Location”), and the Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 2 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you in your reasonable judgment promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file the term sheet attached hereto as Schedule III pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required under the Act in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise you during the period the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required under the Act in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such

 

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purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use all reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Securities by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);

(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by you in your reasonable judgment promptly after reasonable notice thereof;

(c) If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to you. If at the Renewal Deadline the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to you and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;

(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may 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, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be obligated to subject itself to taxation or to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

 

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(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(f) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the Time of Delivery, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities, without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.;

(g) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(h) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act; and

 

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(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”.

6. (a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet in the form attached as Schedule III hereto and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(ii) each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities, containing certain information contemplated by the final term sheet in the form attached as Schedule III hereto and related customary marketing information (which marketing information shall have been agreed to by the Company), and conveyed to purchasers of Securities in an electronic format customary in the industry, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and

(iii) any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (other than the final term sheet in the form attached as Schedule III hereto filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof) is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and

(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to Goldman, Sachs & Co. and, if requested by Goldman, Sachs & Co., will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document that will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.

 

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7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(c) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Applicable Time and the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of

 

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the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, 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;

(c) Hogan & Hartson LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto.

(d) In-house counsel to the Company shall have furnished to you its written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto.

(e) On the date of the Prospectus and also at the Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;

(f) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole shall not have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any material loss or material interference with their business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any material adverse change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus or in connection with the adoption or effectiveness of new accounting standards and (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any material adverse change in the general affairs, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or

 

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affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus;

(g) On or after the Applicable Time, no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act;

(h) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clauses (i) through (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such time, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

9. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint or several (including any reasonable investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, provided that legal expenses relate to counsel acceptable to the Company), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise solely out of or are based solely upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary

 

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Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in (i) the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of any Underwriter of Securities expressly for use therein or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications on Form T-1 of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, except statements or omissions in such Form T-1 made in reliance upon information furnished in writing to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Company for use therein.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise solely out of or are based solely upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of any Underwriter of Securities expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation of each such Underwriter to indemnify the Company hereunder shall be limited to the total price at which the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder were offered to the public.

(c) Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 9 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against any such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party of any such action, suit or proceeding shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under Section 9(a) or 9(b), as applicable (it being understood that the omission so to notify such indemnifying party shall relieve it from any liability it may have to any indemnified party under Section 9(a) or 9(b); provided, however, that timely notice hereunder to Goldman, Sachs & Co. made pursuant to Section 13 hereof shall be deemed timely notice to any Underwriter that is an indemnifying party). In case any such action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the

 

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commencement thereof, such indemnifying party or parties shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it or they shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party or parties to such indemnified party of its or their election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party or parties shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. The indemnified party shall have the right to employ its counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party or parties, (ii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the indemnifying party or parties and the indemnified party in the conduct of the defense of such action (in which case the indemnifying party or parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party), or (iii) the indemnifying party or parties shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties. In the event that the indemnified party retains separate counsel pursuant to clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of the previous sentence, such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the indemnifying party. Any indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein (other than because such indemnification, by its terms, does not apply), then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the

 

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Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this 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 this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include 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 this 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 underwritten 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase any Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or

 

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other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare and file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 10 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company 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 the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

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12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you.

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 as the representative in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Vice President and Treasurer (with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to the Senior Vice President and General Counsel); provided , however , that any notice to a Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof 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 Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company 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.

15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

 

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16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, 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 Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

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

18. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

19. The Company is authorized, subject to applicable law, to disclose any and all aspects of this potential transaction that are necessary to support any U.S. federal income tax benefits expected to be claimed with respect to such transaction, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) related to those benefits, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us 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 Company. 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.

 

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Very truly yours,

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ John C. McCarthy

Name:

  John C. McCarthy

Title:

  Vice President and Treasurer

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:  

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

     Principal Amount of
Securities to be
Purchased
Underwriter   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

   $ 250,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 125,000,000

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

   $ 125,000,000
      

Total

   $ 500,000,000
      

 

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SCHEDULE II

(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:

None.

(b) Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:

None.

 

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SCHEDULE III

FINAL TERM SHEET

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Pricing Term Sheet

March 11, 2008

4.121% Notes due 2013

 

Issuer:    Lockheed Martin Corporation
Trade Date:    March 11, 2008
Settlement Date:    (T+3); March 14, 2008
Interest Payment Dates:    March 14 and September 14, commencing on September 14, 2008
Ratings:    Baa1 (Moody’s) /A- (S&P) /A- (Fitch)
Book-Running Manager:    Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Co-Managers:    Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Size:    $500,000,000
Maturity:    March 14, 2013
Coupon:    4.121% per annum, accruing from March 14, 2008
Denomination:    Minimum $2,000 and $1,000 multiples in excess thereof
Use of proceeds:    General corporate purposes
Price to Public:    100% of face amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 14, 2008
Yield to maturity:    4.121%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    + 157 basis points
Benchmark Treasury:    2.75% due February 28, 2013
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:    100-29+ / 2.551%

 

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Redemption Make-Whole Call:    At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 25 basis points.
CUSIP:    539830 AS8

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus 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 if you request it by calling Goldman, Sachs & Co., toll free, at 1-866-471-2526.

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by Lockheed Martin Corporation on March 11, 2008 relating to their Prospectus dated March 11, 2008.

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.

 

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ANNEX I

Form of opinion of Hogan & Hartson LLP, counsel for the Company

 

1. The Corporation is validly existing as a corporation and in good standing, under the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Corporation has the corporate power and corporate authority under the Charter and the Maryland General Corporation Law to execute, deliver and perform the Agreements and to own, lease and operate its current properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

2. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Corporation.

 

3. The Notes have been authorized, and, when the Notes have been executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor, each registered holder of a Note will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.

 

4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Corporation and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with its terms.

 

5. The information contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt Securities,” “Description of the Notes,” and “Certain United States Federal Tax Consequences,” to the extent that such information constitutes matters of law or legal conclusions or purports to describe certain provisions of the Agreements, has been reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects.

 

6. The execution, delivery and performance as of the date hereof by the Corporation of the Agreements do not (i) violate the Charter or Bylaws of the Corporation or (ii) violate any provision of Applicable Federal Law or Applicable State Law.

 

7. The Registration Statement became effective under the Securities Act upon its filing with the Commission. Based solely upon telephone communications between an attorney of this firm and a member of the Commission staff and to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are threatened by the Commission against the Corporation.

 

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8. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 and the financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial data included or incorporated therein, or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), as of their respective effectiveness or issue dates, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act.

 

9. No approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or consent of, or filing with, any federal governmental agency or the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland is required to be obtained or made by the Corporation under Applicable Federal Law, the Maryland General Corporation Law or Applicable State Law in connection with the execution, delivery and performance on the date hereof by the Corporation of the Agreements.

 

10. The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

No facts have come to our attention that cause us to believe that:

(i) the Registration Statement, as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(ii) the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

(iii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of 1 P.M. (New York City time) on March 11, 2008 (which you have informed us is a time prior to the time of the first sale of the Notes by any Underwriter), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that in making the foregoing statements, we do not express any belief with respect to the financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial or accounting information and data derived from such financial statements and schedules or derived from the books and records of the Corporation contained or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

 

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ANNEX II

Form of opinion of In-house counsel to the Company

 

1. The Corporation is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify and be in good standing would not materially and adversely affect the financial condition of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

2. To my knowledge, other than as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package, there are not any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Corporation is subject, or of which any property of the Corporation is subject, that reasonably are expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

3. Neither the issue and sale of the Notes, the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, will conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a party or is bound, except where the effect of such conflict, breach or default would not be material to the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and would not adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

4. The documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference into the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (the “Exchange Act Reports”) (other than the financial statements and notes thereto, the financial statements schedules and the other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which I express no opinion), subject to any amendments or supplements thereto included in the Exchange Act Reports filed before the date of the Underwriting Agreement, when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

5. The execution, delivery and performance as of the date hereof by the Corporation of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes do not, to my knowledge, violate any order or regulation applicable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental agency or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

AS ISSUER

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF MARCH 11, 2008

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   1

SECTION 1.01.

