UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 23, 2014
LEGG MASON, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Maryland | 1-8529 | 52-1200960 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
100 International Drive, Baltimore, Maryland | 21202 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (410) 539-0000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 26, 2014, Legg Mason, Inc. (the Company) completed the closing of the issuance and sale of (i) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes), (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes) and (iii) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the 2019 Notes and the 2024 Notes, the Notes).
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the First Supplemental Indenture), with respect to the 2044 Notes, as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), with respect to the 2019 Notes and as further supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Third Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), with respect to the 2024 Notes, in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-193321) which became effective January 13, 2014 (the Registration Statement). A form of the Base Indenture was filed as Exhibit 4(a) to the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the First Supplemental Indenture was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our current report on Form 8-K on January 22, 2014 and is incorporated herein by reference. Copies of the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the form of the 2019 Note, the form of the 2024 Note and the form of the 2044 Note are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the opinions of Thomas C. Merchant, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, and Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the validity of the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2, respectively.
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On June 23, 2014, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit
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Subject Matter |
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1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated June 23, 2014, among Legg Mason, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. | |
4.1 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, between Legg Mason, Inc. and The Bank New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.2 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, between Legg Mason, Inc. and The Bank New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.3 | Form of 2.700% Senior Note due 2019. | |
4.4 | Form of 3.950% Senior Note due 2024. | |
4.5 | Form of 5.625% Senior Note due 2044. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Thomas C. Merchant, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. | |
5.2 | Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to the Company. | |
23.1 | Consent of Thomas C. Merchant (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
23.2 | Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LEGG MASON, INC. | ||||||
Date: June 26, 2014 | By: |
/s/ Thomas C. Merchant |
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Thomas C. Merchant | ||||||
Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
LEGG MASON, INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Subject Matter |
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1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated June 23, 2014, among Legg Mason, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein. | |
4.1 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, between Legg Mason, Inc. and The Bank New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.2 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, between Legg Mason, Inc. and The Bank New York Mellon, as trustee. | |
4.3 | Form of 2.700% Senior Note due 2019. | |
4.4 | Form of 3.950% Senior Note due 2024. | |
4.5 | Form of 5.625% Senior Note due 2044. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Thomas C. Merchant, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. | |
5.2 | Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to the Company. | |
23.1 | Consent of Thomas C. Merchant, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
23.2 | Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel to the Company (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
Exhibit 1.1
Legg Mason, Inc.
5.625% Senior Notes Due 2044
2.700% Senior Notes Due 2019
3.950% Senior Notes Due 2024
Underwriting Agreement
June 23, 2014
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Legg Mason, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), for which Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as representatives (the Representatives), (i) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the 2044 Securities), (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Securities) and (iii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Securities and, together with the 2044 Securities and the 2019 Securities, the Securities). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of January 22, 2014 (the First Supplemental Indenture) in the case of the 2044 Securities and as
supplemented by separate supplemental indentures each dated as of the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4(a) hereof) in the case of the 2019 Securities (the Second Supplemental Indenture) and the 2024 Securities (the Third Supplemental Indenture). Each of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as a Supplemental Indenture, and the Base Indenture as so supplemented is referred to herein as the Indenture.
The Company has previously issued $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the Existing Securities) under the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. The 2044 Securities will constitute additional Securities and additional Notes under, and as such terms are used in, the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, respectively. The 2044 Securities, together with the Existing Securities, will constitute a single series under the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture.
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) An automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-193321) (the Initial Registration Statement) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Representatives, and excluding exhibits to the Initial Registration Statement, became effective upon filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; the base prospectus filed as part of the Initial Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Securities, is hereinafter called the Basic Prospectus; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a Preliminary Prospectus; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the Registration Statement; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the Pricing Prospectus; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the
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Prospectus; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Time is 4:55 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; (i) the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof and substantially in the form set forth in Schedule V hereto, taken together (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package) as of the Applicable Time and (ii) any investor presentation listed on Schedule IV (the Additional Issuer Information) or any electronic road show, each when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing
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Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commissions close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(b) hereto;
(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
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(f) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b) (1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r);
(g) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Initial Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer;
(h) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with all requisite 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 Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (each a subsidiary and collectively, the subsidiaries; provided that such terms for purposes of this Agreement shall not include the following entities: Mt. Wilson CLO, Permal Hedge Fund Opportunities, Permal Private Equity Holding Vb, Brandywine Concentrated Large Cap Core Equity Portfolio, Brandywine Dynamic Large Cap Value Extended Equity Portfolio, Brandywine Investment Trust Diversified Large Cap Value Portfolio, Brandywine Investment Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio, Quantitative Global Equity Value Portfolio, Diversified Mid Cap Dedicated Value Equity Portfolio, Systematic Mid Cap Value Equity Portfolio, Focus Mid Cap Value Portfolio, Diversified Small Cap Select Value Equity Portfolio, Global All Cap Equity Portfolio, Global Small Cap Equity Portfolio, Microcap Equity Portfolio, Global Macro Equity Portfolio, Small Mid Cap Value Portfolio,
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Dynamic Alternative Equity Portfolio and the Global Currents Investment Trust) considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect);
(i) Except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Companys subsidiaries: (i) has been duly incorporated or organized, (ii) is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with all requisite 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 Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business;
(j) Except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Companys subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and (B) except as may be otherwise set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of such subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim;
(k) The Companys authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;
(l) The Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture constitute valid and legally binding instruments, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions); and the Base Indenture has been qualified under and conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder;
(m) The Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Time of Delivery will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company; at the Time of Delivery, when validly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee,
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the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture will constitute valid and legally binding instruments, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to the Enforceability Exceptions;
(n) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, at the Time of Delivery, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company; at the Time of Delivery, when the Securities are executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture and the relevant Supplemental Indenture and the Securities delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Securities will be valid and legally binding instruments, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Base Indenture and the relevant Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued;
(o) All corporate action required to be taken for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken by the Company;
(p) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions Description of the Notes and Description of Debt Securities, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and under the caption Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, subject to the conditions, limitations and assumptions described therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(q) There is no franchise, contract or document which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit thereto which has not been so described and filed as required;
(r) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(s) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act);
(t) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except for the filing of this Agreement on a Report on Form 8-K or such as have been already obtained or will have been obtained by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery and such as may be required by the Company under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
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connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(u) Neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated herein nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof by the Company will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the charter, by-laws, certificate of formation or the limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) 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 (iii) 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 having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their assets, properties, or operations; except in the cases of clause (i) (solely with respect to the Companys subsidiaries) and clauses (ii) through (iii) as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(v) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein; and the selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto;
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(w) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body or before any arbitrator, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary that (i) could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) except as set forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(x) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted;
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or by-laws, (ii) 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 it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Federal, state, local or foreign court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its or their properties; except, in the case of clauses (i) (with respect to subsidiaries only), (ii) or (iii), for any such violations or defaults that would not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(z) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and has audited the Companys internal control over financial reporting, is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
(aa) Each of the Company and the subsidiaries listed on Schedule III hereto (the Significant Subsidiaries) has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect), has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such 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 Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); the Company does not have any significant subsidiaries as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X that are not listed on Schedule III;
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(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries, as an entity, 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; and, except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company and each such subsidiary believes that it will be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires, should it elect to do so, 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 Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto);
(cc) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as may be described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(dd) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its subsidiaries internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal control over financial reporting;
(ee) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act;
(ff) 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, except for
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such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations as to which the failure to so own, hold or possess would not 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 reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto);
(gg) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities in violation of the Exchange Act or otherwise;
(hh) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any environmental law, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended;
(ii) The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA), has been satisfied by each pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and the trust forming part of each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than continuation coverage (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA)); each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and neither the Company nor any of its
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subsidiaries has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or any other liability under Title IV of ERISA;
(jj) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company, or, to the Companys knowledge, any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications;
(kk) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use 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 the conduct of their business, taken as a whole, as now conducted; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property, which infringement or conflict, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ll) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to file or to be so in compliance would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions, except for any such failures to be in compliance or deficiencies which would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(mm) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(nn) The Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the offering of the Securities;
(oo) The Company is not required to be registered, licensed or qualified as an investment adviser or a broker-dealer or as a commodity trading advisor, a commodity pool operator or a future commission merchant or any or all of the foregoing, as applicable; each of the Companys subsidiaries that is required to be registered, licensed or qualified as an investment adviser or a broker-dealer or as a commodity trading advisor, a commodity pool operator or a futures commission merchant or any or all of the foregoing, as applicable, is so registered, licensed or qualified in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such
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registration, license or qualification (and such registration, license or qualification is in full force and effect), and is in compliance with all applicable laws requiring any such registration, licensing or qualification, except for any failures to be so registered, licensed or qualified or to be in such compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(pp) The Company is not a party as an investment advisor or distributor to any investment advisory agreement or distribution agreement; each of the investment advisory agreements and distribution agreements to which any of the Companys subsidiaries is a party is a valid and legally binding obligation of such subsidiary which is a party thereto and complies with the applicable provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, except for any failures to be so valid and legally binding and in compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Companys subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in default under any such agreement which breach, violation, default or invalidity, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(qq) The Company does not sponsor any funds; each fund sponsored by any of the Companys subsidiaries (a Fund or the Funds) and which is required to be registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act is duly registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and the securities of each fund have been issued and sold in accordance with applicable law, except for any failures to be so registered or otherwise comply with applicable law that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(rr) 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 knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(ss) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the target of 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 Majestys Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively,
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Sanctions); and the Company 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, to fund any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of the funding, is the subject of Sanctions; and
(tt) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Representatives in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company (i) the aggregate principal amount of 2044 Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price of 105.644% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from January 22, 2014 to the Time of Delivery and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of 2019 Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price of 99.179% of the principal amount thereof and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of 2024 Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price of 99.167% of the principal amount thereof, in each case of clause (ii) and (iii), plus accrued interest, if any, from June 26, 2014 to the Time of Delivery.
3. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to the Representatives, for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the accounts specified by the Representatives at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to the Representatives for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the Designated Office). The time and date of such delivery and
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payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2014, or at such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Securities is herein called the Time of Delivery.
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(i) hereof, will be delivered at such time and date at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (the Closing Location), and the Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day immediately preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, New York Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commissions close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement or such earlier time as may be required under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery without the Representatives consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed; to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
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(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time either (i) any event shall have occurred or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, (ii) if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify the Representatives and upon the Representatives consent to file such document in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon the Representatives request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) To not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by
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actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Time of Delivery; and
(f) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds.
6. (a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed under Schedule II(a) hereto, without the prior consent of 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 under the Act;
(ii) each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of Securities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus; and
(iii) any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives (including the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof) is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and
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in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses of the Company in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any Blue Sky survey; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its agents and the fees and disbursements of its counsel in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Securities to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(a) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or
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threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to the validity of the Securities, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion and disclosure letter, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto and with customary assumptions and qualifications;
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Thomas Merchant, General Counsel for the Company, or other counsel of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives to have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto;
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at the Applicable Time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters; provided that the letter dated the Time of Delivery shall have a cut off date not earlier than June 23, 2014.
(f) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus or related to restricted stock and stock option awards to employees, the effect of which, in any such case, is in the Representatives judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Companys debt securities or preferred stock by any nationally
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recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Companys debt securities or preferred stock;
(h) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Companys securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the Representatives judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to the absence of any Material Adverse Effect since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Additional Issuer Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however , that the Company shall not be liable in
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any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the
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written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No indemnified party shall, without the written consent of the indemnifying party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnifying party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnifying party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does
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not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter and, with respect to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, their respective selling agents; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
(f) The following information is the only information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters specifically for use in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: (a) the last sentence on the cover page of the Prospectus; (b) the second, third and fourth sentences of the third paragraph of text under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus concerning the selling terms by the Underwriters; and (c) the seventh paragraph of text and following bullet points under the caption Underwriting in the Prospectus concerning short sales, purchases to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions.
10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at the Time of Delivery, the Representatives may arrange for the Representatives or another party or other parties, subject to the approval of the Company in its sole discretion, to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within twenty-four hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of twenty-four hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the
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Representatives notify the Company that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the Representatives opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at the Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at the Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at the Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person
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of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof or as a result of the failure of any condition set forth in Section 8(h) hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out of pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Representatives as the Representatives at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., General Counsel (fax: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel and at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 834-6081); Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk 3 rd Floor; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however , that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
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assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term business day shall mean any day when the Commissions office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
19. Each of the Company and the Representatives hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Company and the Representatives waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. Each of the Company and the Representatives agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the respective Representative, as applicable, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company or the respective Representative is subject by a suit upon such judgment.
20. The Company 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.
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21. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
22. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, tax structure is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on you part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
Legg Mason, Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Peter H. Nachtwey |
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Name: | Peter H. Nachtwey | |
Title: | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
[ Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Chandru M. Harjani |
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Name: | Chandru M. Harjani | |||
Title: | Director | |||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner |
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Name: | Stephen L. Sheiner | |||
Title: | Executive Director | |||
On behalf of each of the Underwriters |
[ Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriter |
Principal Amount
of 5.625% Senior Notes Due 2044 to be Purchased |
Principal Amount
of 2.700% Senior Notes Due 2019 to be Purchased |
Principal Amount
of 3.950% Senior Notes Due 2024 to be Purchased |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
56,250,000 | 93,750,000 | 93,750,000 | |||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
56,250,000 | 93,750,000 | 93,750,000 | |||||||||
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
5,625,000 | 9,375,000 | 9,375,000 | |||||||||
Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
5,625,000 | 9,375,000 | 9,375,000 | |||||||||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
5,625,000 | 9,375,000 | 9,375,000 | |||||||||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
5,625,000 | 9,375,000 | 9,375,000 | |||||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC |
3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
UBS Securities LLC |
3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
3,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||||||
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Total |
$ | 150,000,000 | $ | 250,000,000 | $ | 250,000,000 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE II
(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:
| Press Release dated June 23, 2014 and filed as a Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission on such date. |
| Debt Restructuring slides dated June 23, 2014 and filed as a Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission on such date. |
(b) Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:
None
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SCHEDULE III
Certain Subsidiaries
Legal Name |
Jurisdiction |
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1. Western Asset Management Company | California | |
2. ClearBridge Investments, LLC | Delaware | |
3. Permal Group Ltd. | England and Wales | |
4. Royce & Associates, LLC | Delaware | |
5. Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC | Delaware | |
6. Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. | Delaware | |
7. Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC | Delaware | |
8. Legg Mason & Co., LLC | Maryland |
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SCHEDULE IV
Investor Presentations
Electronic Road Show
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SCHEDULE V
Term Sheet | Term Sheet to Prospectus Supplement | |
To prospectus dated January 13, 2014 and prospectus supplement dated June 23, 2014 |
Registration Statement No. 333-193321 Dated June 23, 2014 Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 |
$250,000,000 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019
$250,000,000 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024
$150,000,000 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044
Legg Mason, Inc.
Issuer: | Legg Mason, Inc. | |
Securities: |
2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes)
3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes)
5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the 2044 Notes)
The 2044 Notes have identical terms to the $400 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 already outstanding and will be treated as a single series of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044. |
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Offering Format: | SEC-registered | |
Trade Date: | June 23, 2014 | |
Settlement Date: | June 26, 2014 (T+3) | |
Size: |
2019 Notes: $250,000,000
2024 Notes: $250,000,000
2044 Notes: $150,000,000 |
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Maturity: |
2019 Notes: July 15, 2019
2024 Notes: July 15, 2024
2044 Notes: January 15, 2044 |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
2019 Notes and 2024 Notes: January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2015 (long first coupon)
2044 Notes: January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2014 |
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Denominations: | $2,000 and increments of $1,000 | |
Benchmark Treasury: |
2019 Notes: 1.500% due May 31, 2019
2024 Notes: 2.500% due May 15, 2024
2044 Notes: 3.625% due February 15, 2044 |
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Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield: |
2019 Notes: 99-02 ¼ / 1.697%
2024 Notes: 98-30 / 2.622%
2044 Notes: 103-13 / 3.441% |
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Spread to Benchmark Treasury: |
2019 Notes: T + 105 basis points
2024 Notes: T + 135 basis points
2044 Notes: T + 175 basis points |
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Yield: |
2019 Notes: 2.747%
2024 Notes: 3.972%
2044 Notes: 5.191% |
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Coupon: |
2019 Notes: 2.700%
2024 Notes: 3.950%
2044 Notes: 5.625% |
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Price to Public: |
2019 Notes: 99.779%
2024 Notes: 99.817%
2044 Notes: 106.519% (excluding accrued interest of 2.406% from and including January 22, 2014 to but excluding June 26, 2014) |
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Net Proceeds to Issuer (before expenses): |
2019 Notes: $247,947,500
2024 Notes: $247,917,500
2044 Notes: $158,466,000 (excluding accrued interest of $3,609,375.00 from and including January 22, 2014 to but excluding June 26, 2014) |
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Make-Whole Call: |
2019 Notes: T + 20 basis points
2024 Notes: T + 25 basis points
2044 Notes: T + 30 basis points |
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Day Count Convention: | 30/360, Unadjusted | |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
2019 Notes: 524901AS4 / US524901AS49
2024 Notes: 524901AT2 / US524901AT22
2044 Notes: 524901AR6 / US524901AR65 |
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Joint Book-Running Managers: |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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Senior Co-Managers: |
Goldman, Sachs & Co. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
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Co-Managers: |
Barclays Capital Inc. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC UBS Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
The information in this pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary prospectus dated June 23, 2014 (the Preliminary Prospectus) and updates and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus. For more complete information about the offering, you should review the Preliminary Prospectus. Terms used and not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Preliminary Prospectus.
