UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2012

 

 

Invesco Ltd.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Bermuda

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

001-13908   98-0557567

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(404) 892-0896

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 . Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 8, 2012, Invesco Finance PLC (the “Issuer”), an indirect wholly-owned finance subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (the “Company”), completed its registered public offering (the “Offering”) of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) at a public offering price of 99.921% of the principal amount. The 2022 Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”). In connection with the Offering, the Issuer and the Guarantors entered into an indenture dated as of November 8, 2012, with The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Base Indenture”) and a supplemental indenture dated as of November 8, 2012, with the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”) (the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture together, the “Indenture”).

The 2022 Notes mature on November 30, 2022 and bear interest at 3.125% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on May 30 and November 30, beginning on May 30, 2013. The 2022 Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Guarantors. The 2022 Notes and related guarantees rank equal in right of payment to the Company’s current and future senior debt and senior in right of payment to any future subordinated debt. The 2022 Notes are effectively subordinated to the Company’s current and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt, and any liabilities of the Company’s non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The descriptions of the provisions of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are summary in nature and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the provisions of the definitive agreements. The Base Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and the Supplemental Indenture, which includes the form of Notes, is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, and they are both incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On November 5, 2012, the Issuer, the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a purchase agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the purchase agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase for resale to the public, the 2022 Notes. A copy of the purchase agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The sale of the 2022 Notes is registered pursuant to a Registration Statement (No. 333-184744) on Form S-3 filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the 2022 Notes offering to repay all or a portion of the amounts currently drawn on its existing credit facility and purchase, redeem or otherwise retire all of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2013 and its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2014. The Company intends to use the balance of the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.


The expenses relating to the offering of the 2022 Notes are estimated to be as follows:

 

     Amount
to be  paid
 

SEC Registration Fee

   $ 81,776   

Accounting Fees and Expenses

     125,000   

Legal Fees and Expenses

     250,000   

Trustee’s Fees and Expenses

     10,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 466,776   
  

 

 

 

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

  1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2012, by and among Invesco Finance PLC, Invesco Ltd., Invesco Finance, Inc., Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Management Group, Inc., Invesco North American Holdings, Inc., IVZ, Inc., Invesco Holding Company Limited and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC.
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012, between Invesco Finance PLC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
  4.2    Supplemental Indenture, dated November 8, 2012, between Invesco Finance PLC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
  4.3    Form of 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.2).
  5.1    Opinion of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited.
  5.2    Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.
  5.3    Opinion of Linklaters LLP.
23.1    Consent of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Alston & Bird (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3    Consent of Linklaters LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

INVESCO LTD.
By:  

/s/ Kevin M. Carone

Name:   Kevin M. Carone
Title:   Senior Managing Director and General Counsel

Dated: November 9, 2012

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

INVESCO FINANCE PLC

(a public limited company incorporated

under the laws of England and Wales)

$600,000,000

3.125% Senior Notes due 2022

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated: November 5, 2012


INVESCO FINANCE PLC

(a public limited company incorporated

under the laws of England and Wales)

$600,000,000

3.125% Senior Notes due 2022

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

November 5, 2012

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    Incorporated

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

  As Representatives of the several Underwriters

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

      Incorporated

  One Bryant Park

  New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Invesco Finance PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “ Issuer ”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill Lynch ”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Issuer, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”). The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally by (i) Invesco Ltd., a Bermuda exempted limited company (the “ Company ”) and (ii) the other guarantors listed on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ” and, together with the Company, the “ Guarantors ”) pursuant to their guarantees of the Notes (the “ Guarantees ” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”).

The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012 (the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Certain terms of the Securities will be established pursuant to a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture or an officer’s certificate (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). The Notes will be issued in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”), pursuant to a Letter of Representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2 below) (the “ DTC Agreement ”), among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Depositary.

 

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The Issuer and the Guarantors understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

The Issuer and the Guarantors have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-184744), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”). Such registration statement covers the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“ Rule 430B ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“ Rule 424(b) ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “ Rule 430B Information .” Each prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, is herein called a “ preliminary prospectus .” Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the “ Registration Statement .” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “ Original Registration Statement .” The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement and any preliminary prospectuses that form a part thereof, is herein called the “ Prospectus .” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“ EDGAR ”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package (as defined below) or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ 1934 Act ”) which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Issuer and the Guarantors . The Issuer and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(ii) hereof and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agree with each Underwriter, as follows:

 

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(i) (A) At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations and (D) at the date hereof, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 405 ”), including not having been and not being an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, and the Notes and the Guarantees, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Issuer and the Guarantors, as the case may be, on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement” as the Company meets the requirements of section 1(i)(A) and sections 1(iii) through 1(v), inclusive, of the definition of “well-known seasoned issuer” in Rule 405, the Issuer meets the requirements of Section 1(ii)(A) and (C) and sections 1(iii) through 1(v), inclusive, of the definition of “well-known seasoned issuer” in Rule 405, and the Subsidiary Guarantors meet the requirements of section 1(ii)(B)(2) and sections 1(iii) through 1(v), inclusive, of the definition of “well-known seasoned issuer.” None of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors has received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, neither the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors was or is an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

(ii) The Original Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 462(e) ”) on November 5, 2012, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with. In addition, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”).

Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Issuer, any of the Guarantors or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 163 ”) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.

At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act, and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

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Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree to in writing, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

Applicable Time ” means 3:08 p.m. (Eastern time) on November 5, 2012 or such other time as agreed by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Representatives.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 433 ”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a bona fide electronic road show), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C hereto.

Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

Statutory Prospectus ” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof.

 

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Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 3(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

In addition, the Issuer and the Guarantors have not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Time and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included in Schedule B hereto or any electronic road show or other written communications reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and listed on Schedule C hereto (each a, “ Company Additional Written Communication ”). Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the General Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Time will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer and the Guarantors as described in Section 6(b) hereof.

(iii) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the time the Original Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of Securities in this offering and (c) at the Closing Time, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(iv) There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.

(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular dividends on the common shares, par value $0.20 per share, of the Company in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

 

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(vi) Each subsidiary of the Company required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “ Investment Advisers Act ”) is, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, will be, duly registered as an investment adviser with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act, and in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such registration, and such subsidiary is not prohibited from acting as an investment adviser or carrying on its business as now conducted or as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus by any applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, by-laws or similar requirements.

(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “ Investment Company Act ”), without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of holders of their respective securities.

(viii) (A) Consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute an assignment, as defined in the Investment Advisers Act or the Investment Company Act, such that any investment advisory agreements of the Company or any of its subsidiaries would be automatically terminated; nor will consummation of such transactions materially adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including, but not limited to, the rendering of investment advisory services to clients, all of its mutual funds, money market funds and closed-end funds, whether or not such funds are registered under the Investment Company Act, and the rendering of distribution services to any such entities; and (B) each investment company or account for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was the sponsoring entity and acts as investment advisor and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other investment company or account for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries acts as investment advisor, in each case, which is required to be registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, is, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will be, duly registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

(ix) Each subsidiary of the Company required to be registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission under the 1934 Act is, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will be, duly registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission under the 1934 Act, and such subsidiary is not prohibited from acting as a broker-dealer or carrying on its business as now conducted or as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus by any applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, by-laws or similar requirements.

(x) The Company is subject to and in full compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

(xi) Neither the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors has paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any securities of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors (except as contemplated by this Agreement) within one year prior to the date of this Agreement.

(xii) Neither the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

 

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(xiii) (A) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted limited company under the laws of Bermuda, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(B) The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a public limited company under the laws of England and Wales, with full corporate power and authority to own its assets and to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(C) Invesco Holding Company Limited (the “ UK Guarantor ”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a limited liability company under the laws of England and Wales, with full corporate power and authority to own its assets and to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(D) Each Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the UK Guarantor) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(E) Each Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(F) Each of the Company, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Securities.

(xiv) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Issuer, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Issuer, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.

(xv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and each of the Guarantors.

(xvi) The Indenture has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and each of the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuer and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(xvii) The Notes to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Issuer are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Issuer and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xviii) The Guarantees to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Guarantors are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been validly issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(xix) The Notes, the Guarantees and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xx) The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Notes,” “Description of Debt Securities” and “Tax Considerations” fairly summarize the matters therein described.

(xxi) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, or the issue and sale of the Securities, except as such have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “ FINRA ”) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein, in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus.

(xxii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture, nor the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”), nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or Repayment Event (as defined below) under or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (B) the terms of any (1) indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement or loan agreement or (2) lease, contract or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument, in each case, to which the Company or any of

 

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its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, except in the case of clause (2), such violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Securities or (C) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority, whether domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its properties. As used herein “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(xxiii) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ U.S. GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(xxiv) No action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator involving or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, threatened that, individually or in the aggregate, (A) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby; or (B) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxv) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties and assets as are necessary to the conduct of their operations as presently conducted.

(xxvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (A) any provision of its charter or bylaws (or similar organizational documents); (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (C) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiaries or any of their properties, as applicable, except, in the cases of clause (B) and (C), for such violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxvii) Ernst & Young LLP, who have reviewed certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(xxviii) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters in the United Kingdom or Bermuda in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, the issuance or sale by the Issuer and the Guarantors of the Securities to the Underwriters in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the initial resale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities.

(xxix) The Company, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors have each filed all foreign, Federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect), except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus, and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such taxes, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxx) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, is imminent, and the Issuer and the Guarantors are not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of their or their subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxxi) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxxii) No subsidiary of the Issuer or any Guarantor is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Issuer or such Guarantor, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Issuer or any such Guarantor loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Issuer or such Guarantor or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Issuer or any such Guarantor or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(xxxiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate Federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses now operated by them except for licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations the failure to possess which would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xxxiv) (A) It is not necessary under the laws of England and Wales or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency therein in order to enable a holder of Securities or an owner of any interest therein to enforce rights under the Securities that it should, as a result solely of its holding of the Securities, be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in England and Wales or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency therein; and it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities in England and Wales or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency thereon that any of them, until proceedings are brought in an action in an English court, be filed or recorded or enrolled with any court, authority or agency in, or that any stamp, registration or similar taxes or duties be paid to any court, authority or agency of, England or Wales or any political subdivision thereof.

(B) It is not necessary under the laws of Bermuda or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency therein in order to enable a holder of Securities or an owner of any interest therein to enforce rights under the Securities that it should, as a result solely of its holding of the Securities, be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in Bermuda or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency therein; and it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities in Bermuda or any political subdivision thereof or authority or agency thereon that any of them, until proceedings are brought in an action in a Bermuda court, be filed or recorded or enrolled with any court, authority or agency in, or that any stamp, registration or similar taxes or duties be paid to any court, authority or agency of, Bermuda or any political subdivision thereof.

(xxxv) (A) The courts in England and Wales will enforce any final and conclusive judgment for a definite sum against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors obtained in a state or Federal court in The City of New York, New York arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Issuer or such Guarantor under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities.

(B) It is expected that the courts of Bermuda will enforce any final and conclusive judgment for a definite sum (not being a sum payable in respect of taxes, or other charges of like nature, in respect of a fine or other penalty or in respect of multiple damages as defined in the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1981 of Bermuda), against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors obtained in a State or Federal court in the city of New York, New York arising out of or in relation to the obligations of the Issuer or such Guarantor under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities.

(xxxvi) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license, have other rights to use or can acquire, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property ”) necessary for, and material to, the conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business as now conducted, taken as a whole, and (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property or any material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property that would render any such

 

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Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company and its subsidiaries therein; (B) there is no pending or, to the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Issuer and the Guarantors are unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (C) to the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Issuer and the Guarantors are unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (D) there is no pending or, to the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or ether proprietary rights of others, and the Issuer and the Guarantors are unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim which, in the case of clauses (A), (B), (C) or (D), infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, there is no U.S. patent or published U.S. patent application which contains claims that dominate or may dominate any Intellectual Property described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company or any subsidiary or that interferes with the issued or pending claims of any such Intellectual Property, and there is no prior act of which the Issuer or any of the Guarantors is aware that may render any U.S. patent held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries invalid or any U.S. patent application held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unpatentable which has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

(xxxvii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(xxxviii) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

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

 

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(xl) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of either (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “ Bribery Act ”); and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xli) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, threatened.

(xlii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authorities; and the Issuer and the Guarantors will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xliii) Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from the Company’s records or from third-party sources, and in either case, which the Issuer and the Guarantors believe to be reliable and accurate, and, if required, the Issuer and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent to the use of such data from any third-party sources.

(xliv) The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and none of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors is the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

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(xlv) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Guarantor is incorporated, engaged in business (directly or indirectly), resident for tax purposes or generally subject to tax on a net income basis or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including without limitation the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United Kingdom (each, a “ Relevant Jurisdiction ” and collectively, the “ Relevant Jurisdictions ”), all interest, principal, premium, if any, and other payments due or made on the Notes or the Guarantees may be paid by the Issuer or the Guarantors to the holders and beneficial owners thereof in U.S. dollars that may be freely transferred out of each of the Relevant Jurisdictions and all such payments made to holders and beneficial owners thereof who are not citizens or residents of a Relevant Jurisdiction and do not have a branch or fixed place of business in a Relevant Jurisdiction will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of such Relevant Jurisdiction and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in such Relevant Jurisdiction and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in such Relevant Jurisdiction.

(xlvi) None of the Issuer or the Guarantors, and none of their respective properties or assets, has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, executing or otherwise) under the laws of any jurisdiction in which it has been incorporated, organized or formed or in which any of its property or assets are held.

(xlvii) The Issuer and each of the Guarantors has the power to submit and, pursuant to this Agreement, will legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of any of the courts of the State of New York, in connection with any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and has the power to designate, appoint and empower and, pursuant to this Agreement has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably designated, appointed and empowered an agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding, as provided herein, as soon as practicable from the date hereof, but in no event later than the Closing Date.

(xlviii) The Issuer and the Guarantors have not taken any action or omitted to take any action (such as issuing any press release relating to any Securities without an appropriate legend) which may result in the loss by any of the Underwriters of the ability to rely on any stablization safe harbor provided by the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

(xlix) The Notes will rank pari passu with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer, and the Guarantees will rank pari passu with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each Guarantor.