   Definitions    1

SECTION 1.03.

   Incorporation by Reference of TIA    5

SECTION 1.04.

   Rules of Construction    5

ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES

   6

SECTION 2.01.

   Form and Dating    6

SECTION 2.02.

   Execution and Authentication    7

SECTION 2.03.

   Title, Amount and Terms of Securities    9

SECTION 2.04.

   Registrar and Paying Agent    11

SECTION 2.05.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    12

SECTION 2.06.

   Securityholder Lists    12

SECTION 2.07.

   Transfer and Exchange    12

SECTION 2.08.

   Replacement Securities    14

SECTION 2.09.

   Outstanding Securities    14

SECTION 2.10.

   Temporary Securities    15

SECTION 2.11.

   Cancellation    15

SECTION 2.12.

   Defaulted Interest    15

SECTION 2.13.

   Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities    16

SECTION 2.14.

   Appointment and Resignation of Currency Determination Agent    19

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION

   20

SECTION 3.01.

   Applicability of this Article    20

SECTION 3.02.

   Notices to Trustee    20

SECTION 3.03.

   Selection of Securities to be Redeemed    20

SECTION 3.04.

   Notice of Redemption    21

SECTION 3.05.

   Effect of Notice of Redemption    21

SECTION 3.06.

   Deposit of Redemption Price    21

SECTION 3.07.

   Securities Redeemed in Part    21

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

   22

SECTION 4.01.

   Certain Definitions    22

SECTION 4.02.

   Payment of Securities    23

SECTION 4.03.

   Limitation on Liens    24

SECTION 4.04.

   Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions    25

SECTION 4.05.

   No Lien Created, etc.    26

SECTION 4.06.

   Compliance Certificate    26

SECTION 4.07.

   SEC Reports    26

 

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ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

   26

SECTION 5.01.

   When the Corporation May Merge, etc.    26

SECTION 5.02.

   When Securities Must be Secured    27

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

   27

SECTION 6.01.

   Events of Default    27

SECTION 6.02.

   Acceleration    28

SECTION 6.03.

   Other Remedies    28

SECTION 6.04.

   Waiver of Past Defaults    29

SECTION 6.05.

   Control by Majority    29

SECTION 6.06.

   Limitation on Suits    29

SECTION 6.07.

   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment    30

SECTION 6.08.

   Collection Suit by Trustee    30

SECTION 6.09.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    30

SECTION 6.10.

   Priorities    30

SECTION 6.11.

   Undertaking for Costs    30

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

   31

SECTION 7.01.

   Duties of Trustee    31

SECTION 7.02.

   Rights of Trustee    32

SECTION 7.03.

   Individual Rights of Trustee, etc.    32

SECTION 7.04.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer    32

SECTION 7.05.

   Notice of Defaults    33

SECTION 7.06.

   Reports by Trustee to Holders    33

SECTION 7.07.

   Compensation and Indemnity    33

SECTION 7.08.

   Replacement of Trustee    33

SECTION 7.09.

   Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.    35

SECTION 7.10.

   Eligibility; Disqualification    35

SECTION 7.11.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation    35

ARTICLE 8 SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

   3 5

SECTION 8.01.

   Satisfaction and Discharge Under Limited Circumstances    35

SECTION 8.02.

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    36

SECTION 8.03.

   Defeasance of Certain Obligations    37

SECTION 8.04.

   Application of Trust Money    38

SECTION 8.05.

   Repayment to Corporation    38

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

   39

SECTION 9.01.

   Without Consent of Holders    39

SECTION 9.02.

   With Consent of Holders    39

SECTION 9.03.

   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act of 1939    40

SECTION 9.04.

   Revocation and Effect of Consents    40

SECTION 9.05.

   Notation on or Exchange of Securities    40

SECTION 9.06.

   Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.    41

 

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ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS

   41

SECTION 10.01.

   TIA Controls    41

SECTION 10.02.

   Notices    41

SECTION 10.03.

   Communication by Holders with Other Holders    42

SECTION 10.04.

   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    42

SECTION 10.05.

   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion    42

SECTION 10.06.

   When Treasury Securities Disregarded    42

SECTION 10.07.

   Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar    43

SECTION 10.08.

   Legal Holidays    43

SECTION 10.09.

   Governing Law    43

SECTION 10.10.

   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    43

SECTION 10.11.

   No Recourse Against Others    43

SECTION 10.12.

   Securities in a Foreign Currency    43

SECTION 10.13.

   Judgment Currency    44

SECTION 10.14.

   Successors    44

SECTION 10.15.

   Duplicate Originals    44

SECTION 10.16.

   Acts of Holders; Record Dates    44

SECTION 10.17.

   Waiver of Jury Trial    45

SECTION 10.18.

   Force Majeure    45

SECTION 10.19.

   Counterparts    46

 

NOTE:   This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE

INDENTURE dated as of March 11, 2008, between Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as the Corporation, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and, as to each series of Securities, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of that series of the Corporation’s Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01. Definitions .

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors, or any duly appointed committee of the Board of Directors, of the Corporation.

“Board Resolution” means a resolution of the Board of Directors or of a person to which or to whom the Board of Directors has properly delegated the appropriate authority, a copy of which has been certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or such person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day,” when used with respect to any particular Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law to close, and shall otherwise mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions, at the place where any specified act pursuant to this Indenture is to occur, are authorized or obligated by law to close.

“Conversion Event” means, in the good faith judgment of the Corporation, the unavailability of any Foreign Currency or currency unit, due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Corporation.

“Corporation” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor.

 

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“Currency Determination Agent,” with respect to Securities of any series, means a New York Clearing House bank designated pursuant to Section 2.03 or Section 2.14.

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

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

“Discounted Security” means any Security that provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest) less than its principal amount to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Security pursuant to Section 6.02.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Exchange Rate Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate or facsimile thereof setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or currency unit amounts of principal and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 2.03 in the relevant currency or currency unit), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, which is signed by any Officer of the Corporation.

“Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States of America or a currency established by a group of countries as a common legal currency such as the “Euro”.

“Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.01, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.01.

“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

“Indenture” means this Indenture as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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“Market Exchange Rate” means (i) for any conversion involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the applicable Currency Determination Agent in its sole discretion and without liability on its part. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Currency Determination Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or any other principal market for such currency or currency unit in question, or such other quotations as the Currency Determination Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any currency or currency unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used with respect to such currency or currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such currency or currency unit would purchase such currency or currency unit in order to make payments with respect to such securities. For purposes of this definition, a “nonresident issuer” shall mean an issuer that is not a resident of the country or countries that issue such currency or whose currencies are included in such currency unit.

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Corporation.

“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of any particular series, the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are payable, as contemplated by Section 2.03.

“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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“Securities” means the securities issued pursuant to this Indenture from time to time, as such securities may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

“series” when used with respect to the Securities means all Securities bearing the same title and identified as part of a single series of Securities by a Board Resolution.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect (unless otherwise stated herein) on the date of this Indenture.

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor. The term “Trustee” includes any additional Trustee appointed pursuant to Section 2.03 or Section 7.08 but, if at any time there is more than one Trustee, the term “Trustee” as used with respect to Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs 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 such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code.

SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

   Defined in
Section

“Attributable Debt”

   4.01

“Bankruptcy Law”

   6.01

“Component Currency”

   2.13

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets”

   4.01

“Conversion Date”

   2.13

“Custodian”

   6.01

“Debt”

   4.01

“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit”

   2.13

“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency”

   2.13

“Election Date”

   2.13

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Judgment Date”

   10.13

“Legal Holiday”

   10.08

“Lien”

   4.01

“Long-Term Debt”

   4.01

“Paying Agent”

   2.04

“Principal Property”

   4.01

 

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“Registrar”

   2.04

“Restricted Property”

   4.01

“Restricted Subsidiary”

   4.01

“Sale-Leaseback Transaction”

   4.01

“Specified Amount”

   2.13

“Subsidiary”

   4.01

“Substitute Date”

   10.13

“United States”

   4.01

“U.S. Government Obligations”

   8.02

“Valuation Date”

   2.13

“Voting Stock”

   4.01

SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of TIA .

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“Commission” means the SEC;

“indenture securities” means the Securities;

“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder;

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Corporation.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them.

SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction .

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

  (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

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  (5) any gender used in this Indenture shall be deemed to include the neuter, masculine or feminine gender; and

 

  (6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating .

The Securities shall be issued substantially in the form or forms (including global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Resolutions or any supplemental indenture, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions or other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security of a series is issuable in the form of a Global Security or Securities, each such Global Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Securities outstanding under the series from time to time endorsed thereon and also may provide that the aggregate amount of Securities outstanding under the series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of Securities outstanding under the series represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with the instructions of the Corporation and in such manner as shall be specified on such Global Security. Any instructions by the Corporation with respect to a Global Security, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 10.04.

Before the first delivery of a Security of any series to the Trustee for authentication, the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee the following:

(1) the Board Resolution or Resolutions by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Security have been approved;

(2) an Officers’ Certificate of the Corporation dated the date of delivery stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Securities in that series have been complied with and directing the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Securities to or upon written order of the Corporation; and

(3) Opinions of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Securities of that series have been complied with, the form and terms of the series have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or resolutions in conformity with this Indenture, and that Securities in such form when completed by appropriate insertions and executed by the Corporation and delivered by the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture

 

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within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors and sold in the manner specified in such Opinions of Counsel will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and to general equitable principles, and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of Securities of that series or that are customarily included in similar opinions by lawyers experienced in such matters.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation shall establish pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section, Section 2.02 and the authentication order of the Corporation with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities in temporary or permanent form that shall (a) represent and be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Securities, (b) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (c) be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction, and (d) bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “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 another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of any successor Depositary.”

SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication .

Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Corporation by manual or facsimile signature. The Corporation’s seal shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

A Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.03 and of the preceding paragraphs, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time (including, for example, a series constituting a medium-term note program), it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate or the Opinions of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the time of authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series. In such case the Trustee may conclusively rely on the foregoing documents and opinions delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.03, and this Section, as applicable (unless revoked by superseding comparable documents or opinions), as to the matters set forth therein.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.11 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 2.01 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Corporation, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

If any Security of a series shall be represented by a Global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 2.10, the notation of the record owners’ interest therein upon original issuance of such Security shall be deemed to be delivered in connection with the original issuance of each beneficial owner’s interest in such Global Security.

The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:

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

 

Date:     [Name of Trustee], as Trustee
      By:    

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Corporation to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by an authenticating agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Corporation.

If at any time there shall be an authenticating agent appointed with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities of each such series shall be substantially as follows:

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

 

Date:     [Name of Trustee], as Trustee
      By:    
        as Authenticating Agent
      By:    
        Authorized Officer

 

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SECTION 2.03. Title, Amount and Terms of Securities .

The principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. The Securities may be issued in a total principal amount up to that authorized from time to time by or pursuant to relevant Board Resolutions.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series, each of which shall be issued pursuant to a Board Resolution or Resolutions of the Corporation, which shall specify:

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

(2) any limit on 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 or transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of other Securities of that series pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.08 or 3.07);

(3) the date or dates (or the manner of determining the same) on which the principal of the Securities of that series is payable (which, if so provided in the Board Resolution or Resolutions, may be determined by the Corporation from time to time and set forth in the Securities of that series issued from time to time);

(4) the rate or rates, or the method to be used in ascertaining the rate or rates, at which the Securities of that series shall bear interest, if any, the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of 12 30-day months, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in the Board Resolution or Resolutions, may be determined by the Corporation from time to time and set forth in the Securities of that series issued from time to time), the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the manner of determining the same) and the record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

(5) if the trustee of that series is other than the Trustee initially named in this Indenture or any successor thereto, the trustee of that series;

(6) the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on Securities of that series shall be payable;

(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency unit in which, and the terms and conditions on which Securities of that series may be redeemed or converted into another Security, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation;

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem or purchase Securities of that series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of Holders of Securities of that series (or to convert such Securities into other Securities at

 

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the option of the Holder), and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency unit in which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of that series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) if denominated in Dollars and in denominations other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000, the denominations in which Securities of that series shall be issuable;

(10) if denominated in other than Dollars, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which the Securities of that series are denominated and the denominations in which Securities of that series shall be issuable;

(11) if the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are to be payable, at the election of the Corporation or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currency unit other than that in which the Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, in accordance with provisions in addition to or in lieu of or in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.13, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency or currency unit in which the Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currency unit in which the Securities are to be so payable;

(12) the index, if any, used to determine the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series;

(13) if the amount of payments of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the Securities of that series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(14) if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of that series which shall be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity pursuant to Section 6.02;

(15) if convertible into or exchangeable for Securities of another series or other securities of the Corporation or another issuer, the terms upon which the Securities of that series will be convertible into or exchangeable for such securities;

(16) the right, if any, of the Corporation to redeem all or any part of the Securities of that series before maturity and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of that series may be redeemed;

(17) the provisions, if any, restricting defeasance of the Securities of that series;

(18) if other than or in addition to the events specified in Section 6.01, events of default with respect to the Securities of that series;

 

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(19) if the Securities of that series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities and whether beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Securities may exchange such interests for other Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 2.07, and the manner and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may occur if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.07, and any other terms of the series relating to the global nature of the Securities of such series and the exchange, registration or transfer thereof and the payment of any principal thereof or interest, if any, thereon;

(20) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any, with respect to the Securities of that series; and

(21) any other terms of or relating to the Securities of that series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any particular series shall be identical as to currency of denomination and otherwise shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the relevant Board Resolution or Resolutions.

The Trustee need not authenticate the Securities of any series if their terms impose on the Trustee duties in addition to those imposed on the Trustee by this Indenture. If the Trustee does authenticate any such Securities, the authentication will evidence the Trustee’s agreement to comply with any such additional duties.

Each Depositary designated pursuant to this Section for a Global Security in registered form shall, if required, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as a Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent .

The Corporation shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Corporation may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. There may be separate Registrars and Paying Agents for different series of Securities.

The Corporation shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Corporation shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Corporation fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.

The Corporation initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

Each Paying Agent for any series of Securities shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders of Securities of the same series or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest, if any, on such Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Corporation in making such payment. If the Corporation or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent with respect to a series of Securities, it shall segregate the money for that series and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Corporation at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon doing so the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money.

SECTION 2.06. Securityholder Lists .

For each series of Securities, the Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of that series. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Corporation shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date for each series of Securities and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of that series.

SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange .

Where a Security (other than a Global Security, except as set forth herein) is presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Section 8-401(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision) are met. Where Securities (other than a Global Security, except as set forth herein) of any series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations of the same series with identical terms as the Securities exchanged, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. The Corporation may charge a reasonable fee for any transfer or exchange, but not for any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 3.07 or 9.05. The Corporation shall not be required to make transfers or exchanges of Securities of any series for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed or before an interest payment.

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

 

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None of the Corporation, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series no longer shall be eligible under Section 2.03, the Corporation shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days after the Corporation receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Corporation’s election pursuant to Section 2.03(19) no longer shall be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order of the Corporation for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

The Corporation may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities no longer shall be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order of the Corporation for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

If specified by the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for the Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Corporation and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver:

(1) to each party specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such party in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such party’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(2) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of the Global Security for Securities in definitive form, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the parties in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 

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SECTION 2.08. Replacement Securities .

