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): July 8, 2015

 

 

Danaher Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-08089   59-1995548

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 800W

Washington, D.C.

  20037-1701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 202-828-0850

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On July 8, 2015, DH Europe Finance S.A. (“Danaher International”) issued €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Floating Rate Notes”), €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.000% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”), €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.700% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes,” and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the 2019 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”), in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203948) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 7, 2015, as amended by a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed with the Commission on June 15, 2015, and a related prospectus filed with the Commission. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities were sold pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated as of July 1, 2015 among Danaher International, Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Merrill Lynch International, BNP Paribas, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the other underwriters party thereto. The Underwriting Agreement was separately filed with the SEC on July 1, 2015 as Exhibit 1.1 to Danaher’s Current Report on Form 8-K.

Danaher has applied to list each series of the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The listing application has been approved by the NYSE.

The Securities were issued under an indenture dated as of July 8, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”) among Danaher International, Danaher, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (the “Trustee”) and a supplemental indenture dated as of July 8, 2015 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes will be subject to a Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement, dated July 8, 2015 (the “Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement”), among Danaher International, Danaher, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying and Calculation Agent.

The Floating Rate Notes will mature on June 30, 2017, the 2019 Notes will mature on July 8, 2019, the 2022 Notes will mature on January 4, 2022 and the 2025 Notes will mature on July 8, 2025. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be paid quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2015. Interest on the 2019 Notes and 2025 Notes will be paid annually in arrears on July 8 of each year, commencing on July 8, 2016. Interest on the 2022 Notes will be paid annually in arrears on January 4 of each year, commencing on January 4, 2016.

At any time prior to April 8, 2019 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2019 Notes), in the case of the 2019 Notes, January 4, 2022 (the maturity date of the 2022 Notes), in the case of the 2022 Notes, and April 8, 2025 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes), in


the case of the 2025 Notes, Danaher International will have the right, at its option, to redeem the applicable series of notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, by paying a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, on or after April 8, 2019 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2019 Notes), in the case of the 2019 Notes, and on or after April 8, 2025 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes), in the case of the 2025 Notes, Danaher International will have the right, at its option, to redeem the applicable series of notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes of such series to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

If Danaher does not consummate the previously-announced acquisition of Pall Corporation (“Pall”) on or prior to May 12, 2016, or the merger agreement with respect to the acquisition of Pall is terminated prior to that date, Danaher International will be required to redeem in whole and not in part the Notes on the special mandatory redemption date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

If a change of control triggering event occurs with respect to the Notes, each holder of Notes may require Danaher International to repurchase some or all of its Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest. A change of control triggering event means the occurrence of both a change of control and a rating event.

The Notes are unsecured and rank equally in right of payment with all of Danaher International’s other unsecured senior indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Danaher.

Upon the occurrence of an event of default with respect to the Notes, which includes payment defaults, defaults in the performance of certain covenants, and bankruptcy and insolvency related defaults, Danaher International’s obligations under the Notes may be accelerated, in which case the entire principal amount of the Notes would be immediately due and payable.

The above description of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture. The Base Indenture has been included as Exhibit 4.1 and the Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto. The Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.3 hereto. Each of the foregoing documents is incorporated herein by reference.


In connection with the offering of the Notes, Danaher International is filing as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2 hereto opinions of counsel addressing the validity of the Notes and the Guarantees and certain related matters. Such opinions are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015, by and among Danaher International, as issuer, Danaher, as guarantor, and the Trustee, as trustee.
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015, by and among Danaher International, as issuer, Danaher, as guarantor, and the Trustee, as calculation agent.
  4.3    Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2015, among the Danaher International, Danaher, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying and calculation agent.
  5.1    Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.
  5.2    Opinion of Luther S. A.
23.1    Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above).
23.2    Consent of Luther S. A. (contained in Exhibit 5.2 above).


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.

 

DANAHER CORPORATION
Date: July 8, 2015 By:

/s/ Daniel L. Comas

Name: Daniel L. Comas
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.1

DH Europe Finance S.A.,

as Issuer

and

DANAHER CORPORATION,

as Guarantor

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of July 8, 2015

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES


Danaher Corporation and DH Europe Finance S.A.

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939

 

Trust Indenture Act Sections

  

Indenture Sections

§ 310(a)(1)    609
         (a)(2)    609
         (a)(3)    Not Applicable
         (a)(4)    Not Applicable
         (a)(5)    609
         (b)    608
   610
§ 311(a)    613
         (b)    613
§ 312(a)    701
   702
         (b)    702
         (c)    702
§ 313(a)    703
         (b)    703
         (c)    703
         (d)    703
§ 314(a)    1004
         (a)(4)    102
   1007
         (b)    Not Applicable
         (c)(1)    102
         (c)(2)    102
         (c)(3)    Not Applicable
         (d)    Not Applicable
         (e)    102
§ 315(a)    601
         (b)    602
         (c)    601
         (d)    601
         (e)    514
§ 316(a)    101
         (a)(1)(A)    502
   512
         (a)(1)(B)    513
         (a)(2)    Not Applicable
         (b)    508
         (c)    104
§ 317(a)(1)    503
         (a)(2)    504
         (b)    1003
§ 318(a)    107

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1   

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

  1   

Section 101

Definitions.

  1   

Section 102

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

  9   

Section 103

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

  10   

Section 104

Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

  10   

Section 105

Notices, Etc., to Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company.

  12   

Section 106

Notice to Holders; Waiver.

  12   

Section 107

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

  13   

Section 108

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

  13   

Section 109

Successors and Assigns.

  13   

Section 110

Separability Clause.

  13   

Section 111

Benefits of Indenture.

  13   

Section 112

Governing Law.

  13   

Section 113

Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.

  14   

Section 114

Treatment of Securities as Debt.

  14   

Section 115

Judgment Currency.

  14   

Section 116

Legal Holidays.

  15   

Section 117

Waiver of Jury Trial

  15   
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS   15   

Section 201

Forms Generally.

  15   

Section 202

Form of Face of Security.

  16   

Section 203

Form of Reverse of Security.

  18   

Section 204

Form of Legend for Global Securities.

  21   

Section 205

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

  22   

Section 206

Form of Guarantee.

  22   
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES   23   

Section 301

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

  23   

Section 302

Denominations.

  26   

Section 303

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

  26   

Section 304

Temporary Securities.

  27   

Section 305

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

  28   

Section 306

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

  30   

Section 307

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

  31   

Section 308

Persons Deemed Owners.

  32   

Section 309

Cancellation.

  32   

Section 310

Computation of Interest.

  32   

 

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ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   32   

Section 401

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

  32   

Section 402

Application of Trust Money.

  33   
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES   34   

Section 501

Events of Default.

  34   

Section 502

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

  35   

Section 503

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

  36   

Section 504

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

  36   

Section 505

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

  37   

Section 506

Application of Money Collected.

  37   

Section 507

Limitation on Suits.

  37   

Section 508

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert.

  38   

Section 509

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

  38   

Section 510

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

  39   

Section 511

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

  39   

Section 512

Control by Holders.

  39   

Section 513

Waiver of Past Defaults.

  39   

Section 514

Undertaking for Costs.

  40   
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE   40   

Section 601

Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

  40   

Section 602

Notice of Defaults.

  41   

Section 603

Certain Rights of Trustee.

  41   

Section 604

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

  43   

Section 605

May Hold Securities.

  44   

Section 606

Money Held in Trust.

  44   

Section 607

Compensation and Reimbursement.

  44   

Section 608

Conflicting Interests.

  44   

Section 609

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

  45   

Section 610

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

  45   

Section 611

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

  46   

Section 612

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

  47   

Section 613

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Guarantor.

  48   

Section 614

Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

  48   
ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY   49   

Section 701

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

  49   

Section 702

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

  50   

Section 703

Reports by Trustee.

  50   

 

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ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE   50   

Section 801

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

  50   

Section 802

Successor Substituted.

  51   
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   51   

Section 901

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

  51   

Section 902

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

  52   

Section 903

Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

  53   

Section 904

Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

  54   

Section 905

Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

  54   

Section 906

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

  54   
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS   54   

Section 1001

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

  54   

Section 1002

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

  54   

Section 1003

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

  55   

Section 1004

Commission Reports.

  56   

Section 1005

Compliance Certificate.

  56   

Section 1006

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

  57   

Section 1007

Existence.

  57   

Section 1008

Waiver of Certain Covenants.

  57   

Section 1009

Taxes.

  57   

Section 1010

Limitation on Secured Debt.

  58   

Section 1011

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

  59   

Section 1012

Exempted Indebtedness.

  59   

Section 1013

Business Activities.

  59   
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES   59   

Section 1101

Applicability of Article.

  59   

Section 1102

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

  60   

Section 1103

Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

  60   

Section 1104

Notice of Redemption.

  61   

Section 1105

Deposit of Redemption Price.

  61   

Section 1106

Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

  61   

Section 1107

Securities Redeemed in Part.

  62   
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS   62   

Section 1201

Applicability of Article.

  62   

Section 1202

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

  62   

Section 1203

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

  63   

 

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ARTICLE 13
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   63   

Section 1301

Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

  63   

Section 1302

Defeasance and Discharge.

  63   

Section 1303

Covenant Defeasance.

  64   

Section 1304

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

  64   

Section 1305

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

  66   

Section 1306

Reinstatement.

  67   

Section 1307

Qualifying Trustee.

  67   
ARTICLE 14
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES   68   

Section 1401

Guarantee.

  68   

Section 1402

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease.

  70   

Section 1403

Successor Substituted; No Waiver; Modification; Non-Impairment.

  70   
ARTICLE 15
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS   71   

Section 1501

Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes.

  71   

Section 1502

Payment of Additional Amounts.

  72   

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

 

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INDENTURE dated as of July 8, 2015, among DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg (herein called the “Company”), having its registered office at 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B197470, DANAHER CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Guarantor”) and the indirect parent company of the Company, having its principal office at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W, Washington, D.C. 20037-1701, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

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

The Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the Guarantee (as defined herein) of the Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time in one or more series as this Indenture provides.

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101 Definitions.

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

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

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

(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and,


except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms “generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date hereof;

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

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

“Act of Holder” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 1502.

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

“Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, means, as of any particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the lease involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Guarantor) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges) during the remaining term of such lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

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

“Board Resolution” means (i) a copy of a resolution certified by a director or officer of the Company or by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by the applicable Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, or (ii) a certificate signed by the authorized officer or officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to whom the Board of Directors of the Company or of the Guarantor, as the case may be, has delegated its authority, and in each case, delivered to the Trustee.

 

2


“Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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

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

“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of a director or officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Consolidated Assets” means the aggregate of all assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (including the value of all existing Sale and Leaseback Transactions and any assets resulting from the capitalization of other long-term lease obligations in accordance with GAAP), appearing on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries at their net book values, after deducting related depreciation, amortization and other valuation reserves, all prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means the aggregate of the current liabilities of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries appearing on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, all in accordance with GAAP. In no event shall Consolidated Current Liabilities include any obligation of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries issued under a revolving credit or similar agreement if the obligation issued under such agreement matures by its terms within twelve months from the date thereof but by the terms of such agreement such obligation may be renewed or extended or the amount thereof reborrowed or refunded at the option of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary for a term in excess of twelve months from the date of determination.

“Consolidated Net Assets” means Consolidated Assets after deduction of Consolidated Current Liabilities.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall be principally administered, which office is at the date of this Indenture located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attn: Global Corporate Trust.

“Corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.

 

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“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.

“Duplicate Register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

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

“Expiration Date” means a date, designated in accordance with Section 104, by which Holders must take an action contemplated by Section 104 for such action to be effective.

“Foreign Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

“Funded Debt” means all indebtedness for money borrowed having a maturity of more than twelve months from the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries or renewable and extendable beyond twelve months at the option of the borrower and all obligations in respect of lease rentals that under GAAP would be shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor as a liability item other than a current liability; provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include any of the foregoing to the extent that such indebtedness or obligations are not required by GAAP to be shown on the balance sheet of the Guarantor.

“Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Company’s obligations under any Security of any applicable series by the Guarantor under this Indenture.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 1401.

“Guarantor” means the Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person replaces the Guarantor and, thereafter, “Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.

“Generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP” has the meaning specified in Section 101(e).

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

 

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“Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, (i) all liabilities representing borrowed money or purchase money obligations as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet, (ii) all indebtedness secured by any Lien existing on property owned subject to such Lien, whether or not such secured indebtedness has been assumed and (iii) contingent obligations in respect of, or to purchase or otherwise acquire, any such indebtedness of others described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) above, including guarantees and endorsements (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business of any such indebtedness).