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The issuer has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Joint Book-Running Managers in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at (8 00 ) 8 31 - 9146 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533.
This pricing term sheet does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
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EXHIBIT A-1
Form of Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP
1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
2. The Indenture, including any supplemental indenture thereto, has been duly executed and delivered and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
3. The Securities have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
4. The Company is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
6. The statements in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the captions Description of the Notes and Description of Debt Securities, in each case, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the documents referred to therein. The statements in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, subject to the conditions, limitations and assumptions described therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.
7. To the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened.
8. In the opinion of such counsel, each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom and the Trustees Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which no opinion is expressed), appears on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
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requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
9. Such counsel shall also state, subject to customary assumptions and qualifications, that no facts came to the attention of such counsel that caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom and the Trustees Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the Applicable Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the General Disclosure Package (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel has not been requested to comment), as of the date of the Prospectus or the Time of Delivery, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications:
(a) The opinions in paragraphs 2 and 3 above are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers).
(b) The opinions in paragraphs 2 and 3 are also subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) The opinions are limited to (i) Generally Applicable Law (as such term is to be defined therein), (ii) in the case of the opinion in paragraph 5 above, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and (iii) in the case of the opinion in paragraph 4 above, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
Form of Opinion of General Counsel of the Company
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.
2. The Company (a) has all requisite corporate power to execute and deliver the 2019 Securities, the 2024 Securities and the 2044 Securities, the Underwriting Agreement and the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, and to perform its obligations under the Securities, the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and (b) has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under the 2019 Securities, the 2024 Securities, the 2044 Securities, the Underwriting Agreement, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture.
3. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
4. Except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, all of the outstanding capital stock of each of the Significant Subsidiaries that is a corporation has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the knowledge of such counsel, is owned by the Company, directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interest, and any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance.
5. The Companys authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
6. To the knowledge of such counsel, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding, by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body of any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other documents, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required, which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
7. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Act that has been filed with the
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Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date of the Underwriting Agreement. Any required filing of the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b).
8. To the knowledge of such counsel, no consent, approval, authorization, filing with, or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for the filing of the Underwriting Agreement on a Report on Form 8-K and such as have been obtained by the Company under the Act and under the Exchange Act and such as may be required by the Company under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and in the Prospectus and such other approvals as have been obtained.
9. Neither the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms of such documents will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (a) the Companys Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, (b) the terms of any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, to the knowledge of such counsel, to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries is subject, or (c) order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or their authority to the knowledge of such counsel, any law, statute, rule, regulation or decree applicable to the Company having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their respective properties, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c) where such conflict, breach, violation or imposition would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the performance of the Underwriting Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.
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Exhibit 4.1
LEGG MASON, INC.,
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 26, 2014
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 22, 2014
$250,000,000 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
P AGE | ||||
ARTICLE 1 D EFINITIONS AND P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION |
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Section 1.01. Relationship with Indenture |
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Section 1.02. Definitions |
2 | |||
Section 1.03. Applicability |
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ARTICLE 2 T HE N OTES |
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Section 2.01. Issue Of Notes |
9 | |||
Section 2.02. Form Of Notes, Authentication Certificate |
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Section 2.03. Additional Notes |
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Section 2.04. Terms Of Notes Incorporated |
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Section 2.05. Global Notes |
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Section 2.06. Transfer And Exchange of Notes |
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ARTICLE 3 L IMITATION ON L IENS |
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Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens |
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ARTICLE 4 O PTIONAL R EDEMPTION |
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Section 4.01. Make-Whole Call |
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ARTICLE 5 C HANGE OF C ONTROL R EPURCHASE E VENT |
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Section 5.01. Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event |
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ARTICLE 6 L IMITATION ON D ISPOSITIONS OF C APITAL S TOCK OF D ESIGNATED S UBSIDIARIES |
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Section 6.01. Fair Market Value For Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions |
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Section 6.02. Dispositions With One Below Investment Grade Rating |
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Section 6.03. Dispositions With No Investment Grade Ratings |
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Section 6.04. Deemed Subsidiary Stock Dispositions |
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Section 6.05. Stock Disposition Offer Procedures |
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Section 6.06. Change Of Control Transactions |
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Section 6.07. Applicability of Article 6 |
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ARTICLE 7 M ISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01. Amendments To This First Supplemental Indenture And The Notes |
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Section 7.02. Certain Trustee Matters |
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Section 7.03. Continued Effect |
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Section 7.04. Provisions Binding On Companys Successors |
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of June 26, 2014 (this Supplemental Indenture ), between LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the Trustee ).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Indenture ), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Companys unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Securities ), the terms of which are to be determined as set forth in Section 301 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to create a new series of Securities under the Indenture, to be titled the 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the Notes ) and to establish the forms and the terms, conditions, rights and preferences thereof;
WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken; and
WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement in accordance with the Indenture have been done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D EFINITIONS AND P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION
Section 1.01. Relationship with Indenture . With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes. The words herein, hereof, hereunder, and words of similar import shall refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions . All terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, except as specifically provided herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings defined in the Indenture. Solely with respect to the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the following definitions shall be added to Section 101 of the Indenture and replace any existing definitions (as applicable) in the Indenture, each in appropriate alphabetical order, unless the context requires otherwise.
5.50% Notes means the $650,000,000 5.50% senior notes due May 21, 2019, issued under a supplemental indenture to an indenture, dated as of May 21, 2012, among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
Additional Assets means Capital Stock of an entity primarily engaged in or related to, or property used or useful in, the asset management businesses engaged in by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company on June 26, 2014 or ancillary thereto.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event means the Notes are unrated or rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event); and provided further that the Trustee shall have no obligation to make such a written request unless and until the Company, a Holder of a Note or a beneficial owner of a Note has requested the Trustee to make such a written request, has given the Trustee the necessary contact information for the Rating Agencies, has given the Trustee a form of such request to the Rating Agencies and has provided the Trustee with reasonably sufficient information regarding the particular reduction in rating.
Capital Stock means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing, and in each case including economic equivalents (other than, solely for the purposes of the covenant set forth in Article 6, preferred stock that is nonparticipating, nonvoting and nonconvertible and reasonable
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amounts of shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing, and in each case including economic equivalents, granted to employees of the Company or employees of its Subsidiaries not in connection with a Change of Control and solely in connection with bona fide employee incentive or retention programs).
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys properties or assets and those of the Companys Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of the wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;
(b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(c) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the Companys Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
(d) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Companys outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Companys Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving Person, immediately after giving effect to such transaction;
(e) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or
(f) the consummation of a so-called going private/Rule 13e-3 Transaction that results in any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction effected to create a holding company will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) pursuant to such transaction the Company becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of such holding company and (2) the Holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction are the same as the Holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction.
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Change of Control Repurchase Event means the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Companys Board of Directors who:
(1) was a member of the Companys Board of Directors on the first date that the Notes were issued; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to the Companys Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2012 among the Company, as borrower, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other banks party thereto, providing for a five year term loan commitment and a revolving commitment, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement governing Debt in the form of loans incurred to refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor credit agreement, whether a revolving credit facility, term loan facility or a combination thereof.
Debt means, with respect to any Person (without duplication): (a) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of any obligation of such Person for money borrowed, and any obligation evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, (b) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and leaseback transaction entered into by such Person, (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction, (e) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is
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responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any guarantee, (f) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), and (g) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency exchange protection agreement, commodity price protection agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement of such Person.