If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Corporation may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series with identical terms as the Securities exchanged if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision) are met. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Corporation and the Trustee to protect the Corporation, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Corporation and the Trustee may charge for their expenses in replacing a Security.

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

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Corporation 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 in connection therewith (including all fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar for such Security).

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

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

SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Securities .

Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee (and, in the case of Global Securities, endorsed by the Trustee) except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Corporation, or an affiliate of the Corporation holds the Security.

 

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If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the Paying Agent holds on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

If a Security is called for redemption, the Corporation and the Trustee need not treat the Security as outstanding in determining whether Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent.

SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities .

Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery or a permanent Global Security or Securities are prepared, as the case may be, the Corporation may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities or one or more temporary Global Securities, as the case may be, of the same series. Temporary Securities of any series shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities or permanent Global Securities, as the case may be, of the same series, but may have variations that the Corporation considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Corporation shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities or a permanent Global Security or Securities, as the case may be, of the same series in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities or permanent Global Securities of such series.

SECTION 2.11. Cancellation .

The Corporation at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and dispose of all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation, and shall so certify to the Corporation upon its request therefor. The Corporation may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or it has delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest .

If the Corporation defaults in a payment of interest on any Securities of any series, it shall pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Holders of those Securities on a subsequent special record date. The Corporation shall fix the special record date and the payment date in respect thereof. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder of Securities of that series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid. The Corporation may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

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SECTION 2.13. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities .

(a) With respect to Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in subsection (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in subsection (b) below, except as provided in subsection (d) below, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Security of such series will be made in the currency or currency unit in which such Security is payable.

(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to subsections (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of or interest, if any, on such Securities in any of the currencies or currency units that may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee for such series of Securities a written election with signature guarantees and in form and substance satisfactory to such Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive payments in any such currency or currency unit, such election will remain in effect for such Holder until changed by such Holder by written notice to the Trustee for such series of Securities (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Corporation pursuant to Article 3). In the event any Holder makes any such election pursuant to the preceding sentence, such election will not be effective on any transferee of such Holder and such transferee shall be paid in the currency or currency unit indicated pursuant to subsection (a) above unless such transferee makes an election pursuant to the preceding sentence; provided, however, that such election, if in effect while funds are on deposit with respect to the Securities of such series as described in Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03, will be effective on any transferee of such Holder unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Securities of such series. Any Holder of any such Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee of such series of Securities not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant currency or currency unit as provided in subsection (a) above. In no case may a Holder of Securities of any series elect to receive payments in any currency or currency unit as described in this subsection following a deposit of funds with respect to the Securities of such series as described in Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03.

(c) If the election referred to in subsection (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 2.03, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for Securities of any series, the Currency Determination Agent for that series will deliver to the Corporation a written notice specifying, in the currency or currency unit in which Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities to be made on such payment date, and specifying the amounts in such currency or currency unit so payable with respect to the Securities of such series as to which the Holders thereof shall have elected to be paid in a currency or currency unit other than that in which such series is denominated as provided in subsection (b) above. If the election referred to in subsection (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 2.03 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, on the second Business Day preceding such payment

 

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date the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Securities an Exchange Rate Officers’ Certificate with respect to the Dollar, Foreign Currency or currency unit payments to be made on such payment date. The Dollar, Foreign Currency or currency unit amount receivable by Holders of Securities who have elected payment in a currency or currency unit as provided in subsection (b) above shall, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.03, be determined by the Corporation on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date.

(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency or any currency unit in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to subsection (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency or such currency unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency or such currency unit was available (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Corporation to the Trustee of each such series of Securities and by such Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the amount that would have been payable in Foreign Currency or currency units but expressed in Dollars according to the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent in the manner provided in subsection (f) or (g) below.

(e) If the Holder of a Security denominated in any currency or currency unit shall have elected to be paid in another currency or currency unit as provided in subsection (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected currency or currency unit, such Holder shall receive payment in the currency or currency unit in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the currency or currency unit in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in subsection (d) above.

(f) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment after the Conversion Date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.

(g) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent and subject to the provisions of subsection (h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.

(h) For purposes of this Section the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant currency unit on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency, and such amount thereafter shall be a Specified Amount and such single currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more currencies, each of whose Dollar Equivalent at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement shall be equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date divided by the number of currencies into which such Component Currency was divided, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

“Election Date” shall mean any date for any series of Securities as specified pursuant to Section 2.03(11) by which the written election referred to in Section 2.13(b) may be made, such date to be not later than the regular record date for the earliest payment for which such election may be effective.

All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Corporation, the Trustee for the applicable series of Securities and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant currency or currency units. The Currency Determination Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Corporation and the Trustee for the applicable series of Securities of any such decision or determination.

In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Corporation, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and the Currency Determination Agent with respect to such series (and such Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to any currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Corporation, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the applicable series of Securities and the Currency Determination Agent with respect to such series (and such Trustee promptly thereafter will give

 

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notice to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Corporation, after learning thereof, similarly will give written notice to the Trustee of the applicable series of Securities and the Currency Determination Agent.

The Trustee of the applicable series of Securities shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Corporation and the Currency Determination Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

SECTION 2.14. Appointment and Resignation of Currency Determination Agent .

(a) If and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a currency unit or a currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a currency unit or a currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Corporation will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, a Currency Determination Agent. The Corporation will cause the Currency Determination Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.13 for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and for the purpose of converting the issued currency or currency unit into the applicable payment currency or currency unit for the payment of principal and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 2.13.

(b) No resignation of the Currency Determination Agent and no appointment of a successor Currency Determination Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Currency Determination Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee of the applicable series of Securities accepting such appointment executed by the successor Currency Determination Agent.

(c) If the Currency Determination Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Currency Determination Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Corporation, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Currency Determination Agent or Currency Determination Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Currency Determination Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall only be one Currency Determination Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series).

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01. Applicability of this Articl e .

Securities of any series that are redeemable at the option of the Corporation prior to their maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms (except as otherwise specified in this Indenture for Securities of any series) and in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee .

If the Corporation wants to redeem any Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the Securities. If the redemption is of less than all the outstanding Securities of a series, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee a written statement signed by an Officer of the Corporation stating that with respect to that series there exists no Event of Default and no circumstance that, after notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default. The Corporation shall give the notice provided for in this Section at least 50 days before the redemption date.

SECTION 3.03. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .

If, at the option of the Corporation, less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed by a method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate, subject to any applicable stock exchange requirements. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have a denomination larger than $1,000 (or the applicable minimum denomination for such Securities). Securities and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 (or the applicable minimum denomination for such Securities in the event the Securities are payable in a Foreign Currency or Currencies) or a multiple of $1,000 (or the applicable minimum denomination for such Securities in the event the Securities are payable in a Foreign Currency or Currencies). Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.

The Trustee for the Securities of any series to be redeemed shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.

 

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SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption .

At least 20 days but not more than 60 days before a date of redemption of Securities at the option of the Corporation, the Corporation shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price;

(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; and

(5) that interest, if any, on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date.

At the Corporation’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Corporation’s name and at its expense. In such event the Corporation will provide the Trustee with a draft notice including the information required by clauses (1) through (5) above at least five Business Days prior to the date chosen for giving such notice, or such lesser period as may be acceptable to the Trustee in its discretion.

SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption .

Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date; provided, however, that any regular payment of interest becoming due on the redemption date shall be payable to the Holder of any such Security being redeemed as provided in the Security.

SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price .

By the opening of business on the redemption date, the Corporation shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed at the option of the Corporation on that date.

SECTION 3.07. Securities Redeemed in Part .

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01. Certain Definitions .