(b)  Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Issuer and the Guarantors to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2.  Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

(a) The Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Issuer and the Guarantors agree to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Issuer and the Guarantors, the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter at a purchase price of 99.271% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus any additional aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, payable on the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for the Securities and delivery of certificates for the Securities in global form shall be made at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives, the Issuer and the Guarantors, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on November 8, 2012 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives, the Issuer and the Guarantors (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “ Closing Time ”).

Payment shall be made to the Issuer by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Issuer, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Merrill Lynch, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(c) Denominations; Registration . Certificates for the Notes in global form shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time. The certificates for the Notes in global form will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Issuer and the Guarantors . Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees . The Issuer and the Guarantors, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement, the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Issuer or any of the Guarantors becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Issuer and the Guarantors will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as they deem necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, will promptly file such prospectus. The Issuer and the Guarantors will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

 

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(b) Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents . The Issuer and the Guarantors will give the Representatives notice of their intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Issuer and the Guarantors will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Issuer and the Guarantors have given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement; the Issuer and the Guarantors will give the Representatives notice of their intention to make any such filing from the execution of this Agreement to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements . The Issuer and the Guarantors have furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses . The Issuer and the Guarantors have delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Issuer and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Issuer and the Guarantors will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Issuer and the Guarantors will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Issuer and the Guarantors, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact

 

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necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Issuer and the Guarantors will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Issuer and the Guarantors will use their best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities) and the Issuer and the Guarantors will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Issuer and the Guarantors will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Issuer and the Guarantors will use their best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however, that the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds . The Issuer and the Guarantors will use the net proceeds received by them from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(i) Listing . The Issuer and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to obtain and subsequently maintain the listing of the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.

(j) Depositary . The Issuer and the Guarantors will cooperate with the Underwriters and use their best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

(k) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities . During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the Closing Time, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of

 

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Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries similar to the Notes or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).

(l) Final Term Sheet . The Issuer and the Guarantors will prepare a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Underwriters and attached as Exhibit A hereto, and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “Final Term Sheet”). Any such Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.

(m) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(n) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Issuer and each of the Guarantors represents and agrees, jointly and severally, that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Representatives, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

(o) Taxes . All amounts payable hereunder by the Issuer and the Guarantors to each of the Underwriters hereunder (including any underwriting discount) shall be paid in U.S. dollars and free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereinafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Relevant Jurisdiction, excluding with respect to an Underwriter any taxes imposed on a net income basis or any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by reason of such Underwriter having a present or former connection with a Relevant Jurisdiction (including being a resident, incorporated or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or having an office in a Relevant Jurisdiction) other than such Underwriter’s participation as an Underwriter hereunder (all such non-excluded taxes, “Foreign Taxes”). If the Issuer and the Guarantors are prevented by operation of law or otherwise from paying, causing to be paid or remitting that portion of amounts payable hereunder represented by Foreign Taxes withheld or deducted, then amounts payable under this Agreement shall be increased to such amount as is necessary to yield and remit to each Underwriter an amount which, after deduction of all Foreign Taxes (including all Foreign Taxes payable on such increased payments) equals the amount that would have been payable if no Foreign Taxes applied.

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eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Issuer and the Guarantors will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use their best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Issuer and the Guarantors will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Issuer or the Guarantors have otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses . (a)  Expenses . The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will pay all customary and reasonable expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture, the DTC Agreement, the Notes and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities, including any issue or transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Notes, (x) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities with the rating agencies, (xi) the costs and expenses of the Issuer and the Guarantors relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Issuer and the Guarantors and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (xii) the fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, (xiii) all fees and expenses related to listing the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and (xiv) all necessary transfer, documentary, stamp, issuance, registration or transaction taxes, duties or charges or other similar taxes, fees or charges required to be paid by the Issuer, the Guarantors or the Underwriters in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees and in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Issuer and the Guarantors to the Underwriters or the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters to the purchasers of the Securities.

(b) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a) hereof, the Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

 

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SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and the Guarantors contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuer and the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus; Payment of Filing Fee . The Registration Statement has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). The Issuer and the Guarantors shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(b) Opinions of Counsel for Company . At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of:

(i) Alston & Bird LLP, U.S. counsel for the Issuer and the Guarantors, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request;

(ii) Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, Bermuda counsel for the Issuer and the Guarantors, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request;

(iii) Linklaters LLP, UK counsel for the Issuer and the Guarantors, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit D hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request; and

(iv) Kevin M. Carome, General Counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit E hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

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(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

(d) Officers’ Certificates . At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof, since the Applicable Time or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company (on behalf of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors) and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company (on behalf of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors), dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (A) there has been no such material adverse change, (B) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (C) the Issuer and the Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (D) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.

(e) Accountant’s Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter . At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.

(g) Maintenance of Rating . Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 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.

(h) No Objection . If the Registration Statement and/or the offering of the Securities has been filed with the FINRA for review, the FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(i) Additional Documents . At Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Issuer and the Guarantors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

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(j) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Issuer and the Guarantors at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters . The Issuer and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “ Affiliate ”), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any Company Additional Written Communication, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any Company Additional Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6(b).

 

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(b) Indemnification of Issuer, Guarantors, Directors and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Guarantors, their respective directors, each of their officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer and the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any Company Additional Written Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer and the Guarantors by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein. The Issuer and the Guarantors acknowledge that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any Company Additional Written Communication, are the statements set forth in the first paragraph under the heading “Commissions and Discounts” in the “Underwriting” section of the Prospectus.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Issuer. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

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SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuer and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Issuer and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Issuer and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuer and the Guarantors and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Issuer and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer or the Guarantors or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Issuer, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, each director of the Issuer, each officer of the Issuer who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer and each director of a Guarantor, each officer of a Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls a Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Guarantor. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Issuer or any of the Guarantors and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

(a) Termination; General . The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Issuer and the Guarantors, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market or the NYSE Amex Equities market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York or Bermudan authorities.

(b) Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

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SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “ Defaulted Securities ”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(i) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(ii) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the Representatives or the Issuer and the Guarantors shall have the right to postpone Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “ Underwriter ” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

SECTION 11. Tax Disclosure . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, from the commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Issuer and the Guarantors (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Issuer and the Guarantors) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure (as such terms are used in Sections 6011, 6111 and 6112 of the U.S. Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

SECTION 12. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, NY 10020, attention of High Grade Transaction Management / Legal; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, attention of Kevin M. Carome, General Counsel.

SECTION 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . The Issuer and each of the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Notes and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuer and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the

 

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process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors, or any of their stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Issuer or any of the Guarantors on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Issuer or any of the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Issuer and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

SECTION 14. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 15. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Issuer and the Guarantors and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Issuer and the Guarantors and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Issuer and the Guarantors and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 16. Trial by Jury . The Issuer and the Guarantors (on their own behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of their respective stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 17. Consent to Jurisdiction . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “ Related Judgment ”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York.

 

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With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in respect of any sum due from them to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Issuer and the Guarantors agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Issuer and the Guarantors (but without duplication) an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.

SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 19. TIME . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 20. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 21. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer and the Guarantors a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
INVESCO FINANCE PLC
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO LTD.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
By  

/s/ Gary K. Wendler

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  


INVESCO FINANCE, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  
IVZ, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:  
Title:  


The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted by the Representatives

as of the date first above written.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

For themselves and as Representatives of the

several Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A

 

By:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
 

 Incorporated

By:  

/s/ Matt Bassler

Name:   Matt Bassler
Title:   Managing Director
By:   Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:  

/s/ Jack D. McSpadden Jr.

Name:   Jack D. McSpadden Jr.
Title:   Managing Director
By:   Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/

Name:  
Title:  

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

 

 

Indenture

Dated as of November 8, 2012

Senior Debt Securities

 

 

INVESCO FINANCE PLC,

Issuer,

EACH OF THE GUARANTORS

NAMED HEREIN,

Guarantors,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

Trustee

 

 

 


INVESCO FINANCE PLC

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act

of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012

 

Trust Indenture

    Act Section

   Indenture Section

§ 310(a)(1)

   6.08

   310(a)(2)

   6.08

   310(a)(3)

   N/A

   310(a)(4)

   N/A

   310(a)(5)

   6.08

   310(b)

   6.05, 6.09

§ 311

   6.05, 6.06

§ 312(a)

   7.01

   312(b)

   7.01

   312(c)

   7.01

§ 313(a)

   7.02

   313(b)

   7.02

   313(c)

   6.01, 7.02

   313(d)

   7.02

§ 314(a)

   10.06, 10.07

   314(b)

   N/A

   314(c)

   N/A

   314(d)

   N/A

   314(e)

   1.02

§ 315(a)

   6.01

   315(b)

   6.02

   315(c)

   6.01

   315(e)

   5.15

§ 316(a)

   5.12, 5.13

   316(b)

   5.08

   316(c)

   1.04


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

PARTIES

       1   

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     1   

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     1   

Section 1.01        

  Definitions      1   

Section 1.02

  Compliance Certificates and Opinions      7   

Section 1.03

  Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee      7   

Section 1.04

  Acts of Holders      8   

Section 1.05

  Notices, etc., to Trustee, Company or Guarantors      9   

Section 1.06

  Notice to Holders, Waiver      10   

Section 1.07

  Conflict of any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act      11   

Section 1.08

  Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      11   

Section 1.09

  Successors and Assigns      11   

Section 1.10

  Separability Clause      11   

Section 1.11

  Benefits of Indenture      11   

Section 1.12

  Counterparts      11   

Section 1.13

  Governing Law      11   

Section 1.14

  Legal Holidays      12   

Section 1.15

  Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities and Jury Trial      12   

Section 1.16

  Currency      13   

ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS

     13   

Section 2.01

  Forms Generally      13   

Section 2.02

  Global Securities      14   

ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES

     15   

Section 3.01

  Title and Terms      15   

Section 3.02

  Denominations      18   

Section 3.03

  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      18   

Section 3.04

  Temporary Securities      19   

Section 3.05

  Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange      20   

Section 3.06

  Book-Entry Provisions for Restricted Global Security      21   

Section 3.07

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities      22   

Section 3.08

  Payment of Interest; Rights to Interest Preserved      23   

Section 3.09

  Persons Deemed Owners      24   

Section 3.10

  Cancellation      25   

Section 3.11

  CUSIP and CINS Numbers      25   

Section 3.12

  Computation of Interest      25   

 

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Section 3.13

  Form of Certificate of Authentication      26   

Article IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     26   

Section 4.01        

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     26   

Section 4.02

 

Application of Trust Money

     27   

ARTICLE V REMEDIES

     27   

Section 5.01

  Events of Default      27   

Section 5.02

  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment      29   

Section 5.03

  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      30   

Section 5.04

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      31   

Section 5.05

  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities      32   

Section 5.06

  Application of Money Collected      32   

Section 5.07

  Limitation on Suits      32   

Section 5.08

  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest      33   

Section 5.09

  Restoration of Rights and Remedies      33   

Section 5.10

  Rights and Remedies Cumulative      33   

Section 5.11

  Delay or Omission Not Waiver      33   

Section 5.12

  Control by Holders      34   

Section 5.13

  Waiver of Past Defaults      34   

Section 5.14

  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      34   

Section 5.15

  Undertaking for Costs      35   

ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE

     35   

Section 6.01

  Certain Duties and Responsibilities      35   

Section 6.02

  Notice of Defaults      36   

Section 6.03

  Certain Rights of Trustee      36   

Section 6.04

  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      38   

Section 6.05

  May Hold Securities      38   

Section 6.06

  Money Held in Trust      38   

Section 6.07

  Compensation and Reimbursement      38   

Section 6.08

  Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility      39   

Section 6.09

  Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      39   

Section 6.10

  Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      41   

Section 6.11

  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      42   

ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

     42   

Section 7.01

  Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders      42   

Section 7.02

  Reports by Trustee      43   

 

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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     43   

Section 8.01        

  

Company and Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms

     43   

Section 8.02

  

Successor Person Substituted for Company

     44   

ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE AND SECURITIES GUARANTEES

     44   

Section 9.01

  

Without Consent of Holders

     44   

Section 9.02

  

With Consent of Holders

     46   

Section 9.03

  

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

     47   

Section 9.04

  

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     47   

Section 9.05

  

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act

     47   

Section 9.06

  

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures

     47   

Section 9.07

  

Notice of Supplemental Indentures

     47   

Section 9.08

  

Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions

     48   

ARTICLE X COVENANTS

     48   

Section 10.01

  

Payment of Principal and Interest

     48   

Section 10.02

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     48   

Section 10.03

  

Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust

     49   

Section 10.04

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

     50   

Section 10.05

  

Corporate Existence

     50   

Section 10.06

  

Statement by Officers As to Default

     50   

Section 10.07

  

Provision of Reports and Financial Statements

     51   

Section 10.08

  

Waiver of Certain Covenants

     51   

Section 10.09

  

Additional Guarantors

     52   

Section 10.10

  

Additional Amounts

     52   

ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     53   

Section 11.01

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

     53   

Section 11.02

  

Applicability of Article

     53   

Section 11.03

  

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee

     53   

Section 11.04

  

Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed

     53   

Section 11.05

  

Notice of Redemption

     54   

Section 11.06

  

Deposit of Redemption Price

     54   

Section 11.07

  

Securities Payable on Redemption Date

     55   

Section 11.08

  

Securities Redeemed in Part

     55   

ARTICLE XII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     55   

Section 12.01

  

Company Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     55   

Section 12.02

  

Defeasance and Discharge

     56   

 

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Section 12.03        

  

Covenant Defeasance

     56   

Section 12.04

  

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     57   

Section 12.05

  

Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

     59   

Section 12.06

  

Reinstatement

     59   

ARTICLE XIII SECURITIES GUARANTEES

     59   

Section 13.01

  

Unconditional Guarantee

     59   

Section 13.02

  

Limitations on Guarantees

     61   

Section 13.03

  

Execution and Delivery of Guarantees

     61   

Section 13.04

  

Release of the Guarantors

     61   

Section 13.05

  

Waiver of Subrogation

     62   

Section 13.06

  

Immediate Payment

     62   

Section 13.07

  

No Set-Off

     63   

Section 13.08

  

Obligations Absolute

     63   

Section 13.09

  

Obligations Not Reduced

     63   

Section 13.10

  

Obligations Not Affected

     63   

Section 13.11

  

Waiver

     64   

Section 13.12

  

No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company

     64   

Section 13.13

  

Dealing with the Company and Others

     65   

Section 13.14

  

Default and Enforcement

     65   

Section 13.15

  

Amendment, Etc.