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.

“Interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

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

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 115.

“Lien” means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien or other security arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

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

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(d).

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by, as applicable, (i) any director or officer of the Company or (ii) the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Guarantor, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Guarantor.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

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

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

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

(c) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and

(d) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to

 

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act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor.

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

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

“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property (including fixtures but excluding leases and other contract rights which might otherwise be deemed real property) owned by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter, provided each such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property has a gross book value (without deduction for any depreciation reserves) at the date as of which the determination is being made of in excess of two percent of the Consolidated Net Assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, other than any such plant, warehouse, office building or parcel of real property or portion thereof that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor (evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Guarantor delivered to the Trustee), is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

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

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

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 115.

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee including any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any

 

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trust officer, any senior trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Secured Debt” means Indebtedness for borrowed money and any Funded Debt that is secured by a security interest in (a) any Principal Property or (b) any shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary.

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

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

“Security Registrar” shall mean the Person appointed to register Securities and transfers of Securities in the Security Register, as contemplated by Section 305.

“Separation” means the separation of the Guarantor into two separate, independent companies, whether by way of dividend, distribution, spin-off, split-off, exchange, reorganization, merger, sale and/or offering of securities or otherwise, which the Guarantor indicated its intention to pursue in a press release issued on May 13, 2015.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

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

“Subsidiary” of any specified Person means any corporation or other entity (including, without limitation, partnerships, joint ventures and associations) of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 1502.

 

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“Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1401.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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

“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.

“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title Vice President.

Section 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

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

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the Officers’ Certificate provided for in Section 1005 hereof) shall include:

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

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

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

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

 

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Section 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

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

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

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

Section 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or the Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

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

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

The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall, at its own expense, cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.

 

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With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any date as the Expiration Date and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

Section 105 Notices, Etc., to Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company.

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

(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at 2 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attn: Global Corporate Trust or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Company and the Holders by the Trustee, or

(b) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it at the address of its office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attn. Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

Section 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where

 

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this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Section 107 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 108 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

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

Section 109 Successors and Assigns.

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

Section 110 Separability Clause.

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

Section 111 Benefits of Indenture.

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

Section 112 Governing Law.

This Indenture, the Securities and any Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. For the avoidance of doubt, the applicability of Article 86 to 94-8 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies shall be excluded.

 

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Section 113 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process .

Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any party to enforce any rights under or with respect to this Indenture, any Security and any Guarantee or any other document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may be instituted in any state or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, State of New York, United States of America, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that and agrees not to claim or plead in any court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof.

The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally designates and appoints CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (and any successor entity) as its authorized agent to receive and forward on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court and agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation System shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Company. Said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable. Nothing in this Section 113 shall affect the right of the Holders to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Holders to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as the Securities are outstanding. The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes and directs CT Corporation System to accept such service on its behalf. If for any reason CT Corporation System ceases to be available to act as such, the Company agrees to designate a new agent in New York City.

Section 114 Treatment of Securities as Debt .

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for United States federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 115 Judgment Currency .

Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its

 

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obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a legal holiday in The City of New York.

Section 116 Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided, that no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

Section 117 Waiver of Jury Trial

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

ARTICLE 2

SECURITY FORMS

Section 201 Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by a director or officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

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

Section 202 Form of Face of Security.

[Insert any legend required by the Code and the regulations thereunder or by applicable securities laws.]

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

(fully and unconditionally guaranteed by

DANAHER CORPORATION)

 

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CUSIP            

DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      [Dollars] [if other than Dollars, substitute other currency or currency units] on                      [If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert —, and to pay interest thereon from                      or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, [semi-annually on                      and                      in each year]] [if other than semi-annual interest at a fixed rate, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing at [If the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert — the rate of     % per annum] [if the Security is to bear interest at a rate determined with reference to one or more formula, refer to description of index below], until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment

[If applicable, insert —, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand.] [Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.] The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                      or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this

 

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Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the Payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].

[If the Securities are securities with respect to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with reference to one or more indices or formulas, insert the text of such indices or formulas]

[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. [Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of     % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]]

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                      in immediately available funds [if applicable, insert —; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.]

This Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Guarantor”), as provided in the Indenture.

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

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

 

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DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By  

 

Attest:

Section 203 Form of Reverse of Security.

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                     ,              (herein called the Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the securities are, and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert — limited in aggregate principal amount to $        ]. [The Securities are [unsecured general obligations of the Company.]]

[If applicable, insert — the securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, [If applicable, insert —

(1) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert—on or after                     ,             ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before                     ,     % and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning                     of the years indicated,

 

Redemption    Redemption

Year

   Price    Year    Price
        
        
        

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year                      through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if

 

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applicable, insert — on or after                     , as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,

 

Year    Redemption Price For
Redemption Through Operation
of the Sinking Fund
   Redemption Price For
Redemption Otherwise Than
Through Operation of the Sinking
Fund
     

 

  

 

  

 

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to     % of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to                      redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than     % per annum.]

[If applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on                      in each year beginning with the year                      and ending with the year                      of [if applicable, insert — not less than $         (mandatory sinking fund) and not more than] $        aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory] [sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert —, in the inverse order in which they become due].]

[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

[If the Security is not subject to redemption of any kind, insert—This Security is not redeemable prior to the Stated Maturity.]

[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]

 

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[If the Security is convertible into securities of the Company or the Guarantor specify the conversion features.]

[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — [insert formula for determining the amount.] Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]

This Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Guarantor”), as provided in the Indenture.

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

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

 

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

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

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

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

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

Section 204 Form of Legend for Global Securities.

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) (THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR ITS NOMINEE. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED

 

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CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.

Section 205 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

Section 206 Form of Guarantee.

The Guarantee of any applicable series of Securities shall be in substantially the following form:

For value received, the undersigned (the “Guarantor”), to the extent set forth in and subject to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of                      (the “Indenture”), among DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg (the “Company”), the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of or interest on or premium, if any, on the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the Securities.

The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fourteen of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Securities to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Securities, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly authorized officer.

 

DANAHER CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE 3

THE SECURITIES

Section 301 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

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

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

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

(d) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;

(e) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(f) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;

 

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(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

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

(i) any provision for the conversion or exchange of Securities of the series, either at the option of the Holder thereof or the Company, into or for another security or securities of the Company, the security or securities into or for which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices, including any adjustments thereto, at which and the other terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(j) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(k) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to one or more indices or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(l) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 101;

(m) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

(n) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;

(o) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

 

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(p) whether either or both of Section 1302 and Section 1303 shall not apply to the Securities of the series;

(q) if and as applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

(r) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;

(s) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles Ten or Fourteen which apply to Securities of the series or to any Guarantee thereon;

(t) whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed by any Person other than the Guarantor and, if so, the identity of such Person, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be guaranteed; and

(u) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(e)).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution of the Company referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided in the Officers’ Certificate of the Company referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

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

 

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Section 302 Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 303 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of the directors or officers of the Company, and any Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or an Assistant Treasurer. The signature of any of such persons on the Securities and any Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the signature of an individual who was at any time a proper director or officer of the Company, shall bind the Company and Guarantees bearing the signature of an individual who was at any time a proper officer of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities and Guarantees.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company and any Guarantee executed by the Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution of the Company as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution of the Company as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(c) that such Securities and the related Guarantees, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and, if applicable, to provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed in United States dollars.

 

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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 304 Temporary Securities.

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

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

 

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Section 305 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by Danaher International at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “Duplicate Register”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and the Guarantor shall execute any Guarantee thereon.

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

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

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

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of

 

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redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

The provisions of Clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

(a) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Clause (b) above, the rights of holders of such Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such holders and the Depositary and or the Depositary participants. The initial Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the Depositary participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the Global Securities to such Depositary participants.

The Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, and any of their respective agents, employees, officers and directors, as the absolute owner of the Global Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, or any of their respective agents, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary, or shall impair the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Global Security. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, any holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Global Securities.

(d) Subject to Clause (b) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

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Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(f) None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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Section 307 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (a) or (b) below:

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

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

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

 

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Section 308 Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 309 Cancellation.

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

Section 310 Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

ARTICLE 4

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

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

(a) either

(1) all Securities (and any related Guarantee) theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

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

and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i) (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money (either in United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in Section 1304 or such other currency or Foreign Government Obligations (as defined in Section 1304) or currency units in which the Securities of any series may be payable) in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities (and any related Guarantees) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(b) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company or the Guarantor; and

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of Clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

Section 402 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

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ARTICLE 5

REMEDIES

Section 501 Events of Default.

Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

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

(b) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series when due, whether at its Maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise; or

(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Security in this Indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company or the Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or

(e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or the Guarantor bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or the Guarantor under any applicable Federal or State or foreign law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(f) the commencement by the Company or the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either the Company or the Guarantor to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either the Company or the Guarantor, or the filing by either the

 

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Company or the Guarantor of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State or foreign law, or the consent by either the Company or the Guarantor to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of either of its property, or the making by either the Company or the Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or the Guarantor in furtherance of any such action;

(g) any Guarantee of Securities of that series ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance this Indenture, including Article Fourteen hereof) or is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment to be unenforceable or invalid or any such Guarantee of Securities is asserted in writing by the Company or the Guarantor to no longer be in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms; or

(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

Section 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(e) or 501(f)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(e) or 501(f) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

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

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

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

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(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

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

(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

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

Section 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Company and the Guarantor each covenant that if:

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

(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security whether at the Maturity or upon acceleration or otherwise thereof;

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

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

Section 504 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute

 

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the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

Section 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

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

Section 506 Application of Money Collected.

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

First, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and

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

Third, to the Company or any other Person or Persons entitled thereto.

Section 507 Limitation on Suits.

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

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

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

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

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

Section 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to convert such Security in accordance with the provisions in the form of Security of any particular series pursuant to Section 301(i) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

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

 

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Section 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

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

Section 512 Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

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

(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and

(c) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 513 Waiver of Past Defaults.

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

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

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

 

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

Section 514 Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.

ARTICLE 6

THE TRUSTEE

Section 601 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent actions, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred;

(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

 

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None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.

This Section is in furtherance of and subject to Sections 315 and 316 of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 602 Notice of Defaults.

If a default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give the Holders of the Securities of such series, notice of such default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such default. Except in the case of a default in payment of principal of, premium on or interest on any Security of any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities of that series. For purposes of this Section, the term default means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

Section 603 Certain Rights of Trustee.

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

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

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

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

 

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

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

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

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

(h) in the event the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Security Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture shall also be afforded to such Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Security Registrar;

(i) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Trustee receives written notice of such event from the Company, the Guarantor or from Holders of Securities of any series so affected evidencing no less than 51% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Securities of such series;

(j) without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(e) or Section 501(f), such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy or insolvency law;

(k) the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company’s and the Guarantor’s covenants in Article Ten or Article Fourteen. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless the Trustee shall have received written notification at its Corporate Trust Office which references the relevant Securities and this Indenture or obtained actual knowledge;

 

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(l) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion;

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

(n) the Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it, except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law;

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

(p) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by forces beyond its reasonable control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances; and

(q) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture (as amended or supplemented), the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed from principal or interest payments hereunder. The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any Paying Agent shall reasonably cooperate with each other and shall provide each other with copies of documents or information reasonably necessary for each of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any such Paying Agent to comply with any withholding tax or tax information reporting obligations imposed on any of them, including any obligations imposed pursuant to an agreement with a governmental authority.

Section 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

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Section 605  May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject, to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 606 Money Held in Trust.

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

Section 607 Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company and the Guarantor agree:

(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

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

(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, agents, and employees for, and to hold it and its officers, directors, agents, and employees harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.

Section 608 Conflicting Interests.

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

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Section 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.

If at any time:

(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,

(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

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

 

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then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its corporate trust office.

Section 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

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successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. No trustee hereunder shall be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Trustee.

Upon appointment of any successor Trustee, hereunder, all fees, charges and expenses of the retiring Trustee shall become immediately due and payable.

Section 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

 

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Section 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Guarantor.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or the Guarantor (or any such other obligor).

Section 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions

 

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of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

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

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:

 

As Authenticating Agent
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE 7

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee,

(a) semi-annually, not later than April 15 and October 15 in each year, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding April 1 or October 1 as the case may be; and

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

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Section 702 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 703 Reports by Trustee.