Definitive Note means a definitive Note in certificated form and registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto.
Designated Subsidiary means any U.S. Subsidiary of the Company and each international Subsidiary of the Company that it manages which as a consolidated group accounted for more than 60% of the Companys assets under management as of March 31, 2012, and any Subsidiary that assumes the management of the assets managed by a Designated Subsidiary.
Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition means (i) the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) the issuance of Capital Stock by a Designated Subsidiary if, after giving effect thereto, the Company and its Subsidiaries own less than 80% of each series or class of the Capital Stock of such Designated Subsidiary; provided that a sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary or the issuance of Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary that would otherwise be a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition shall not be a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition so long as such sales, dispositions or issuances, measured cumulatively from June 23, 2014 to the date of such sale, disposition or issuance, relate to Capital Stock of one of more Designated Subsidiaries that manage in the aggregate, at their respective times of disposition, less than the lower of (a) $40 billion and (b) 10% of all Designated Subsidiaries assets under management on the last day of the calendar month preceding the applicable sale, disposition or issuance of Capital Stock. The foregoing exception does not apply to a transaction, or series of transactions, that will exceed the threshold specified in the previous sentence.
Disposition Amount means the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration received in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition net of:
(1) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants and investment banks) attributable to the portion of the Capital Stock constituting such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) provisions for taxes payable as a result of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition attributable to the portion of the Capital Stock constituting such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and
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(3) the amount of any payments that the Company estimates in good faith will be required to be made in respect of contingent liabilities directly attributable to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and retained by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, provided that any amount remaining after adjustments, revaluations or liquidations of such contingent liabilities shall constitute a Disposition Amount,
provided that if immediately prior to giving effect to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 80% or greater of the class or series of Capital Stock that is the subject of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Disposition Amount shall be limited to the portion of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration attributable to the Capital Stock sold, otherwise disposed of or issued that results in ownership by the Company and its Subsidiaries falling below 80% of the class or series of Capital Stock. For example, if immediately prior to giving effect to a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 85% of the class or series of Capital Stock that is the subject of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and after giving effect to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 70% of such class or series of Capital Stock, the Disposition Amount shall equal the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration received in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, for 10% of the class or series of Capital Stock.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f) of this Supplemental Indenture, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bear the Global Note Legend, that have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto and that are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Independent Investment Banker means any of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moodys) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
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Issue Date means, with respect to the Notes being issued on the date hereof, the date hereof and with respect to any additional Notes, the date of original issuance of such additional Notes.
Moodys means Moodys Investor Services Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Rating Agency means (1) each of Moodys and S&P; and (2) if either of Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and any other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer) appointed from time to time by the Company; provided that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute for such entity another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided , however , that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced (solely for the purpose of this calculation) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
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Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Significant Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (1) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries investments in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed 25 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year (for a proposed combination between entities under common control, this condition is also met when the number of common shares exchanged or to be exchanged by the Company exceeds 25 percent of its total common shares outstanding at the date the combination is initiated); or (2) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Subsidiary exceeds 25 percent of the total assets of the Companys and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or (3) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of the Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds 25 percent of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Subsidiary when used in connection with a Person that is not the Company has a correlative meaning to that set forth in the Indenture substituting the Person for the Company.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
Voting Stock as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
Section 1.03. Applicability . The provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and not to any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture and any covenants provided herein are solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and not for the benefit of the Holders of any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture.
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ARTICLE 2
T HE N OTES
Section 2.01. Issue Of Notes . A new series of Securities is to be issued under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. The series shall be titled the 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019.
Section 2.02. Form Of Notes, Authentication Certificate . The new series of Notes initially shall be issuable in the form of one or more Global Notes, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. The Depository Trust Company shall be the Depositary for such Global Notes. The form and terms of the Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Notes shall in all respects be subject to the terms, conditions and covenants of the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture (including the form of Note set forth as Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture for all intents and purposes).
Section 2.03. Additional Notes . The Company will initially issue $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes, issue in a separate offering additional Notes having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (except for the Issue Date and public offering price and, if applicable, the initial Interest Payment Date and initial interest accrual date). No additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. Any additional Notes, together with the original Notes, will constitute a single series under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. Such additional Notes will be fungible with the Outstanding Notes for United States federal income tax purposes or will be issued under a separate CUSIP number.
Section 2.04. Terms Of Notes Incorporated . The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.05. Global Notes . The Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company ( DTC ), and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a Participant or Indirect Participant.
Section 2.06. Transfer And Exchange of Notes . (a) Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary (who shall initially be DTC) to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Notes unless (i) the Depositary (A)
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notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in each case the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option but subject to Depositary procedures, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes in exchange for Global Notes (in whole but not in part); or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Depositary requests such exchange. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 of the Indenture. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06; however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereby.
(b) Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i) Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Trustee to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . If not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Trustee either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Trustee containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
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(c) Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Trustee through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(e) Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes, the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Trustee the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(f) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
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CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions .
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges permitted hereunder, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Companys order or at the Trustees request in accordance with the Indenture.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of
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business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 307 of the Indenture) interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) Neither the Trustee nor the registrar shall have any duty to monitor the Companys compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the Companys compliance with any federal or state securities laws in connection with registrations of transfers and exchanges of the Notes. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among the Depositarys Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation, as is expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof or thereof.
ARTICLE 3
L IMITATION ON L IENS
Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens . The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien on any Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of any Significant Subsidiary, without providing that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of, or guarantee by, the Company ranking equally with the Notes) will be secured equally and ratably with or prior to all other indebtedness secured by such Lien on the Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of such Significant Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 4
O PTIONAL R EDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Make-Whole Call . The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time, or from time to time, on no less than 30 nor more than
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60 days notice mailed to Holders thereof, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments 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 0.20% (20 basis points), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, provided that the principal amount of any Note remaining outstanding after a redemption shall be $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000. The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Price promptly after the calculation thereof and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.
ARTICLE 5
C HANGE OF C ONTROL R EPURCHASE E VENT
Section 5.01. Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event . (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in multiples of $1,000 principal amount) of that Holders Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or, at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder of Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Article 5, the Notes or the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
(b) On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Companys offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000.
(d) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
ARTICLE 6
L IMITATION ON D ISPOSITIONS OF C APITAL S TOCK OF D ESIGNATED S UBSIDIARIES
Section 6.01. Fair Market Value For Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions . If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or a Subsidiary consummates a sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary or a Designated Subsidiary issues Capital Stock, in each case to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, then the Company or the Subsidiary must receive consideration at the time of a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of such Capital Stock as determined by the Companys Board of Directors (acting in good faith).
Section 6.02. Dispositions With One Below Investment Grade Rating . (a) If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary engages in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and, immediately after giving effect to the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is (i) unrated or rated below Investment Grade by one Rating Agency and (ii) rated Investment Grade by the other Rating Agency, the Company or any Subsidiary may, at its option, apply, no later than six months following the consummation thereof (or, if later, six months after the execution of any agreement with respect to such application, which agreement is signed within six months of the date of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition) an amount equal to the Disposition Amount to:
(1) redeem or repay any Debt which was secured by the Capital Stock sold or otherwise transferred in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) repay term loans under any Credit Agreement otherwise maturing within one year of the repayment date, or
(3) reinvest in Additional Assets;
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provided that if at the time a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred, (a)(i) Moodys rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is Baa1 or lower and (ii) S&Ps rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is BBB+ or lower, and the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade in connection with the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, or (b) the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade to a rating below Baa3 or BBB-, the ratings test in this Section 6.02 shall be applied on the earlier of (x) the date the watch has ended or (y) the 90th day after the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred. The amount of the Disposition Amount not applied or invested as provided in this paragraph will constitute the Excess Disposition Amount .
(b) When the aggregate Excess Disposition Amount from all Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions equals or exceeds $50 million, the Company will be required to make an offer to purchase for cash the Notes from all Holders, and, if applicable, redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) any other Debt of the Company that is pari passu in payment in right of the Notes, which is referred to as Pari Passu Debt . The Company is required to redeem or repay such Debt with the proceeds from or as a result of any Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (or offer to do so), in an aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Debt equal to the Excess Disposition Amount as follows:
(1) the Company will (a) make an offer to purchase for cash (a Stock Disposition Offer ) the Notes to all Holders in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, and (b) purchase or repay (or make an offer to do so) any such other Pari Passu Debt, pro rata in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Notes, and such other Pari Passu Debt required to be redeemed, the maximum principal amount of Notes, and Pari Passu Debt that may be redeemed out of the amount (the Payment Amount ) of such Excess Disposition Amount,
(2) the offer price for the Notes will be payable in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date such Stock Disposition Offer is consummated (the Offered Price ), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, and the repayment or redemption price for such Pari Passu Debt (the Pari Passu Debt Price ) shall be as set forth in the related documentation governing such Debt,
(3) if the aggregate Offered Price of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by Holders thereof exceeds the
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pro rata portion of the Payment Amount allocable to the Notes, Notes to be purchased will be selected on a pro rata basis, and
(4) upon completion of such Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Excess Disposition Amount with respect to which such Stock Disposition Offer was made shall be reset to zero.