     65   

Section 13.16

  

Acknowledgement

     65   

Section 13.17

  

No Merger or Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     65   

Section 13.18

  

Survival of Obligations

     66   

Section 13.19

  

Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations

     66   

Section 13.20

  

Severability

     66   

Section 13.21

  

Successors and Assigns

     66   

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of November 8, 2012, among Invesco Finance PLC, a public limited company duly organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), INVESCO LTD. (“Parent”), INVESCO FINANCE, INC. (“Invesco Finance”), IVZ, INC. (“IVZ”), INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. (“Management”), INVESCO ADVISORS, INC. (“Advisors”), INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. (“Holdings”), INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED (“Invesco Holding”; and together with Parent, Invesco Finance, IVZ, Management, Advisors and Holdings, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to create and provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called, the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series as provided for in this Indenture.

Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of guarantees of the Securities as provided in this Indenture.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of any series, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01 Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

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

(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and


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

“Act” , when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.

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

“Agent Member” means any member of or participant in, the Depositary.

“Applicable Procedures” means applicable procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be.

“Board of Directors” means, as the context requires, either the board of directors of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of that board.

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

“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or London, England are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; provided that, when used with respect to any Security, “Business Day” may have such other meaning, if any, as may be specified for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A., or any successor securities clearing agency.

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

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located at 900 Ashwood Parkway North, Suite 425, Atlanta, Georgia 30338.

Credit Facility ” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2011, among Invesco Holding, IVZ, the Company and Invesco Finance, as borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the agent for such lenders and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, refinanced, restated or replaced from time to time.

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

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.08.

“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

“Euroclear” means the Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., or any successor securities clearing agency.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Global Security” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

Guarantee Release Event ” means the occurrence of all of the following: (a) all of the Guarantors (other than the Parent) have been released as (or substantially simultaneously with such release will no longer be) borrowers or guarantors under the Credit Facility; (b) Invesco Holding’s unsecured 5.375% Senior Notes due February 27, 2013 are repaid in full and (c) Invesco Holding’s unsecured 5.375% Senior Notes due December 14, 2014 are repaid in full.

“Guarantees” has the meaning specified in Section 13.01.

“Guarantor” means (a) each Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person and (b) any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the date of this Indenture pursuant to Section 10.09 hereof.

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Security is, at the time of determination, registered on the Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented by one or more Supplemental Indentures. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.

 

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“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.16(b).

“Maturity” , when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise.

“Obligations” means the obligations of the Company and any other obligor hereunder or under the Securities of any series, including the Guarantors, to pay principal of and interest on such Securities when due and payable at Maturity, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this Indenture, the Securities and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee (including all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.07 hereof) and the Holders under this Indenture and the Securities according to the terms hereof and thereof.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the Executive Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or any Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the Chief Financial Officer ( provided that the Chief Financial Officer may only sign on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor once) of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee; provided that, with respect to any Person organized under the laws of England and Wales, such certificate may be signed by two (2) Directors of such Person.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, including an employee of the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

“Outstanding” , when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

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

(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment, redemption or purchase money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(c) Securities, except to the extent provided in Article XII, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article XII; and

 

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(d) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.07 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA Section 313, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.

Parent ” means the Person named as the “Parent” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Parent” shall mean such successor Person.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

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

“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 and Section 10.02.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Redemption Date” , when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price” , when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Registrar” means The Bank of New York Mellon, and any successor authorized by the Company to act as Registrar.

 

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“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department at the Corporate Trust Office (or any successor office) of the Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Securities” has the meaning given such term in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Security Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08.

“Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means any Person a majority of the equity ownership or voting stock of which is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Supplemental Indenture” means an indenture supplemental to this Indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which supplements, amends or modifies this Indenture and is entered into by the parties to this Indenture as provided in Article IX.

“Tax” means any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and any other liabilities related thereto).

“Taxing authority” means any government or political subdivision or territory or possession of any government or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax.

“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 9.05.

 

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“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee; provided , however , that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of or within any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04.

“U.S. Physical Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or such Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 10.06(a)) shall include:

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

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

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

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

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Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company and/or any Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company and/or any such Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company and/or any such Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.04 Acts of Holders.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or any Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and any Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

If the Company or any Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of Securities of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company or any such Guarantor (as the case may be), may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company or any such Guarantor (as the case may be) shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such

 

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Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders of Securities of such series generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of Securities of such series of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Securities of such series on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company and/or the Guarantors in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

Section 1.05 Notices, etc., to Trustee, Company or Guarantors.

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

(a) unless otherwise provided in any Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or sent by facsimile to the Trustee (with receipt confirmed by telephone) at (770) 698-5195; or

(b) unless otherwise provided in any Supplemental Indenture, the Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or sent by facsimile to the Company at (404) 962-8357 (with receipt confirmed by telephone at (404) 479-2945), or at any other address or facsimile number previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company; or

(c) unless otherwise provided in any Supplemental Indenture, any Guarantor by the Company, any other Guarantor, the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for any purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing, and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to such Guarantor addressed to it c/o Invesco Ltd., 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or sent by facsimile to such Guarantor at (404) 962-8357 (with receipt confirmed by telephone at (404) 479-2945), or at any other address or facsimile number previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by such Guarantor.

 

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The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If a party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as long as the Securities are in the form of a Global Security, notice to the Holders may be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary.

Section 1.06 Notice to Holders, Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.

 

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Section 1.07 Conflict of any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act.

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, or conflicts with any provision (an “incorporated provision”) required by or deemed to be included in this Indenture by operation of such Trust Indenture Act sections, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any Guarantor shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.10 Separability Clause.

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

Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.

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

Section 1.12 Counterparts.

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

Section 1.13 Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without regard to applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof that would require the application of the law of any other state). This Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

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Section 1.14 Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, date established for payment of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 3.08, Stated Maturity or Maturity with respect to any Security or other day on which principal or interest is due, shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security) payment of principal or interest need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, date established for payment of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 3.08 or Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or other such day, Redemption Date, date established for payment of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 3.08, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 1.15 Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities and Jury Trial.

The Company and each Guarantor agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any Guarantor arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. The Company and each Guarantor has appointed CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture, any Security or the transactions contemplated herein or thereby which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, and expressly accepts the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company and each Guarantor further agree to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of ten years from the date of this Indenture. If for any reason CT Corporation System shall cease to be available to act as such authorized agent for the Company and any Guarantor, the Company and each Guarantor agree to designate a new agent in the State of New York on the terms and for the purpose of this Section 1.15. The Company and each Guarantor hereby represent and warrant that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company and each Guarantor agree to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company.

To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set off or any legal process (whether service of notice, attachment in aid of or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture, any Securities or the Guarantees, as applicable.

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

 

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Section 1.16 Currency.

(a) Each reference in this Indenture to U.S. dollars (the “relevant currency”) is of the essence. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Company in respect of any amount due with respect to the Securities of any series or any other obligation under this Indenture will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the Business Day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment. If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company will pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

(b) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify each Holder against any loss incurred by such Holder as a result of any judgment or order being given or made against the Company or any of the Guarantors, for any U.S. dollar amount due under this Indenture and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in the City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase U.S. dollars as promptly as practicable upon such party’s receipt thereof. The foregoing indemnity shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.

ARTICLE II

SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01 Forms Generally.

Each Security in a series shall be in a form approved by or pursuant to a Supplemental Indenture hereto or a Board Resolution or by an Officer or Officers pursuant to authority delegated to that Officer or those Officers pursuant to a Board Resolution. If the form of the Securities of a series is not prescribed by the Supplemental Indenture relating to that series, upon or prior to the delivery to the Trustee for authentication of the first Security to be issued of that series, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of the Security for that series has been approved, which Board Resolution shall have

 

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attached thereto a copy of the form of the Security approved, or a certificate of an Officer, attested to by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, certifying that an Officer, acting pursuant to delegated authority from the Board of Directors, approved the form of the Securities of that series and attaching a copy of the form of the Security and a true and complete copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors delegating authority to that Officer to approve the form of Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 3.04, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in this Section 2.01.

All Securities shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.

The definitive Securities of any series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Section 2.02 Global Securities.

If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 (a “Global Security”), then, notwithstanding Section 3.01 and the provisions of Section 3.02, such Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified in such Global Security and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges or partial redemptions or increased to reflect the issuance of additional uncertificated Securities of that series. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities of a series represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the manner and upon written instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.03 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.

 

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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form on the face thereof:

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.06 OF THE INDENTURE.

ARTICLE III

THE SECURITIES

Section 3.01 Title and Terms.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more Supplemental Indentures hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

(i) the title of the Securities of or within the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);

(ii) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of or within the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of or within the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 9.06 or 11.08); provided , however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;

(iii) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

 

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(iv) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of or within the series is payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;

(v) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which any Securities of or within the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;

(vi) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 3.05 and Section 10.02, the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of or within the series shall be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made;

(vii) the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of or within the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities of such shall be evidenced;

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

(ix) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of or within the series shall be issuable;

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

(xi) if applicable, that the Securities of or within the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 12.02 or Section 12.03, or both such Sections, or pursuant to a manner varying from such Sections, any provisions to permit a pledge of obligations other than U.S. Government Obligations (or the establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements of Section 12.04 for defeasance of such Securities and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

 

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(xii) if applicable, that any Securities of or within the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.02, any addition to, elimination of or other change in the circumstances set forth in clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and any other provisions governing exchanges or transfers of any such Global Security;

(xiii) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of or within the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;

(xiv) any addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to Securities of or within the series;

(xv) any provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or conversion of any Securities of or within the series that may be converted into securities or other property other than Securities of or within the same series and of like tenor, whether in addition to, or in lieu of, any payment of principal or other amount and whether at the option of the Company or otherwise;

(xvi) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of or within the series are secured;

(xvii) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of or within such series;

(xviii) the exchanges, if any, on which the Securities of or within such series may be listed;

(xix) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

(xx) additional Opinions of Counsel, if any, to be delivered by the Company or the Trustee in order to exercise either defeasance or covenant defeasance under Article XII with respect to Securities of or within such series;

(xxi) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts as contemplated by Section 10.10 on the Securities of or within the series to any Holder in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option); and

(xxii) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(c)).

 

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All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such Supplemental Indenture hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.

Section 3.02 Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only in denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities of each series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any authorized officer of the Company. The Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be executed on behalf of each Guarantor by any authorized officer of each Guarantor. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities and the Guarantees.

Securities or Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or the applicable Guarantor shall bind the Company or the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities directing the Trustee to authenticate the Securities and certifying that all conditions precedent to the issuance of Securities contained herein have been fully complied with, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company that it may reasonably request in connection with such authentication of any Securities of any series. Such order shall specify the amount of Securities of such series to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities of such series.

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In case the Company, pursuant to Article VIII, shall be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed a Supplemental Indenture with the Trustee pursuant to Article VIII, any of the Securities of any series authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Securities of such series executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Securities of such series surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Request of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities of any series shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities of such series, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities of such series at the time Outstanding for Securities of such series authenticated and delivered in such new name.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 3.13 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.10 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued or sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04 Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company and the Guarantors may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities having duly executed Guarantees endorsed thereon, which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities and Guarantees may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

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If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company and the Guarantors will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of such series having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 10.02 being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities of each series and of transfers of Securities of such series. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as “Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series having duly executed Guarantees for such series endorsed thereon of any authorized denomination for such series or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of such series of any authorized denomination for such series and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities of any series are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

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

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.08 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the selection of Securities to be redeemed under Section 11.04 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee shall have no duty whatsoever to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfer between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

Section 3.06 Book-Entry Provisions for Restricted Global Security.

(a) Any Global Security initially shall (i) be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary, (ii) be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary or with the Trustee, as custodian for such Depositary, and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.02.

The Depositary or its nominee shall be the Holder of the Global Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in the Securities represented by the Global Securities shall hold such interests pursuant to the procedures and practices of the Depositary. Any such owner’s beneficial ownership of any such Securities will be shown only on, and the transfer of such ownership interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee. All interests in a Global Security may be subject to the procedures and requirements of the Depositary. Those interests held through Euroclear and Clearstream will be subject to the procedures and requirements of such system.

(b) Transfers of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in any Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary.

Unless (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for a Global Security or ceases to be a “Clearing Agency” registered under the Exchange Act or announces an intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) an Event of Default has

 

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occurred and is continuing with respect to a Global Security or (iii) Company determines that the Global Securities (in whole or in part) should be exchanged for definitive Securities; provided that (x) such exchange is required by (A) any applicable law or (B) any event beyond the Company’s control or (y) payments of interest on any Global Security, or beneficial interest are, or would become, subject to any deduction or withholding for taxes, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have any portions of such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the Global Security.

(c) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof pursuant to the last sentence of subsection (b) of this Section shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall be of the same series and have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof. In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the last sentence of subsection (b) of this Section 3.06, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities of such series in definitive form.

(d) Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture or a Global Security, owners of beneficial interests in the Securities evidenced by a Global Security will not be entitled to any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and the Depositary or its nominee may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any such agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or its nominee or impair, as between the Depositary or its nominee and such owners of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary or its nominee as Holder of any Security.

Section 3.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security of any series is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company and any Guarantor thereof shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of such series having a duly executed Guarantee, if applicable, endorsed thereon, of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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If there shall be delivered to the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee (1) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security of any series and (2) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company and any Guarantor shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of such series having a duly executed Guarantee, if applicable, endorsed thereon, of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

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

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

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

Section 3.08 Payment of Interest; Rights to Interest Preserved.