The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than October 15 in each calendar year, commencing in 2016.

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

ARTICLE 8

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 801 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be either the Guarantor or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Guarantor, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the District of Columbia or any member country of the European Union, and in each case such acquiring entity shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the Company’s obligations on each series of outstanding Securities;

 

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(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 802 Successor Substituted.

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, in each case when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor herein and in the Securities and in the Guarantees, as applicable;

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

(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);

(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;

 

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

(f) to secure the Securities or any Guarantee;

(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301;

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611;

(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture;

(j) to conform this Indenture or any supplemental indenture to the description of the Securities set forth in any prospectus or prospectus supplement related to such series of Securities; or

(k) to make provisions with respect to the conversion rights of Holders, including providing for the conversion of the Securities into any security or securities of the Company.

Section 902 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, in each case when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (including any change in the index, indices or formula pursuant to which such rate is determined

 

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that would reduce such rate for any period) or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, change the right to convert any Security in accordance with the provisions in the form of such Security pursuant to Section 301(i) hereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or any such right to convert,

(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture,

(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(h), or

(d) release the Guarantor from its obligations in respect of the Guarantee of such series of Securities affected.

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

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

Section 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent thereto have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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Section 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

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

Section 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

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

ARTICLE 10

COVENANTS

Section 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. The performance by the Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under this Section 1001 shall be deemed to constitute performance thereof by the Company.

Section 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

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

Section 1003 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

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

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

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

(a) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and

(b) during the continuance of any default by the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

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

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust;

 

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and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company or the Guarantor as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

Section 1004 Commission Reports.

Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after it files them with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company or the Guarantor may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company and the Guarantor also shall comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent applicable.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). All such documents or reports referred to in this Section 1004 that the Company or the Guarantor files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee and transmitted to Holders at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system (or any successor system).

Section 1005 Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the officers signing the Officers’ Certificate, with a view to determining whether the Company and the Guarantor have each kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such officer signing such Officers’ Certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the Company and the Guarantor have each kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant (without regard to periods of grace or notice requirements) contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).

(b) The Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Event of Default and what action the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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Section 1006 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

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

Section 1007 Existence .

Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. Subject to Article Fourteen, the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

Section 1008 Waiver of Certain Covenants.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Company and the Guarantor may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 1009, 1010 or 1011 with respect to the Securities of such series or in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(s), 901(b) or 901(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 1009 Taxes.

The Company and the Guarantor shall, and the Guarantor shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

 

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Section 1010 Limitation on Secured Debt.

The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, or guarantee any Secured Debt without making effective provision for securing the Securities equally and ratably with such Secured Debt. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply, however, to debt secured by (i) purchase money mortgages created to secure payment for the acquisition or construction of any property including, but not limited to, any indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction (including any improvements on an existing property) or the commencement of commercial operation of such property, which indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such property or construction or improvements on such property, (ii) mortgages, pledges, liens, security interest or encumbrances (collectively referred to herein as security interests) on property, or any conditional sales agreement or any title retention with respect to property, existing at the time of acquisition thereof, whether or not assumed by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) security interests on property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of any corporation or firm existing at the time such corporation or firm becomes a Subsidiary, (iv) security interests in property or shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or at the time of a sale, lease, or other disposition of the properties of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that no such security interests shall extend to any other Principal Property of the Guarantor or such Subsidiary prior to such acquisition or to other Principal Property thereafter acquired other than additions or improvements to the acquired property, (v) security interests on property of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof (including, without limitation, security interests to secure indebtedness of the pollution control or industrial revenue type) in order to permit the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries to perform a contract or to secure indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price for the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such security interests or which is required by law or regulation as a condition to the transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege, franchise or license, (vi) security interests on any property or assets of any Subsidiary to secure indebtedness owing by it to the Guarantor or to another Subsidiary of the Guarantor, (vii) any mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’ or other similar lien arising in the ordinary course of business (including construction of facilities) in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith, (viii) any security interest for taxes, assessments or government charges or levies not yet delinquent, or already delinquent, but the validity of which is being contested in good faith, (ix) any security interest arising in connection with legal proceedings being contested in good faith, including any judgment lien so long as execution thereof is being stayed, (x) landlords’ liens on fixtures located on premises leased by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (xi) any security interests on any property, assets or equity or other ownership interests created to secure indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Separation (provided that this clause (xi) shall cease to apply to any such security interests to the extent (a) the Separation has not been consummated within 180 days of the creation of such security interests or (b) such security interests continue to encumber property, assets or equity or other ownership interests of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries as of a date which is 30 days after the consummation of the Separation), or (xii) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any security interest referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (xi) inclusive.

 

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Section 1011 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter any lease for a term longer than three years (excluding leases of newly acquired, improved or constructed property) covering any Principal Property of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is sold to any other person in connection with such lease (a Sale and Leaseback Transaction), unless either (a) the Guarantor or such Subsidiary of the Guarantor would be entitled, without equally and ratably securing the Securities to incur Indebtedness secured by a mortgage on the Principal Property leased pursuant to clauses (i) through (xi) of Section 1010 hereof, or (b) an amount equal to the value of the Principal Property so leased is applied to the retirement, within 120 days of the effective date of such arrangement, of indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or assumed by the Guarantor or a Subsidiary of the Guarantor which is recorded as Funded Debt as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and which in the case of such Indebtedness of the Company, is not subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment of the Securities.

Section 1012 Exempted Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding Section 1010 and Section 1011, the Guarantor and any one or more of its Subsidiaries may, without securing the Securities, issue, assume, or guarantee Secured Debt or enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions of Section 1010 and Section 1011, provided that after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Secured Debt then outstanding (not including Secured Debt permitted under the exceptions set forth in Section 1010) and the Attributable Debt of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions in accordance with clause (a) or (b) of Section 1011) at such time does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Assets.

Section 1013 Business Activities.

The Company shall not engage in any activities or take any action that would be inconsistent with the definition of “finance subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

ARTICLE 11

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 1101 Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 or Section 1501 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.

 

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Section 1102 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

Section 1103 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

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

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

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

 

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Section 1104 Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(a) the Redemption Date,

(b) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof,

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

(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(e) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and

(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Section 1105 Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company or the Guarantor shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the Guarantor is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

Section 1106 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company and the Guarantor shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the

 

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Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

Section 1107 Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Guarantor shall execute any Guarantee thereon and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE 12

SINKING FUNDS

Section 1201 Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

Section 1202 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

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Section 1203 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not been previously so credited and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

ARTICLE 13

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 1301 Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301, this Article Thirteen shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 1302 (if applicable) or Section 1303 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.

Section 1302 Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder; (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.

 

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Section 1303 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company and the Guarantor shall be released from their obligations under Sections 801, 1006, 1009, 1010, 1011 and 1013 and any other Sections or covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision), and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(s), 901(b) or 901(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 501(d) (with respect to Sections 801, 1006, 1009, 1010, 1011 and 1013 and any other Sections or covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Sections 301(s), 901(b) or 901(g)) and 501(g) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(d)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

Section 1304 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

(a) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) in the case of Securities of such series denominated in U.S. dollars, (i) money in an amount, (ii) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or on the applicable Redemption Date or Dates, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and

 

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acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt or (B) in the case of Securities of such series denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, (i) money in such currency in an amount, or (ii) Foreign Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in such currency in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of such series on the respective Stated Maturities or on the applicable Redemption Date or Dates, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series. As used herein, Foreign Government Obligation means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the government that issued such currency for the payment of which full faith and credit of such government is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality for such government the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any Foreign Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Foreign Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Foreign Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

(b) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company or the Guarantor has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

 

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(c) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

(d) The Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

(e) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(e) and (f) at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).

(f) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).

(g) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.

(h) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

(i) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.

(j) The Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 1305 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the

 

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Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as the Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company or the Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of an amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

Section 1306 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company and the Guarantor have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

Section 1307 Qualifying Trustee.

Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1304 hereof for the purpose of holding trust funds deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.

 

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ARTICLE 14

GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES

Section 1401 Guarantee.

(1) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, or interest on or premium, if any, on, the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Guarantor, and that the Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. The Guarantee shall be substantially as set forth in Section 206 hereof.

(2) The Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by (1) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (2) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (3) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (4) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (5) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, (6) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in the Indenture or any Security; (7) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; (8) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any reason of the Indenture or any Security, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or (9) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder (other than payment in full).

 

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(3) The Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by the Guarantor hereunder. The Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued prior to an action being initiated against the Guarantor.

(4) The Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(5) Except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than payment in full).

(6) Except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, the Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.

(7) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against the Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, the Guarantor, hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (1) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (3) all other monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.

(8) The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of any series of Securities and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders and the Trustee by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee; provided that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of

 

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any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in this Indenture, the Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 1401.

(9) The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 1401.

(10) Upon request of the Trustee, the Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 1402 Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease.

The Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

(a) either (A) the Guarantor shall be the surviving Person or (B) the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the Guaranteed Obligations and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(c) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 1403 Successor Substituted; No Waiver; Modification; Non-Impairment.

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formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee.

(2) Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

(3) No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article, nor the consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

(4) The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

ARTICLE 15

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS

Section 1501 Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes.

Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301, the Securities of any series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date and Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 1502), if any, if as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws, regulations or rulings of Luxembourg or the United States, as applicable, or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the power to tax (a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws, including any action taken by, or change in the published administrative practice of, a taxing authority or a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction (regardless of whether such action, change or holding is with respect to the Company or the Guarantor), which amendment or change is announced or becomes effective on or after the date the Securities of such series are issued, the Company or the Guarantor has become, or there is a material probability that it will become, obligated to pay Additional Amounts on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Securities of such series, and such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be; provided, however, that no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, would be obligated, or

 

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there is a material probability the Company or Guarantor would otherwise be obligated, to pay such Additional Amount. Prior to the publication or, where relevant, mailing (and/or to the extent permitted by applicable procedures or regulations, electronic delivery) of any notice of redemption described in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (i)(A) an Officers’ Certificate of the Company stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Company taking commercially reasonable measures available to it or (B) an Officers’ Certificate of the Guarantor stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by such Guarantor taking commercially reasonable measures available to it, as the case may be, and (ii) a written opinion of independent tax counsel to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of recognized standing to the effect that the Company has or there is a material probability that it will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a change, amendment, official interpretation or application described above and that the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid the payment of such Additional Amounts by taking commercially reasonable measures available to it.

Section 1502 Payment of Additional Amounts.

All payments made by the Company or the Guarantor under or with respect to the Securities and any Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction (“Taxes”), unless the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. In the event that the Company or Guarantor is required to so withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each holder of Securities (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will equal the amount that such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment to a holder of Securities or a holder of a beneficial interests in Global Securities where such holder is subject to taxation on such payment by a relevant Taxing Jurisdiction for any reason other than such holder’s mere ownership of the Securities or for or on account of:

(a) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld solely because such holder or a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, or member of such holder if such holder is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder:

(1) is or was present or engaged in, or is or was treated as present or engaged in, a trade or business in the Taxing Jurisdiction or has or had a permanent establishment in the Taxing Jurisdiction;

(2) has or had any present or former connection (other than the mere fact of ownership of such Securities) with the Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes, including being or having been a national citizen or resident thereof, being treated as being or having been a resident thereof or being or having been physically present therein;

 

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(3) with respect to any withholding Taxes imposed by the United States, is or was with respect to the United States a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment company, a controlled foreign corporation, a foreign private foundation or other foreign tax exempt organization or corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;

(4) actually or constructively owns or owned 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or Guarantor within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) of the Code; or

(5) is or was a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3) of the Code.

(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar Taxes imposed with respect to the Securities, except as otherwise provided herein;

(c) any Taxes imposed solely as a result of the presentation of such Securities (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the beneficiary or holder thereof would have been entitled to the payment of Additional Amounts had the Securities been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(d) any Taxes imposed or withheld solely as a result of the failure of such holder or any other person to comply with applicable certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction of such holder, if such compliance is required by statute, regulation, ruling or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or by any applicable tax treaty to which the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is a party as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Taxes;

(e) with respect to withholding Taxes imposed by the United States, any such Taxes imposed by reason of the failure of such holder to fulfill the statement requirements of sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code;

(f) any Taxes that are payable by any method other than withholding or deduction by the Company or a Guarantor or any paying agent from payments in respect of such Securities;

(g) any Taxes required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment in respect of any Securities if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

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2014 or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and 27, 2000, on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, or any amendment thereof, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, that Directive or the Luxembourg Law of December 23, 2005, as amended;

(i) any withholding or deduction for Taxes which would not have been imposed if the relevant Securities had been presented to another paying agent in a member country of the European Union;

(j) any withholding or deduction required pursuant to sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations or agreements thereunder, official interpretations thereof, or any law, rule, guidance or administrative practice implementing an intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with such sections of the Code; or

(k) any combination of Section 1502(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j).

