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 15, 2012

 

 

Autoliv, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12933   51-0378542

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Vasagatan 11, 7th Floor, SE-111 20

Box 70381,

SE-107 24, Stockholm, Sweden

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+46 8 587 20 600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 15, 2012, Autoliv, Inc. (the “Company”) successfully completed the remarketing of $106,273,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Remarketing”), which were originally issued as components of the equity units issued by the Company in March 2009. As a result of the Remarketing, the interest coupon of the senior notes was reset to 3.854%.

The Company previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a final prospectus supplement, dated March 12, 2012, and a prospectus, dated March 7, 2012, related to the offering of the Company’s 3.854% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “3.854% Senior Notes”) in connection with the Remarketing. The prospectus and prospectus supplement form a part of, and the offering of the 3.854% Senior Notes was registered under, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-179948).

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy the requirement to file as exhibits (i) copies of certain documents executed in connection with Remarketing (including a remarketing agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 and a second supplemental indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1) and (ii) an opinion regarding the legality of the 3.854% Senior Notes (filed as Exhibit 5.1). A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the successful Remarketing is filed as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) EXHIBITS

 

  1.1    Remarketing Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2012, among the Company, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as remarketing agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact of the holders of the purchase contracts.
  4.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2012, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
  5.1    Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, dated March 15, 2012.
23.1    Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
99.1    Press Release of Autoliv, Inc. dated March 15, 2012.


SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

  AUTOLIV, INC.
Date: March 15, 2012    
  By:   /s/ Lars A. Sjöbring
  Name:   Lars A. Sjöbring
  Title:  

Group Vice President – Legal Affairs

General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 1.1

REMARKETING AGREEMENT

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway, 29 th Floor

New York, New York 10036

Tel: (212) 761-6691

Fax: (212) 507-8999

Attention: Investment Banking Division

U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Agreement is dated as of February 9, 2012 (the “ Agreement ”) by and among Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the remarketing agent (the “ Remarketing Agent ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not individually but solely as Purchase Contract Agent (the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”) and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders of Purchase Contracts (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement referred to below).

Section 1.

Definitions.

(a) Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009, among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, as amended from time to time (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”).

(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement.

Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Company ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement.

Disclosure Package ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(a).

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes included in the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes, in the form in which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Prospectus; and any reference to any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Prospectus, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Section 1(a).

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company covering, inter alia , the Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes pursuant to Section 5(a) hereunder, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments thereto.

Remarketed Senior Notes ” means, with respect to all Remarketings during any Applicable Remarketing Period, the aggregate Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Separate Senior Notes, if any, subject to Remarketing as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, respectively, in each case by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, in the case of an Early Remarketing, or promptly after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of a Final Remarketing, on the Business Day immediately prior to the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and shall include: (a) the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes of the Holders of Corporate Units who have not effected a Collateral Substitution, Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and, in the case of a Final Remarketing, Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent on or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or who have so notified the

 

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Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make the required cash payment on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (b) the Separate Senior Notes of the holders of Separate Senior Notes, if any, who have elected to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed in such Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Remarketing Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.

Remarketing Materials ” means the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other information furnished by the Company to the Remarketing Agent for distribution to investors in connection with the Remarketing.

Reset Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(d).

Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Section 2.

Appointment and Obligations of the Remarketing Agent

(a) The Company hereby appoints

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as the exclusive Remarketing Agent, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC hereby accepts appointment as Remarketing Agent, for the purpose of (i) remarketing the Remarketed Senior Notes on behalf of the holders thereof, (ii) determining, in consultation with the Company, in the manner provided for herein and in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture, the Reset Rate for the Senior Notes, and (iii) performing such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the Transaction Documents.

(b) Unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such date, if the Company elects to conduct an Early Remarketing during an Early Remarketing Period selected by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. If the Remarketing Agent is unsuccessful on the first Early Remarketing Date during such Early Remarketing Period, a subsequent Remarketing shall be attempted (unless impracticable) by the Remarketing Agent on each of the two following Early Remarketing Dates in that Early Remarketing Period until a Successful Early Remarketing occurs. Upon the occurrence of any Failed Early Remarketing, unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred, the Company may elect to conduct additional Early Remarketings during the Early Remarketing Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall determine in its sole discretion if and when to attempt an Early Remarketing, as the Company may postpone an Early Remarketing in its absolute discretion.

 

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(c) In the case there is no Successful Early Remarketing during any Early Remarketing Period or no Early Remarketing occurs on any Early Remarketing Date, if any, and unless a Termination Event or a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such date, on the Final Remarketing Date or Dates in the Final Remarketing Period, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing on any Final Remarketing Date will be considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least equal to the applicable Remarketing Price. The Company may not postpone a Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period.

(d) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine, in consultation with the Company, the terms of the Senior Notes, including those which may be modified in connection with the Remarketing pursuant to the Indenture, including the rate per annum, rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent (0.00001) per annum, that the Senior Notes should bear (the “ Reset Rate ”) in order for the Remarketed Senior Notes to have an aggregate market value equal to at least the applicable Remarketing Price and that in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at no less than the applicable Remarketing Price in such Remarketing; provided that such rate shall not exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.