(c) To the extent that the sum of the aggregate Offered Price of Notes tendered pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer and the aggregate Pari Passu Debt Price paid to the holders of such Pari Passu Debt is less than the Payment Amount relating thereto, the Company may use such excess amount for general corporate purposes.
Section 6.03. Dispositions With No Investment Grade Ratings . If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary engages in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and, immediately after giving effect to the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and the application of the proceeds therefrom, neither Rating Agency rates the senior unsecured Debt of the Company Investment Grade, then no later than 30 Business Days following the consummation of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition or, if later, 30 Business Days following the related ratings action, the Company shall apply an amount equal to the Disposition Amount to:
(1) redeem or repay any Debt which was secured by the Capital Stock sold or otherwise transferred in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) repay term loans under any Credit Agreement otherwise maturing within one year of the repayment date, or
(3) conduct a Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with Section 6.02(b);
provided that if at the time a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred, (a) (i) Moodys rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is Baa1 or lower or (ii) S&Ps rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is BBB+ or lower, and the applicable Rating Agency has announced that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade in connection with the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, or (b) the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade to a rating below Baa3 or BBB-, the ratings test in this Section 6.03 shall be applied on the earlier of (x) the date the watch has ended or (y) the 90th day after the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred.
Section 6.04. Deemed Subsidiary Stock Dispositions . In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the assets of the Company as an entirety to a Person in a transaction covered by and effected in accordance with Section 801 of the Indenture, the successor or transferee party shall be deemed to have sold for cash at fair market value the Capital Stock of the Designated Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of
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Sections 6.02 and 6.03, and shall comply with the provisions of this Article 6 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (with such fair market value being deemed to be the Disposition Amount for such purpose).
Section 6.05. Stock Disposition Offer Procedures . (a) Within 15 Business Days of becoming obligated to make a Stock Disposition Offer, the Company will mail a notice to the Holders of the Notes describing the transaction or transactions that gave rise to the Stock Disposition Offer and offering to purchase for cash at the Offered Price the Notes on a payment date specified in such notice, which shall be, subject to Section 6.03 and any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed.
(b) On or before the Stock Disposition Offer purchase date (the Purchase Date ), the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with the provisions of this Article 6, including Section 6.02(b)(3);
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered to be held for payment of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Article 6;
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) Holders of Notes electing to have Notes purchased shall be required to surrender the Notes, with any appropriate forms duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.
(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000.
(e) The Company will comply with applicable tender offer rules, including the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the purchase of notes pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer.
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To the extent the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Article 6, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Indenture hereunder by virtue of such conflict.
Section 6.06. Change Of Control Transactions . Notwithstanding any other Section of this Article 6, any transaction that qualifies as a Change of Control under clause (a) of the definition thereof that results in a Change of Control Repurchase Event for which an offer to repurchase the Notes is otherwise required in accordance with this Article 6 shall be governed by the provisions in Article 5 hereof and/or the provisions in Article Eight of the Indenture and not by this Article 6.
Section 6.07. Applicability of Article 6 . For the avoidance of doubt, this Article 6 shall no longer be applicable when the 5.50% Notes are no longer outstanding by way of redemption, repayment or otherwise.
ARTICLE 7
M ISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01. Amendments To This Supplemental Indenture And The Notes . Subject to the rights of the Company and the Trustee set forth in Section 901 of the Indenture and in addition to the rights of the Holders of the Notes set forth in Section 902 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture which affect the Notes or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture only with the consent of Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Notes.
Section 7.02. Certain Trustee Matters . The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company.
Section 7.03. Continued Effect . Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as further supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 7.04. Provisions Binding On Companys Successors . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
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Section 7.05. Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 7.06. Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture 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 but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written
LEGG MASON, INC. |
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Name: | Peter H. Nachtwey | |||
Title: | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Supplemental Indenture Company Signature Page]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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Title: Vice President |
[Supplemental Indenture Trustee Signature Page]
Exhibit A
Form of Note
[FACE OF NOTE]
LEGG MASON, INC.
2.700% Senior Note due 2019
[CUSIP / CINS / COMMON CODE]
Dated: [ ]
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LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to , or its registered assigns, the principal sum of $ DOLLARS [or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached hereto] 2 on July 15, 2019.
Interest Rate: 2.700% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2015.
Regular Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will 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 instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
LEGG MASON, INC.
2.700% Senior Note Due 2019
1. | Title of Series; Indenture . |
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (as amended from time to time, the Base Indenture ), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Supplemental Indenture ) between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture . The title of the Securities of this series is 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the Notes ). Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes 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 Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $250,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes will form a single series of Securities.
2. | Principal and Interest . |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on July 15, 2019. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 2.700% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date, to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, commencing January 15, 2015.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest Payment Date) or, if no interest has been
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paid or duly provided for, from [June 26, 2014]. 3 Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date as further described in the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase . |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event or a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange . |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If one of certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency Default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver . |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision that may be
3 | For additional Notes the date inserted here should be the most recent interest payment date or, if none, June 26, 2014. |
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inconsistent with any other provision, in each case if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
7. | Authentication . |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
8. | Governing Law . |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
9. | Abbreviations . |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
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in principal amount of this Global Note |
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this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
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TRANSFER NOTICE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered other than to and in the name of the registered holder. |
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Exhibit 4.2
LEGG MASON, INC.,
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 26, 2014
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 22, 2014
$250,000,000 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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D EFINITIONS AND P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION | ||||
Section 1.01. Relationship with Indenture |
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Section 1.02. Definitions |
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Section 1.03. Applicability |
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Section 2.01. Issue Of Notes |
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Section 2.02. Form Of Notes, Authentication Certificate |
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Section 2.03. Additional Notes |
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Section 2.04. Terms Of Notes Incorporated |
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Section 2.05. Global Notes |
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Section 2.06. Transfer And Exchange of Notes |
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L IMITATION ON L IENS | ||||
Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens |
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O PTIONAL R EDEMPTION | ||||
Section 4.01. Make-Whole Call |
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C HANGE OF C ONTROL R EPURCHASE E VENT | ||||
Section 5.01. Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event |
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L IMITATION ON D ISPOSITIONS OF C APITAL S TOCK OF D ESIGNATED S UBSIDIARIES | ||||
Section 6.01. Fair Market Value For Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions |
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Section 6.02. Dispositions With One Below Investment Grade Rating |
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Section 6.03. Dispositions With No Investment Grade Ratings |
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Section 6.04. Deemed Subsidiary Stock Dispositions |
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Section 6.05. Stock Disposition Offer Procedures |
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Section 6.06. Change Of Control Transactions |
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Section 6.07. Applicability of Article 6 |
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Section 7.01. Amendments To This First Supplemental Indenture And The Notes |
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Section 7.02. Certain Trustee Matters |
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Section 7.03. Continued Effect |
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Section 7.04. Provisions Binding On Companys Successors |
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Section 7.05. Governing Law |
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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of June 26, 2014 (this Supplemental Indenture ), between LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the Trustee ).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Indenture ), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Companys unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Securities ), the terms of which are to be determined as set forth in Section 301 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to create a new series of Securities under the Indenture, to be titled the 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 in an initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the Notes ) and to establish the forms and the terms, conditions, rights and preferences thereof;
WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken; and
WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement in accordance with the Indenture have been done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D EFINITIONS AND P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION
Section 1.01. Relationship with Indenture . With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes. The words herein, hereof, hereunder, and words of similar import shall refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.02. Definitions . All terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, except as specifically provided herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings defined in the Indenture. Solely with respect to the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the following definitions shall be added to Section 101 of the Indenture and replace any existing definitions (as applicable) in the Indenture, each in appropriate alphabetical order, unless the context requires otherwise.