Additional Amounts also will not be payable to any Holder or the holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or to such holder that is not the sole Holder or holder of such beneficial interests of such Security, as the case may be. This exception, however, will apply only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment.

The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will also (i) make such withholding or deduction of Taxes and (ii) remit the full amount of Taxes so deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with all applicable laws. The Company or Guarantor, as applicable, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes. The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will, upon request, make available to the holders of the Securities, within 90 days after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company or Guarantor or if, notwithstanding the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s efforts to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, other evidence of such payments by the Company or Guarantor.

At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities or Guarantees is due and payable, if the Company or a Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company or Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information as is necessary to enable such Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to holders of Securities on the payment date.

 

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In addition, the Company will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and duties, including interest, penalties and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, payable in Luxembourg or the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the foregoing in respect of the creation, issue, offering, enforcement, redemption or retirement of the Securities.

The provisions of this Article Fifteen shall survive any termination of the discharge of this Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which the Company or a Guarantor or any successor Person to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is organized or is engaged in business for tax purposes or any political subdivisions or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein; provided, however, the date on which the Company or Guarantor changes its jurisdiction in which it is organized or such Person becomes a successor to the Company or applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be substituted for the date on which the series of Securities was issued.

Whenever in this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal and premium, if any, redemption price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

 

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

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

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

/s/ Frank T. McFaden

Name: Frank T. McFaden
Title: Director
DANAHER CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Daniel L. Comas

Name: Daniel L. Comas
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:

/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
Title: Vice President

INDENTURE SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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Exhibit 4.2

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.,

as Issuer

DANAHER CORPORATION,

as Guarantor

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2017

1.000% Senior Notes Due 2019

1.700% Senior Notes Due 2022

2.500% Senior Notes Due 2025

Dated as of July 8, 2015

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of July 8, 2015, is among DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg (the “ Company ”), having its registered office at 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B197470, DANAHER CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Guarantor ”) and the indirect parent company of the Company, having its principal office at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W, Washington, D.C. 20037-1701, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of July 8, 2015, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ” and together with this Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of series of the Company’s Securities and Guarantees of such Securities by the Guarantor;

WHEREAS, Section 901(g) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture, the Company wishes to provide for the issuance of four (4) new series of Securities to be known as its: (a) Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ Floating Rate Notes ”), (b) 1.000% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes ”), (c) 1.700% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ”), and (d) 2.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Notes, ” and together with the 2019 Notes and 2022 Notes, the “ Fixed Rate Notes ”). The Floating Rate Notes together with the Fixed Rate Notes are herein referred to as the “ Notes .” The form of each such series of Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor desires to Guarantee each series of Notes on the terms set forth in Article 14 of the Base Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding and instrument enforceable in accordance with its terms, to make each series of Notes, when executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, and to make the Guarantees of each series of Notes, when such series of Notes have been executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and when the notations of Guarantee to be attached to each Note are executed and delivered by the Guarantor, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Guarantor, in each case, have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects;

 

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

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Relation to Base Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.

Section 1.02 Definition Of Terms. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Base Indenture;

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

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

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

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

2019 Notes Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).

2022 Notes Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(c).

2025 Notes Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(d).

2019 Notes Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

2022 Notes Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

2025 Notes Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

2019 Notes Record Date ” shall mean the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related 2019 Notes Interest Payment Date, which constitutes a Regular Record Date for purposes of the Base Indenture.

2022 Notes Record Date ” shall mean the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date, which constitutes a Regular Record Date for purposes of the Base Indenture.

2025 Notes Record Date ” shall mean the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related 2025 Notes Interest Payment Date, which constitutes a Regular Record Date for purposes of the Base Indenture.

Base Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or London are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, is open.

 

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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than (a) the Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries, (b) any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan and (c) Steven M. Rales and Mitchell P. Rales) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s or the Guarantor’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (2) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries, or the Guarantor’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries, in each case taken as a whole, to one or more Persons (other than the Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries); or (3) the Guarantor ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests of the Company, other than as a result of the merger or consolidation of the Company with and into the Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (A) the Guarantor becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (B)(i) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Guarantor’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (ii) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly of indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company and (2) a Change of Control will be deemed not to have occurred as a result of any change or event occurring in connection with, or as a result of, the Separation, including, without limitation, any changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor.

“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

Change of Control Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

Change of Control Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

Change of Control Triggering Event ”, with respect to any series of Notes, shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event with respect to such series.

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme .

Common Depositary ” means any Person acting as common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream or its successor as appointed as such by the Depositary, which shall initially be The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch.

Comparable Government Bond ” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an independent investment bank selected by the Company, a German government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the series of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed, or if such independent investment bank in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German government bond as such independent investment bank may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by the Company, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.

Comparable Government Bond Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at

 

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which the gross redemption yield on the Fixed Rate Notes of a series to be redeemed, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Comparable Government Bond on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company.

Depositary ” means each of Clearstream and Euroclear.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

EURIBOR Interest Determination Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.

Euro-Zone ” means, at any time, the region comprised of the countries (if any) then participating in the European Economic and Monetary Union (or any successor union) pursuant to the Treaty on European Union of February 1992 (or any successor treaty), as it may be amended from time to time.

Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Floating Rate Notes Record Date ” shall mean the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, which constitutes a Regular Record Date for purposes of the Base Indenture.

Global Note ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Interest Payment Date ” shall mean the Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date, the 2019 Notes Interest Payment Date, the 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date or the 2025 Notes Interest Payment Date, as applicable.

Interest Reset Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P; and, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Guarantor.

Issue Date ” means July 8, 2015.

Market Exchange Rate ” means the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of euro as certified for customs purposes (or, if not so certified, as otherwise determined) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Maturity Date ” shall mean the Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date, the 2019 Notes Maturity Date, the 2022 Notes Maturity Date or the 2025 Notes Maturity Date, as applicable.

Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 12, 2015, among the Guarantor, Pentagon Merger Sub, Inc., a New York corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Guarantor, and Pall, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service Inc.

Pall ” means Pall Corporation, a New York corporation.

Pall Acquisition ” means the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the Guarantor agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Pall.

Paying and Calculation Agent ” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, or its successor appointed as such by the Company.

Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement ” means the Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2015, among the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Paying and Calculation Agent, as it may be amended from time to time.

Rating Agency ” shall mean (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the applicable series of Notes or fails to make a rating of such series of Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Guarantor (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event ” means the rating on the applicable series of Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and such series of Notes is rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of such series of Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s or the Guarantor’s intention to effect a Change of Control ; provided, however , that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) 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 the Company’s or 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 has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

Redemption Date ” shall mean, with respect to any redemption of any series of Notes, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the Indenture and such series of Notes.

Remaining Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to each series of Fixed Rate Notes 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 the Fixed Rate Notes of such series, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be deemed to be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Separation ” means the separation of the Guarantor into two separate, independent companies, whether by way of dividend, distribution, spin-off, split-off, exchange, reorganization, merger, sale and/or offering of securities or otherwise, which the Guarantor indicated its intention to pursue in a press release issued on May 13, 2015.

 

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Special Mandatory Redemption Date ” means the earlier to occur of (1) June 12, 2016, if the Pall Acquisition has not been completed on or prior to May 12, 2016, or (2) the 30th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Merger Agreement.

Special Mandatory Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

TARGET Business Day ” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System, or any successor system, is open for business.

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of such Person.

The terms “ 2019 Notes ,” “ 2022 Notes ,” “ 2025 Notes ,” “ Base Indenture ,” “ Company ,” “ Floating Rate Notes ,” “ Fixed Rate Notes ,” “ Guarantor ,” “ Indenture ,” “ Notes ” and “ Trustee ” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture and the paragraph preceding such recitals.

ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount. Each series of Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such series of Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture. There are hereby authorized:

(a) a series of Securities designated as the Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to €500,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture);

(b) a series of Securities designated as the 1.000% Senior Notes due 2019, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to €600,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture);

(c) a series of Securities designated as the 1.700% Senior Notes due 2022, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to €800,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture); and

(d) a series of Securities designated as the 2.500% Senior Notes due 2025, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to €800,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture).

The Company may create and issue additional Notes of any series having the same terms and conditions as such series of Notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the Issue Date, issue price and, to the extent applicable, the payment of interest accruing prior to the Issue Date of such additional Notes or the first payment of interest following the Issue Date), so that such additional Notes of such series will be consolidated and form a single series with the initial Notes of such series.

 

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Section 2.02 Maturity. (a)  The date upon which the Floating Rate Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is June 30, 2017 (the “ Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date ”), (b)  the date upon which the 2019 Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is July 8, 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes Maturity Date ”), (c)  the date upon which the 2022 Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is January 4, 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes Maturity Date ”), and (d)  the date upon which the 2025 Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is July 8, 2025 (the “ 2025 Notes Maturity Date ”).

Section 2.03 Form, Payment and Appointment. Except as provided in Section 2.04, each series of Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form. Principal of and interest on each series of Notes will be payable, the transfer of such series of Notes will be registrable, and such series of Notes will be exchangeable for such series of Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose located at One Canada Square, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying and Calculation Agent ; provided , however , that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person entitled to payment ; provided , that the Paying and Calculation Agent shall have received written notice of such account designation at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of such payment (subject to surrender of the relevant Note in the case of a payment of interest on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date).

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

The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof.

The specified currency of the Notes shall be euros. Initial Holders of Notes of a series will be required to pay for such Notes in euros, and all payments of interest and principal, including payments made upon any redemption or repurchase of such Notes, will be payable in euros (except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.03) in immediately available funds at the corporate trust office of the Paying and Calculation Agent or such other place designated by the Company with written notification to the Trustee. If the euro is unavailable to the Company or the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then-member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of the Notes of each series shall be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day before payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate on or before that payment is due. Any payment in respect of the Notes of a series so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under such series of Notes or the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying and Calculation Agent for the Notes shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.

Section 2.04 Global Notes. The Notes of each series shall be issued initially in the form of a permanent Global Security in registered form (each, a “ Global Note ”), deposited with, or on behalf of,

 

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Euroclear and Clearstream, and registered in the name of the nominee of the Common Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream. Unless and until a Global Note is exchanged for Notes of such series in certificated form, such Global Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part.

All payments due in respect of any series of Notes while such Notes are in the form of a Global Note, including the redemption price due in respect of the redemption of any such series, shall be made to the Paying and Calculation Agent, which in turn shall make payment with respect to the applicable series of Notes to the Common Depositary for the account of Euroclear and Clearstream, or in each case to their respective successors selected or approved by the Company or to the nominee of such successor.

Section 2.05 Interest on the Floating Rate Notes. (a)  The Floating Rate Notes shall bear interest at a rate equivalent to the 3-month EURIBOR (the “ Base Rate ”) plus 0.45% per year, as calculated by the Paying and Calculation Agent ; provided, however , that the minimum interest rate shall be zero. The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest from the Issue Date or from the immediately preceding Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year (each, a “ Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on September 30, 2015 ; provided , that, if any Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date would be a day that is not a Business Day, such Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest will accrue or otherwise accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after such Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date); except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. The interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be reset quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year (each, an “ Interest Reset Date ”), commencing on September 30, 2015; provided, that, if any Interest Reset Date would be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. The initial Base Rate for the Floating Rate Notes in effect from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the first Interest Reset Date will be the 3-month EURIBOR in effect on July 6, 2015. The interest rate on the Floating Rate Notes will be determined on the second TARGET Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date (a “ EURIBOR Interest Determination Date ”). Interest on a Floating Rate Notes Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Floating Rate Notes are registered on the Security Register at the close of business on the Floating Rate Notes Record Date, except as provided in Section 2.07. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.

(b) The Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the interest rate for deposits in euros designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate) on each EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, and will be determined by the Paying and Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euros having a maturity of three months, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01 as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the Euro-Zone interbank market by the principal Euro-Zone office of each of four major

 

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banks in that market selected by the Company: euro deposits having a maturity of three months beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The Paying and Calculation Agent will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide a quotation in writing of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided in writing, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards) of such quotations. The Company will ensure that the Paying and Calculation Agent is provided with appropriate contact details of the relevant personnel at each of the reference banks that the Paying and Calculation Agent will be requested to contact to provide such quotation of its rates.