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of a series, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 or, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to 3.09 as such address appears in the Security Register; provided that all payments with respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of which have given wire transfer instructions to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent) by the Regular Record Date shall be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date therefor shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such

 

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Holder, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by such Securities (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest payable on any Securities of a series to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 1.06, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).

(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities of a series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 3.09 Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to the due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, each Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, such Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.08), interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, such Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depository, as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or impair, as between such depository and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.

Section 3.10 Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.

Section 3.11 CUSIP and CINS Numbers.

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

Section 3.12 Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest on Securities any series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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Section 3.13 Form of Certificate of Authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for below duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture:

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

 

                                                                                  ,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

Dated:       Autshorized Signatory

ARTICLE IV

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series herein expressly provided for) and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when:

(a) Either:

(i) all the Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 and Securities that have been subject to defeasance under Article XII) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

 

  (A) have become due and payable;

 

  (B) will become due and payable at Stated Maturity within one year; or

 

  (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company;

 

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and the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust for the purpose in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and interest on, and any additional amounts with respect to such Securities of such Series to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities of such series that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, together with irrevocable instructions directing the Trustee to apply the funds to the payment of the Securities of such series at the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(b) the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable hereunder by the Company in respect of such series of Securities; and

(c) the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.

In the event that there are Securities of two or more series outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of a particular series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.

Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or Article XII shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal of and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

ARTICLE V

REMEDIES

Section 5.01 Events of Default.

Subject to any modifications, additions or deletions relating to any series of Securities as contemplated pursuant to Section 3.01, “Event of Default” with respect to Securities of any series, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a) default in the payment of any interest or any additional amounts on any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

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(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that series when due;

(c) default in the observance or performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor contained in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than (i) a covenant or agreement included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than such series or (ii) a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice has been given (x) to the Company by the Trustee or (y) to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series specifying such default or breach, requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under any applicable United States federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; provided that, with respect to any Guarantor, such events referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) have had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(e) the commencement by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable United States federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or

 

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insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable United States federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in furtherance of any such action; provided , that, with respect to any Guarantor, such events have had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(f) any Guarantee of any Security of that series is determined to be unenforceable or invalid or shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect, except as permitted by this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, or any Guarantor repudiates its obligations under such Guarantee; or

(g) any other event or occurrence that is designated to be an Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series in the Supplemental Indenture or Board Resolution that establishes the terms of the Securities of that series.

Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than as specified in Section 5.01(d) or (e)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each such affected series may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Outstanding Securities of that series immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and, upon any such declaration, all such amounts will become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or (e) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all of the Securities Outstanding of that series shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Securities of that series.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and its consequences with respect to Securities of such series if:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

(i) all overdue interest on and additional amounts with respect to all Outstanding Securities of that series,

 

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(ii) all principal of any Outstanding Securities of that series that has become due other than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities of that series,

(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue interest, any additional amounts and overdue principal at the rate borne by the Securities of that series, and

(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of or interest or any additional amounts on the Securities of that series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company and each Guarantor, if any, covenants that if:

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or

(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof;

the Company and each Guarantor will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, and interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest, at the rate borne by such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities, as the case may be, fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company, such Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any such Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Nothing in this Section shall be considered to require the Trustee to institute any judicial proceeding.

Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of any series (including any Guarantor) or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of such series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of such series and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Securities of such series allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other securities or property payable or deliverable upon the conversion or exchange of such securities or upon any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.

Nothing in this Section shall be considered to require the Trustee to take any of the actions described in this Section 5.04.

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

 

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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected.

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

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

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

THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company and/or the Guarantors, as the case may be.

Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities (including fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) to be incurred in compliance with such request;

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(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of that series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of that series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of Securities of that series or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Securities of that series.

Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article XII) and in such Security of the principal of, and (subject to Section 3.08) interest on, such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture with respect to any Security of any series and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, any Guarantor of Securities of that series, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of that series shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.07, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

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Section 5.12 Control by Holders.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided that:

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

(b) the Trustee shall have been given reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it, and

(c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series, waive any past defaults hereunder, except a default:

(a) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such series, or

(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security Outstanding of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

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

 

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Section 5.15 Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

ARTICLE VI

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.

In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

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Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of the Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of such Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the occurrence thereof; provided , however , that, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice to the Holders of the Securities of such series if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of that series.

Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to Section 6.01:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or otherwise, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person or Persons;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order with sufficient detail as may be requested by the Trustee and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both;

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

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

 

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(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into, and may conclusively rely upon, the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

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

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

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

(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default except any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of Section 5.01 if, at the time of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee is the Paying Agent, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;

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

(l) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, whenever any provision of this Indenture indicates that any confirmation of a condition or event is qualified “to the knowledge of” or “known to” the Trustee or other words of similar meaning, said words shall mean and refer to the actual current awareness of one or more Responsible Officers.

Section 6.04 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities of each series, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any Guarantee, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities of each series and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities of any series or the proceeds thereof.

Section 6.05 May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities of any series and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other agent.

Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust.

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be.

Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally agree:

(a) to pay to the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar) from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall agree from time to time in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct by the Trustee under the Indenture; and

 

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(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or the Guarantors (including this Section 6.07) and of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by any Holder or the Company) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense was due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.

The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and any termination under any bankruptcy law.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or (e), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law of the United States.

To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ Obligations to make payments to the Trustee under this Section 6.07, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay principal or interest on particular Securities.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 6.08 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the United States federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 6.09 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.10.

 

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(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(c) The Trustee may be removed as the Trustee under any series of Securities at any time by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee for the Securities of any series shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, except when the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act; or

(2) the Trustee for the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months; or

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee for the Securities of such series, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of Securities of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall at all times comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any series of Securities for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so

 

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appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or such Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of the Securities of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.10 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to any series of Securities, each such successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each such successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall execute and deliver a Supplemental Indenture, pursuant to Article IX hereof, wherein each such successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such Supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and

 

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delivery of such Supplemental Indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

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

Section 6.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee under any series of Securities may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee under any series of Securities shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee under any series of Securities, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities of any series shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee under such series of Securities then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities under that series so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case at that time any of the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee under such series may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides that the certificate of authentication of the Trustee shall have; provided , however , that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

ARTICLE VII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.

Every Holder of Securities of a series, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of such series in accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall comply with any request made pursuant to and in accordance with Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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Section 7.02 Reports by Trustee.

Within 60 days after March 15 of each year commencing with the first March 15 after the first issuance of Securities under this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such March 15 as required by Sections 313(a) and 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall file a copy of each report delivered pursuant to this section as required by the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,

TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 8.01 Company and Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, (i) consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or any such Guarantor (ii) directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person, unless:

(a) either (1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing entity or (2) in a consolidation or merger in which the Company does not survive or continue or if the Company transfers, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person, the successor Person to the Company shall expressly assume, by a Supplemental Indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities;

(b) either (1) each such Guarantor shall be the surviving or continuing entity or (2) in a consolidation or merger in which any Guarantor does not survive or continue or if any Guarantor transfers, sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another Person (other than the Company or another Guarantor), the successor Person to such Guarantor shall expressly assume, by Supplemental Indenture, all of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantee issued by such Guarantor;

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

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under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, as applicable, are enforceable against such successor Person to the same extent as the obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction; (B) the successor Person agrees in writing to submit to jurisdiction and appoints an agent for the service of process, each under terms substantially similar to the terms contained in the Indenture with respect to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable; and (C) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such transaction will have no material adverse effect on any Holder and a Board Resolution to that effect is delivered to the Trustee.

Section 8.02 Successor Person Substituted for Company.

Upon any consolidation by the Company or any Guarantor with or merger by the Company or a Guarantor into any other Person or any transfer, sale, lease or other disposition of the properties and assets of the Company or any Guarantor substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such transfer, sale, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor under the Indenture, the Securities and any Guarantee, as the case may be, with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Guarantor herein or therein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE

AND SECURITIES GUARANTEES

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and any affected Guarantor, each when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more Supplemental Indentures, for any of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor contained herein and in the Securities, or any series thereof, or to add any Guarantors of the Securities;

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

 

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(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided , however , that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such Supplemental Indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default;

(d) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such Supplemental Indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;

(e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.01 and 3.01, including the provisions and procedures relating to Securities convertible into or exchangeable for other securities or property of the Company;

(f) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Securities may be listed or traded;

(g) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;

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

(i) to secure the Securities or any Guarantee;

(j) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or to make any other changes, provided that in each case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;

(k) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 4.01, 12.02 and 12.03; provided in each case that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in

 

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any material respect; or

(l) to comply with any requirement of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, any affected Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors, each when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee for Securities of each such series may enter into one or more Supplemental Indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner this Indenture or any Guarantee; provided , however , that no such Supplemental Indenture may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on or any additional amounts with respect to, any Security of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or any additional amounts with respect thereto, or change our obligations to pay additional amounts, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which any Security or the interest thereon or any additional amounts with respect thereto is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

(b) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series required to consent to any amendment of, or waiver of compliance with, any provision of or defaults under this Indenture;

(c) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, interest on or any additional amounts with respect to the Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of Securities by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities (including Additional Securities issued under this Indenture, if any));

(d) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture;

(e) make any change that would adversely affect the rights of the Holders to receive additional amounts;

(f) make any change in the Company’s obligations to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes set forth in Section 10.02; or

(g) amend, change or modify any of the provisions in this Section 9.02.

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

 

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

Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any Supplemental Indenture or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such Supplemental Indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors subject to the customary exceptions. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such Supplemental Indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any Supplemental Indenture under this Article with respect to any series, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith for purposes of such series, and such Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes of such series; and every Holder of Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every Supplemental Indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such Supplemental Indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such Supplemental Indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

Section 9.07 Notice of Supplemental Indentures.

Promptly after the execution by the Company, any affected Guarantor and the Trustee of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 1.06, setting forth in general terms the substance of such Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Any failure by the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment or waiver.

Section 9.08 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.

Until an amendment, waiver or other action by Holders becomes effective, a consent to it or any other action by a Holder of a Security of any series hereunder is a continuing consent by such Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security, even if notation of the consent, waiver or action is not made on such Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent, waiver or action as to such Holder’s Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the consent of the requisite aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series affected then outstanding has been obtained and not revoked. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind every Security Holder of the affected series, except as provided in Section 9.02.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the first two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

Section 10.01 Payment of Principal and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Securities of any series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities of any series, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Security an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series or any Guarantor in respect of the Guarantees of such series and this Indenture may be served. If the Securities of any series are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, The International Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in Luxembourg,

 

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London, England or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the Company and each Guarantor for such series hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies outside of the State of Delaware where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 10.03 Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent under Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities of such series, deposit with the Paying Agent therefor a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal or interest; and

(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

 

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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 10.04 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 10.05 Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article VIII, the Company and each Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective corporate existence and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises, provided , however , that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company or any Guarantor to preserve any such right or franchise if (i) the Company or any Guarantor shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and would not have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and would not materially, adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Indenture and (ii) failure to preserve the corporate existence of any Guarantor or any such right or franchise would not result in a downgrading of any credit rating then applicable to the Securities of any series.

Section 10.06 Statement by Officers As to Default.

(a) The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under the supervision of the signers thereof and to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, no Default or Event of Default has occurred under the Securities of any series.

 

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(b) When any Default under Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee of such series an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within fifteen days of the Company Secretary or Chief General Manager Finance and Administration becoming aware of the occurrence thereof.

Section 10.07 Provision of Reports and Financial Statements.

(a) [Intentionally Omitted]

(b) The Company shall (i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and (ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations.

(c) If the Company is no longer required (or is not required, as the case may be) to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required by the rules and regulations of the Commission.

(d) The Company shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of any series, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

Section 10.08 Waiver of Certain Covenants.

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specified in accordance with Section 3.01 (except any such term, provision or condition which could not be amended without the consent of all Holders of Securities of such series pursuant to Section 9.02) if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 10.09 Additional Guarantors.

The Company shall cause any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries that guarantees Indebtedness (as defined below) under the Credit Facility to, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, fully and unconditionally guarantee pursuant to a Guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, the due and punctual payment of all amounts payable under the Securities of any series, when and if the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise by execution of a Supplemental Indenture delivered to the Trustee that adds such Subsidiary as a subsequent Guarantor; provided , however , that all such Guarantees (other than the Guarantee by the Parent) will be automatically released upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Release Event. For purposes of this Section, “Indebtedness” means indebtedness for borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied, that are then in effect.

Section 10.10 Additional Amounts.

If the Securities of any series provide for the payment of additional amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series additional amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal of or any interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts, at least ten Business Days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal is made), and at least 10 Business Days prior to each date of payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company’s principal Payment Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series who are United States aliens without withholding for or on account of

 

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any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such withholdings and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the additional amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.01 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 11.02 Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.

Section 11.03 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.

Section 11.04 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities of such series to be redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided , however , that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than US$2,000.

In the event of redemption of a Security of any series in part only, a new Security of such series for the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon the cancellation thereof.

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

 

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Section 11.05 Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 1.06, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 3.01, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(a) the Redemption Date;

(b) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.07, if any;

(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of a partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

(d) in case any Security of any series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive, without charge, a new Security of such series or Securities of such series of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;

(e) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price (and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 11.07) will become due and payable upon each such Security of such series, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;

(f) the place or places where such Securities of such series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any; and

(g) the CUSIP or CINS number, as the case may be.

Notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request delivered at least 10 days prior to the date such notice is to be given to the Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Section 11.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent in immediately available funds, or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03, an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Securities of such series which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

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Section 11.07 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities of such series so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security of any series for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.08.

If any Security of any series called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Securities of such series.

Section 11.08 Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security of any series which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.02 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of such series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security of such series so surrendered.

ARTICLE XII

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01 Company Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 12.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 12.03 to be applicable to the Securities of any series, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities, and the Company may, at its option by Board Resolution at any time, with respect to such Securities, elect to have either Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 be applied to all Outstanding Securities of any series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article XII.

 

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Section 12.02 Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 12.01 of the option applicable to this Section 12.02 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.07 and 10.03, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and (D) this Article XII. Subject to compliance with this Article XII, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 12.02 with respect to Securities of any series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.03 with respect to the Securities of such series.