(e) If, by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, (1) the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes, other than to the Company, at the applicable Remarketing Price pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof or (2) the Remarketing did not occur on such Remarketing Date because one of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof was not satisfied, a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall advise by telephone (and promptly deliver a notice in writing thereafter to) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company of any such Failed Remarketing. Whether or not there has been a Failed Remarketing will be determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent. In the event of a Failed Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Senior Notes will not be reset, and will continue to be the Coupon Rate set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

(f) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, by approximately 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone:

(1) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company (and promptly deliver a notice in writing thereafter) of the Reset Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent in such Remarketing and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes sold in such Remarketing;

 

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(2) each purchaser (or the Depositary Participant thereof) of Remarketed Senior Notes of the Reset Rate and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes such purchaser is to purchase;

(3) each such purchaser (if other than a Depositary Participant) to give instructions to its Depositary Participant to pay the purchase price on the Remarketing Settlement Date in same day funds against delivery of the Remarketed Senior Notes purchased through the facilities of the Depositary; and

(4) each such purchaser (or Depositary Participant thereof) that the Remarketed Senior Notes will not be delivered until the Remarketing Settlement Date and that if such purchaser wishes to trade the Remarketed Senior Notes that it has purchased prior to the third Business Day preceding the Remarketing Settlement Date, such purchaser will have to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement.

The Remarketing Agent shall also, if required by the Securities Act, deliver, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, to each purchaser a Prospectus in connection with the Remarketing.

(g) The proceeds from a Successful Remarketing (i) with respect to the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of the Corporate Units, shall be paid to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.02 or 5.03, as applicable, of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and (ii) with respect to the Separate Senior Notes, shall be paid to the Custodial Agent for payment to the holders of such Separate Senior Notes in accordance with Section 5.02 or 5.03, as applicable, of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

(h) It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing Agent shall not have any obligation whatsoever to purchase any Remarketed Senior Notes, whether in the Remarketing or otherwise, and shall in no way be obligated to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing or to otherwise expend or risk its own funds or incur or to be exposed to financial liability in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of the Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing.

Section 3.

Representations and Warranties of the Company.

The Company represents and warrants (i) on and as of the date any Remarketing Materials are first distributed in connection with the Remarketing (the “ Commencement Date ”), (ii) on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and (iii) on and as of the Remarketing Settlement Date, that:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in Section 1 (other than the representation and warranty contained in subsection (f) with respect to the Underwriting Agreement having been duly authorized, executed and

 

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delivered) of the Underwriting Agreement is true and correct as if made on each of the dates specified above; provided that for purposes of this Section 3(a), any reference in such sections of the Underwriting Agreement to (i) the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to such terms as defined herein, (ii) the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketing Settlement Date, (iii) the “Securities” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketed Senior Notes, (iv) the “preliminary prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the “Preliminary Prospectus,” (v) the “Time of Sale Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the “Disclosure Package,” (vi) “Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement, (vii) “Underwriter” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketing Agent and (viii) “Securities Agreements” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement, the Senior Notes and the Indenture.

(b) The Senior Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus, if any.

(c) No default or an event of default, and no event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would become an event of default, shall occur and be continuing, under any of the Securities Agreements (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement).

Section 4.

Fees.

In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes, the Company shall pay the Remarketing Agent a remarketing fee to be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Remarketing Agent prior to any such Remarketing (the “ Remarketing Fee ”), unless the Company directs the Remarketing Agent to include such fee in the Remarketing Price and the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket the Senior Notes for an amount which includes the Remarketing Fee. In any such case, the Remarketing Agent may deduct the applicable Remarketing Fee from any amount of the proceeds from the Successful Remarketing in excess of 100% of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price plus the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price (if any), in the case of a Successful Early Remarketing, or the aggregate principal amount of Remarketed Senior Notes, in the case of a Successful Final Remarketing. Any unpaid portion of the Remarketing Fee shall be paid by the Company on the Remarketing Settlement Date in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Remarketing Agent.

Section 5.

Covenants of the Company.

The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) If and to the extent the Remarketed Senior Notes are required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for either the Remarketing Agent or the Company) to be registered under the Securities Act as in effect at the time of the Remarketing,

 

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(1) to prepare the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, in a form approved by the Remarketing Agent, to file any such Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act within the period required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission prior to the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date;

(2) to file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Remarketing Agent, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;

(3) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Remarketing Agent with copies thereof;

(4) 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 is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Remarketed Senior Notes;

(5) to file all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act;

(6) to advise the Remarketing Agent, 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 the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of any of the Remarketed Senior Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such 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 any Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;

(7) to furnish promptly to the Remarketing Agent such copies of the following documents as the Remarketing Agent shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits); (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Preliminary Prospectus; (C) the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and (D) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and, if at any time when delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the

 

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notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the Remarketing, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact 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 Securities 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 Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Remarketing Agent and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Remarketing Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Remarketing Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(8) prior to filing with the Commission (A) any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (B) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, to furnish a copy thereof to the Remarketing Agent; and not to file any such amendment or supplement that shall be reasonably disapproved by the Remarketing Agent;

(9) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months, after the date of a Successful Remarketing, to make “generally available to its security holders” an “earning statement” of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with (which need not be audited) Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Securities Act). The terms “generally available to its security holders” and “earning statement” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158; and

(10) to take such action as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in order to qualify the Remarketed Senior Notes for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

(b) To pay: (1) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Registration Statement, if any, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (2) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement, if any, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (3) any fees and expenses of qualifying the Remarketed Senior Notes under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(a)(10) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum, if any (including any related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent); (4) all other

 

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costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder and the Remarketing Agent hereunder; and (5) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent in connection with its duties hereunder.