“Attributable Debt” for a lease means the carrying value of the capitalized rental obligation determined under generally accepted accounting principles. The carrying value may be reduced by the capitalized value of the rental obligations, calculated on the same basis, that any sublessee has for all or part of the same property. This term does not include any obligation to make payments arising from the transfer of tax benefits under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (as it may from time to time be amended, or any successor statute) to the extent such obligation is offset by or conditioned upon receipt of payments from another person. A lease obligation shall be counted only once even if the Corporation and one or more of its Subsidiaries may be responsible for the obligation.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means total assets less (1) total current liabilities (excluding any Debt which, at the option of the borrower, is renewable or extendable to a term exceeding 12 months and which is included in current liabilities and further excluding any deferred income taxes that are included in current liabilities) and (2) goodwill, patents and trademarks, all as reflected in the Corporation’s most recent consolidated balance sheet preceding the date of a determination under Section 4.03(11).

“Debt” means all indebtedness for borrowed money reported as debt in the consolidated financial statements or any guarantee of such a debt and includes purchase money obligations. This term does not include any obligation to make payments arising from the transfer of tax benefits under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (as it may from time to time be amended, or any successor statute) to the extent such obligation is offset by or conditioned upon receipt of payments from another person. A Debt shall be counted only once even if the Corporation and one or more of its Subsidiaries may be responsible for the obligation.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien. This term does not include any obligation arising from the transfer of tax benefits under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (as it may from time to time be amended, or any successor statute) to the extent such obligation is offset by or conditioned upon receipt of payments from another person.

“Long-Term Debt” means Debt that by its terms matures on a date more than 12 months after the date it was created or Debt that the obligor may extend or renew without the obligee’s consent to a date more than 12 months after the Debt was created.

“Principal Property” means, as to any particular series of Securities, any manufacturing facility located in the United States and owned by the Corporation or by one or more Restricted Subsidiaries from the date Securities of that series are first issued and which has, as of the date the Lien is incurred, a net book value (after deduction of depreciation and other similar charges) greater than 3% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, except (1) any such facility or property that is financed by obligations of any State, political subdivision of any State or the District of Columbia under terms that permit the interest payable to the holders of the obligations to be

 

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excluded from gross income as a result of the plant, facility or property satisfying the conditions of Section 103(b)(4)(C), (D), (E), (F) or (H) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, Section 103(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, Section 142(a) or Section 144(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or of any successors to such provisions, or (2) any such facility or property which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. However, the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation may at any time declare any manufacturing facility or other property to be a Principal Property by delivering a certificate to that effect to the Trustee.

“Restricted Property” means, as to any particular series of Securities, any Principal Property, any Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary on the date Securities of that series are first issued or secured by a Principal Property (including any property received upon a conversion or exchange of such Debt), or any shares of stock of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary (including any property or shares received upon a conversion, stock split or other distribution with respect to the ownership of such stock).

“Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that has substantially all its assets located in, or carries on substantially all its business in, the United States and that owns a Principal Property. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Subsidiary shall not be a Restricted Subsidiary during such period of time as it (or any corporation (other than the Corporation) or other entity that, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns a majority of the Voting Stock of the Subsidiary) has shares of capital stock registered under the Exchange Act or it files reports and other information with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

“Sale-Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement whereby the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary now owns or hereafter acquires a Principal Property, transfers it to a person and contemporaneously leases it back from the person. This term does not include any transaction arising from the transfer of tax benefits under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (as it may from time to time be amended, or any successor statute) to the extent the obligation to make rental payments is offset or conditioned upon receipt of payments from another person.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation a majority of the Voting Stock of which is owned by the Corporation, the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries, or one or more Subsidiaries.

“United States” means the United States of America. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other territories and possessions are not part of the United States.

“Voting Stock” means capital stock having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect directors.

SECTION 4.02. Payment of Securities .

The Corporation shall promptly pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities.

 

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To the extent lawful, the Corporation shall pay interest, if any, on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Securities and shall pay interest, if any, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate.

SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Liens .

The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur a Lien on Restricted Property to secure a Debt unless:

(1) the Lien equally and ratably secures the Securities and the Debt. The Lien may equally and ratably secure the Securities and any other obligation of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. The Lien may not secure an obligation of the Corporation that is subordinated to any Securities; or

(2) the Lien is on property, Debt or shares of stock of a corporation at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(3) the Lien is on property at the time the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires the property. However, the Lien may not extend to any other Restricted Property owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary at the time the property is acquired; or

(4) the Lien secures the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of property upon the acquisition of such property by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary or secures any Debt incurred or guaranteed by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within one year after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction (including any improvements on an existing property) or commencement of full operation of such property, which Debt is incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction or improvements thereon, and which Debt may be in the form of obligations incurred in connection with industrial revenue bonds or similar financings and letters of credit issued in connection therewith; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement the Lien shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the property so constructed or the improvement made is located; or

(5) the Lien secures Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Corporation or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

(6) the Lien is on property of a corporation or other entity at the time such corporation or other entity merges into, or consolidates or enters into a share exchange with, the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(7) the Lien is on property of a person at the time the person transfers or leases all or substantially all its assets to the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(8) the Lien is in favor of any customer (including any government or governmental authority) to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments or performance pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any related indebtedness or to secure Debt guaranteed by a government or governmental authority; or

 

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(9) the Lien arises pursuant to any order of attachment, distraint or similar legal process arising in connection with court proceedings so long as the execution or other enforcement thereof is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or the Lien is a materialmen’s, suppliers’, tax or other similar Lien arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; or

(10) as to any particular series of Securities, the Lien extends, renews or replaces in whole or in part a Lien (“existing Lien”) permitted by any of the clauses (1) through (9) or a Lien existing on the date that Securities of such series are first issued. The Lien may not extend beyond the property subject to the existing Lien. The Debt secured by the Lien may not exceed the Debt secured at the time by the existing Lien unless the existing Lien or a predecessor Lien was incurred under clause (1) or (5); or

(11) the Debt secured by the Lien plus all other Debt secured by Liens on Restricted Property, excluding Debt secured by a Lien permitted by any of the clauses (1) through (10) and any Debt secured by a Lien existing at the date of this Indenture, at the time does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Attributable Debt for any lease entered into under clause (4) of Section 4.04 shall be included in the determination and treated as Debt secured by a Lien on Restricted Property not otherwise permitted by any of the clauses (1) through (10).

SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions .

The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into a Sale-Leaseback Transaction unless:

(1) the lease has a term of three years or less; or

(2) the lease is between the Corporation and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary under clauses (2) through (10) of Section 4.03 could create a Lien on the property to secure Debt at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt for the lease; or

(4) the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary under clause (11) of Section 4.03 could create a Lien on the property to secure Debt at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt for the lease; or

(5) the Corporation or a Subsidiary owns or acquires other property which will be made a Principal Property and is determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation to have a fair value equal to or greater than the Attributable Debt incurred; or

 

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(6)(A) the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary makes an optional repayment in cash of its Debt at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt for the lease,

(B) the prepayment is made within 120 days of the effective date of the lease,

(C) the Debt prepaid is not owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary, and

(D) the Debt prepaid was Long-Term Debt at the time it was created.

SECTION 4.05. No Lien Created, etc .

This Indenture and the Securities do not create a Lien, charge or encumbrance on any property of the Corporation or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate .

The Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any default by the Corporation in performing its covenants in Section 4.03 or 4.04. If they do know of such a default, the certificate shall describe the default. The certificate need not comply with Section 10.05.

SECTION 4.07. SEC Reports .

The Corporation shall file, with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC, 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 SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Corporation also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a). 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 Officers’ Certificates).

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01. When the Corporation May Merge, etc .

The Corporation shall not consolidate with or merge into, or transfer all or substantially all its assets to another corporation, unless (1) the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Corporation under the Securities and this Indenture, (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event of Default and no circumstances which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of

 

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Default, shall have happened and be continuing, and (3) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture, and thereafter all such obligations of the Corporation shall terminate.