Section 12.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 12.01 of the option applicable to this Section 12.03 with respect to the Securities of any series, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under any covenant contained in Section 8.01 and in Sections 10.05 through 10.09, inclusive, and, if specified pursuant to Section 3.01, their obligations under any other covenant, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and the Securities of such series shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company and any Subsidiary may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.01(c) with respect to Securities of such series but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

 

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Section 12.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 to the Outstanding Securities of any series:

(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.08 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article XII applicable to it) as trust funds in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined herein) that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest thereon will provide money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and additional amounts with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity (or upon Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal or installment of interest and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to said payments with respect to the Securities of such series. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.03 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all of the Outstanding Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article XI hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt;

(b) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (d) and (e) of Section 5.01 hereof are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period) ;

(c) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any such Guarantor is bound;

 

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(d) In the case of an election under Section 12.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Holders and beneficial owners of the Securities of the applicable series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or such deposit and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case had such defeasance and deposit not occurred, and (ii) either (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by the United States Internal Revenue Service, a ruling to that effect, or (B) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law;

(e) In the case of an election under Section 12.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders and beneficial owners of the Securities of the applicable series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit or such covenant defeasance of the obligations referred to in the first paragraph of Section 12.03 and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United Kingdom to the effect that (i) the Holders and beneficial owners of the Securities of the applicable series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United Kingdom tax purposes either as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, or such deposit, and will be subject to United Kingdom tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case had such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, and such deposit not occurred and (ii) payments under or with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and any Guarantees thereof will not become subject to withholding or deduction of United Kingdom tax either as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, or such deposit;

(g) If at such time the Securities of the applicable series are listed on a national securities exchange, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Securities will not be delisted as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under Section 12.02; and

(h) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 12.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 12.03, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company and the Guarantors in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01.

 

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Section 12.05 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Governmental Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 12.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

Anything in this Article XII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 12.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.

Section 12.06 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 12.05 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.02 or 12.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.05; provided , however , that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

SECURITIES GUARANTEES

Section 13.01 Unconditional Guarantee.

Subject to the provisions of this Article XIII, the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee (such guarantees to be referred to herein as “Guarantees”) to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Securities of any series or the obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of and interest on the Securities of such series shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption at the option of Holders pursuant to the provisions of the series of any Securities relating thereto, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, with respect to the Securities of such series and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including amounts due the Trustee hereunder) and all other Obligations shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of Securities of any series or any of such other Obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, or failing performance of any other Obligation of the Company to the Holders under this Indenture or under the Securities of such series, for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be obligated to pay, or to perform or cause the performance of, the same immediately. An Event of Default under this Indenture or the Securities of any applicable series shall constitute an event of default under the Guarantees, and shall entitle the Holders of Securities to accelerate the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the obligations of the Company.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 3.01, the Guarantees will be senior unsecured obligations of the Guarantors and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured obligations of the Guarantors.

The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of any series or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of Securities of such series with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Security, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. The Guarantors hereby waive the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantees shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Securities, this Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of such Securities and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) subject to this Article XIII, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article V hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article V hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee.

 

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The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would otherwise have reduced the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder (whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Guarantors) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If demand for, or acceleration of the time for, payment by the Company is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, all such indebtedness otherwise subject to demand for payment or acceleration shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors as provided herein.

Section 13.02 Limitations on Guarantees.

The obligations of the Guarantors under their Guarantees are limited to the maximum amount which, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantors (including without limitation, any other Guarantor senior debt) will result in the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.

Section 13.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.

The Guarantees set forth in Section 13.01 shall be evidenced by an endorsement, in a form approved by or pursuant to a Supplement Indenture or a Board Resolution, on each Security of a series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Such Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantors by either manual of facsimile signature of an officer of each Guarantor who shall have been duly authorized to so execute by all requisite corporation action. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Security.

The Guarantors hereby agree that the Guarantees shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Guarantee.

If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, the Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Security shall nevertheless be valid.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

Section 13.04 Release of the Guarantors.

(a) Upon the consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into any Person, or the transfer, sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person in compliance with Article VIII, such Guarantor’s Guarantee will be automatically discharged and released from all obligations under this Article XIII without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder; provided , however , the successor Person expressly assumes such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee and the Indenture.

 

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(b) Upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Release Event, each Guarantor’s (other than the Parent’s) Guarantee will be automatically discharged and released from all obligations under this Article XIII without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

(c) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Guarantor upon receipt of a request by the Company or a Guarantor accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying as to the compliance with this Section 13.04; provided , however , that the legal counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel may rely as to matters of fact on one or more Officers’ Certificates of the Company.

(d) The Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or a Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this Article XIII.

Section 13.05 Waiver of Subrogation.

Until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Securities containing Guarantees are discharged and paid in full, the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive and agree not to exercise any claim or other rights which they may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under such Securities or this Indenture and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantees and this Indenture, in any such instance including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Holders against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and any amounts owing to the Trustee or the Holders of such Securities, this Indenture, or any other document or instrument delivered under or in connection with such agreements or instruments, shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Trustee or such Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of itself or such Holders to be credited and applied to the obligations in favor of the Trustee or such Holders, as the case may be, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section 13.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 13.06 Immediate Payment.

Each Guarantor agrees to make immediate payment to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all Obligations owing or payable to the respective Holders upon receipt of a demand for payment therefor by the Trustee to the Guarantor in writing.

 

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Section 13.07 No Set-Off.

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor hereunder in respect of its obligations shall be payable in the currency or currencies in which such obligations are denominated, and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

Section 13.08 Obligations Absolute.

The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are and shall be absolute and unconditional and any monies or amounts expressed to be owing or payable by the Guarantors hereunder which may not be recoverable from the Guarantors on the basis of a Guarantee shall be recoverable from the Guarantor as a primary obligor and principal debtor in respect thereof.

The Obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be continuing and shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full.

Section 13.09 Obligations Not Reduced.

The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be satisfied, reduced or discharged solely by the payment of such principal, interest, fees and other monies or amounts as may at any time prior to discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article XIII be or become owing or payable under or by virtue of or otherwise in connection with the Securities or this Indenture.

Section 13.10 Obligations Not Affected.

The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be affected, impaired or diminished in any way by any act, omission, matter or thing whatsoever, occurring before, upon or after any demand for payment hereunder (and whether or not known or consented to by the Guarantors or any of the Holders) which, but for this provision, might constitute a whole or partial defense to a claim against the Guarantors hereunder or might operate to release or otherwise exonerate the Guarantors from any of their obligations hereunder or otherwise affect such obligations, whether occasioned by default of any of the Holders or otherwise, including, without limitation:

(a) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other circumstance relating to the Company or any other Person, including any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition, dissolution, winding-up or other proceeding involving or affecting the Company or any other Person;

(b) any irregularity, defect, unenforceability or invalidity in respect of any indebtedness or other obligation of the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other document or instrument;

 

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(c) any failure of the Company, whether or not without fault on its part, to perform or comply with any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, or to give notice thereof to the Guarantor;

(d) the taking or enforcing or exercising or the refusal or neglect to take or enforce or exercise any right or remedy from or against the Company or any other Person or their respective assets or the release or discharge of any such right or remedy;

(e) the granting of time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any other Person;

(f) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, any of the Securities, or any other amendment, variation, supplement, replacement or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, any of the Securities of this Indenture, including, without limitation, any increase or decrease in the principal amount of or interest on any of the Securities;

(g) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of the Company or the Guarantors;

(h) except as provided herein, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Guarantor with any Person or Persons;

(i) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction by any present or future action of any governmental authority or court amending, varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations under this Indenture or the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees; and

(j) any other circumstance, including release of the Guarantor other than pursuant to Section 13.04, that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Company under this Indenture or the Securities or of the Guarantors in respect of its Guarantees hereunder.

Section 13.11 Waiver.

Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 13.01 hereof, the Guarantors hereby waive notice of acceptance hereof, notice of any liability of the Guarantors hereunder, notice or proof of reliance by the Holders upon the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder, and diligence, presentment, demand for payment on the Company, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any of the Obligations, or other notice or formalities to the Company or the Guarantors of any kind whatsoever.

Section 13.12 No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company.

Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any security for the Obligations under this Indenture or against the Company or any other Person or any property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and performance by the Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their respective Guarantees or under this Indenture.

 

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Section 13.13 Dealing with the Company and Others.

The Holders, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder and without the consent of or notice to any Guarantor, may:

(a) grant time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges and other indulgences to the Company or any other Person;

(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the Company or from perfecting security or collateral of the Company;

(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise deal with or do any act or thing in respect of (with or without consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other security given by the Company or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters contemplated by this Indenture or the Securities;

(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Company;

(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Company or from any security upon such part of the obligations as the Holders may see fit or change any such application in whole or in part from time to time as the Holders may see fit; and

(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with, the Company and all other Persons and any security as the Holders or the Trustee may see fit.

Section 13.14 Default and Enforcement.

If a Guarantor fails to pay in accordance with Section 13.06 hereof, the Trustee may proceed in its name as trustee hereunder in the enforcement of the Guarantees of such Guarantor and such Guarantor’s obligations thereunder and hereunder by any remedy provided by law, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, and to recover from the Guarantors the Obligations.

Section 13.15 Amendment, Etc.

No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Indenture relating to the Guarantors or consent to any departure by the Guarantors or any other Person from any such provision will in any event be effective unless it is signed by the Guarantors and the Trustee.

Section 13.16 Acknowledgement.

Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges communication of the terms of this Indenture and consents to and approves of the same.

 

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Section 13.17 No Merger or Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No Guarantee shall operate by way of merger of any of the obligations of the Guarantors under any other agreement, including, without limitation, this Indenture. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Trustee or the Holders, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under this Indenture or the Securities, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under this Indenture or the Securities preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges in the Guarantees and under this Indenture, the Securities and any other document or instrument between the Guarantors and/or the Company and the Trustee are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privilege provided by law.

Section 13.18 Survival of Obligations.

Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other obligations of the Guarantors hereunder, the obligations of the Guarantors under Section 13.01 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations under this Indenture and shall be enforceable against the Guarantors without regard to and without giving effect to any defense, right of offset or counterclaim available to or which may be asserted by the Company or the Guarantors.

Section 13.19 Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations.

The obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees and this Indenture are in addition to and not in substitution for any other obligations to the Trustee or to any of the Holders in relation to this Indenture or the Securities and any guarantees or security at any time held by or for the benefit of any of them.

Section 13.20 Severability.

Any provision of this Article XIII which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction unless its removal would substantially defeat the basic intent, spirit and purpose of this Indenture and this Article XIII. In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 13.21 Successors and Assigns.

Each Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders, and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that the Guarantor may assign any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

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

 

INVESCO FINANCE PLC
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director
INVESCO LTD.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO FINANCE, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
IVZ, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.
By  

/s/ Roderick G.H. Ellis

Name:   Roderick G.H. Ellis
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO ADVISORS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director

 

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INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By  

/s/ Melonee Young

Name:   Melonee Young
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

INVESCO FINANCE PLC,

as Issuer,

EACH OF THE GUARANTORS

NAMED HEREIN,

as Guarantors,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

November 8, 2012

 

 

Supplement to Indenture dated as of November 8, 2012

(3.125% Senior Notes due 2022)

 

 

 


FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 8, 2012, by and among INVESCO FINANCE PLC, a public limited company duly organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), INVESCO LTD., INVESCO ADVISERS, INC., INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC., INVESCO FINANCE, INC., IVZ, INC., INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation (hereafter called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have as of November 8, 2012 entered into an Indenture (hereinafter called the “Indenture”, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture) providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness;

WHEREAS, no Securities have been issued under the Indenture and there do not currently exist any Holders;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue one series of senior debt securities under the Indenture, and has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such debt securities and the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to modify the Indenture and provide certain additional provisions as hereinafter described;

WHEREAS, the Company deems it advisable to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of establishing the terms of such debt securities and providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Trustee with respect to such debt securities;

WHEREAS, Section 3.01 of the Indenture provides that certain terms and conditions for each series of Securities issued by the Company thereunder may be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors represent that all conditions and requirements of the Indenture necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by each of them and the execution and delivery thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by such parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the mutual premises and agreements herein contained, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of such debt securities, as follows:


ARTICLE ONE

CREATION OF THE NOTES

Section 1.1. Designation of Series . Pursuant to the terms hereof and Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of its debt securities designated as the “3.125% Senior Notes due 2022” (the “Notes”), which Notes shall be deemed “Securities” for all purposes under the Indenture.

Section 1.2. Form of Notes . The definitive form of the Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein and made part hereof. The Notes shall bear interest, be payable and have such other terms as are stated in the form of definitive Note and in the Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be November 30, 2022.

Section 1.3. Limit on Amount of Series . The Notes initially shall not exceed U.S.$600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, and may, upon the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture or from time to time thereafter, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes upon the delivery of a Company Order. Additional Notes may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture at any time from time to time, and such Notes will have the same terms and conditions as, and be treated as a single class (for all purposes under the Indenture) with the Notes.

Section 1.4. No Sinking Fund . No sinking fund will be provided with respect to the Notes.

Section 1.5. Notes Not Convertible or Exchangeable . The Notes will not be convertible or exchangeable for other securities or property.

Section 1.6. Issuance of Notes; Selection of Depositary . The Notes shall be issued in permanent global form, without coupons. The Notes will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary and deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary or with the Trustee, as custodian for Depositary, for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream.

If the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary, or if, in the case of the Notes held for an account of Euroclear or Clearstream, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, is closed for business for 14 continuous days or announces an intention to cease or permanently ceases business, the Company will issue certificates for the Notes in definitive, fully registered, non-global form without interest coupons in exchange for the Global Securities. In all cases, certificates for Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Security or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by the Depositary.

 

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Section 1.7. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security. In addition to the terms and provisions set forth in Section 3.06 of the Indenture, investors in any Global Security may hold their interests in such Global Security through Euroclear or Clearstream, if they are participants in such systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in such systems. Investors in any Global Security may also hold such interests through organizations other than Euroclear or Clearstream that are participants in the Depositary’s system. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests in such Global Security on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositaries, which, in turn, will hold such interests in such Global Security in customer’s securities accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of the Depositary. All interests in a Global Security, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of the Depositary. Those interests held through Euroclear and Clearstream will be subject to the procedures and requirements of such system.