(c) To furnish the Remarketing Agent with such information and documents as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and to make reasonably available to the Remarketing Agent and any accountant, attorney or other advisor retained by the Remarketing Agent such information that parties would customarily require in connection with a due diligence investigation conducted in accordance with applicable securities laws and to cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and accountants to participate in all such discussions and to supply all such information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such investigation.

Section 6.

Conditions to the Remarketing Agent’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, has been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been timely filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; the Company has paid the fees required by the Commission relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b) (1) Trading in the Company’s securities shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall not have been established on such exchange; (2) a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (3) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such, in the sole judgment of the Remarketing Agent, as to prevent or materially impair the Remarketing, or enforcement of contracts for sale, of the Remarketed Senior Notes.

(c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date, and the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein or in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement to be performed on their part at or prior to such Remarketing Date.

 

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(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent a certificate, dated the applicable Remarketing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent stating that the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 are true and correct on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and the Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on its part at or prior to such Remarketing Date.

(e) On the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall have received a letter addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, of the independent accountants of the Company, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” with respect to certain financial information contained in the Remarketing Materials, if any.

(f) Each of (i) U.S. outside counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the Remarketing Agent, (ii) counsel of the Company and (iii) outside Swedish counsel for the Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent addressing such matters as are set forth in such counsel’s opinion furnished pursuant to Sections 5(c), 5(d) and 5(f), respectively, of the Underwriting Agreement, adapted as necessary to relate to the securities being remarketed hereunder and to the Remarketing Materials, if any, or to any changed circumstances or events occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, such adaptations being reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Remarketing Agent.

(g) Counsel for the Remarketing Agent, shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent.

(h) Subsequent to the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Remarketing Date, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

Section 7.

Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing Agent, any person who controls the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act from and

 

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against any loss, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Remarketing Agent or any such controlling person or affiliate may incur under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus taken together with any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses used at or prior to the time of the first sale (the “ Disclosure Package ”) or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) therein in conformity with the information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent to the Company expressly for use in such documents or (ii) in the Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of the Indenture Trustee or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state therein a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated therein or necessary to make such information not misleading. The Company’s agreement to indemnify the Remarketing Agent or any such controlling person or affiliate as aforesaid is expressly conditioned upon the Company being notified of the action in connection therewith brought against the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate by letter or telegram or facsimile transmission addressed to the Company with reasonable promptness after the first legal process which discloses the nature of the liability or claim shall have been served upon the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate (or after the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate shall have received notice of such service upon any agent designated by the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate), but failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to the Remarketing Agent or to such controlling person or affiliate (i) unless and to the extent the Company did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.

The Company may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such loss, expense, liability or claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate and the payment of all expenses. The Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate against whom such suit is brought shall have the right to employ one separate counsel in any such suit and participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Remarketing Agent or the expense of such controlling person or affiliate unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the Company, (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent to represent the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iii) the named parties to any such suit (including any impleaded parties) include the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate and the Company and the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate shall

 

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have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Company, in which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on the behalf of the Remarketing Agent or on the behalf of such controlling person or affiliate, it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any required local counsel) for the Remarketing Agent and such controlling persons or affiliates, which firm (and local counsel, if any) shall be designated in writing by the Remarketing Agent. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Company from all liability arising out of such loss, expense, liability or claim.

The Company agrees to notify the Remarketing Agent with reasonable promptness of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers or directors in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities or with the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.

(b) The Remarketing Agent represents and warrants that the information furnished in writing to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Remarketing Agent in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or necessary to make such information (in the case of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided) not misleading.

The Remarketing Agent agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any loss, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company or any other indemnified person may incur under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which is in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Remarketing Agent, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in any of such documents or necessary to make such information (in the case of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided) not misleading. The Remarketing Agent’s agreement to indemnify the Company and any other indemnified person as aforesaid is

 

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expressly conditioned upon the Remarketing Agent being notified of the action in connection therewith brought against the Company or any other indemnified person by letter, telegram, or facsimile transmission addressed to it at its address furnished to the Company for the purpose, with reasonable promptness after the first legal process which discloses the nature of the liability or claim shall have been served upon the Company or any other indemnified person (or after the Company or any such person shall have received notice of such service on any agent designated by the Company or any such person), but failure so to notify the Remarketing Agent shall not relieve the Remarketing Agent from any liability which it may have to the Company or any other indemnified person (i) unless and to the extent the Remarketing Agent did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Remarketing Agent of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.