SECTION 5.02. When Securities Must be Secured .

If upon any such consolidation, merger or transfer a Restricted Property would become subject to an attaching Lien that secures Debt, then, at the time or before the consolidation, merger or transfer occurs, the Corporation by supplemental indenture shall secure the Securities by a direct lien on the Restricted Property. The direct Lien shall have priority over all Liens on the Restricted Property except those already on it, provided that the direct Lien also may equally and ratably secure the Securities and any other obligation of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. However, the Corporation need not comply with this Section if:

(1) upon the consolidation, merger or transfer the attaching Lien will secure the Securities equally and ratably with or prior to Debt secured by the attaching Lien; or

(2) the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary under any of the clauses (2) through (11) of Section 4.03 could create a Lien on the Restricted Property to secure Debt at least equal in amount to that secured by the attaching Lien.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default .

An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to a series of Securities if:

(1) the Corporation defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(2) the Corporation defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;

(3) the Corporation fails to comply with any of its other agreements in the Securities of that series or this Indenture for the benefit of that series and the default continues for the period and after the notice specified in this Section;

(4) the Corporation pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(A) commences a voluntary case,

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

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(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A) is for relief against the Corporation in an involuntary case,

(B) appoints a Custodian of the Corporation or for all or substantially all of the property of the Corporation, or

(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Corporation, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or

(6) there occurs any other event specifically described as an Event of Default by the Securities of that series.

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

A default under clause (3) is not an Event of Default with respect to a series of Securities until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series notify the Corporation of the default and the Corporation does not cure the default within 90 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02 the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee by the Corporation, the Paying Agent, the Holder of a Security or an agent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration .

If an Event of Default with respect to a series of Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the Corporation or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series by notice to the Corporation and the Trustee, may declare the principal (or, in the case of Discounted Securities, such amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities) of and accrued interest, if any, on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. Upon such a declaration such principal and interest, if any, shall be due and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration (and upon such rescission any Event of Default caused by such acceleration shall be deemed cured) with respect to that series and its consequences if all existing Events of Default with respect to the series have been cured or waived, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and if all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.07 have been made.

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies .

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payment of principal of (or, in the case of Discounted Securities, such amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Securities or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults .

Subject to Section 9.02 the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and its consequences. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and stops continuing, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority .

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to that series. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Securities of the same series or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits .

No Holder of a Security of any series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series is continuing;

(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(5) 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.

 

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A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Securityholder.

SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee .

If an Event of Default in payment of interest or principal specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, subject to Sections 6.02 and 6.04 the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Corporation for the whole amount of principal and interest, if any, remaining unpaid.

SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Corporation, or any of its creditors or property, and unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar functions.

SECTION 6.10. Priorities .

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

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

Third: to the Corporation.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section.

SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs .

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including

 

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reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit including the Trustee, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities of any series.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee .

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall with respect to Securities exercise its rights and powers and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may rely conclusively, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, notices or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of certificates, notices or opinions required by any provision hereof to be furnished to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates, notices and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this subsection does not limit the effect of subsection (b) above;

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

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b) and (c) above.

(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

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(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Corporation.

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee .

(a) Subject to Section 7.01 the Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

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

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.

(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such an Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

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

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

SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee, etc .

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Corporation or any of its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer .

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Corporation’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

 

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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults .

If a Default occurs with respect to a series of Securities and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Securities of that series notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a default in payment on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of such Holders.

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders .

If required pursuant to TIA Section 313(a), the Trustee, within 60 days after each May 15, shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with the reporting obligations of TIA Section 313(b).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed. The Corporation agrees to notify the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity .

The Corporation shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Corporation shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of- pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Corporation shall indemnify the Trustee against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Corporation promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Corporation need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The Corporation need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through its own negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct.

To secure the Corporation’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest, if any, on particular Securities. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee .

The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Corporation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to that series by so notifying the removed Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Corporation’s consent. The Corporation may remove the Trustee if:

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(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;

(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of trustee for any reason, the Corporation shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Corporation. Promptly thereafter, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee for the benefit of the series with respect to which it is retiring to the successor Trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall then become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to that series. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder of the Securities of the series affected.

If pursuant to Section 2.03(5) a trustee, other than the Trustee initially named in this Indenture (or any successor thereto), is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities, the Corporation, the Trustee initially named in this Indenture (or any successor thereto) and such newly appointed trustee shall execute and deliver a supplement to this Indenture which shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the Trustee initially named in this Indenture (or any successor thereto) with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the Trustee is continuing as trustee hereunder shall continue to be vested in the Trustee initially named in this Indenture (or any successor thereto), and shall add to, supplement or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts relating to the separate series of Securities as if it were acting under a separate indenture.

If a successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Corporation or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Securities of that series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If there are two or more Trustees at any time under this Indenture, each will be the Trustee of a separate trust held under this Indenture for the benefit of the series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee and the rights and obligations of each Trustee will be determined as if it were acting under a separate indenture.

 

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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc .

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust assets to another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification .

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), provided that the question whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest shall be determined as if each series of Securities were separate issues of securities issued under separate indentures.

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Corporation .

The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge Under Limited Circumstances .

If at any time (a) all Securities of a series previously authenticated (other than any Securities destroyed, lost or stolen and replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) shall have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or (b) all the Securities of a series not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount (other than moneys paid to the Corporation in accordance with Section 8.05) sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest, if any, due, and if, in either case, the Corporation also shall pay all other sums then payable under this Indenture by the Corporation, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of that series, and the Trustee, on demand of and at the cost and expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to Securities of that series. The Corporation will reimburse the Trustee for any subsequent costs or expenses reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

 

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SECTION 8.02. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

The Corporation may take any action provided for in this Section unless the Securities of the affected series specifically provide that this Section shall not apply to the series. The Corporation at any time at its option may terminate all of its obligations under the Securities of a series previously authenticated and its obligations under this Indenture with respect to such series (except as provided below), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall, upon the request of the Corporation, execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to Securities of that series, effective on the date the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) with reference to this Section, the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, (a) lawful money, in the currency or currencies in which Securities of that series are payable, in an amount, or (b) if the Securities of that series are payable in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms (and, as to callable U.S. Government Obligations, regardless of when they are called) will provide not later than the opening of business on the due dates of any payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series lawful money of the United States in an amount, or (c) Securities of that series, or (d) a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series on the date on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities of that series and 91 days have passed during which no Event of Default under Section 6.01(4) or 6.01(5) has occurred;

(2) if the Securities of that series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such deposit, defeasance and discharge will not cause such Securities to be delisted; and

(3) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, complying with Section 10.04 relating to the Corporation’s exercise of such option.

The trust established pursuant to clause (1) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. The escrow trust agreement may, at the Corporation’s election, grant the Corporation the right to substitute U.S. Government Obligations or Securities of the same series from time to time for any or all of the U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section and the escrow trust agreement; provided, that the condition specified in clause (1) above is satisfied immediately following any such substitution or substitutions. If any Securities of a series are to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity pursuant to optional redemption provisions the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Corporation shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation.

 

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Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section with respect to a series of the Securities, the terms and conditions of the Securities of that series, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture, no longer shall be binding upon, or applicable to, the Corporation.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Corporation under Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 7.07 and 7.08 with respect to the Securities of that series shall survive until the Securities of that series no longer are outstanding. Thereafter, the Corporation’s obligations in Section 7.07 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means the following obligations:

(1) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) 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.

SECTION 8.03. Defeasance of Certain Obligations .