(iii) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described in clause (ii) above, EURIBOR for the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading Euro-Zone banks quoted in writing, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the Euro-Zone selected by the Company: loans of euros having a maturity of three months beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time.

(iv) If fewer than three banks selected by the Company are quoting as described in clause (iii) above, EURIBOR shall be the EURIBOR in effect on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the initial Base Rate).

(c) Upon request of the Holder to the Paying and Calculation Agent, the Paying and Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate then in effect on the Floating Rate Notes and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date.

(d) All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to the Floating Rate Notes will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the next higher or lower one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (e.g., 9.876541% (or .09876541) being rounded down to 9.87654% (or .0987654) and 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded up to 9.87655% (or .0987655)). All amounts used in or resulting from any calculation with respect to the Floating Rate Notes will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the nearest cent, in the case of euro amounts or U.S. dollars, or to the nearest corresponding hundredth of a unit, in the case of a currency other than euro amounts or U.S. dollars, with one-half cent or one-half of a corresponding hundredth of a unit or more being rounded upward.

Section 2.06 Interest on the Fixed Rate Notes. (a)  Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or, if applicable, a Redemption Date, with respect to each series of Fixed Rate Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the Issue Date, if no interest has previously been paid or duly provided for with respect to such series of Fixed Rate Notes) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or, if applicable, Redemption Date, as the case may be. Interest on each series of Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on such series of Fixed Rate Notes (or the Issue Date if no interest has been paid on such series of Fixed Rate Notes), to but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association.

 

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(b) The 2019 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 1.000% per year. Interest on the 2019 Notes shall be payable annually in arrears on July 8 of each year (each, a “ 2019 Notes Interest Payment Date ”), commencing July 8, 2016, to the Persons in whose names the 2019 Notes are registered at the close of business on the 2019 Notes Record Date for such 2019 Notes Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07.

(c) The 2022 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 1.700% per year. Interest on the 2022 Notes shall be payable annually in arrears on January 4 of each year (each, a “ 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date ”), commencing January 4, 2016, to the Persons in whose names the 2022 Notes are registered at the close of business on the 2022 Notes Record Date for such 2022 Notes Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07.

(d) The 2025 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 2.500% per year. Interest on the 2025 Notes shall be payable annually in arrears on July 8 of each year (each, a “ 2025 Notes Interest Payment Date ”), commencing July 8, 2016, to the Persons in whose names the 2025 Notes are registered at the close of business on the 2025 Notes Record Date for such 2025 Notes Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07.

Section 2.07 In the event that any Interest Payment Date with respect to any series of Fixed Rate Notes or the Maturity Date or a Redemption Date for any series of Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest will accrue or otherwise accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as applicable). Interest due on the Maturity Date or a Redemption Date (in each case, whether or not an Interest Payment Date) of any series of Notes will be paid to the Person to whom principal of such Notes is payable.

Section 2.08 Payments of Additional Amounts. The provisions of Section 1502 of the Base Indenture shall apply to each series of Notes. Whenever in any series of Notes there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, such series of Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms hereof and the Indenture, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision of any series of Notes shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

Section 2.09 No Sinking Fund. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 2.10 Guarantees. Each series of Notes shall have the benefit of a Guarantee from the Guarantor on the terms set forth in Article 14 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.11 Security Registrar; Paying and Calculation Agent. The Security Registrar for each series of Notes shall initially be the Trustee. A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by the Company at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “ Duplicate Register ”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

The Paying Agent for each series of Fixed Rate Notes shall initially be the Paying and Calculation Agent. With respect to the Floating Rate Notes, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall act as the Paying Agent and/or the calculation agent in accordance with the terms of the Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement. The Company may change the Paying Agent, Paying and Calculation Agent and/or

 

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the Trustee without prior notice to any Holder. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment. Insofar as any series of Notes provide for any such agent to obtain rates, quotes or other data from a bank, dealer or other institution for use in making any determination hereunder, such agent may do so from any institution or institutions of the kind contemplated hereby notwithstanding that any one or more of such institutions are Affiliates of any such agent or Affiliates of the Company. All determinations made by the Paying and Calculation Agent may be made by such agent in its sole discretion and, absent manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Holders of the applicable series of Notes and the Company .

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption by Company. (a)  Except as set forth in Sections 3.02 and 3.03, the Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable prior to the Floating Rate Notes Maturity Date.

(b) At any time prior to April 8, 2019, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2019 Notes to be redeemed, and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 2019 Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 20 basis points,

plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of 2019 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(c) On or after April 8, 2019, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2019 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of 2019 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(d) At any time prior to the 2022 Notes Maturity Date, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the 2022 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed, and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 2022 Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points,

plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of 2022 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

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(e) At any time prior to April 8, 2025, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the 2025 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be redeemed, and

(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 2025 Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest that will be accrued and unpaid to and including the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points,

plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of 2025 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(f) On or after April 8, 2025, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the 2025 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of 2025 Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(g) The Company will cause the notice of any redemption to be mailed (or sent electronically in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures) to the registered Holders of the applicable series of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. If a series of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed is only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.01, such series of Fixed Rate Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures. The price for any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the applicable Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the applicable series of Fixed Rate Notes (if then registered as Global Notes) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount sufficient to pay the applicable redemption price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such redemption price is to be paid.

(h) If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Fixed Rate Notes of a series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the applicable Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent on or before such Redemption Date as provided herein, then on and after such Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Fixed Rate Notes of such series (or such portion thereof) called for redemption.

Section 3.02 Special Mandatory Redemption. (a)  In the event that the Guarantor does not consummate the Pall Acquisition on or prior to May 12, 2016, or the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company must redeem in whole and not in part each series of Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of each such series of Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(b) The Company will cause the notice of such Special Mandatory Redemption to be mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering such Special Mandatory Redemption to each Holder of Notes at its registered address. The Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption

 

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Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as Global Notes) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such Special Mandatory Redemption Price is to be paid.

(c) If money sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of each series of Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as provided herein, then on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.03 Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Tax . The provisions of Section 1501 of the Base Indenture shall apply to each series of Notes. The redemption price for any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.03 shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the applicable redemption date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as Global Notes); provided, that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount sufficient to pay such redemption price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such redemption price is to be paid. If money sufficient to pay the such redemption price of each series of Notes to be redeemed on the applicable redemption date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before such redemption date as provided herein, then on and after such redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.04 Change of Control Triggering Event. (a)  If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless, with respect to any series of Fixed Rate Notes, the Company has exercised its right to redeem such series of Fixed Rate Notes as described in Section 3.01, or with respect to any series of Notes, such series of Notes has become redeemable as described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.03, Holders of each series of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in the Notes. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of the consummation of any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of each applicable series of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such applicable series of Notes on the 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 “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Notes and described in such notice. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. The Company must 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 Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Triggering 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 Section 3.04 or the Change of Control Triggering Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

(i) accept for payment all Notes of each applicable series, or portions of such Notes, properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes of each applicable series, or portions of such Notes, properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes of each applicable series properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, or portions of such Notes, being repurchased.

(c) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes of each applicable series properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note of such series equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes of such series surrendered ; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase Notes of any series upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such 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 of each such series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

ARTICLE 4

FORM OF NOTES AND GUARANTEES

Section 4.01 Form of Notes and Guarantees. (a)  The Floating Rate Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A hereto, (b)  the 2019 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit B hereto, (c)  the 2022 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit C hereto, and (d)  the 2025 Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit D hereto, in each case with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by his or her execution thereof. The notation of Guarantee to be attached to each Note is to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto, with such changes therein as the officer of the Guarantor executing the notation of Guarantee (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

ARTICLE 5

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

Section 5.01 Original Issue of Notes. (a)  Floating Rate Notes having an initial aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Floating Rate Notes to or upon the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

 

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(b) 2019 Notes having an initial aggregate principal amount of €600,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said 2019 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture)

(c) 2022 Notes having an initial aggregate principal amount of €800,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said 2022 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

(d) 2025 Notes having an initial aggregate principal amount of €800,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said 2025 Notes to or upon the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01 Ratification of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 6.02 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and the Guarantor and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 6.03 New York Law To Govern. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 86 TO 94-8 OF THE LUXEMBOURG LAW DATED AUGUST 10, 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

Section 6.04 Separability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in any series of the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of such series of the Notes, but this Supplemental Indenture and such series of the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 6.05 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

/s/ Frank T. McFaden

Name: Frank T. McFaden
Title: Director
DANAHER CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Daniel L. Comas

Name: Daniel L. Comas
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[IF THIS NOTE IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT:]

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V., AS OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM (“EUROCLEAR”) AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR THE ACCOUNT OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

Floating Rate Senior Note due 2017

 

No.          €500,000,000

CUSIP: 23290YAA$

Common Code: 125543537

ISIN: XS1255435379

DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability, société anonyme , company duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto on June 30, 2017, and to pay interest thereon from July 8, 2015 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”) of each year, commencing on September 30, 2015, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment ; provided , that if any Interest Payment Date would be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest will accrue or otherwise accumulate on the amount payable for the period from

 

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and after such Interest Payment Date); except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. This Note shall bear interest at a rate equivalent to the 3-month EURIBOR (the “ Base Rate ”) plus 0.45% per year, as calculated by the Paying and Calculation Agent ; provided , however, that the minimum interest rate shall be zero. The interest rate on this Note will be reset quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year (each, an “ Interest Reset Date ”), commencing on September 30, 2015; provided, that, if any Interest Reset Date would be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. The initial Base Rate for this Note in effect from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the first Interest Reset Date will be the 3-month EURIBOR in effect on July 6, 2015. The interest rate on this Note will be determined on the second TARGET Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date (a “ EURIBOR Interest Determination Date ”).

The Base Rate that takes effect on any Interest Reset Date shall equal the interest rate for deposits in euros designated as “EURIBOR” and sponsored jointly by the European Banking Federation and ACI — the Financial Market Association (or any company established by the joint sponsors for purposes of compiling and publishing that rate) on each EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, and will be determined by the Paying and Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

(i) EURIBOR will be the offered rate for deposits in euros having a maturity of three months, as that rate appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01 as of 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date.

(ii) If the rate described in clause (i) above does not appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01, EURIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, at which deposits of the following kind are offered to prime banks in the Euro-Zone interbank market by the principal Euro-Zone office of each of four major banks in that market selected by the Company: euro deposits having a maturity of three months beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. The Paying and Calculation Agent will request the principal Euro-Zone office of each of these banks to provide a quotation in writing of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided in writing, EURIBOR for such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards) of such quotations.

(iii) If fewer than two quotations are provided as described in clause (ii) above, EURIBOR for the relevant EURIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for loans of the following kind to leading Euro-Zone banks quoted in writing, at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date, by three major banks in the Euro-Zone selected by the Company: loans of euros having a maturity of three months beginning on such Interest Reset Date and in a principal amount of not less than €1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time.

(iv) If fewer than three banks selected by the Company are quoting as described in clause (iii) above, EURIBOR shall be the EURIBOR in effect on such EURIBOR Interest Determination Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Reset Date, the initial Base Rate).

Upon request of the Holder to the Paying and Calculation Agent, the Paying and Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate then in effect on this Note and, if determined, the interest rate that will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date.

 

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All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to this Note will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the next higher or lower one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (e.g., 9.876541% (or .09876541) being rounded down to 9.87654% (or .0987654) and 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded up to 9.87655% (or .0987655)). All amounts used in or resulting from any calculation with respect to this Note will be rounded upward or downward, as appropriate, to the nearest cent, in the case of euro amounts or U.S. dollars, or to the nearest corresponding hundredth of a unit, in the case of a currency other than euro amounts or U.S. dollars, with one-half cent or one-half of a corresponding hundredth of a unit or more being rounded upward.

The Company has initially appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as the Paying and Calculation Agent to act as Paying Agent and calculation agent with respect to the Notes, but the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time, without any prior notice to any Holder. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment.

Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07 of the Supplemental Indenture. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying and Calculation Agent, in euros in immediately available funds ; provided , however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, and provided further that if the euro is unavailable to the Company or Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then-member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of this Note shall be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day before payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate.

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Guarantor ”), as provided in the Indenture.

 

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

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF NOTE

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Base Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantor and, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument, and together with the Base Indenture, herein called the “ Indenture ”) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to €500,000,000. The Notes are unsecured general obligations of the Company.