The Remarketing Agent may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such liability or claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company or such other person and the payment of all expenses. The Company or other indemnified person against whom such suit is brought shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such suit and participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company or such other indemnified person unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the Remarketing Agent, (ii) the Remarketing Agent shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company or such other person to represent the Company or such other person within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iii) the named parties to any suit (including any impleaded parties) include the Company or such other indemnified person and the Remarketing Agent, and the Company or such other indemnified person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Remarketing Agent, in which case the Remarketing Agent shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Company or such other indemnified person, it being understood, however, that the Remarketing Agent shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any required local counsel) for the Company and such person, which firm (and local counsel, if any) shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Remarketing Agent shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Remarketing Agent from all liability arising out of such loss, expense, liability or claim.

Section 8.

Contribution.

(a) If the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Sections 7(a) and 7(b) above for any reason other than as specified therein in respect of any losses, expenses, liabilities or

 

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claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand from the remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes; or (ii) if the allocation provided in clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Remarketing Agent on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds (before deducting expenses) to the Company from the Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes bears to the total fees received by the Remarketing Agent. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Remarketing Agent on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Remarketing Agent and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any claim or action.

(b) The Company and the Remarketing Agent agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(a). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the Remarketing Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the Remarketing Fee exceeds the amount of any damages that the Remarketing Agent have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in Section 7 and Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

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Section 9.

Resignation and Removal of the Remarketing Agent.

The Remarketing Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder, and the Company may remove the Remarketing Agent, by giving 30 days’ prior written notice, in the case of a resignation, to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of a removal, to the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent; provided, however, that no such resignation nor any such removal shall become effective until the Company shall have appointed at least one nationally recognized broker-dealer as successor Remarketing Agent and such successor Remarketing Agent shall have entered into a remarketing agreement with the Company, in which it shall have agreed to conduct the Remarketing in accordance with the Transaction Documents in all material respects.

In any such case, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Remarketing Agent and enter into such a remarketing agreement with such person as soon as reasonably practicable. The provisions of Section 7 and Section 8 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 10.

Dealing in Securities.

The Remarketing Agent, when acting as the Remarketing Agent or in its individual or any other capacity, may, to the extent permitted by law, buy, sell, hold and deal in any of the Remarketed Senior Notes, Corporate Units, Treasury Units or any of the securities of the Company (collectively, the “ Securities ”). The Remarketing Agent may exercise any vote or join in any action which any beneficial owner of such Securities may be entitled to exercise or take pursuant to the Indenture with like effect as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. The Remarketing Agent, in its individual capacity, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or have an interest in any financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder.

Section 11.

Remarketing Agent’s Performance; Duty of Care.

The duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. No implied covenants or obligations of or against the Remarketing Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Remarketing Agent, the Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon any document furnished to it, as to the truth of the statements expressed in any of such documents. The Remarketing Agent shall be protected in acting upon any document or communication reasonably believed by it to have been signed, presented or made by the proper party or parties except as otherwise set forth herein. The Remarketing Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether there is any limitation under applicable law on

 

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the Reset Rate on the Senior Notes or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate on the Senior Notes, and it shall rely solely upon written notice from the Company (which the Company agrees to provide prior to the eighth Business Day before the applicable Remarketing Date) as to whether or not there is any such limitation and, if so, the maximum permissible Reset Rate. The Remarketing Agent, acting under this Agreement, shall incur no liability to the Company or to any holder of Remarketed Senior Notes in its individual capacity or as Remarketing Agent for any action or failure to act, on its part in connection with a Remarketing or otherwise, except if such liability is (i) judicially determined to have resulted from its failure to comply with the material terms of this Agreement or bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part or (ii) determined pursuant to Section 7 or 8 of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 12.

Termination.

This Agreement shall automatically terminate (i) as to the Remarketing Agent on the effective date of the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to Section 9 and (ii) on the earlier of (x) the occurrence of a Termination Event, (y) the Special Event Redemption Date and (z) the Business Day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the other provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Remarketing Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Remarketing Agent because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Remarketing Agent for all of its out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by it. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event there has been a Successful Remarketing, the obligations set forth in Section 4 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and effect until all amounts payable under said Section 4 shall have been paid in full. In addition, Sections 7, 8 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent.

Section 13.

Notices.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Remarketing Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway, 29 th Floor

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Investment Banking Division;

Phone: (212) 761-6691

Facsimile: (212) 507-8999

 

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(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to:

Autoliv, Inc.

Box 70381

SE-107 24, Stockholm

Sweden

Phone: +46 (8) 587 20 600

Fax: +46 (8) 411 7025

Attention: Lars Sjöbring, Group Vice President Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary; and

(c) if to the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to:

U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.

Section 14.

Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each party hereto and its respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (x) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the Remarketing Agent and the person or persons, if any, who control the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act and (y) the indemnity agreement of the Remarketing Agent contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the Company’s directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement, if any, and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to herein, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

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Section 15.

Survival.

The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and the Remarketing Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent, the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of the Remarketed Senior Notes. The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 11 shall survive the termination and cancellation of this Agreement.

Section 16.

Governing Law.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE.

Section 17.

Judicial Proceedings.

Each party hereto expressly accepts and irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 18.

Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 19.