The Corporation may take any action provided for in this Section unless the Securities of the affected series specifically provide that this Section shall not apply to the series. The Corporation at any time at their option may cease to be under any obligation to comply with Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 5.01 and 5.02, or to comply with any other covenants or agreements of the Corporation applicable to Securities of that series as to which the provisions of this Section are expressly made applicable by the Board Resolution or Resolutions or supplemental indenture contemplated by Sections 2.1 and 2.3, with respect to Securities of a series effective on the date the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) with reference to this Section, the Corporation has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee irrevocably, as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, (a) lawful money, in the currency or currencies in which Securities of that series are payable, in an amount, or (b) if the Securities of that series are payable in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms (and, as to callable U.S. Government Obligations, regardless of when they are called) will provide not later than the opening of business on the due dates of any payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series lawful money of the United States in an amount, or (c) Securities of that issue, or (d) a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities of that series; and

 

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(2) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.04 relating to the Corporation’s exercise of such option.

The trust established pursuant to clause (1) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. The escrow trust agreement may, at the Corporation’s election, grant the Corporation the right to substitute U.S. Government Obligations or Securities of the same series from time to time for any or all of the U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section and the escrow trust agreement; provided, that the condition specified in clause (1) above is satisfied immediately following any such substitution or substitutions. If any Securities of a series are to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity pursuant to optional redemption provisions the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Corporation shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Corporation.

The Corporation’s exercise of its option under this Section shall not preclude the Corporation from subsequently exercising its option under Section 8.02 hereof and the Corporation may so exercise that option by providing the Trustee with written notice to such effect.

SECTION 8.04. Application of Trust Money .

The Trustee shall hold in trust money, U.S. Government Obligations, and Securities of that series deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03. It shall apply the deposited money and U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture, to the payment of principal and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series for the payment of which such money and U.S. Government Obligations has been deposited. The Holder of any Security replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 shall not be entitled to any such payment and shall look only to the Corporation for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the defeasance of certain obligations under this Indenture with respect to Securities of a series pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof, respectively, the escrow trust agreement may, at the Corporation’s election, (1) enable the Corporation to direct the Trustee to invest any money received by the Trustee on the U.S. Government Obligations deposited in trust thereunder in additional U.S. Government Obligations and (2) enable the Corporation to withdraw monies or U.S. Government Obligations from the trust from time to time; provided, that the condition specified in Section 8.02(1) or 8.03(1) is satisfied immediately following any investment of such money by the Trustee or the withdrawal of monies or U.S. Government Obligations from the trust by the Corporation as the case may be.

SECTION 8.05. Repayment to Corporation .

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Corporation upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay, unless otherwise prohibited by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, to the Corporation upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest, if any, that remains unclaimed for two years.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders .

The Corporation may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to comply with Article 5;

(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

(4) to effectuate or comply with the provisions of Section 2.03(5) or 7.08;

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplement that is entitled to the benefit of such provision;

(6) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder of any Security of that series;

(7) to add or change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the TIA; or

(8) to establish the form or forms (or global form) of Securities of any series pursuant to Section 2.01 or the terms and conditions of Securities of any series pursuant to section 2.03.

The Trustee may waive compliance by the Corporation with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of any series without notice to or consent of any Securityholder if the waiver does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder of any Securities of that series.

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders .

The Corporation may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder but with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series affected and the Trustee shall execute any such amendment or supplement at the direction of the Corporation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series affected may waive compliance by the

 

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Corporation with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of each such series without notice to any Securityholder. However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

(1) reduce the amount of Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security;

(3) reduce the principal of or extend the fixed maturity of any Security;

(4) reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Discounted Security payable upon acceleration of its maturity; or

(5) make any Security payable in a currency or currency unit other than that stated in the Security.

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

SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act of 1939 .

Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents .

A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of the Security, provided that the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder unless it makes a change described in clauses (2), (3), (4) or (5) of Section 9.02. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities .

If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Corporation or the Trustee so determine, the Corporation in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.

 

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SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc .

The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Corporation may not sign an amendment or supplement unless authorized by an appropriate Board Resolution.

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.01. TIA Controls .

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA or limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other mandatory provision of the TIA, the required or mandatory provision shall control.

SECTION 10.02. Notices .

Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Corporation:

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Attention: Treasurer

6801 Rockledge Drive

Bethesda, Maryland 20817

if to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W

New York, New York 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to the Securityholder at the Securityholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

 

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Failure to mail a notice of communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

SECTION 10.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders .

Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Corporation, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .

Upon any request or application by the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee:

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

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

SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion .

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for 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, the person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the person to express an informed opinion as to whether such covenant or condition has been complied with;

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 10.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded .

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whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

SECTION 10.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar .

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 10.08. Legal Holidays .

A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment shall be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday in the state or other jurisdiction in which the Trustee maintains its principal place of business, then the record date shall be the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday in such state or other jurisdiction.

SECTION 10.09. Governing Law .

The laws of the State of Maryland shall govern this Indenture and the Securities with regard to principles of conflicts of law.

SECTION 10.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .

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

SECTION 10.11. No Recourse Against Others .

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Corporation shall not have any liability for any obligation of the Corporation under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, with respect to or by reason of such obligations or their creation. All such liability is waived and released as a condition of, and as partial consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

SECTION 10.12. Securities in a Foreign Currency .

Unless otherwise specified in an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Indenture with respect to a particular series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any series which are denominated in a Foreign Currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate on the record date fixed for such action or, if no record date is fixed, on the New York Business Day immediately preceding the date of such action.

 

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SECTION 10.13. Judgment Currency .

If, for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect to any obligation of the Corporation hereunder or under any Security or any related coupon it shall become necessary to convert into any other currency or currency unit any amount in the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or coupon then such conversion shall be made by the Currency Determination Agent at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of entry of the judgment (the “Judgment Date”). If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date (the “Substitute Date”) other than the Judgment Date and there shall occur a change between the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Substitute Date, the Corporation agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other currency or currency unit which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date, is the amount due hereunder or under such Security or coupon. Any amount due from the Corporation under this Section shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or with respect to any Security or coupon. In no event, however, shall the Corporation be required to pay more in the currency or currency unit due hereunder or under such Security or coupon at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the Judgment Date than the amount of currency or currency unit stated to be due hereunder or under such Security or coupon so that in any event the Corporation’s obligations hereunder or under such Security or coupon will be effectively maintained as obligations in such currency or currency unit, and the Corporation shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion on the Substitute Date over the amount due and payable on the Judgment Date.

SECTION 10.14. Successors .

All agreements of the Corporation in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

SECTION 10.15. Duplicate Originals .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

SECTION 10.16. Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Corporation. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes

 

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referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.1(e)) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Corporation, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The Corporation may, in the circumstances permitted by the TIA, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the Corporation prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 2.6) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.

SECTION 10.17. Waiver of Jury Trial .

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

SECTION 10.18. Force Majeure .

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

 

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SECTION 10.19. Counterparts .

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

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. One signed copy is sufficient to prove this Indenture.

 

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

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By:   /s/ John C. McCarthy
 

John C. McCarthy

Vice President and Treasurer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Cheryl Clark
 

Cheryl Clark

Vice President

Exhibit 4.2

GLOBAL SECURITY

NOT TO BE EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM

(See Legend on Next Page)

 

 

 

No.     

  $500,000,000
  CUSIP 539830 AS8

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

4.121% Note due 2013

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION Dollars on March 14, 2013.

Interest Payment Dates: March 14 and September 14

Record Dates: March 1 and September 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By:                                                                     (SEAL)
  Vice President and Treasurer
By:   ____________________________
  Vice President, Associate General
  Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Dated:

Authenticated:

This is one of the Securities

of the series designated herein

and referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York, as Trustee

By:

 

____________________________


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

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE 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 ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

4.121% Note due 2013

1. Interest. Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Corporation”), a Maryland corporation, promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Corporation will pay interest semiannually on March 14 and September 14 of each year. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from March 14, 2008. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2. Method of Payment. The Corporation will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest, which shall be paid as set forth below) to the persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the record date for the next interest payment date even if the Notes are canceled after the record date and on or before the 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 regular record date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Corporation, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 15 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Holders must surrender the Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Corporation will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Corporation may

 

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pay principal and interest by its check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address. To the extent lawful, the Corporation shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes and shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate.