5.50% Notes means the $650,000,000 5.50% senior notes due May 21, 2019, issued under a supplemental indenture to an indenture, dated as of May 21, 2012, among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
Additional Assets means Capital Stock of an entity primarily engaged in or related to, or property used or useful in, the asset management businesses engaged in by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company on June 26, 2014 or ancillary thereto.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event means the Notes are unrated or rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event); and provided further that the Trustee shall have no obligation to make such a written request unless and until the Company, a Holder of a Note or a beneficial owner of a Note has requested the Trustee to make such a written request, has given the Trustee the necessary contact information for the Rating Agencies, has given the Trustee a form of such request to the Rating Agencies and has provided the Trustee with reasonably sufficient information regarding the particular reduction in rating.
Capital Stock means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing, and in each case including economic equivalents (other than, solely for the purposes of the covenant set forth in Article 6, preferred stock that is nonparticipating, nonvoting and nonconvertible and reasonable
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amounts of shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing, and in each case including economic equivalents, granted to employees of the Company or employees of its Subsidiaries not in connection with a Change of Control and solely in connection with bona fide employee incentive or retention programs).
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys properties or assets and those of the Companys Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of the wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;
(b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(c) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the Companys Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
(d) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Companys outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Companys Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving Person, immediately after giving effect to such transaction;
(e) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or
(f) the consummation of a so-called going private/Rule 13e-3 Transaction that results in any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction effected to create a holding company will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) pursuant to such transaction the Company becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of such holding company and (2) the Holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction are the same as the Holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction.
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Change of Control Repurchase Event means the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Companys Board of Directors who:
(1) was a member of the Companys Board of Directors on the first date that the Notes were issued; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to the Companys Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2012 among the Company, as borrower, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other banks party thereto, providing for a five year term loan commitment and a revolving commitment, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement governing Debt in the form of loans incurred to refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor credit agreement, whether a revolving credit facility, term loan facility or a combination thereof.
Debt means, with respect to any Person (without duplication): (a) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of any obligation of such Person for money borrowed, and any obligation evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, (b) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and leaseback transaction entered into by such Person, (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction, (e) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is
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responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any guarantee, (f) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), and (g) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency exchange protection agreement, commodity price protection agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement of such Person.
Definitive Note means a definitive Note in certificated form and registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto.
Designated Subsidiary means any U.S. Subsidiary of the Company and each international Subsidiary of the Company that it manages which as a consolidated group accounted for more than 60% of the Companys assets under management as of March 31, 2012, and any Subsidiary that assumes the management of the assets managed by a Designated Subsidiary.
Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition means (i) the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) the issuance of Capital Stock by a Designated Subsidiary if, after giving effect thereto, the Company and its Subsidiaries own less than 80% of each series or class of the Capital Stock of such Designated Subsidiary; provided that a sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary or the issuance of Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary that would otherwise be a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition shall not be a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition so long as such sales, dispositions or issuances, measured cumulatively from June 23, 2014 to the date of such sale, disposition or issuance, relate to Capital Stock of one of more Designated Subsidiaries that manage in the aggregate, at their respective times of disposition, less than the lower of (a) $40 billion and (b) 10% of all Designated Subsidiaries assets under management on the last day of the calendar month preceding the applicable sale, disposition or issuance of Capital Stock. The foregoing exception does not apply to a transaction, or series of transactions, that will exceed the threshold specified in the previous sentence.
Disposition Amount means the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration received in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition net of:
(1) brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants and investment banks) attributable to the portion of the Capital Stock constituting such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) provisions for taxes payable as a result of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition attributable to the portion of the Capital Stock constituting such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and
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(3) the amount of any payments that the Company estimates in good faith will be required to be made in respect of contingent liabilities directly attributable to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and retained by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, provided that any amount remaining after adjustments, revaluations or liquidations of such contingent liabilities shall constitute a Disposition Amount,
provided that if immediately prior to giving effect to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 80% or greater of the class or series of Capital Stock that is the subject of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Disposition Amount shall be limited to the portion of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration attributable to the Capital Stock sold, otherwise disposed of or issued that results in ownership by the Company and its Subsidiaries falling below 80% of the class or series of Capital Stock. For example, if immediately prior to giving effect to a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 85% of the class or series of Capital Stock that is the subject of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and after giving effect to such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the Company and its Subsidiaries own 70% of such class or series of Capital Stock, the Disposition Amount shall equal the amount of cash and the fair market value of any other consideration received in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, for 10% of the class or series of Capital Stock.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f) of this Supplemental Indenture, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bear the Global Note Legend, that have the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached thereto and that are deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Independent Investment Banker means any of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moodys) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
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Issue Date means, with respect to the Notes being issued on the date hereof, the date hereof and with respect to any additional Notes, the date of original issuance of such additional Notes.
Moodys means Moodys Investor Services Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Rating Agency means (1) each of Moodys and S&P; and (2) if either of Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors and any other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer) appointed from time to time by the Company; provided that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute for such entity another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided , however , that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced (solely for the purpose of this calculation) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or any successor thereto, including a replacement rating agency selected by the Company as provided in the definition of Rating Agency.
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Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture.
Significant Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (1) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries investments in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed 25 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year (for a proposed combination between entities under common control, this condition is also met when the number of common shares exchanged or to be exchanged by the Company exceeds 25 percent of its total common shares outstanding at the date the combination is initiated); or (2) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Subsidiary exceeds 25 percent of the total assets of the Companys and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or (3) the Companys and its other Subsidiaries equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of the Subsidiary exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests exceeds 25 percent of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Subsidiary when used in connection with a Person that is not the Company has a correlative meaning to that set forth in the Indenture substituting the Person for the Company.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
Voting Stock as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
Section 1.03. Applicability . The provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and not to any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture and any covenants provided herein are solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and not for the benefit of the Holders of any other series of Securities issued under the Indenture.
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ARTICLE 2
T HE N OTES
Section 2.01. Issue Of Notes . A new series of Securities is to be issued under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. The series shall be titled the 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024.
Section 2.02. Form Of Notes , Authentication Certificate . The new series of Notes initially shall be issuable in the form of one or more Global Notes, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. The Depository Trust Company shall be the Depositary for such Global Notes. The form and terms of the Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Notes shall in all respects be subject to the terms, conditions and covenants of the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture (including the form of Note set forth as Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture for all intents and purposes).
Section 2.03. Additional Notes . The Company will initially issue $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Company may, without notice to or the consent of the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes, issue in a separate offering additional Notes having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (except for the Issue Date and public offering price and, if applicable, the initial Interest Payment Date and initial interest accrual date). No additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. Any additional Notes, together with the original Notes, will constitute a single series under the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. Such additional Notes will be fungible with the Outstanding Notes for United States federal income tax purposes or will be issued under a separate CUSIP number.
Section 2.04. Terms Of Notes Incorporated . The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes attached as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.05. Global Notes . The Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes. The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company ( DTC ), and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a Participant or Indirect Participant.
Section 2.06. Transfer And Exchange of Notes . (a) Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary (who shall initially be DTC) to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Notes unless (i) the Depositary (A)
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notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in each case the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option but subject to Depositary procedures, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes in exchange for Global Notes (in whole but not in part); or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Depositary requests such exchange. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 of the Indenture. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06; however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereby.
(b) Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i) Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Trustee to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . If not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Trustee either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Trustee containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
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(c) Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Trustee through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(d) Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.06(g).
(e) Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes, the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Trustee the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(f) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
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CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions .
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges permitted hereunder, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Companys order or at the Trustees request in accordance with the Indenture.
(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of
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business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 307 of the Indenture) interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) Neither the Trustee nor the registrar shall have any duty to monitor the Companys compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the Companys compliance with any federal or state securities laws in connection with registrations of transfers and exchanges of the Notes. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among the Depositarys Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation, as is expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof or thereof.
ARTICLE 3
L IMITATION ON L IENS
Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens . The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien on any Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of any Significant Subsidiary, without providing that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of, or guarantee by, the Company ranking equally with the Notes) will be secured equally and ratably with or prior to all other indebtedness secured by such Lien on the Voting Stock or profit participating equity interests of such Significant Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 4
O PTIONAL R EDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Make-Whole Call . The Company has the option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time, or from time to time, on no less than 30 nor more than
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60 days notice mailed to Holders thereof, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments 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 0.25% (25 basis points), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, provided that the principal amount of any Note remaining outstanding after a redemption shall be $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000. The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Price promptly after the calculation thereof and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.