Headings.

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

 

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Section 20.

Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied in any particular case in any or all jurisdictions because it conflicts with any provisions of any constitution, statute, rule or public policy or for any other reason, then, to the extent permitted by law, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question invalid, inoperative or unenforceable in any other case, circumstance or jurisdiction, or of rendering any other provision or provisions of this Agreement invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever.

Section 21.

Amendments.

This Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. Each of the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent agrees that it will not enter into, cause or permit any amendment or modification of the Transaction Documents or any other instruments or agreements relating to the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Senior Notes or the Corporate Units that would in any way adversely affect the rights, duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent, without the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agent.

Section 22.

Successors and Assigns.

Except in the case of a succession pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agent. The rights and obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person (other than an affiliate of the Remarketing Agent) without the prior written consent of the Company.

If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement by and between the Company, the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

Section 23.

Rights of the Purchase Contract Agent.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to all the rights, protections and privileges granted to the Purchase Contract Agent in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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Very truly yours,
AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lars Sj Ö bring

  Name: Lars Sj Ö bring
 

Title:   Vice President Legal Affairs

            General Counsel and Secretary

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED:

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

as Remarketing Agent

By:  

/s/ Yuri Slyz

  Name: Yuri Slyz
  Title:   Executive Director

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not individually, but solely as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts

By:  

/s/ Patrick J. Crowley

  Name: Patrick J. Crowley
  Title:   Vice President

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

Exhibit 4.1

AUTOLIV, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 15, 2012

THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 15, 2012 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), between Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), amending and supplementing the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee, governing the issuance of debt securities (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Base Indenture ”) and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”). The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, shall be referred to herein as the “ Original Indenture ,” and the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall be referred to herein as the “ Indenture .”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the issue from time to time of the Company’s unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into the First Supplemental Indenture, to provide for the issuance and Remarketing of the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “ Senior Notes ”);

WHEREAS, Section 6.02(a) of the First Supplemental Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture to modify the terms of the Senior Notes in connection with the Remarketing of such Senior Notes;

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in connection with the Remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Company wishes to modify the form and terms of the Senior Notes as provided in this Second Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make


the Senior Notes, as modified hereby, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Relation to Original Indenture . This Second Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Original Indenture, and supplements and amends the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture solely with respect to the Senior Notes.

SECTION 1.02. Definition of Terms . For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture:

(a) a term not defined herein that is defined in the Original Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Second Supplemental Indenture;

(b) the definition of any term in this Second Supplemental Indenture that is also defined in the Original Indenture shall supersede the definition of such term in the Original Indenture;

(c) a term defined anywhere in this Second Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

(d) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

(e) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; and

(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.02(f):

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Change of Control ” means an act or event by which, subsequent to the Reset Effective Date of the Senior Notes, any single Person, or group of Persons acting in concert (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries), acquires Control of the Company.

Change of Control Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

 

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Change of Control Prepayment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

Change of Control Prepayment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03(a).

Control ” means the power to direct the management and policies of an entity by controlling 50% or more of the voting capital of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting capital, by contract or otherwise.

Coupon Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Global Senior Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).

Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date for the Senior Notes, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date falls regardless of whether such day is a Business Day.

Remarketing ” means the remarketing of the Senior Notes pursuant to the remarketing agreement, dated as of February 9, 2012, among the Company, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the remarketing agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact of the holders of purchase contracts.

Reset Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

The terms “ Company ,” “ Trustee ,” “ Base Indenture ,” “ Indenture ,” “ Original Indenture ,” “ First Supplemental Indenture ,” “ Second Supplemental Indenture ” and “ Securities ” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals and the paragraph preceding the recitals to this Second Supplemental Indenture. The term “ Senior Notes ,” which is defined in the second recital to this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall mean the Senior Notes, as amended by the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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ARTICLE II

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE REMARKETED SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount . The Senior Notes, as modified hereby, are re-designated as a series of Securities known as the 3.854% Senior Notes due 2014 limited in aggregate principal amount to $106,273,000; provided , however , that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for issue date and, if applicable, the public offering price, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date) as the Securities of this series. The Senior Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 2.02. Maturity . Unless a Change of Control has occurred and the Senior Notes are prepaid in accordance with Section 3.03, the date upon which the Senior Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is April 30, 2014 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

SECTION 2.03. Payment and Appointment . Principal of, and interest on, the Senior Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Senior Notes will be registrable, and such Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Debt Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Payments with respect to any Global Senior Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depository.

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

The paying agent and the Debt Security registrar for the Senior Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

SECTION 2.04. Global Senior Notes . Senior Notes will be issued in permanent global form (a “ Global Senior Note ”), registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and the Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company or such other depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate. Senior Notes represented by the Global Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes in certificated form only (y) if the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global Senior Notes or if at any time the Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and the Company has not appointed a successor Depository within 90

 

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days of that notice or of its becoming aware of such cessation or (z) if an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes has occurred and is continuing; provided that the Senior Notes in certificated form so issued in exchange for the Global Senior Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000 above that amount and be of like aggregate principal amount and tenor as the portion of the Global Senior Note to be exchanged. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interest in a Global Senior Note will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Senior Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture. Unless and until such Global Senior Note is exchanged for Senior Notes in certificated form, Global Senior Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Senior Notes shall be made, only to the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, or to a successor Depository selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository. Any Global Senior Note that is exchangeable pursuant to clause (y) of the second sentence of this Section 2.04 shall be exchangeable for Senior Notes in certificated form registered in such names as the Depository shall direct.