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York (“Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Corporation may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture. The Corporation issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 11, 2008 (“Indenture”), between the Corporation and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (“Act”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture, all applicable supplemental indentures and the Act for a statement of those terms. As provided in the Indenture, the Securities issued under the Indenture may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This Note is one of a series of the Notes designated on the face hereof, unlimited in aggregate principal amount.

5. Optional Redemption. The Corporation may redeem all the Notes as a whole or in part, at the Corporation’s option, at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes or (b) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments on the Notes discounted to the redemption date semiannually (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points. In either case, the redemption price will also include accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the principal balance of the Notes being redeemed. The Independent Investment Banker (as defined below) will calculate the redemption price.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to the Notes on any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for that redemption date.

“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 Notes 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 with the remaining term of the Notes.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities” or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (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 obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Corporation.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Corporation shall replace that former dealer with another Primary Treasury Dealer.

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

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note being redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) on that Note that would be due after the related redemption date but for the redemption.

6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 20 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Note will state the portion of the principal amount of the Note to be redeemed; provided that the unredeemed portion of the Note shall be $2,000 in principal amount and $1,000 multiples above that amount. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on the Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and $1,000 multiples above that amount. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Also, it need not transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or before an interest payment date.

 

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This Note is issued in the form of a Global Security and is exchangeable in whole, but not in part, for Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee or in the name of a successor to the Depositary or a nominee of such successor depositary only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Note or if at any time such Depositary shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, and, in either case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days of the receipt by the Corporation of such notice or of the Corporation becoming aware of such condition, or (ii) the Corporation in its discretion at any time determines not to have all of the Notes represented by one or more Global Security or Securities. If this Note is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for Notes of like tenor and terms in definitive form in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security. Subject to the foregoing, this Note is not exchangeable, except for a Note or Notes of the same aggregate denominations to be registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee or in the name of a successor to the Depositary or a nominee of such successor depositary.

8. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes, and neither the Corporation, the Trustee, nor any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

9. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay, unless otherwise prohibited by mandatory provisions of applicable abandoned property law, the money back to the Corporation at its request. After that, Holders entitled to unclaimed money must look only to the Corporation and not to the Trustee for payment unless an abandoned property law designates another person.

10. Defeasance. The Corporation may defease certain of its obligations with respect to the Notes or discharge its obligations with respect to the Notes by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee, in trust, cash or government securities sufficient to pay all sums due on the Notes. The establishment of such a trust will be conditioned on the delivery by the Corporation to the Trustee of an opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Corporation, to the effect that, based on applicable U.S. federal income tax law or a ruling published by the United States Internal Revenue Service, the defeasance or discharge, as the case may be, will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to the Holders of the Notes.

11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions as therein provided, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes, and, subject to certain exceptions and limitations as provided in the Indenture, any past default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes. Without the consent of any Holder, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented, for among other reasons, to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder. Without the consent of any Holder, the Trustee may waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes if the waiver does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

 

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12. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. It does limit certain mortgages, liens and sale-leaseback transactions. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Once a year the Corporation must report to the Trustee on compliance with the limitations.

13. Successors. When a successor entity assumes all the obligations of the Corporation or its successors under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will be released from those obligations.

14. Defaults and Remedies. An Event of Default is: failure to pay the principal on any Note when due; failure for 30 days to pay interest on the Notes when due; failure by the Corporation to comply with any other agreement relating to the Indenture or the Notes for 90 days after the Corporation has been given written notice of such failure; and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the Corporation, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes, by notice to the Corporation and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal or interest) if a committee of its trust officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of such Holders.

15. Additional Notes. The Corporation may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue additional debt securities on the same terms and conditions and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes, so that those additional debt securities and the Notes will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

16. Trustee Dealings with the Corporation. The Bank of New York, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Corporation or any of its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Corporation or its affiliates as if it were not Trustee.

17. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Corporation shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Corporation under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, with respect to, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

18. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

19. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder 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).

 

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20. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Corporation had caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Note and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to accuracy of any of such numbers either as printed on the Note or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

21. Miscellaneous. This Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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The Corporation will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Lockheed Martin Corporation, 6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Attention: Secretary.

 

 

I or we assign and transfer to

Insert social security or other identifying number of assignee

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

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

this Note and irrevocably appoint                                          agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Corporation. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Dated:               

 

Signed:               

 

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

 

  Signature Guarantee:  

 

    (Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible institution within the meaning of Rule 17A(d)-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

111 South Calvert Street

Suite 1600

Baltimore, MD 21202

+1.410.659.2700 Tel

+1.410.539.6981 Fax

 

www.hhlaw.com

March 12, 2008

Lockheed Martin Corporation

6801 Rockledge Drive

Bethesda, Maryland 20817

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), in connection with its automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-149630) (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the public offering of debt securities of the Corporation that may be offered and sold by the Corporation from time to time as set forth in the prospectus dated March 11, 2008 (the “Prospectus”), and as may be set forth from time to time in one or more supplements to the Prospectus. This opinion letter is rendered in connection with the issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.121% Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”), as described in a prospectus supplement dated March 11, 2008 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. §229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of the documents listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that (i) the Trustee has all requisite power and authority under all applicable laws, regulations and governing documents to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture and has complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates to the Trustee’s right to enforce the Indenture against the Corporation, (ii) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture, (iii) the Trustee is validly existing and in good standing in all necessary


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jurisdictions, (iv) the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding obligation, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, (v) there has been no mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding or fraud, duress or undue influence in connection with the negotiation, execution or delivery of the Indenture, and the conduct of the Trustee has complied with any requirements of good faith, fair dealing and conscionability, and (vi) there are and have been no agreements or understandings among the parties, written or oral, and there is and has been no usage of trade or course of prior dealing among the parties that would, in either case, define, supplement or qualify the terms of the Indenture. We also have assumed the validity and constitutionality of each relevant statute, rule, regulation and agency action covered by this opinion letter.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the laws of the State of Maryland. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations or the effect that such other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulation may have on the opinions expressed herein.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized on behalf of the Corporation and that, following (i) receipt by the Corporation of the consideration specified in the Resolutions and (ii) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Corporation.

In addition to the qualifications, exceptions and limitations elsewhere set forth in this opinion letter, our opinions expressed above are subject to the effect of (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory and other law regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers) and (b) the exercise of judicial discretion and the application of principles of equity, good faith, fair dealing, reasonableness, conscionability and materiality (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

This opinion letter has been prepared for your use in connection with the filing by the Corporation of a Current Report on Form 8-K on the date hereof, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this opinion letter.


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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the above-described Form 8-K and to the reference to this firm under the captions “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and “Validity of the Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement, each of which constitutes a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ HOGAN & HARTSON LLP


Lockheed Martin Corporation

March 12, 2008

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Schedule 1

 

  1. An executed copy of the Registration Statement.

 

  2. The Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.

 

  3. An executed copy of the Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2008, between the Corporation and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Officers’ Certificate (as defined below) (together, the “Indenture”).

 

  4. Specimen copy of the Notes.

 

  5. The Charter of the Corporation, as amended and restated (the “Charter”), as certified by an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation on the date hereof as being complete, accurate and in effect.

 

  6. The Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended and restated and as certified by an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation on the date hereof as being complete, accurate and in effect (the “Bylaws”).

 

  7. Certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted September 28, 2006, and action taken by the Vice President and Treasurer pursuant to delegated authority, as certified by an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation on the date hereof as being complete, accurate and in effect, relating to the filing by the Corporation of the Registration Statement and other related matters (collectively, the “Resolutions”).