ARTICLE 5
C HANGE OF C ONTROL R EPURCHASE E VENT
Section 5.01. Offer to Repurchase Upon A Change Of Control Repurchase Event . (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in multiples of $1,000 principal amount) of that Holders Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or, at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder of Notes describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Article 5, the Notes or the Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
(b) On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Companys offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000.
(d) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
ARTICLE 6
L IMITATION ON D ISPOSITIONS OF C APITAL S TOCK OF D ESIGNATED S UBSIDIARIES
Section 6.01. Fair Market Value For Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions . If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or a Subsidiary consummates a sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of a Designated Subsidiary or a Designated Subsidiary issues Capital Stock, in each case to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, then the Company or the Subsidiary must receive consideration at the time of a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of such Capital Stock as determined by the Companys Board of Directors (acting in good faith).
Section 6.02. Dispositions With One Below Investment Grade Rating . (a) If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary engages in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and, immediately after giving effect to the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is (i) unrated or rated below Investment Grade by one Rating Agency and (ii) rated Investment Grade by the other Rating Agency, the Company or any Subsidiary may, at its option, apply, no later than six months following the consummation thereof (or, if later, six months after the execution of any agreement with respect to such application, which agreement is signed within six months of the date of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition) an amount equal to the Disposition Amount to:
(1) redeem or repay any Debt which was secured by the Capital Stock sold or otherwise transferred in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) repay term loans under any Credit Agreement otherwise maturing within one year of the repayment date, or
(3) reinvest in Additional Assets;
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provided that if at the time a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred, (a)(i) Moodys rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is Baa1 or lower and (ii) S&Ps rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is BBB+ or lower, and the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade in connection with the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, or (b) the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade to a rating below Baa3 or BBB-, the ratings test in this Section 6.02 shall be applied on the earlier of (x) the date the watch has ended or (y) the 90th day after the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred. The amount of the Disposition Amount not applied or invested as provided in this paragraph will constitute the Excess Disposition Amount .
(b) When the aggregate Excess Disposition Amount from all Designated Subsidiary Stock Dispositions equals or exceeds $50 million, the Company will be required to make an offer to purchase for cash the Notes from all Holders, and, if applicable, redeem or repay (or make an offer to do so) any other Debt of the Company that is pari passu in payment in right of the Notes, which is referred to as Pari Passu Debt . The Company is required to redeem or repay such Debt with the proceeds from or as a result of any Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (or offer to do so), in an aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Debt equal to the Excess Disposition Amount as follows:
(1) the Company will (a) make an offer to purchase for cash (a Stock Disposition Offer ) the Notes to all Holders in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, and (b) purchase or repay (or make an offer to do so) any such other Pari Passu Debt, pro rata in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Notes, and such other Pari Passu Debt required to be redeemed, the maximum principal amount of Notes, and Pari Passu Debt that may be redeemed out of the amount (the Payment Amount ) of such Excess Disposition Amount,
(2) the offer price for the Notes will be payable in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes tendered pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date such Stock Disposition Offer is consummated (the Offered Price ), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, and the repayment or redemption price for such Pari Passu Debt (the Pari Passu Debt Price ) shall be as set forth in the related documentation governing such Debt,
(3) if the aggregate Offered Price of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by Holders thereof exceeds the pro rata portion of the Payment Amount allocable to the Notes, Notes to be purchased will be selected on a pro rata basis, and
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(4) upon completion of such Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Excess Disposition Amount with respect to which such Stock Disposition Offer was made shall be reset to zero.
(c) To the extent that the sum of the aggregate Offered Price of Notes tendered pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer and the aggregate Pari Passu Debt Price paid to the holders of such Pari Passu Debt is less than the Payment Amount relating thereto, the Company may use such excess amount for general corporate purposes.
Section 6.03. Dispositions With No Investment Grade Ratings . If, at the time when any of the 5.50% Notes are outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary engages in a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and, immediately after giving effect to the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition and the application of the proceeds therefrom, neither Rating Agency rates the senior unsecured Debt of the Company Investment Grade, then no later than 30 Business Days following the consummation of such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition or, if later, 30 Business Days following the related ratings action, the Company shall apply an amount equal to the Disposition Amount to:
(1) redeem or repay any Debt which was secured by the Capital Stock sold or otherwise transferred in such Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition,
(2) repay term loans under any Credit Agreement otherwise maturing within one year of the repayment date, or
(3) conduct a Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with Section 6.02(b);
provided that if at the time a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred, (a) (i) Moodys rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is Baa1 or lower or (ii) S&Ps rating on the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is BBB+ or lower, and the applicable Rating Agency has announced that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade in connection with the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, or (b) the applicable Rating Agency has announced or publicly confirmed or informed the Trustee in writing that the rating of the senior unsecured Debt of the Company is on watch for possible downgrade to a rating below Baa3 or BBB-, the ratings test in this Section 6.03 shall be applied on the earlier of (x) the date the watch has ended or (y) the 90th day after the Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition has occurred.
Section 6.04. Deemed Subsidiary Stock Dispositions . In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the assets of the Company as an entirety to a Person in a transaction covered by and effected in accordance with Section 801 of the Indenture, the successor or transferee party shall be deemed to have sold for cash at fair market value the Capital Stock of the Designated Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of
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Sections 6.02 and 6.03, and shall comply with the provisions of this Article 6 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition (with such fair market value being deemed to be the Disposition Amount for such purpose).
Section 6.05. Stock Disposition Offer Procedures . (a) Within 15 Business Days of becoming obligated to make a Stock Disposition Offer, the Company will mail a notice to the Holders of the Notes describing the transaction or transactions that gave rise to the Stock Disposition Offer and offering to purchase for cash at the Offered Price the Notes on a payment date specified in such notice, which shall be, subject to Section 6.03 and any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed.
(b) On or before the Stock Disposition Offer purchase date (the Purchase Date ), the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Stock Disposition Offer in accordance with the provisions of this Article 6, including Section 6.02(b)(3);
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered to be held for payment of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Article 6;
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) Holders of Notes electing to have Notes purchased shall be required to surrender the Notes, with any appropriate forms duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.
(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000.
(e) The Company will comply with applicable tender offer rules, including the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the purchase of notes pursuant to a Stock Disposition Offer.
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To the extent the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Article 6, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Indenture hereunder by virtue of such conflict.
Section 6.06. Change Of Control Transactions . Notwithstanding any other Section of this Article 6, any transaction that qualifies as a Change of Control under clause (a) of the definition thereof that results in a Change of Control Repurchase Event for which an offer to repurchase the Notes is otherwise required in accordance with this Article 6 shall be governed by the provisions in Article 5 hereof and/or the provisions in Article Eight of the Indenture and not by this Article 6.
Section 6.07. Applicability of Article 6 . For the avoidance of doubt, this Article 6 shall no longer be applicable when the 5.50% Notes are no longer outstanding by way of redemption, repayment or otherwise.
ARTICLE 7
M ISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01. Amendments To This Supplemental Indenture And The Notes . Subject to the rights of the Company and the Trustee set forth in Section 901 of the Indenture and in addition to the rights of the Holders of the Notes set forth in Section 902 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture which affect the Notes or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture only with the consent of Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Notes.
Section 7.02. Certain Trustee Matters . The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company.
Section 7.03. Continued Effect . Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as further supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 7.04. Provisions Binding On Companys Successors . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
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Section 7.05. Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 7.06. Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture 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 but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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Exhibit A
Form of Note
[FACE OF NOTE]
LEGG MASON, INC.
3.950% Senior Note due 2024
[CUSIP / CINS / COMMON CODE]
Dated: [ ]
No. [ ] | [Initially] 1 $[ ] |
LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (the Company, which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to , or its registered assigns, the principal sum of $ DOLLARS [or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached hereto] 2 on July 15, 2024.
Interest Rate: 3.950% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2015.
Regular Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will 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 instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
LEGG MASON, INC.
3.950% Senior Note Due 2024
1. | Title of Series; Indenture . |
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (as amended from time to time, the Base Indenture ), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Supplemental Indenture ) between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture. The title of the Securities of this series is 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the Notes ). Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes 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 Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $250,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes will form a single series of Securities.