SECTION 2.05. Interest .

(a) The Senior Notes will bear interest at the rate of 3.854% per annum (the “ Coupon Rate ”) from and including March 15, 2012 (the “ Reset Effective Date ”) to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. The Senior Notes shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue principal and interest at the Coupon Rate.

(b) Prior to and on the Maturity Date, interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable semiannually on April 30 and October 31 of each year (each such payment date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing October 31, 2012, to the Person in whose name the relevant Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date.

(c) The amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes for any full Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. For the first Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes will be computed on the basis of a full semiannual period plus one 30-day month plus the actual number of days elapsed during a 30-day period. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on such originally scheduled Interest Payment Date; provided , however , if such payment on the next Business Day would cause the Interest Payment Date to occur in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 

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(d) References in the Indenture to interest payable on the Senior Notes include, as applicable, Additional Amounts payable as specified in Section 2.06 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OR REPURCHASE OF THE SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 3.01. No Redemption . The Senior Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to the Maturity Date.

SECTION 3.02. No Repurchase . No Holder of the Senior Notes shall have any right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem any or all of such Holder’s Senior Notes prior to the Maturity Date, except upon a Change of Control in accordance with Section 3.03 .

SECTION 3.03. Change of Control Prepayment Offer . (a) Not later than 10 Business Days after the Company becomes aware that a Change of Control has occurred, the Company shall give written notice (the “ Change of Control Notice ”) of the Change of Control to all Holders of the Senior Notes and the Trustee.

The Change of Control Notice shall (i) describe the facts and circumstances of the Change of Control in reasonable detail, (ii) refer to this Section 3.03 and the rights of the Holders hereunder and (iii) contain an offer by the Company to prepay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Senior Notes held by each Holder at 100% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes, together with interest accrued but unpaid thereon to, but excluding, the prepayment date (the “ Change of Control Prepayment Date ”) selected by the Company and specified in the Change of Control Notice (such amount, the “ Change of Control Prepayment Amount ”). The Change of Control Prepayment Date shall be a Business Day not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the Change of Control Notice, other than as may be required by law.

A Holder of the Senior Notes may accept the Company’s offer to prepay the Senior Notes by delivering a notice of acceptance to the Company within 20 Business Days after the date of the Change of Control Notice. A failure by a Holder of the Senior Notes to respond to the offer shall be deemed to constitute rejection of the offer by the Holder.

On the Change of Control Prepayment Date specified in the Change of Control Notice, the entire Change of Control Prepayment Amount of the Senior Notes held by each Holder of the Senior Notes which has accepted the prepayment offer, shall become due and payable.

(b) The Company will comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Senior Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions in this Section 3.03, the Company will be required to comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under this Section 3.03 by virtue of any such conflict.

 

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ARTICLE IV

FORM OF SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 4.01. Form of Senior Notes . The Senior Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Senior Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

ARTICLE V

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 5.01. Original Issue of Senior Notes . Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $106,273,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Senior Notes to or upon Company Order pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

ARTICLE VI

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 6.01. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Senior Notes . As set forth in Section 11.02 of the Base Indenture, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes affected by such supplemental indenture at the time outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes; provided , however , that, solely with respect to the Senior Notes, in addition to subclauses (a) through (d) of clause (ii) of Section 11.02 of the Base Indenture and subclauses (s) through (w) and subclause (z) of Section 6.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, no such supplemental indenture shall amend or modify Section 3.03 of this Second Supplemental Indenture in a manner adverse to the Holders of Senior Notes without the consent of the Holder of each Senior Note affected.

SECTION 6.02. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Senior Notes . As set forth in Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding certain provisions or changing certain provisions of the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes. Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, in addition to clauses (a) through (h) of Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture and subclauses (u) through (y) of Section 6.01(a) of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture

 

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to modify the terms of the Senior Notes to cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency, including any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture to the “Description of the Senior Notes” contained in the prospectus supplement related to the remarketing of the Senior Notes.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01. Amendment to Section 9.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture . Section 9.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture is hereby amended by restating the introductory paragraph in its entirety to read as follows:

“Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, the events listed as Events of Default in clauses (a) through (h) (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion of clause (h) immediately following the first semicolon therein) of Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture are deleted and are hereby replaced in their entirety with the following events constituting Events of Default:” .

SECTION 7.02. Additional Events of Default . Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, in addition to the events listed as Events of Default in clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the following shall be added as a subsection (h) as an additional Event of Default:

“(h) the Company’s failure to provide a Change of Control Notice in connection with a Change of Control no later than 10 Business Days after the Company becomes aware that a Change of Control has occurred.”