Section 1.8. Exchanges. The Company may at any time change the stock exchange on which the Notes are listed if it is in their best interest to do so, provided that the Notes are at all times listed on a “recognised stock exchange” (within the meaning of Section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

ARTICLE TWO

APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE FOR THE NOTES

Section 2.1. Appointment of Trustee . Pursuant and subject to the Indenture, the Company hereby constitutes the Trustee as trustee to act on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, and as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes, effective upon execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture. By execution, acknowledgment and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee hereby accepts appointment as trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar with respect to the Notes, and agrees to perform such trusts upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture and in this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.2. Rights, Powers, Duties and Obligations of the Trustee . Any rights, powers, duties and obligations by any provisions of the Indenture conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall, insofar as permitted by law, be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE THREE

COVENANTS

Section 3.1. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the City of New York an office or agency where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes or any Guarantor in respect of the Guarantees and this Indenture may be served. The Trustee’s office located at 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, NY 10286,

 

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Attention: Corporate Trust Department, shall initially be such office or agency of the Company in New York, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes, such office or agency not being in a jurisdiction that requires payments relating to the Notes to be made subject to withholding or deduction for or on account of taxes imposed by that jurisdiction. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the Company and each Guarantor hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside of The City of New York) outside of the United Kingdom (provided, however, that in doing so it shall not designate such offices or agencies in a jurisdiction that requires payments relating to the Notes to be made subject to withholding or deduction for or on account of taxes imposed by that jurisdiction) where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 3.2. Applicability of Article. The covenants set forth in Article X of the Indenture and this Article Three shall apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE FOUR

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Pursuant to Section 3.01(vii) and Article XI of the Indenture, so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding, the following provisions shall be applicable to the Notes:

Section 4.1. Redemption for Tax Reasons.

(a) If, as the result of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of a Tax Jurisdiction (as defined in Section 5.1 of this First Supplemental Indenture), or any change in or amendment to the official application, administration or interpretation of these laws, regulations or published tax rulings, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, November 5, 2012 (or, in the case of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of any jurisdiction that becomes a Tax Jurisdiction after November 5, 2012, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, the date such jurisdiction becomes a Tax Jurisdiction), the Company determines in good faith that it must pay any Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 5.1 of this First Supplemental Indenture) which are more than a de minimis amount and that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company or any of the Guarantors, then the Company may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Amounts to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

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(b) If the Company chooses to redeem the Notes, the Company shall deliver a notice of redemption to Holders of the Notes not less than 30 but no more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (which notice shall be irrevocable). In addition, as long as the Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange as meets the definition of a “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007), to the extent required by that exchange, the Company shall give notice to that exchange and publicize such redemption in accordance with any such requirements of that exchange. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portion of the Notes called for redemption. Immediately prior to the mailing of any notice of redemption described in this Section, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (1) a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to elect to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right so to elect to redeem have occurred and (2) an Opinion of Counsel qualified under the laws of the relevant Tax Jurisdiction to the effect that the Company must pay Additional Amounts as a result of such amendment or change referred to in Section 4.1(a) and that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company or any of the Guarantors.

Section 4.2. Optional Redemption by the Company.

(a) The Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) on such Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes to but excluding the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest installments due on an Interest Payment Date which is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to Holders who are Holders of record of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

All determinations made by any Reference Treasury Dealer with respect to determining the Redemption Price pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be final and binding on the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders absent manifest error.

(b) The provisions of Article XI of the Indenture shall apply to a redemption of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.2; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.05 of the Indenture, the notice of the redemption described therein shall not state the Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be provided by a separate notice to the Holders of the Notes on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Section 4.3. Certain Definitions. For purposes hereof,

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financing practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means (a) the average of the remaining Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Quotation Agent ” means a Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated or their affiliates which are primary U.S. government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall select another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

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

Section 4.4. Notice of Redemption. In addition to the terms set forth in Section 11.05 of the Indenture with respect to notice of redemption, as long as the Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange as meets the definition of a “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007), to the extent required by that exchange, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the New York Stock Exchange and publicize such redemption in accordance with any such requirements of such exchange.

 

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Section 4.5. Applicability of Article. Redemption of the Notes at the election of the Company or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of the Notes or this First Supplemental Indenture, shall be made in accordance with Article XI of the Indenture and this Article Four; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.05 of the Indenture, the notice of the redemption described therein shall not state the Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be provided by a separate notice to the Holders of the Notes on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

ARTICLE FIVE

PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

Section 5.1. Additional Amounts. All payments made by the Company and the Guarantors under or with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, levies, imposts or other governmental charges of similar nature (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (collectively “Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law or the interpretation or administration thereof. In the event that any withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of (i) the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any of the Guarantors are organized or incorporated, engaged in business, resident for tax purposes or generally subject to tax on a net income basis, or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or situated therein or (ii) any jurisdiction from or through which any payment is made by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Guarantors (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of any Paying Agent) or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or situated therein (each a “Tax Jurisdiction”) is at any time so required to be made from any payments made by the Company or any of the Guarantors under or with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees, the Company shall pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each Holder of the Notes (after such deduction or withholding of such Taxes, including any deduction or withholding of such Taxes with respect to such Additional Amounts) shall equal the respective amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments had no such withholding or deduction of such Taxes been so required.

Section 5.2. Exception to Payments of Additional Amounts. The Company’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 5.1 shall not apply to:

(a) any Taxes (1) to the extent that such Taxes would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes and the Tax Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes, other than solely resulting from the mere acquisition, holding, ownership, or disposition of the Notes, the enforcement of, or exercise of rights under, the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantees, and/or receipt of payment in respect of the Notes; (2) to the extent such Taxes would not have been so imposed but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes (i) to comply with any reasonable

 

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request made by the Company in writing to such Holder or beneficial owner at least 90 days before any withholding or deduction of such Taxes would be so required; (ii) to make a timely and valid declaration or similar claim for exemption from such Taxes or to comply with applicable certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s identity, nationality, residence, place of establishment or connection with the Tax Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes; or (iii) to make any other declaration or similar claim or otherwise satisfy any information reporting requirements, in each case, which is imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of such Tax Jurisdiction as a precondition to an applicable exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such Taxes, but in each case, only to the extent such holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to make such declaration or claim or to comply with such requirements; (3) to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a Holder of Notes that would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting such note to another Paying Agent in another member state of the European Union; or (4) to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder of such Note, except to the extent that such Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented for payment on the last day of such 30-day period;

(b) except as otherwise provided below, any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar Taxes;

(c) any Taxes which are imposed on a payment to any holder and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

(d) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes; or

(e) any combination of the items listed in the (a), (b), (c) or (d) in this Section 5.2.

Section 5.3. Indemnification. The Company and the Guarantors shall also pay and indemnify Holders and beneficial owners of the Notes for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies or Taxes (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to, or the enforcement of, the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantees (such sum being recoverable from us as a liquidated sum payable as a debt).

Section 5.4. Notice to Trustee. If the Company or the Guarantors become aware that the Company or any Guarantor shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee on a date which is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Company shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) notice stating the fact that Additional Amounts shall be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The notice must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date. The Company shall provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

 

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Section 5.5. Witholding of Taxes. The Company and the Guarantors shall make all withholdings and deductions of Taxes (within the time period and in the minimum amount) so required and shall remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable efforts to obtain tax receipts from each tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Company shall furnish to the Trustee (or to a Holder upon request), within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing payment of such Taxes by the Company or any Guarantor, or if, notwithstanding the Company’s or such Guarantor’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payment of such Taxes (reasonably satisfactory to Trustee) by the Company or such Guarantor.

Section 5.6. Additional Amounts Included in Payments. Whenever the Indenture refers in any context to the payment of principal of, interest on, or any other amount payable on, any Note or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Note, such reference includes the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the Indenture to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were, or would be payable pursuant to the Indenture.

Section 5.7 . Use of the Term “additional amounts”. Whenever the Indenture refers to the term “additional amounts” in Sections 4.01, 5.01, 5.02, 9.02, 10.10 and 12.04 of the Indenture, such term shall be deemed to be “Additional Amounts” as defined in Section 5.1 above.

Section 5.8. Survival. The obligations in this Article Five shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Company or any Guarantor is incorporated or organized, engaged in business, resident for tax purposes or generally subject to tax on a net income basis, or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or situated therein or any jurisdiction from or through any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee is made by or on behalf of such Person (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of any Paying Agent) or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or situated therein.

ARTICLE SIX

DEFEASANCE

Section 6.1. Defeasance Applicable to Notes. Pursuant to Section 3.01(xi) and Section 12.01 of the Indenture, the Company will have (i) the option of defeasance of the Notes under Section 12.02 of the Indenture and (ii) the option of covenant defeasance under Section 12.03 of the Indenture, in each case, upon the terms and conditions contained in Article XII of the Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN

GUARANTEES

Section 7.1. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees. To further evidence the Guarantees set forth in Section 13.01 of the Indenture, the Guarantors hereby agree that a notation of such Guarantee, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

ARTICLE SEVEN

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1. Application of First Supplemental Indenture . Each and every term and condition contained in this First Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the Indenture shall apply only to the Notes created hereby and not to any future series of Notes established under the Indenture.

Section 8.2. Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture . Nothing contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than a Holder of the Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee any right or interest to avail itself or himself, as the case may be, of any benefit under any provision of the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 8.3. Effective Date . This First Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date first above written and upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto.

Section 8.4. Governing Law . This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without regard to applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof that would require the application of the law of any other state).

Section 8.5. Counterparts . This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 8.6. Satisfaction and Discharge . The Company shall be deemed to have satisfied all of its obligations under this First Supplemental Indenture upon compliance with the provisions of (1) Section 4.01 of the Indenture relating to satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture or (2) Section 12.02 of the Indenture relating to defeasance of the Notes, to the extent set forth in Section 12.01 of the Indenture.

Section 8.7. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

 

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The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 

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

 

INVESCO FINANCE PLC
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director
INVESCO LTD.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:  

Chief Financial Officer

INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director
INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
By  

/s/ Roderick G.H. Ellis

Name:   Roderick G.H. Ellis
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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INVESCO FINANCE, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
IVZ, INC.
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
By  

/s/ Loren M. Starr

Name:   Loren M. Starr
Title:   Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, solely as Trustee
By  

/s/ Melonee Young

Name:   Melonee Young
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

3.125% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2022

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

[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.06 OF THE INDENTURE.]*

 

 

INVESCO FINANCE PLC

 

 

$[                    ]

3.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

No.                CUSIP No: 46132FAA8

INVESCO FINANCE PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]*, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                              (US$              ), on November 30, 2022.

 

 

* Insert in Global Securities

 

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Interest Rate:    3.125% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates:    May 30 and November 30 of each year commencing May 30, 2013.
Regular Record Dates:    May 15 and November 15 of each year.

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

 

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

 

Date:                         INVESCO FINANCE PLC
   By:   

 

   Title:   

 

 

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(Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)

This is one of the 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture (as supplemented by the within mentioned First Supplemental Indenture).

 

Date:                     

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

   

Authorized Signatory

 

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[REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]

INVESCO FINANCE PLC

3.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

1. Principal and Interest .

The Company will pay the principal of this Security on November 30, 2022.

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth below, at the rate of 3.125% per annum.

Interest will be payable semiannually (to the holders of record of the Securities (or any predecessor Securities) at the close of business on the Regular Record Date) on each Interest Payment Date, commencing May 30, 2013.

Interest on this Security will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on this Security or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issue; provided that, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Security is authenticated between a Regular Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Under certain circumstances described in the Indenture, the Company or the Guarantors also shall pay Additional Amounts to the Holders of Securities.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, to the extent lawful, at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the Securities.

 

2. Method of Payment .

The Company will pay interest (except defaulted interest) on the principal amount of the Securities on each May 30 and November 30 to the persons who are Holders (as reflected in the Security Register at the close of business on the May 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, whether or not such May 15 or November 15 is a Business Day), in each case, even if the Security is cancelled on registration of transfer or registration of exchange after such record date; provided that, with respect to the payment of principal, the Company will make payment to the Holder that surrenders this Security to any Paying Agent on or after November 30, 2022.

 

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The Company will pay principal, interest and Additional Amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payment of the principal of, interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York (which shall be located at 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, NY 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for such purpose), in lawful money of the United States of America, or payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register; provided, however, that all payments to Holders who have given wire transfer instructions to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent) by the Regular Record Date for such payment will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by such Holder. If a payment date is a date other than a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar .

Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar upon written notice thereto. The Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. No Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar shall be located in a jurisdiction that requires payments relating to the Notes to be made subject to withholding or deduction for or on account of taxes imposed by that jurisdiction.

 

4. Guarantees.

This Security is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee made by each of the Guarantors as described in the Indenture, pursuant to which the Guarantors have irrevocably, fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis the punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security. A Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

5. Indenture; Limitations.

The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of November 8, 2012 as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 8, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors” which term will include all successor guarantors under the Indenture) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.

The Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

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6. Redemption.

(a) Subject to Section 4.1 of the First Supplemental Indenture, in the event that the Company has become or would become obligated to pay any Additional Amounts as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of a Tax Jurisdiction, or any change in or amendment to the official application, administration or interpretation of these laws, regulations or published tax rulings, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, November 5, 2012 (or, in the case of any change in or amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of any jurisdiction that becomes a Tax Jurisdiction after November 5, 2012, which change or amendment was not announced before, and becomes effective on or after, the date such jurisdiction becomes a Tax Jurisdiction), then the Company may redeem all, but not less than all, of the Securities at any time at 100% of the principal amount thereof on the Redemption Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date. Prior to the publication of the notice of redemption in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel.

(b) The Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) on such Securities to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, thereon to but excluding the Redemption Date; provided, however, that interest installments due on an Interest Payment Date which is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to Holders who are Holders of record of such Securities as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date preceding such Interest Payment Date.