 

  1. Special Mandatory Redemption

In the event that the Guarantor does not consummate the Pall Acquisition on or prior to May 12, 2016 or the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company must redeem in whole and not in part all of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of such Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering such Special Mandatory Redemption to each Holder of Notes at its registered address. The Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as a Global Note) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent an amount sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such Special Mandatory Redemption Price is to be paid.

If money sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

 

  2. Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes; Additional Amounts

The provisions of Sections 1501 and 1502 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.08 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to this series of Notes.

Whenever the payment of the principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, this Note is mentioned, in any context, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision of this series of Notes shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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  3. No Optional Redemption

Except as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Note and in Sections 3.02 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may not redeem the Notes of this Series prior to the Maturity Date.

 

  4. Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Notes of this series have become redeemable as described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Notes of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of the consummation of any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the 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 “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

(i) accept for payment all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered; and

(iii) 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, or portions of Notes, being repurchased.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such 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 €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such 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. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

  5. No Sinking Fund

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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  6. Defeasance and Discharge

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

  7. Guarantee

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor, as provided in Article 14 of the Indenture.

 

  8. Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.

 

  9. Events of Default

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

 

  10. Remedies

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

 

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  11. Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by the Company at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “ Duplicate Register ”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

 

  12. Governing Law

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 86 TO 94-8 OF THE LUXEMBOURG LAW DATED AUGUST 10, 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

 

  13. Defined Terms

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. As used in this Note, the term “ Predecessor Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Predecessor Security” in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Date:

 

Signature:

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Note is €        . The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date

   Amount of
decrease in
principal amount

of this Note
   Amount of
increase in
principal amount

of this Note
   Principal amount
of this Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized officer

or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT B

[IF THIS NOTE IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT:]

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V., AS OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM (“EUROCLEAR”) AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR THE ACCOUNT OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

1.000% Senior Note due 2019

 

No.              €600,000,000

CUSIP: 23290YAB2

Common Code: 125543596

ISIN: XS1255435965

DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto on July 8, 2019, and to pay interest thereon from July 8, 2015 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on July 8 in each year, commencing July 8, 2016 at the rate of 1.000% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of the payment convention ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association and in accordance with the Supplemental Indenture. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as

 

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provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07 of the Supplemental Indenture. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, in euros in immediately available funds ; provided , however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, and provided further that if the euro is unavailable to the Company or Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then-member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of this Note shall be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day before payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate.

The Company has initially appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as the Paying Agent to act as such agent with respect to the Notes, but the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time, without any prior notice to any Holder. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment.

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Guarantor ”), as provided in the Indenture.

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

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF NOTE

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Base Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantor and, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument, and together with the Base Indenture, herein called the “ Indenture ”) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to €600,000,000. The Notes are unsecured general obligations of the Company.

 

  1. Optional Redemption

At any time prior to April 8, 2019, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 20 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after April 8, 2019, the Company shall have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of any redemption to the registered Holders of the Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. If the Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures.

If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or such portion thereof) called for redemption.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

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  2. Special Mandatory Redemption

In the event that the Guarantor does not consummate the Pall Acquisition on or prior to May 12, 2016 or the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company must redeem in whole and not in part all of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of such Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering such Special Mandatory Redemption to each Holder of Notes at its registered address. The Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as a Global Note) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent an amount sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such Special Mandatory Redemption Price is to be paid.

If money sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

 

  3. Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes; Additional Amounts

The provisions of Sections 1501 and 1502 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.08 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to this series of Notes.

Whenever the payment of the principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, this Note is mentioned, in any context, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision of this series of Notes shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

  4. No Other Redemption

Except as set forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Note and in Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date.

 

  5. Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Notes of this series have become redeemable as described in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Notes of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of the consummation of any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of

 

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Control, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the 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 “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

(i) accept for payment all of the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all of the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) 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 or portions of Notes being repurchased.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such 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 €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such 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. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

  6. No Sinking Fund

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

  7. Defeasance and Discharge

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

  8. Guarantee

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor, as provided in Article 14 of the Indenture.

 

  9. Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting

 

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the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.

 

  10. Events of Default

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

 

  11. Remedies

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

 

  12. Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by the Company at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “ Duplicate Register ”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

 

  13. Governing Law

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 86 TO 94-8 OF THE LUXEMBOURG LAW DATED AUGUST 10, 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

 

  14. Defined Terms

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. As used in this Note, the term “ Predecessor Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Predecessor Security” in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Date:

 

Signature:

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Note is €         . The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date

   Amount of
decrease in
principal amount

of this Note
   Amount of
increase in
principal amount

of this Note
   Principal amount
of this Note
following such
decrease or

increase
   Signature of
authorized officer

or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT C

[IF THIS NOTE IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT:]

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V., AS OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM (“EUROCLEAR”) AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR THE ACCOUNT OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

1.700% Senior Note due 2022

 

No.              €800,000,000

CUSIP: 23290TAC0

Common Code: 125543600

ISIN: XS1255436005

DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto on January 4, 2022, and to pay interest thereon from July 8, 2015 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on January 4 in each year, commencing January 4, 2016 at the rate of 1.700% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of the payment convention ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association and in accordance with the Supplemental Indenture. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment

 

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Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07 of the Supplemental Indenture. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, in euros in immediately available funds ; provided , however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, and provided further that if the euro is unavailable to the Company or Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then-member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of this Note shall be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day before payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate.

The Company has initially appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as the Paying Agent to act as such agent with respect to the Notes, but the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time, without any prior notice to any Holder. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment.

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Guarantor ”), as provided in the Indenture.

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

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF NOTE

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Base Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantor and, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument, and together with the Base Indenture, herein called the “ Indenture ”) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to €800,000,000. The Notes are unsecured general obligations of the Company.

 

  1. Optional Redemption

At any time prior to January 4, 2022, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of any redemption to the registered Holders of the Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. If the Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures.

If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or such portion thereof) called for redemption.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

  2. Special Mandatory Redemption

In the event that the Guarantor does not consummate the Pall Acquisition on or prior to May 12, 2016 or the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company must redeem in whole and not in part all of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

 

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The Company will mail notice of such Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering such Special Mandatory Redemption to each Holder of Notes at its registered address. The Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as a Global Note) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent an amount sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such Special Mandatory Redemption Price is to be paid.

If money sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

 

  3. Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes; Additional Amounts

The provisions of Sections 1501 and 1502 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.08 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to this series of Notes.

Whenever the payment of the principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, this Note is mentioned, in any context, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision of this series of Notes shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

  4. No Other Redemption

Except as set forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Note and in Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date.

 

  5. Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Notes of this series have become redeemable as described in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Notes of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of the consummation of any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the 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 “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

(i) accept for payment all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered; and

(iii) 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, or portions of Notes, being repurchased.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such 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 €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such 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. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

  6. No Sinking Fund

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

  7. Defeasance and Discharge

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

  8. Guarantee

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor, as provided in Article 14 of the Indenture.

 

  9. Modification and Waiver

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

 

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consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.

 

  10. Events of Default

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

 

  11. Remedies

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

 

  12. Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by the Company at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “ Duplicate Register ”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

 

  13. Governing Law

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 86 TO 94-8 OF THE LUXEMBOURG LAW DATED AUGUST 10, 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

 

  14. Defined Terms

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. As used in this Note, the term “ Predecessor Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Predecessor Security” in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoints

 

 

 

 

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

 

Date:

 

Signature:

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Note is €         . The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date

   Amount of decrease in
principal amount
of this Note
   Amount of increase in
principal amount

of this Note
   Principal amount
of this Note
following such
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized officer
or Trustee
           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT D

[IF THIS NOTE IS TO BE A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT:]

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK, S.A./N.V., AS OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM (“EUROCLEAR”) AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH, AS COMMON DEPOSITARY FOR THE ACCOUNT OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

2.500% Senior Note due 2025

 

No.             €800,000,000
CUSIP: 23290YAD8
Common Code: 125543618
ISIN: XS1255436187

DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     , or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto on July 8, 2025, and to pay interest thereon from July 8, 2015 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, annually in arrears on July 8 in each year, commencing July 8, 2016 at the rate of 2.500% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of the payment convention ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association and in accordance with the Supplemental Indenture. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as

 

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provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Security Register at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.07 of the Supplemental Indenture. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, in euros in immediately available funds ; provided , however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, and provided further that if the euro is unavailable to the Company or Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then-member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect of this Note shall be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used. In such circumstances, the amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Business Day before payment is due, or if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate.

The Company has initially appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as the Paying Agent to act as such agent with respect to the Notes, but the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other institution (including any Affiliate of the Company) to serve as any such agent from time to time, without any prior notice to any Holder. The Company will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any change in any such appointment.

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Guarantor ”), as provided in the Indenture.

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

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated:

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.
By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF NOTE

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Base Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantor and, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (herein called the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument, and together with the Base Indenture, herein called the “ Indenture ”) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to €800,000,000. The Notes are unsecured general obligations of the Company.

 

  1. Optional Redemption

At any time prior to April 8, 2025, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after April 8, 2025, the Company has the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of any redemption to the registered Holders of the Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. If the Notes are only partially redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair in accordance with applicable Depositary procedures.

If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or such portion thereof) called for redemption.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

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  2. Special Mandatory Redemption

In the event that the Guarantor does not consummate the Pall Acquisition on or prior to May 12, 2016 or the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company must redeem in whole and not in part all of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

The Company will mail notice of such Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering such Special Mandatory Redemption to each Holder of Notes at its registered address. The Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, London time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date or at such later time as is then permitted by the rules of the Depositary applicable to the Notes (if then registered as a Global Note) ; provided , that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a paying agent an amount sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., London time, on the date such Special Mandatory Redemption Price is to be paid.

If money sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as provided herein and in the Indenture, then on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes called for redemption.

 

  3. Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes; Additional Amounts

The provisions of Sections 1501 and 1502 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.08 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture shall apply to this series of Notes.

Whenever the payment of the principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in respect of, this Note is mentioned, in any context, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision of this series of Notes shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

  4. No Other Redemption

Except as set forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Note and in Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date.

 

  5. Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Notes of this series have become redeemable as described in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 of the Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Notes of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or, at the Company’s option, prior to the date of the consummation of any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of

 

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Control, the Company will be required to mail a notice to Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the 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 “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

(i) accept for payment all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all of the Notes, or portions of the Notes, properly tendered; and

(iii) 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, or portions of Notes, being repurchased.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such 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 €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such 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. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

  6. No Sinking Fund

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

  7. Defeasance and Discharge

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge and for defeasance at any time of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

  8. Guarantee

This Note is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor, as provided in Article 14 of the Indenture.

 

  9. Modification and Waiver

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting

 

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the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Note.

 

  10. Events of Default

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

 

  11. Remedies

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

 

  12. Transfer and Exchange

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Security Register shall be maintained by the Company at its registered office, in order to comply with Luxembourg law (the “ Duplicate Register ”). In case of discrepancy between the Security Register and the Duplicate Register, the Duplicate Register shall prevail for Luxembourg law purposes.

 

  13. Governing Law

THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLES 86 TO 94-8 OF THE LUXEMBOURG LAW DATED AUGUST 10, 1915 ON COMMERCIAL COMPANIES, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

 

  14. Defined Terms

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. As used in this Note, the term “ Predecessor Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Predecessor Security” in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoints

 

 

 

 

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

 

Date:

 

Signature:

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

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

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Note is €        . The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Note have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of

decrease in
principal amount
of this Note

  

Amount of

increase in
principal amount
of this Note

  

Principal amount
of this Note
following such
decrease or

increase

  

Signature of
authorized officer
or Trustee

           
           
           
           
           

 

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EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF GUARANTEE]

For value received, the undersigned (the “Guarantor”), to the extent set forth in and subject to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of July 8, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), among DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company, société anonyme , duly organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1 B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (the “Company”), the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture) and the First Supplemental Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, interest on, premium, if any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the Notes.

The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 14 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Notes to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Notes, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly authorized officer.