ARTICLE VIII

EFFECTIVENESS

SECTION 8.01. Effectiveness . This Second Supplemental Indenture and the amendments to the Original Indenture and the modifications to the Senior Notes effected hereby shall become effective on and as of the Reset Effective Date.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01. Ratification of Indenture . The Base Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Original Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 9.02. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

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SECTION 9.03. New York Law to Govern . THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE SENIOR NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 9.04. Separability . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture or of the Senior Notes, but this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

SECTION 9.05. Counterparts . This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

ARTICLE X

TAX TREATMENT

SECTION 10.01. Tax Treatment . The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Senior Note, each Holder will be deemed to have agreed to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, which is subject to the contingent payment debt regulations.

[REST OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 

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

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mats Wallin

  Name:   Mats Wallin
  Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Patrick J. Crowley

  Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
  Title:   Vice President

[Second Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[For inclusion in Global Senior Note only — THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A GLOBAL SENIOR NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SENIOR NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC.

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

AUTOLIV, INC.

3.854% Senior Note due 2014

 

  CUSIP No.:  
  ISIN:  

No.

Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum [of              Dollars ($            )][set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Senior Note attached hereto], on April 30, 2014 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Maturity Date ”), and to pay interest thereon from the original issuance date or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on April 30 and October 31 of each year, commencing October 31, 2012, at the rate of 3.854% per annum (the “ Coupon Rate ”) to, but excluding, the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment. The Senior Notes shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue principal and interest at the Coupon Rate. The first interest payment period will be from and including the Reset Effective Date to, but excluding, October 31, 2012.

 

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The amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes for any full Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. For the first Interest Payment Date, the amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes will be computed on the basis of a full semiannual period plus one 30-day month plus the actual number of days elapsed during a 30-day period. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on such originally scheduled Interest Payment Date; provided, however, if such payment on the next Business Day would cause the Interest Payment Date to occur in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Senior Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the security register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Payments with respect to any Global Senior Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depository.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Its:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Its:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

  

This is one of the Debt Securities of the

series designated herein and referred to

in the within mentioned Indenture.

  

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE

This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $106,273,000; provided , however , that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for issue date, and, if applicable, public offering price, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date) and with the same CUSIP number as the Securities of this series.

All terms used in this Senior Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

The Company may not redeem the Senior Notes at its option prior to the Maturity Date. No Holder of the Senior Notes shall have any right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem any or all of such Holder’s Senior Notes prior to the Maturity Date, except upon a Change of Control.

Upon a Change of Control, the Company shall offer to prepay the entire unpaid principal amount of Senior Notes held by each Holder at 100% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes, together with interest accrued but unpaid thereon to, but excluding, the Change of Control Prepayment Date. The prepayment offer upon a Change of Control will be made in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

The Senior Notes are not subject to defeasance and are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

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

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the entry into one or more supplemental indentures for purposes of amending or modifying the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting

 

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the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and the consequences thereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

Principal of and interest on the Senior Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Senior Notes will be registrable, and such Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

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

Senior Notes will be issued in permanent global form, registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee. Senior Notes represented by Global Senior Notes will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Senior Notes in certificated form, except in certain limited circumstances specified under the Indenture. Unless and until such Global Senior Notes are exchanged for Senior Notes in certificated form, Global Senior Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Senior Notes shall be made, only to the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, or to a successor Depository selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

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

The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Senior Note, each Holder will be deemed to have agreed to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, which is subject to the contingent payment debt regulations.

THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Senior Note to:

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)  

 

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)  
and irrevocably appoints  

 

agent to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:

 

Signature:  

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Debt Security registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Debt Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN SENIOR NOTE*

The initial principal amount of this Senior Note is $106,273,000. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Senior Note have been made:

 

Date

   Amount of
decrease in
principal
amount of this
Senior Note
   Amount of
increase in
principal
amount of this
Senior Note
   Principal
amount of this
Senior Note
following such
decrease  (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee
           
           
           
           
           

 

 

* Insert in Global Notes

 

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Exhibit 5.1

A LSTON &B IRD LLP

The Atlantic Building

950 F Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004-1404

202-756-3300

Fax:202-756-3333

www.alston.com

March 15, 2012

Autoliv, Inc.

Vasagatan 11,

7 th Floor, SE-111 20,

Box 70381,

SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-179948)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as U.S. counsel to Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company on March 7, 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including the prospectus constituting a part thereof, dated March 7, 2012 (the “Base Prospectus”), and the final supplement to the prospectus, dated March 12, 2012 and filed with the Commission on March 13, 2012 (together with the Base Prospectus, “the Prospectus”), relating to the remarketing (the “Remarketing”) of $106,273,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2014 (CUSIP 052800 AA7) (the “8% Senior Notes”). The 8% Senior Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “Senior Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

The 8% Senior Notes were remarketed as 3.854% Senior Notes due 2014 (CUSIP 052800 AB5) (the “Remarketed Notes”). In connection with the Remarketing, the Senior Indenture was amended and supplemented by a second supplemental indenture entered into between the Company and the Trustee on March 15, 2012 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture, and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Indenture, the “Indenture”).

This opinion is being furnished pursuant to Item 16 of Form S-3 and Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.