(c) Notice of a redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s last address as it appears in the Security Register. Securities in original denominations larger than US$2,000 may be redeemed in part in integral multiples of US$1,000. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Securities are in registered form without coupons, in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities selected for redemption (except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part). Also, it need not register the transfer or exchange of any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed is made.

 

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As long as the Securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other exchange as meets the definition of a “recognised stock exchange” within the meaning of section 1005 of the U.K. Income Tax Act 2007), to the extent required by that exchange, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the New York Stock Exchange and publicize such redemption in accordance with any such requirements of such exchange.

 

8. Persons Deemed Owners.

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

 

9. Unclaimed Money .

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment, unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.

 

10. Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.

Provided other conditions in the Indenture are met, if the Company irrevocably deposits, or causes to be deposited, with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to redemption or maturity, the Company will be discharged from the Indenture and the Securities, except in certain circumstances for certain sections thereof.

 

11. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, and any existing default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, make changes that comply with rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed or traded and make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.

 

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12. Restrictive Covenants .

The Indenture contains certain covenants, including, without limitation, covenants with respect to the merger and certain transfers of assets. Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company must report to the Trustee on compliance with such covenants.

 

13. Successor Persons .

When a successor person or other entity expressly assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor person will be released from those obligations, provided other conditions in the Indenture are met.

 

14. Remedies for Events of Default .

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the Company or any Guarantor occurs and is continuing, the Securities automatically become immediately due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

15. Trustee Dealings with Company .

The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for, and otherwise deal with, the Company and its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

 

16. Authentication .

This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

 

17. Abbreviations .

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

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to INVESCO FINANCE PLC, 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

 

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SCHEDULE I

INVESCO FINANCE PLC

3.125% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2022

 

Date    Principal Amount    Notation

 

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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto:                                      [Insert Taxpayer Identification No.]                                                                                                              

 

 

                                                                                                                                            [Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee]

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

 

attorney and agent to transfer such Security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Date:                     

[NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.]

 

 

Signature guaranteed by a member of a “Signature Guarantee Program” (“STAMP”), Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, (“MSP”) (an “Eligible Institution”), the signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

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GUARANTEE

For value received, the undersigned hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee, as principal obligor and not only as a surety, to the Holder of this Security the cash payments in U.S. dollars of principal of and interest on this Security in the amounts and at the times when due and interest on the overdue principal, interest, if any, and Additional Amounts with respect to this Security, if lawful, and the payment or performance of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture (as defined below) or the Securities, to the Holder of this Security and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Security, Article XIII of the Indenture and this Guarantee. This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with Article XIII of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Security.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 8, 2012 by and among Invesco Finance PLC, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”)) relating to the 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Indenture”) dated as of November 8, 2012 among Invesco Finance PLC, the Guarantors and the Trustee.

The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.

This Guarantee will be a senior unsecured obligation of the Guarantors and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured obligations of the Guarantors.

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

This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Date: November 8, 2012

 

INVESCO LTD.

By

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

INVESCO ADVISERS, INC.

By

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

INVESCO MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.

By

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

INVESCO NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.

By

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

INVESCO FINANCE, INC.

By

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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IVZ, INC.
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  
INVESCO HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

Invesco Ltd.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta

Georgia, 30309

USA

  

e-mail:

cbrough@applebyglobal.com

 

direct dial:

Tel 441 298 3255

Fax 441 298 3439

 

your ref:

 

appleby ref:

CB/cb/137506.0025

Dear Sirs    9 November 2012

Invesco Ltd. (the “Company”)

This opinion as to Bermuda law is addressed to you in connection with the guarantee by the Company as guarantor of the obligations of Invesco Finance PLC (the “ Issuer ”) pursuant to the purchase agreement in respect of the Issuer’s 3.125% senior notes due 2022 dated as of 5 November 2012 among the Issuer, the Company (as a guarantor), the other guarantors named therein, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

You have requested that we provide this opinion in connection with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (the “ Current Report ”) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) and which is to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement filed by the Company, Invesco Finance, Inc and Invesco Finance PLC on 5 November 2012 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act. You have asked us to provide this opinion in connection with the following agreements:

 

  (i) the Purchase Agreement;


  (ii) the Indenture; and

 

  (iii) the Guarantee.

(The Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Guarantee are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Subject Agreements ”).

For the purposes of this opinion we have examined and relied upon the documents (the “ Documents ”) listed, and in some cases defined, in the Schedule to this opinion (the “ Schedule ”), together with such other documentation as we have considered requisite to this opinion.

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

Assumptions

In stating our opinion we have assumed:

 

(a) the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all Documents and other documentation examined by us submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all Documents and other such documentation submitted to us as certified, conformed, notarised, faxed or photostatic copies;

 

(b) that each of the Documents and other such documentation which was received by electronic means is complete, intact and in conformity with the transmission as sent;

 

(c) the genuineness of all signatures on the Documents;

 

(d) the authority, capacity and power of each of the persons signing the Documents (other than the Company in respect of the Subject Agreements to which it is a party);


(e) that any representation, warranty or statement of fact or law, other than as to the laws of Bermuda, made in any of the Documents is true, accurate and complete;

 

(f) that the Subject Agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto, other than the Company, under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or its jurisdiction of formation;

 

(g) that the Subject Agreements have been validly authorised, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto, other than the Company, and the performance thereof is within the capacity and powers of each such party thereto, and that each such party to which the Company purportedly delivered the Subject Agreements has actually received and accepted delivery of such Subject Agreements;

 

(h) that the Subject Agreements will effect, and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, under the laws of the State of New York by which they are expressed to be governed;

 

(i) that the Subject Agreements are in the proper legal form to be admissible in evidence and enforced in the federal courts of the United States in the city and county of New York, Borough of Manhattan and the New York State courts in the city and county of New York, Borough of Manhattan (hereinafter referred to as the “ New York Courts ”) and in accordance with the laws of the State of New York;

 

(j) that there are no provisions of the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda which would be contravened by the execution or delivery of the Subject Agreements or which would have any implication in relation to the opinion expressed herein and that, in so far as any obligation under, or action to be taken under, the Subject Agreements is required to be performed or taken in any jurisdiction outside Bermuda, the performance of such obligation or the taking of such action will constitute a valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto under the laws of that jurisdiction and will not be illegal by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction;


(k) that none of the parties to the Subject Agreements maintains a place of business (as defined in section 4(6) of the Investment Business Act 2003), in Bermuda;

 

(l) that the records which were the subject of the Company Search were complete and accurate at the time of such search and disclosed all information which is material for the purposes of this opinion and such information has not since the date and time of the Company Search been materially altered;

 

(m) that the records which were the subject of the Litigation Search were complete and accurate at the time of such search and disclosed all information which is material for the purposes of this opinion and such information has not since the date and time of the Litigation Search been materially altered;

 

(n) that the Resolutions are in full force and effect, have not been rescinded, either in whole or in part, and accurately record the resolutions passed by the Board of Directors of the Company as unanimous written resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company and that there is no matter affecting the authority of the Directors to effect entry by the Company into the Subject Agreements, not disclosed by the Constitutional Documents or the Resolutions, which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein;

 

(o) that when the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Resolutions, no Director failed to discharge his fiduciary duty owed to the Company and to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company;

 

(p) that the Company has entered into its obligations under the Subject Agreements in good faith for the purpose of carrying on its business and that, at the time it did so, there were reasonable grounds for believing that the transactions contemplated by the Subject Agreements to which it is a party would benefit the Company;

 

(q) that each transaction to be entered into pursuant to the Subject Agreements is entered into in good faith and for full value and will not have the effect of preferring one creditor over another; and

 

(r) that there are no matters of fact or law (other than matters of Bermuda law) affecting the enforceability of the Subject Agreements that have arisen since the execution of the Subject Agreements which would affect the opinions expressed herein.


Opinion

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the reservations set out below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:

 

(1) The Subject Agreements to which the Company is a party have been duly executed by the Company and each constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

Reservations

We have the following reservations:

 

(a) The term “enforceable” as used in this opinion means that there is a way of ensuring that each party performs an agreement or that there are remedies available for breach.

 

(b) We express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies such as specific performance or injunctive relief, or as to any matters which are within the discretion of the courts of Bermuda in respect of any obligations of the Company as set out in the Subject Agreements. In particular, we express no opinion as to the enforceability of any present or future waiver of any provision of law (whether substantive or procedural) or of any right or remedy which might otherwise be available presently or in the future under the Subject Agreements.

 

(c) Enforcement of the obligations of the Company under the Subject Agreements may be limited or affected by applicable laws from time to time in effect relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any other laws or other legal procedures affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

 

(d) Enforcement of the obligations of the Company may be the subject of a statutory limitation of the time within which such proceedings may be brought.


(e) We express no opinion as to any law other than Bermuda law and none of the opinions expressed herein relates to compliance with or matters governed by the laws of any jurisdiction except Bermuda. This opinion is limited to Bermuda law as applied by the courts of Bermuda at the date hereof.

 

(f) Where an obligation is to be performed in a jurisdiction other than Bermuda, the courts of Bermuda may refuse to enforce it to the extent that such performance would be illegal under the laws of, or contrary to public policy of, such other jurisdiction.

 

(g) We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision incorporated into any of the Subject Agreements by reference to a law other than that of Bermuda, or as to the availability in Bermuda of remedies which are available in other jurisdictions.

 

(h) Where a person is vested with a discretion or may determine a matter in his or its opinion, such discretion may have to be exercised reasonably or such an opinion may have to be based on reasonable grounds.

 

(i) Any provision in the Subject Agreements that certain calculations or certificates will be conclusive and binding will not be effective if such calculations or certificates are fraudulent or erroneous on their face and will not necessarily prevent juridical enquiries into the merits of any claim by an aggrieved party.

 

(j) We express no opinion as to the validity or binding effect of any provision in the Subject Agreements for the payment of interest at a higher rate on overdue amounts than on amounts which are current, or that liquidated damages are or may be payable. Such a provision may not be enforceable if it could be established that the amount expressed as being payable was in the nature of a penalty; that is to say a requirement for a stipulated sum to be paid irrespective of, or necessarily greater than, the loss likely to be sustained. If it cannot be demonstrated to the Bermuda court that the higher payment was a reasonable pre-estimate of the loss suffered, the court will determine and award what it considers to be reasonable damages. Section 9 of The Interest and Credit Charges (Regulations) Act 1975 provides that the Bermuda courts have discretion as to the amount of interest, if any, payable on the amount of a judgment after date of judgment. If the Court does not exercise that discretion, then interest will accrue at the statutory rate which is currently 7% per annum.


(k) We express no opinion as to the validity or binding effect of any provision of the Subject Agreements which provides for the severance of illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.

 

(l) A Bermuda court may refuse to give effect to any provisions of the Subject Agreements in respect of costs of unsuccessful litigation brought before the Bermuda court or where that court has itself made an order for costs.

 

(m) Searches of the Register of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies and of the Supreme Court Causes Book at the Registry of the Supreme Court are not conclusive and it should be noted that the Register of Companies and the Supreme Court Causes Book do not reveal:

 

  (i) details of matters which have been lodged for filing or registration which as a matter of best practice of the Registrar of Companies or the Registry of the Supreme Court would have or should have been disclosed on the public file, the Causes Book or the Judgment Book, as the case may be, but for whatever reason have not actually been filed or registered or are not disclosed or which, notwithstanding filing or registration, at the date and time the search is concluded are for whatever reason not disclosed or do not appear on the public file, the Causes Book or Judgment Book;

 

  (ii) details of matters which should have been lodged for filing or registration at the Registrar of Companies or the Registry of the Supreme Court but have not been lodged for filing or registration at the date the search is concluded;

 

  (iii) whether an application to the Supreme Court for a winding-up petition or for the appointment of a receiver or manager has been prepared but not yet been presented or has been presented but does not appear in the Causes Book at the date and time the search is concluded;


  (iv) whether any arbitration or administrative proceedings are pending or whether any proceedings are threatened, or whether any arbitrator has been appointed; or

 

  (v) whether a receiver or manager has been appointed privately pursuant to the provisions of a debenture or other security, unless notice of the fact has been entered in the Register of Charges in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Furthermore, in the absence of a statutorily defined system for the registration of charges created by companies incorporated outside Bermuda (“overseas companies”) over their assets located in Bermuda, it is not possible to determine definitively from searches of the Register of Charges maintained by the Registrar of Companies in respect of such overseas companies what charges have been registered over any of their assets located in Bermuda or whether any one charge has priority over any other charge over such assets.

 

(n) In order to issue this opinion we have carried out the Company Search as referred to in the Schedule to this opinion and have not enquired as to whether there has been any change since the date and time of such search.

 

(o) In order to issue this opinion we have carried out the Litigation Search as referred to in the Schedule to this opinion and have not enquired as to whether there has been any change since the date and time of such search.

 

(p) We recognise that it may be possible for a court of a jurisdiction other than the New York Courts to assert jurisdiction over the proceedings involving the Subject Agreements. Should such other court assert jurisdiction over the proceedings involving the Subject Agreements then solely in relation to Section 17 of the Purchase Agreement, the Subject Agreements would not necessarily be enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

Disclosure

This opinion is addressed to you in connection with the filing of the Current Report with the United Stated Securities and Exchange Commission.


We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Current Report as an exhibit thereto. Further, this opinion speaks as of its date and is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and we assume no obligation to review or update this opinion if applicable law or the existing facts or circumstances should change.

This opinion is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with Bermuda law. It is given on the basis that it will not give rise to any legal proceedings with respect thereto in any jurisdiction other than Bermuda.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Appleby (Bermuda) Limited

Appleby (Bermuda) Limited


SCHEDULE

 

1. The entries and filings shown in respect of the Company on the file of the Company maintained in the Register of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by a search conducted on 8 November 2012 at 9:15 am (the “ Company Search ”).

 

2. The entries and filings shown in respect of the Company in the Supreme Court Causes Book maintained at the Registry of the Supreme Court in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by a search conducted on 8 November 2012 at 9:10 am (the “ Litigation Search ”).

 

3. Certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum of Association and Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of the Company (collectively referred to as the “ Constitutional Documents ”).

 

4. A PDF copy of the unanimous written resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on 26 October 2012 (the “ Resolutions ”).