 

DANAHER CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

PAYING AND CALCULATION AGENCY AGREEMENT

Dated July 8, 2015

among

DH Europe Finance S.A.

as Issuer

Danaher Corporation

as Guarantor

and

The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch

as Paying and Calculation Agent

and

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A.

as Trustee

 

 


THIS AGREEMENT is made as of July 8, 2015, among DH Europe Finance S.A. (the “ Issuer ”), whose principal office is at 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Danaher Corporation (the “ Guarantor ”), whose principal office is at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W, Washington, D.C. 20037-1701, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying and Calculation Agent (the “ Paying and Calculation Agent ”), whose principal office is at One Canada Square, London E 1 4 5AL, United Kingdom and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), whose principal office is at 2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to issue €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.000% senior notes due 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes ”), €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.700% senior notes due 2022 (the “ 2022 Notes ”), €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.500% senior notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Notes ” and, together with the 2019 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “ Fixed Rate Notes ”) and €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2017 (the “ Floating Rate Notes ” and, together with the Fixed Rate Notes, the “ Notes ”), in each case, on the date hereof, pursuant to that certain indenture dated as of July 8, 2015 (the “ Base Indenture ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, and that certain first supplemental indenture among the Issuer, the Guarantor, and the Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), the forms of which Indenture are attached hereto as Annex A; and

WHEREAS, solely with respect to the Notes, the Issuer wishes to appoint the Paying and Calculation Agent, as set forth above, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 All capitalized terms used herein, but not defined, shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

1.2 In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Amounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, (i) which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or London are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close and (ii) in the event that any payment by the Issuer of the principal of and interest on, the Notes is to be made in Euro, on which the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, is open.

Code ” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

FATCA Compliant Entity ” means an entity not subject to FATCA Withholding Tax.

FATCA Withholding Tax ” means any withholding or deduction pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any regulations or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof) or any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another jurisdiction facilitating the implementation thereof (or any law implementing such an intergovernmental agreement).

References to the records of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“ Euroclear ”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“ Clearstream ”) shall be to the records that each of Euroclear and Clearstream holds for its customers which reflect the amount of such customers’ interests in the Notes.


2. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AND CALCULATION AGENT AND AS COMMON DEPOSITARY

The Issuer hereby appoints the Paying and Calculation Agent at its office specified above as the Paying and Calculation Agent solely in respect of the Notes and as the common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream for the Notes, in each case, upon the terms and conditions herein contained, and the Paying and Calculation Agent accepts such appointments. In the event of any inconsistency between the Indenture and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement (including the Annexes attached thereto) shall prevail.

 

3. PAYMENT

3.1 In order to provide for all payments due on the Notes as the same shall become due, the Issuer shall cause to be paid to the Paying and Calculation Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m. London time one Business Day prior to the due date for the payment of each Note, at such bank as the Paying and Calculation Agent shall previously have notified to the Issuer, an amount in immediately available funds in the currency of payment sufficient to meet all payments due on such Notes.

3.2 The Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the Paying and Calculation Agent, solely from the amounts paid to it pursuant to this Section 3, to make or cause to be made all payments on the Notes in accordance with the terms thereof. Such payments shall be made to the Holder or Holders of Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, the provisions contained in this Agreement and the procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream. All interest payments and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Notes will be made by the Paying and Calculation Agent on the relevant Interest Payment Date (as set forth in the Note) to the Holders in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business (in New York) on the record date specified in the Notes next preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date or such other date as is provided in the Notes. So long as the Notes are represented by a single global certificate and registered in the name of a common depository for Euroclear and Clearstream or its nominee, all interest payments and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes shall be made by the Paying and Calculation Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Euro to Euroclear and Clearstream.

3.3 The Paying and Calculation Agent will pay the principal amount of each Note on the applicable maturity date or upon any redemption date with respect thereto, together with accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, due at maturity or such redemption date, if any, upon presentation and surrender of such Note on or after the maturity date or redemption date thereof to the Paying and Calculation Agent, or as specified in the Notes.

3.4 If for any reason the amounts received by the Paying and Calculation Agent are insufficient to satisfy all claims in respect of all payments then due on the Notes, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall forthwith notify the Issuer, and the Paying and Calculation Agent shall not be obliged to pay any such claims until the Paying and Calculation Agent has received from the Issuer the full amount of the monies then due and payable in respect of such Notes.

3.5 The Paying and Calculation Agent hereby agrees that:

 

  (a) it will hold all sums held by it as Paying and Calculation Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes in trust uninvested for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes entitled thereto, or for the benefit of the Trustee, as the case may be, until such sums shall be paid out to such Holders or otherwise as provided in Section 3.6 below and in the Indenture;

 

  (b) it will promptly give the Trustee notice of: (x) an Issuer deposit for the payment of principal of or interest, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes, (y) any failure by the Issuer in the making of any deposit for the payment of principal of or interest, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes that shall have become due and payable, and (z) any default by the Issuer in making any payment of the principal of or interest, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes where the same shall be due and payable as provided in the Notes; and

 

  (c) At any time after an Event of Default by the Issuer in the making of any payment of principal of, or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes shall have occurred (after giving effect to any applicable grace period under the Notes and the Indenture), the Paying and Calculation Agent shall, if so required by notice in writing given by the Trustee to the Paying and Calculation Agent: (y) thereafter, until otherwise instructed by the Trustee, act as agent of the Trustee under the terms of the Indenture; and/or (z) deliver all Notes and all sums, documents and records held by the Paying and Calculation Agent in respect of the Notes to the Trustee or as the Trustee shall direct in such notice; provided that such notice shall be deemed not to apply to any document or record which the Paying and Calculation Agent is obliged not to release by any applicable law or regulation.


3.6 Notwithstanding the foregoing,

 

  (a) if any Note is presented or surrendered for payment to the Paying and Calculation Agent and the Paying and Calculation Agent has delivered a replacement therefor or has been notified that the same has been replaced, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall as soon as is reasonably practicable notify the Issuer in writing of such presentation or surrender and shall not make payment against the same until it is so instructed by the Issuer and has received the amount to be so paid; and

 

  (b) the Paying and Calculation Agent shall cancel each Note against surrender of which it has made full payment and shall deliver each Note so cancelled by it to the Trustee upon its request therefor.

3.7 In no event, shall the Paying and Calculation Agent be obliged to make any payments hereunder if it has not received the full amount of any such payment.

 

4. CALCULATION OF INTEREST

4.1 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall calculate the amount of interest payable on the Notes in the manner and at the times set forth in Annex A and in the Prospectus Supplement in respect of the Notes attached hereto as Annex B.

4.2 As soon as practicable after each Interest Determination Date (as defined in the Notes), the Paying and Calculation Agent will cause to be forwarded to the Issuer and the Trustee information regarding the interest rates, the interest periods, the amount of interest for each interest period and the relevant Interest Payment Date. The Paying and Calculation Agent will, upon the written request of any Holder of any Note, provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate which will become effective for the next interest period with respect to such Note.

4.3 In no event shall the interest rate be less than the minimum rate, if any, or more than the maximum rate, if any, designated in the applicable pricing supplement, or more than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

 

5. INDEMNITY

5.1 Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Paying and Calculation Agent against any losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions or demands incurred by it as a result of or in connection with its appointment or the exercise of its powers and duties under this Agreement or in respect of the Issuer’s issue of Notes, except to the extent resulting from the Paying and Calculation Agent’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Promptly after the receipt by the Paying and Calculation Agent of notice of any demand or claim or the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall provide such notice to the Issuer; provided that the Paying and Calculation Agent’s failure to provide such notice shall, to the extent that the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, is prejudiced as a result of such failure, relieve the Issuer or the Guarantor of its obligation to indemnify and keep indemnified the Paying and Calculation Agent pursuant to this Section 5.1.


5.3 The Issuer, in its sole discretion, may elect to assume the defense of any such claim, in which case the Paying and Calculation Agent shall cooperate in the defense of such claim. The Paying and Calculation Agent may have separate counsel in any such defense, but the fees and expenses of any such counsel shall be at the expense of the Paying and Calculation Agent, unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the Issuer or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the Paying and Calculation Agent and the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer, and such Paying and Calculation Agent shall have reasonably concluded that, in the written opinion of counsel, an actual conflict of interest exists between the Paying and Calculation Agent and the Issuer or such affiliate of the Issuer. The Issuer shall not be required to pay for or agree to any settlement without its written consent.

5.4 In connection with its execution of and acting under this Agreement, the Trustee is entitled to all rights, privileges, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities (i) provided to it under the Indenture and (ii) provided to the Paying and Calculation Agent hereunder.

5.5 The indemnities contained in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Paying and Calculation Agent.

 

6. GENERAL

6.1 In acting under this Agreement, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall not (a) be under any fiduciary duty towards any person, (b) be responsible for or liable in respect of the authorization, validity or legality of any Note amount paid by it hereunder (except to the extent that any such liability is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been resulted from the Paying and Calculation Agent’s bad faith, gross negligence or wilful misconduct), (c) be under any obligation towards any person other than the Trustee and Issuer or (d) assume any relationship of agency or trust for or with any Holder.

6.2 Except as otherwise permitted hereunder or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or required by law or otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall be entitled to treat the registered Holder of any Note as the absolute owner of such Note for all purposes and make payments thereon accordingly.

6.3 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall not exercise any lien, right of set-off or similar claim against any Holder of a Note in respect of moneys payable by it under this Agreement.

6.4 The Paying and Calculation Agent may consult on any matter concerning its duties hereunder any legal adviser selected by it, and the Paying and Calculation Agent shall not be liable in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done in reasonable, good faith reliance on that legal adviser’s opinion. At any time, the Paying and Calculation Agent may apply to any duly authorized representative of the Issuer for a written instruction, and shall not be liable for action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith and in accordance with such instruction.

6.5 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not be liable in respect of anything done or suffered by it in reliance, on any notice, document, communication or information reasonably believed in good faith by it to be genuine and given by the proper parties.

6.6 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall be obliged to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth herein and in the Notes, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Notes against the Paying and Calculation Agent.

6.7 Subject as provided in subsection 6.3 above, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall not be liable to account to the Issuer for any interest or other amounts in respect of funds received by it hereunder from the Issuer. Money held by the Paying and Calculation Agent need not be segregated except as required by law.


6.8 No provision of this Agreement or the Notes shall require the Paying and Calculation Agent to risk or expend its own funds, or to take any action which in its reasonable judgment would result in any expense or liability accruing to it.

6.9 In no event will the Paying and Calculation Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, severe loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Paying and Calculation Agent will use reasonable best efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable.

6.10 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall have no duty to enquire as to the performance of the covenants of the Issuer, nor shall it be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default under the Indenture.

6.11 Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Paying and Calculation Agent will not in any event be liable for special, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), whether or not foreseeable, even if the Paying and Calculation Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

6.12 Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall incur no liability hereunder except to the extent such liability has been determined to arise from the Paying and Calculation Agent’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

6.13 The Paying and Calculation Agent, its officers, directors, employees and shareholders may become the owners of, or acquire any interest in, the Notes, with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not the Paying and Calculation Agent, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Issuer as freely as if it were not the Paying and Calculation Agent.

6.14 The Paying and Calculation Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be held liable for refusing to act unless it has received clear and reasonable documentation which complies with the terms of this Agreement.

6.15 The Issuer will supply the Paying and Calculation Agent with the names and specimen signatures of its authorized persons.

 

7. CHANGE OF PAYING AND CALCULATION AGENT

7.1 At any time, other than on a day during the forty-five (45) day period preceding any payment date on the Notes, the Paying and Calculation Agent may resign by giving at least forty-five (45) days’ prior written notice to Issuer; and the Paying and Calculation Agent’s agency shall be terminated and its duties shall cease upon expiration of such forty-five (45) days or such lesser period of time as shall be mutually agreeable to Paying and Calculation Agent and Issuer. At any time, following at least forty-five (45) days’ prior written notice (or such lesser period of time as shall be mutually agreeable to the Paying and Calculation Agent and the Issuer) from the Issuer, the Paying and Calculation Agent may be removed from its agency. Such removal shall become effective upon the expiration of the forty-five (45) day or agreed lesser time period, and upon payment to the Paying and Calculation Agent of all amounts due and payable to it in connection with its agency. In such event, following payment of its fees and expenses due and payable, the Paying and Calculation Agent shall deliver to the Issuer, or to the Issuer’s designated representative, all Notes (if any) and cash (if any) belonging to the Issuer and, at the Issuer’s expense, shall furnish to the Issuer, or to the Issuer’s designated representative, such information regarding the status of the Issuer’s outstanding Notes reasonably requested by the Issuer.

7.2 Any corporation into which the Paying and Calculation Agent may be merged or consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Paying and Calculation Agent is a party or any corporation to which the Paying and Calculation Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust or agency assets shall on the date on which such merger, consolidation or transfer becomes effective, become the successor to the Paying and Calculation Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto.