As U.S. counsel to the Company in connection with the remarketing of the Remarketed Notes, we have examined or are otherwise familiar with the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended, records of proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Company or committees thereof deemed by us to be relevant to this opinion letter, records of proceedings taken by the Board of Directors of the Company or committees thereof to authorize the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Remarketing Agreement entered into on February 9, 2012, between the Company, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as the remarketing agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as purchase contract agent and attorney-in-fact of the holders of the purchase contracts, the Indenture, the global senior note representing $106,273,000 aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Notes and such other documents, records and instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.

As to certain factual matters relevant to this opinion letter, we have relied conclusively upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records, agreements, documents and instruments, including certificates or comparable documents of officers of the Company and of public officials, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, we have made no independent investigations with regard to matters of fact, and, accordingly, we do not express any opinion as to matters that might have been disclosed by independent verification.

Our opinion set forth below is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, applicable provisions of the Constitution of the State of Delaware and reported judicial decisions interpreting such General Corporation Law and Constitution, and federal laws of the United States of America to the extent referred to specifically herein. We do not express any opinion herein concerning any other laws, and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the opinion expressly stated below. We are not engaged in the practice of law in the State of Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law as currently in effect and have made such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the opinion contained herein. This opinion is limited to the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York and, to the limited extent set forth above, the State of Delaware and the facts as they currently exist. Our opinion expressed herein is as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable laws or the interpretations thereof or any other matters that may come to our attention after the date hereof that may affect our opinion expressed herein. We express no opinion regarding the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or any other federal or state laws or regulations. In addition, we have assumed that any samples of documents submitted to us will be executed without any alterations made thereto.

The opinion set forth below is subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and (ii) general principles of equity, including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is

 

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considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights, or (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to federal or state securities laws.

On the basis of the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

The Remarketed Notes, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and in the manner and for the consideration contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus constituting a part thereof. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP
By:  

/s/ Carol M. McGee

  Carol M. McGee, Partner

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Autoliv Completes Successful Remarketing – Reduces Interest Expense by $11 Million

(Stockholm, March 15, 2012) – – – Autoliv, Inc. (“Autoliv,” NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIV SDB) – the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems – announced today that it has completed the remarketing of its 8% senior notes due on April 30, 2014 (“Senior Notes”). Following significant interest from investors, the coupon of the Senior Notes was reset to 3.854% with a yield of 2.875%. This new interest rate becomes effective today, March 15, 2012, and will save Autoliv around $11 million in interest expense in 2012 compared to 2011.

The Senior Notes were originally issued as components of the equity units that Autoliv issued on March 30, 2009. The remarketing reset the interest on $106 million of debt while the maturity date remains at April 30, 2014.

The remarketing activity is expected to reduce Autoliv’s cost of borrowing by around $11 million during 2012 compared to 2011 and incrementally by around another $1 million in 2013. This is expected to improve earnings per share by around 7 cents (assuming dilution) in 2012.

The proceeds from the remarketing have been used to purchase a portfolio U.S. Treasury securities that will serve as collateral to secure the stock purchase obligations of the holders of the equity units. On April 30, 2012, Autoliv will issue shares to settle the purchase contracts. As a result, Autoliv’s net cash position will increase by approximately $106 million on that date and outstanding shares will increase by 5.8 million to approximately 95.2 million shares.

Inquiries:

 

Ray Pekar, Investor Relations, North America    Tel. +1-248 475 0427
Hannes Wadell, Treasurer, Autoliv Inc.    Tel +46-8 587 206 55

 

 

 

Autoliv Inc.    Autoliv North America
Vasagatan 11, 7th Floor, SE-111 20    26545 American Drive
P. O. Box 703 81, SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden    Southfield, MI 48034, USA
Tel +46 (8) 58 72 06 23    Tel +1 (248) 475-0427
e-mail: mats.odman@autoliv.com    e-mail: ray.pekar@autoliv.com


 

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P R E S S R E L E A S E

About Autoliv

Autoliv, Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, develops and manufactures automotive safety systems for all major automotive manufacturers in the world. Together with its joint ventures, Autoliv has more than 80 facilities with close to 48,000 employees in 29 countries. In addition, the Autoliv has 17 technical centers in nine countries around the world, with 20 test tracks, more than any other automotive safety supplier. Sales in 2011 grew by approximately 15% to more than US $8.2 billion. Autoliv’s shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ALV) and its Swedish Depository Receipts on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm (ALIV SDB). For more information about Autoliv, please visit our company website at www.autoliv.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains statements that are not historical facts but rather forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). All such statements are based upon our current expectations and various assumptions, and apply only as of the date of this release. Our expectations and beliefs are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will materialize or prove to be correct. Because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, the outcome could differ materially from those set out in the statements. For a summary of such risk factors, please refer to our latest 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. Except for our ongoing obligation to disclose information under law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information or future events. For any forward-looking statements contained in this or any other document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA

 

 

 

Autoliv Inc.    Autoliv North America
Vasagatan 11, 7th Floor, SE-111 20    26545 American Drive
P. O. Box 703 81, SE-107 24 Stockholm, Sweden    Southfield, MI 48034, USA
Tel +46 (8) 58 72 06 23    Tel +1 (248) 475-0427
e-mail: mats.odman@autoliv.com    e-mail: ray.pekar@autoliv.com