 

5. A certified copy of the “Foreign Exchange Letter”, dated 12 September 2007, issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, Hamilton Bermuda in relation to the Company.

 

6. A certified copy of the “Tax Assurance”, dated 22 February 2012, issued by the Registrar of Companies for the Minister of Finance in relation to the Company.

 

7. A Certificate of Compliance, dated 8 November 2012 issued by the Registrar of Companies in respect of the Company.

 

8. A certified copy of the Register of Directors and Officers in respect of the Company.

 

9. A PDF copy of the executed Purchase Agreement.


10. A PDF copy of the executed base indenture dated 8 November 2012 between the Issuer, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”).

 

11. A PDF copy of the executed supplemental indenture dated 8 November 2012 between the Issuer, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).

 

12. A PDF copy of the executed guarantee dated 8 November 2012 issued by the Company and the other guarantors pursuant to the Indenture in favour of the Underwriters (the “ Guarantee ”).

 

13. A PDF copy of the registration statement filed on Form S-3 by the Company, the Issuer and Invesco Finance Inc. on 5 November 2012.

 

14. A PDF copy of the prospectus supplement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 7 November 2012 by the Issuer.

Exhibit 5.2

A LSTON & B IRD LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10016

212-210-9400

Fax:212-210-9444

www.alston.com

November 8, 2012

Invesco Finance PLC

30 Finsbury Square

London, EC2A 1AG, United Kingdom

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as United States counsel to Invesco Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Issuer” ), Invesco Ltd., a Bermuda exempted limited company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the “ Company ”), Invesco Finance, Inc. and certain other guarantors (together with the Company, the “Guarantors” ) in the Purchase Agreement, dated November 5, 2012, between the Issuer, the Guarantors and the underwriters named therein in connection with the offering of the Company’s 3.125% senior notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”). The Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors (such guarantees the “ Guarantees ” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”). This opinion letter is rendered pursuant to Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

We have examined the indenture dated as of November 8, 2012, by and among the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”) and a supplemental indenture dated as of November 8, 2012, by and among the Company and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”) (the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture together, the “ Indenture ”), the Securities, and the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-184744) (the “ Registration Statement ”). We also have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other documents, records, certificates and instruments (collectively, the “ Ancillary Documents ”) as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below. In rendering such opinions, we have relied as to factual matters upon the representations, warranties and other statements made in the Indenture and the Ancillary Documents.

In rendering our opinions set forth below, we have assumed, without any independent verification, (i) the genuineness of all signatures, (ii) the legal capacity of all natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as conformed, telefacsimile, photostatic or electronic copies,


(v) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Securities by each of the parties thereto, other than those Guarantors organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware Guarantors” ), under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, and (vi) that all parties to the documents examined by us, other than the Delaware Guarantors, have full power and authority under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under such documents and under the other documents required or permitted to be delivered and performed thereunder.

The opinions rendered in paragraphs 1 and 2 below relating to the enforceability of the Indenture and the Securities are subject to the effects of: (i) bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, and similar laws, and limitations imposed under judicial decisions related to or affecting creditors’ right and remedies generally; (ii) general equitable principles, regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and principles limiting the availability of the remedy of specific performance; (iii) concepts of good faith, fair dealing, materiality and reasonableness; and (iv) the possible unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions providing for indemnification or contribution that is contrary to public policy. In particular, as contemplated by these qualifications, in rendering the opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 below, we express no opinion as to federal or state laws relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers. Further, no opinion is given herein as to the enforceability of any particular provision of the Indenture or the Securities, relating to (i) waivers of rights to object to jurisdiction or venue, or consents to jurisdiction or venue, (ii) waivers of rights to (or methods of) service of process, or rights to trial by jury, or other rights or benefits bestowed by operation of law, (iii) waivers of any applicable defenses, setoffs, recoupments, or counterclaims, (iv) the grant of powers of attorney or proxies, (v) exculpation or exoneration clauses, indemnity clauses, and clauses relating to releases or waivers of unmatured claims or rights, (vi) submission to binding arbitration, or (vii) the imposition or collection or payment of any premium, liquidated damages, or other amount which may be held by any court to be a “penalty” or a “forfeiture.”

Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

1. the Indenture is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors enforceable against the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms; and

2. the Securities are validly issued and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

Our opinions set forth herein are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the laws of the State of New York, and the federal law of the United States, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other laws.

 

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This opinion letter is provided to the Issuer for its use solely in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement and may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose without our express written consent, except that the Company may file a copy of this opinion letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The only opinions rendered by us consist of those matters set forth in the paragraphs 1 and 2 above, and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the opinions expressly stated. Our opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable law or any other matters that may come to our attention after the date hereof that may affect our opinions expressed herein.

We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be incorporated by reference into 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 of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
By:  

/s/ Mark F. McElreath

  Mark F. McElreath
  Partner

 

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Exhibit 5.3

 

 

Linklaters LLP

One Silk Street

London EC2Y 8HQ

Telephone (+44) 20 7456 2000

Facsimile (+44) 20 7456 2222

DX Box Number 10 CDE

 

To: Invesco Finance PLC
  30 Finsbury Square
  London EC2A 1AG

9 November 2012

Dear Sirs

Invesco Finance PLC (the “Issuer”) U.S.$600,000,000 3.125 per cent. Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, among others, Invesco Holding Company Limited (the “English Guarantor”)

 

1 We have acted as your English legal advisers in connection with the issue of the Notes and the giving of the guarantee in respect of the Notes by the English Guarantor (the “Guarantee”) and have taken instructions solely from you.

 

2 This opinion is limited to English law as applied by the English courts and in effect on the date of this opinion. It is given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. In particular we express no opinion on matters of federal law of the United States, the laws of any State of the United States or the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

3 For the purpose of this opinion we have examined the documents listed and, where appropriate, defined in the Schedule to this opinion.

 

4 We have assumed that:

 

4.1 (except in the case of the Issuer and the English Guarantor) all relevant documents are within the capacity and powers of, and have been validly authorised by, each party

 

4.2 (in the case of each party) those documents have been validly executed and delivered by the relevant party

 

4.3 the meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Issuer and the English Guarantor each held on 31 October 2012 (in respect of which certified copies of the Minutes have been supplied to us) were duly convened and constituted, a quorum was present and acting throughout and the resolutions referred to in the Minutes were duly and validly passed and have not been amended, modified or rescinded

 

4.4 each of the documents which are the subject of this opinion is valid and binding on each party under the law to which it is expressed to be subject where that is not English law and that words and phrases used in those documents have the same meaning and effect as they would if those documents were governed by English law

 

This communication is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity.

Linklaters LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC326345. It is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The term partner in relation to Linklaters LLP is used to refer to a member of Linklaters LLP or an employee or consultant of Linklaters LLP or any of its affiliated firms or entities with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the names of the members of Linklaters LLP together with a list of those non-members who are designated as partners and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at its registered office, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ or on www.linklaters.com and such persons are either solicitors, registered foreign lawyers or European lawyers.

Please refer to www.linklaters.com/regulation for important information on our regulatory position.

 

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4.5 the Managers have complied with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “ FSMA ”) and any applicable secondary legislation made under it with respect to anything done by them in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom (including Sections 19 (carrying on a regulated activity) and 21 (financial promotion))

 

5 References in this opinion to:

 

5.1 the “ Principal Agreements ” are to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture

 

5.2 the “ Notes ” include the Global Certificates unless the context indicates otherwise

 

6 Based on the documents referred to, and assumptions made, in paragraphs 3 and 4 above and subject to the qualifications in paragraph 7 below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the following opinion:

 

6.1 The Issuer is a company incorporated in England under the Companies Act 2006.

 

6.2 The Issuer has corporate power to enter into and to perform its obligations under the Principal Agreements and the Notes and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise its execution, delivery and performance of the Principal Agreements and the Notes.

 

6.3 The English Guarantor is a company incorporated in England under the Companies Acts 1929 to 2006.

 

6.4 The English Guarantor has corporate power to enter into and to perform its obligations under the Principal Agreements and the Guarantee and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise its execution, delivery and performance of the Principal Agreements and the Guarantee.

 

6.5 In any court proceedings taken in England for the enforcement of the provisions of the Principal Agreements, the Notes or the Guarantee the choice of New York law as the governing law thereof will be recognised and upheld.

 

6.6 The submission to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts (as defined below) and appointment of an agent for the service of process contained in the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement are valid under English law as currently in force and under current practice of the English courts at the date hereof; and a final and conclusive judgment of any state or federal court in the City and State of New York (each a “ New York Court ” and together the “ New York Courts ”) in respect of any legal suit, action or proceeding brought to enforce any liability of the Issuer or the English Guarantor (as the case may be) under the Principal Agreements (a “ United States Judgment ”) would be capable of being enforced by fresh proceedings in an English court against the Issuer or the English Guarantor (as the case may be) without the necessity for a re-trial or re-examination of the matters thereby adjudicated unless:

 

  (i) the English court is not satisfied, in accordance with its own conflict of law principles, that the New York Court had jurisdiction over the Issuer or the English Guarantor as the case may be (the English court will normally be so satisfied if the Issuer or the English Guarantor (as the case may be) has freely submitted to the jurisdiction of the New York Court);

 

  (ii) the judgment is not for a specific sum of money;

 

  (iii) the judgment was not final and conclusive;

 

  (iv) the judgment was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;

 

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  (v) enforcement of the judgment would be contrary to English public policy or if the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained were contrary to natural justice; or

 

  (vi) the proceedings were of a revenue or penal nature; and

 

  provided that:

 

  (a) execution of an English judgment based on a judgment of a New York Court may be stayed if the latter judgment is the subject of a pending appeal or the judgment debtor is entitled and intends to appeal against the judgment;

 

  (b) in any proceedings to enforce in an English court a foreign judgment (including a United States Judgment) it is open to the defendant to raise any counterclaim that he could have brought if the action had originally been brought in England unless the subject of the counterclaim was in issue and decided in the proceedings before the New York Court; and

 

  (c) by virtue of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980, a judgment for multiple damages will not be enforceable and under that Act, United Kingdom citizens and corporations and other persons carrying on business in the United Kingdom may recover sums paid under foreign judgments (including a United States Judgment) for multiple damages in excess of the compensation for the loss of the person in whose favour the foreign judgment was given.

 

6.7 Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of the Principal Agreements, nor the creation or issue of Notes, will of itself (a) result in any violation of the Memorandum or Articles of Association of the Issuer or (b) any violation of any applicable mandatory provision of English law or regulation of general application binding on the Issuer.

 

6.8 Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the English Guarantor of the Principal Agreements nor the granting of the Guarantee will of itself (a) result in any violation of the Memorandum or Articles of Association of the English Guarantor or (b) any violation of any applicable mandatory provision of English law or regulation of general application binding on the English Guarantor.

 

6.9 There are no consents, approvals, authorisations, licences or orders required by the Issuer or the English Guarantor from any governmental or other regulatory agencies in the United Kingdom in connection with the issue and offering of the Notes and the performance by the Issuer and the English Guarantor of their respective obligations under the Principal Agreements, the Notes and (in the case of the English Guarantor) the Guarantee.

 

7 This opinion is subject to the following:

 

7.1 It should be understood that we have not been responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy of the facts, including statements of foreign law, or the reasonableness of any statements of opinion, contained in the Prospectus Supplement or the Registration Statement, or that no material facts have been omitted from it.

 

7.2 To the extent it relates to United Kingdom stamp duties any undertaking or indemnity given by the Issuer or the English Guarantor may be void under Section 117 of the Stamp Act 1891.

 

7.3 An English court may refuse to give effect to any provision of an agreement which amounts to an indemnity in respect of the costs of unsuccessful litigation brought before an English court or where the court has itself made an order for costs.

 

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7.4 The opinions contained in paragraphs 6.5 and 6.6 above shall not be construed as expressing or implying any opinion as to the enforceability of any provisions of the Notes, the Guarantee or the Principal Agreements under English law or as to the availability of any remedy under English law. An English court may, or may be required to, stay proceedings or decline jurisdiction in certain circumstances - for example, if proceedings are brought elsewhere.

 

7.5 Effect may be given to the overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the country where the obligations arising out of a contract have to be performed, in so far as those provisions render the performance of the contract unlawful. In such circumstances, the relevant obligations may not be enforceable.

 

7.6 This opinion is addressed to you solely for your benefit in connection with your obligations under Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K. It is not to be transmitted to anyone else nor is it to be relied upon by anyone else or for any other purpose or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our express consent. This opinion may, however, be disclosed by you to the extent required by law, regulation or any governmental or competent regulatory authority or in connection with legal proceedings relating to the issue of the Notes, provided that no such party to whom this opinion is disclosed may rely on this opinion without our express consent. A copy of this opinion may be given to Alston & Bird LLP for the purposes of information only, since we understand that it wishes to know that an opinion has been given and to be made aware of its terms. However, we accept no responsibility or legal liability to any person other than the addressee set out on the first page of this opinion.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP

 

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Schedule

 

1 A copy of the Articles of Association of the Issuer.

 

2 A copy of the certificate of incorporation on re-registration of a private company as a public company in relation to the Issuer dated 5 November 2012.

 

3 A certified copy of the unanimous resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer dated 31 October 2012.

 

4 A certified copy dated 1 November 2012 of the Articles of Association of the English Guarantor.

 

5 A certified copy of the unanimous resolutions of the Board of Directors of the English Guarantor dated 31 October 2012.

 

6 Registration statement on Form S-3 dated 5 November 2012 (the “ Registration Statement ”), relating to the issue of the Notes.

 

7 Prospectus Supplement dated 8 November 2012 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”), relating to the issue of the Notes.

 

8 Purchase Agreement dated 5 November 2012 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) between, amongst others, the Issuer, the English Guarantor and the Managers relating to the subscription and offering of the Notes.

 

9 Indenture dated 8 November 2012 between, amongst others, the Issuer, the English Guarantor and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Base Indenture ”) and a supplemental indenture dated 8 November 2012 (together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).

 

10 Global certificates (the “ Global Certificates ”) initially representing the Notes.

 

11 Copy of the Opinion dated 9 November 2012 of Alston & Bird LLP as to matters of New York, Delaware and U.S. federal law.

 

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