2. | Principal and Interest . |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on July 15, 2024. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 3.950% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date, to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, commencing January 15, 2015.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest Payment Date) or, if no interest has been
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paid or duly provided for, from [June 26, 2014]. 3 Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date as further described in the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase . |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event or a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If one of certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency Default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver . |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision that may be
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For additional Notes the date inserted here should be the most recent interest payment date or, if none, June 26, 2014. |
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inconsistent with any other provision, in each case if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
7. | Authentication. |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
8. | Governing Law. |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
9. | Abbreviations. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
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Amount of decrease
in principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase
in principal amount of this Global Note |
Principal amount
of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of
authorized officer of Trustee |
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TRANSFER NOTICE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing |
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. |
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Exhibit 4.3
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
LEGG MASON, INC.
2.700% Senior Note due 2019
CUSIP: 524901AS4 / ISIN: US524901AS49 / COMMON CODE: 108283858
Dated: June 26, 2014
No. 1 | Initially $250,000,000 |
LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (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 $250,000,000 DOLLARS or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached hereto on July 15, 2019.
Interest Rate: 2.700% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2015.
Regular Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will 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 instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE
LEGG MASON, INC.
2.700% Senior Note Due 2019
1. | Title of Series; Indenture. |
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (as amended from time to time, the Base Indenture ), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Supplemental Indenture ) between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture. The title of the Securities of this series is 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the Notes ). Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes 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 Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $250,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes will form a single series of Securities.
2. | Principal and Interest. |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on July 15, 2019. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 2.700% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date, to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, commencing January 15, 2015.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest Payment Date) or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from June 26, 2014. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date as further described in the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase. |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event or a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If one of certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency Default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision that may be inconsistent with any other provision, in each case if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
7. | Authentication. |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
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8. | Governing Law. |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
9. | Abbreviations. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase
of this Global Note |
Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of
of Trustee |
TRANSFER NOTICE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
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attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. |
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Exhibit 4.4
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
LEGG MASON, INC.
3.950% Senior Note due 2024
CUSIP: 524901AT2 / ISIN: US524901AT22 / COMMON CODE: 108283998
Dated: June 26, 2014
No. 1 | Initially $250,000,000 |
LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (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 $250,000,000 DOLLARS or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached hereto on July 15, 2024.
Interest Rate: 3.950% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2015.
Regular Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will 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 instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE
LEGG MASON, INC.
3.950% Senior Note Due 2024
1. | Title of Series; Indenture. |
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (as amended from time to time, the Base Indenture ), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Supplemental Indenture ) between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture . The title of the Securities of this series is 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the Notes ). Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes 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 Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $250,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes will form a single series of Securities.
2. | Principal and Interest. |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on July 15, 2024. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 3.950% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date, to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, commencing January 15, 2015.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest Payment Date) or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from June 26, 2014. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date as further described in the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase. |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event or a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If one of certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency Default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision that may be inconsistent with any other provision, in each case if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
7. | Authentication. |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
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8. | Governing Law. |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
9. | Abbreviations. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
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Signature of
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TRANSFER NOTICE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
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Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered other than to and in the name of the registered holder. |
Exhibit 4.5
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
LEGG MASON, INC.
5.625% Senior Note due 2044
CUSIP: 524901AR6 / ISIN: US524901AR65 / COMMON CODE: 097681333
Dated: June 26, 2014
No. 2 | Initially $150,000,000 |
LEGG MASON, INC., a Maryland corporation (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 $150,000,000 DOLLARS or such other amount as indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Note attached hereto on January 15, 2044.
Interest Rate: 5.625% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing on July 15, 2014.
Regular Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will 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 instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE
LEGG MASON, INC.
5.625% Senior Note Due 2044
1. | Title of Series; Indenture . |
This is one of a series of Securities issued under the indenture dated as of January 22, 2014 (as amended from time to time, the Base Indenture ), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the First Supplemental Indenture ) between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as so supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture . The title of the Securities of this series is 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the Notes ). Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes 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 Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.
The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $400,000,000, but additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such additional Notes will form a single series of Securities.
2. | Principal and Interest . |
The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on January 15, 2044. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note until the principal of this Note is paid or made available for payment on each Interest Payment Date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 5.625% per annum.
Interest will be payable semiannually on each Interest Payment Date, to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, commencing July 15, 2014.
Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note (or, if there is no existing default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next Interest Payment Date, from such Interest Payment Date) or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from January 22, 2014. Interest will be computed in the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Interest not paid when due and any interest on principal, premium or interest not paid when due will be paid to the Persons that are Holders on a special record date as further described in the Indenture.
3. | Redemption and Repurchase . |
This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an offer to purchase upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event or a Designated Subsidiary Stock Disposition, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.
4. | Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange . |
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.
5. | Defaults and Remedies . |
If one of certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency Default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.
6. | Amendment and Waiver . |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision that may be inconsistent with any other provision, in each case if such amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect.
7. | Authentication . |
This Note is not valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
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8. | Governing Law . |
This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
9. | Abbreviations . |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for Definitive Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in principal amount of this Global Note |
Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee |
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 Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing |
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. |
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number |
Exhibit 5.1
Legg Mason Letter Head
June 26, 2014
The Board of Directors
Legg Mason, Inc.
100 International Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested me, as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Legg Mason, Inc. (the Company ), to render my opinion in connection with the purchase and sale of (i) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes ), (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes ), and (iii) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the 2019 Notes and the 2024 Notes, the Notes ), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2014 (the Underwriting Agreement ), among the Company and the several underwriters named therein. The Notes are pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture ), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the First Supplemental Indenture ), with respect to the 2044 Notes, as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014 (the Second Supplemental Indenture ), with respect to the 2019 Notes and as further supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as June 26, 2014 (the Third Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture ), with respect to the 2024 Notes, in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee ).
In my capacity as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, I am familiar with the Companys Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, as amended to date, and have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of corporate records of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as the basis for the opinions expressed herein. I am familiar with the Indenture and the Notes. In my examinations, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to me, the conformity of authentic originals of all documents submitted to me as copies and that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee. As to factual matters, I have relied upon the truthfulness of the representations made in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company.
Based upon the foregoing, and having regard for such legal considerations as I have deemed relevant, I am of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.
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2. The Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have been authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and have been duly authorized by the Company.
I am admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland. The opinions set forth herein are limited to matters of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland. I am furnishing this opinion solely for your benefit and, as to certain matters of Maryland law, for the benefit of your counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP. It may not be relied upon by any other person without my express written consent.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-193321) filed by the Company to effect the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and to the use of my name therein and in the prospectus and the prospectus supplement constituting a part or deemed a part of such Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Thomas C. Merchant |
Thomas C. Merchant |
Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
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Exhibit 5.2
June 26, 2014
The Board of Directors
Legg Mason, Inc.
100 International Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Legg Mason, Inc.
$250,000,000 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019
$250,000,000 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024
$150,000,000 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Legg Mason, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company ), in connection with the purchase and sale of (i) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.700% Senior Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes ), (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.950% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes ), and (iii) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5.625% Senior Notes due 2044 (the 2044 Notes and, together with the 2019 Notes and the 2024 Notes, the Notes ), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2014 (the Underwriting Agreement ), among the Company and the several underwriters named therein. The Notes are issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture ), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 22, 2014, with respect to the 2044 Notes (the First Supplemental Indenture ), as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, with respect to the 2019 Notes (the Second Supplemental Indenture ), and as further supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2014, with respect to the 2024 Notes (the Third Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture ), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee )
In that connection, we have reviewed the originals, or copies identified to our satisfaction, of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the forms of certificate representing the Notes, and such corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials, officers of the Company and other persons and other documents, agreements and instruments, as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. In our review, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us and the conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies. We have further assumed, as to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company; and that the Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, other than the Company, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms. We also have assumed that the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Indenture and the Notes has been duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise), and that the Indenture does not (a) contravene
the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, (b) violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or (c) result in any conflict with or breach of any agreement or document binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and that no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is or will be required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Indenture or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is or will be required, it has been or will be duly obtained, taken, given or made and is or will be in full force and effect.
Our opinion set forth below is limited to the law of the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1. Each of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
2. As (i) the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (ii) the final terms of the Notes have been duly established and approved by Company, (iii) the purchase and sale of the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise) and (iv) such Notes have been duly executed by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the consideration therefor duly approved by the Company, the Notes constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and are entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
The opinions set forth above are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of this opinion letter that might affect the opinions expressed herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-193321) filed by the Company to effect the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and to the use of our name in the prospectus and prospectus supplement constituting a part or
deemed a part of such Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Shearman & Sterling LLP |
JS/TP/RS/TB
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