8. COMPENSATION AND FEES

8.1 The Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, will pay to the Paying and Calculation Agent from time to time, compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Issuer and the Paying and Calculation Agent in connection with its duties hereunder, together with any applicable value added tax and stamp, issue, or other documentary taxes and duties. In addition, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall reimburse the Paying and Calculation Agent, upon the Paying and Calculation Agent’s request, for all reasonable out of pocket expenses and disbursements incurred by the Paying and Calculation Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of any outside counsel for the Paying and Calculation Agent), except any expense or disbursement attributable to its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

9. NOTICES

9.1 Each notice or communication under this Agreement shall be made in writing, by fax or otherwise in accordance with this Section 9. Each communication or document to be delivered to any party under this Agreement shall be sent to that party at the fax number or address, and marked for the attention of the person (if any), from time to time designated by that party to the Paying and Calculation Agent (or, in the case of the Paying and Calculation Agent, by it to each other party) for the purpose of this Agreement. The initial telephone number, fax number, address and person so designated are:

in the case of the Issuer or the Guarantor, to it at:

 

c/o Danaher Corporation

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W,

Washington, D.C. 20037-1701.

Attention:         Vice President-Treasurer
Fax: (202) 828-0860

in the case of the Paying and Calculation Agent, to it at:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon (London Branch)
One Canada Square, London El4 5AL, United Kingdom
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7964 2536
Email: corpsovl@bnymellon.com

in the case of the Trustee, to it at:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Attention:         Corporate Finance
Fax: (312) 827-8542

9.2 All notices under this Agreement shall be effective (if by fax) when good receipt is confirmed by the recipient following enquiry by the sender and (if in writing) when delivered, except that a communication received outside normal business hours shall be deemed to be received on the next business day in the city in which the recipient is located.

9.3 The Paying and Calculation Agent agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement sent by unsecured e-mail, PDF, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided that the Paying and Calculation Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons authorized to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such


authorized persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. Subject to Article V and Section 6.12 of this Agreement, in no event shall the Paying and Calculation Agent be liable for any losses resulting from the Paying and Calculation Agent receiving from an authorized person via any non-secure method of transmission or communication, such as by facsimile or email. The Paying and Calculation Agent is authorized to comply with and rely upon any such notice, instruction or other communications reasonably believed by it to have been sent or given by an authorized person. The Issuer shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that instructions transmitted to the Paying and Calculation Agent pursuant to this Agreement are complete and correct. Any instructions properly delivered pursuant to the requirements of this agreement shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Issuer to the Paying and Calculation Agent for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

10. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

10.1 The interpretation, validity and enforcement of this Agreement, and all legal actions brought under or in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement, shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

10.2 Any court action brought under or in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement shall be brought only in any federal or New York State court, in either case, sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. Each of the Issuer and the Paying and Calculation Agent submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of these courts and agrees not to commence any legal action under or in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement in any other court or forum.

10.3 Each of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying and Calculation Agent waives any objection to the laying of the venue of any legal action brought under or in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement in the Federal or state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, and agrees not to plead or claim in such courts that any such action has been brought in an inconvenient forum

10.4 EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTOR, THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES, THE TRUSTEE AND THE PAYING AND CALCULATION AGENT 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 TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

11. WITHHOLDING

11.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Paying and Calculation Agent or Trustee (as applicable, “ BNYM ”) shall be required to make a deduction or withholding (including the deduction of FATCA Withholding Tax) from any payment which it makes under this Agreement for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or charges if and to the extent so required by any applicable law and any current or future regulations or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto or by virtue of the relevant holder failing to satisfy any certification or other requirements in respect of the Notes (the “ Applicable Law ”), in which event BNYM shall make such payment after such withholding or deduction has been made and shall account to the relevant authorities for the amount so withheld or deducted, and BNYM shall have no obligation to gross up any payment hereunder or pay any Additional Amount as a result of such withholding tax.

11.2 If the Paying and Calculation Agent or Trustee is a “foreign financial institution” as such term is defined under FATCA, then such Paying and Calculation Agent or Trustee must be or become, prior to receiving any payment from the Issuer under this Agreement, a FATCA Compliant Entity. Notwithstanding any other paragraph herein, any additional, substitute or successor Paying and Calculation Agent or Trustee appointed under this Agreement that is a foreign financial institution must be a FATCA Compliant Entity.

11.3 If, for any reason, the Paying and Calculation Agent or Trustee is not, or ceases to be, a FATCA Compliant Entity and, as a result, the Issuer considers in its sole discretion that it may be required to deduct or withhold FATCA Withholding Tax in respect of any payment due on any Notes, then the Issuer will be entitled to redirect or reorganise any such payment in any way that it sees fit in order that the payment may be made without


such FATCA Withholding Tax. In order to comply with Applicable Law, the Company agrees: (i) to provide to BNYM reasonably sufficient information about holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of the Notes), to the extent such information is in the possession of the Company, so BNYM can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law and (ii) that BNYM shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the transaction documents to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law.

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

 

DH EUROPE FINANCE S.A.

as Issuer

By:

/s/ Frank T. McFaden

Name: Frank T. McFaden
Title: Director
DANAHER CORPORATION
as Guarantor
By:

/s/ Daniel L. Comas

Name: Daniel L. Comas
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Paying Agent and Calculation Agent
By:

/s/ Latoya S. Elvin

Name: Latoya S. Elvin
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
By:

/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
Title: Vice President

 


ANNEX A

FORMS OF NOTES AND INDENTURE


ANNEX B

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

Exhibit 5.1

 

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+1 202 663 6000 (t)

+1 202 663 6363 (f)

wilmerhale.com

July 8, 2015

Danaher Corporation

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800W

Washington, DC 20037-1701

 

Re: Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017

1.000% Senior Notes due 2019

1.700% Senior Notes due 2022

2.500% Senior Notes due 2025

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as U.S. counsel for DH Europe Finance S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company (the “Company”) and Danaher Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”) in connection with the issue and sale by the Company of €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Floating Rate Notes”), €600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.000% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”), €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.700% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), and €800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes,” and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the 2019 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated as of July 1, 2015 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, Parent and the underwriters named therein. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a senior unsecured basis by Parent (the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Base Indenture”) of even date herewith among the Company, Parent and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) of even date herewith, among the Company, Parent and the Trustee, and will be subject to the Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement (the “Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement”), of even date herewith, among the Company, Parent, the Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying and Calculation Agent.

Parent filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203948) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on May 7, 2015, and Parent and the Company filed with the Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203948) under the Securities Act, on June 15, 2015, including the prospectus dated June 15, 2015 (the “Base Prospectus”). The Company and Parent filed with the Commission the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 15, 2015 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) on June 15, 2015, and the final prospectus supplement dated July 1, 2015 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) on July 2, 2015.

 

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We have examined and relied upon corporate or other proceedings of Parent regarding the authorization of the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Paying and Calculation Agency Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus Supplement and the Indenture. We have also examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other corporate records of Parent, such other agreements and instruments, certificates of public officials, officers of the Company and Parent and other persons, and such other documents, instruments and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. For purposes of this opinion, we have relied without investigation on the opinion relating to matters of the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg being given on the date hereof by Luther S.A., special Luxembourg counsel for the Company.

In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individual signatories, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of such original documents, and the completeness and accuracy of the corporate records of the Company and Parent provided to us by the Company and Parent.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed (i) the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of the Indenture by the Trustee; (ii) that the Trustee has all requisite power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture; (iii) the Indenture will be a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee; and (iv) the accuracy of the opinion letter, dated July 8, 2015, of Luther S.A., which is being filed as an exhibit to Parent’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on the date hereof. We have also assumed that there will not have occurred, prior to the date of issuance of the Securities, any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Securities and that at the time of the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Board of Directors (or equivalent body) of Parent (or any committee thereof or officer of Parent acting pursuant to authority properly delegated to such committee or officer by the Board of Directors or equivalent body) or the directors of the Company shall not have taken any action to rescind or otherwise reduce its prior authorization of the issuance of the Securities.

We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

Our opinions below are qualified to the extent that they may be subject to or affected by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, usury, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally, (ii) duties and


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standards imposed on creditors and parties to contracts, including, without limitation, requirements of materiality, good faith, reasonableness and fair dealing, and (iii) general equitable principles. Furthermore, we express no opinion as to the availability of any equitable or specific remedy upon any breach of the Indenture or the Securities, or to the successful assertion of any equitable defenses, inasmuch as the availability of such remedies or the success of any equitable defenses may be subject to the discretion of a court. We also express no opinion herein with respect to compliance by the Company or Parent with the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or of any foreign jurisdiction. In addition, we express no opinion and make no statement herein with respect to the antifraud laws of any jurisdiction.

On the basis of, and subject to, the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the Securities have been duly executed by Parent and 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 in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement duly approved by Parent, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and the Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with their terms.

Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions and is rendered as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of the foregoing sources of law or subsequent developments in law or changes in facts or circumstances that might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to Parent’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on the date hereof, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such 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 Commission.

Very truly yours,

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING

HALE AND DORR LLP

 

By:

/s/ Erika L. Robinson

Erika L. Robinson, a Partner

Exhibit 5.2

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Luther S.A.

Société anonyme inscrite au barreau de Luxembourg

R.C.S. Luxembourg : B 195777

 

1B, Heienhaff
L-1736 Senningerberg
Tel. +352 27484 1
Fax +352 27484 690

www.luther-lawfirm.com

 

luxembourg@luther-lawfirm.com

DH Europe Finance S.A.

1B Heienhaff

L-1736 Senningerberg

Danaher Corporation

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W

Washington, D.C. 20037-1701

Luxembourg, 8 July 2015

Dear Sirs,

We are acting as special Luxembourg legal counsel to DH Europe Finance S.A., a public limited liability company ( société anonyme ) incorporated and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 1B Heienhaff, L-1736 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 197470 (the “ Company ”) in connection with the issuance by the Company of EUR 500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2017, EUR 600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.000 % senior notes due 2019, EUR 800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.700 % senior notes due 2022 and EUR 800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.500 % senior notes due 2025 (collectively, the “ Notes ”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Danaher Corporation (“ Danaher ”) (all such guarantees and Notes, collectively the “ Securities ”).

The Securities are being issued pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) dated as of 1 July 2015, entered into among the Company, Danaher, and the underwriters named therein. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”) entered into among the Company, Danaher, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and a supplemental indenture (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) dated as of 8 July 2015 entered into among the Company, Danaher, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Danaher filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203948) under the


Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on May 7, 2015, and Danaher and the Company filed with the Commission a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (as so amended, the “ Registration Statement ”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203948) under the Securities Act, on June 15, 2015, and the prospectus dated June 15, 2015, as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 16, 2015 (the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), and the final prospectus supplement dated 1 July 2015 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”).

We want to stress that we do not represent ourselves to be familiar with any laws other than the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“ Luxembourg Law ”) and, in giving this opinion, we assume that there does not exist any provision in other law affecting our opinion.

The opinions expressed below are limited to Luxembourg Law currently in effect. We have made no investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg as a basis for this opinion and do not express or imply any opinion with respect to the matters governed by or to be determined on the basis of any such laws outside Luxembourg.

 

I. Documentation:

In connection with this opinion, we have seen the following documents:

 

A. a copy of the articles of association of the Company dated 2 June 2015 (the “ Articles of Association ”);

 

B. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company on 7 July 2015 (the “ Board Resolutions ”);

 

C. an excerpt of the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register related to the Company dated 7 July 2015 (the “ Excerpt ”);

 

D. an executed copy of the Indenture;

 

E. an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement; and

 

F. a copy of the Securities as described and set forth in the Indenture.

The documents listed under items A. to C. are together referred to as the “ Corporate Documents ”.

The documents listed under items D. to F. are together referred to as the “ Opinion Documents ”.

Except as stated above, we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, examined any contracts, deeds, instruments or other documents relating to the Opinion Documents or entered into by or

 

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affecting any party to any such contracts, deeds, instruments or documents, or any corporate records of any such party, save that with respect to the Company, we have reviewed the Corporate Documents and have not made any other enquiries concerning such parties. In particular, but without limitation, we have not investigated whether any such parties will, by reason of the transaction contemplated by the Opinion Documents (and any document in connection therewith), be in breach of any of its obligations under any such contracts, deeds, instruments or documents.

 

II. Assumptions:

For purposes of this opinion we assumed each of the following without any further verification:

 

A. that the different parties to the Opinion Documents (other than the Company) are duly incorporated and organised, validly existing under the laws of their respective place of incorporation and all other applicable laws and are capable of evaluating and understanding (on their own behalf or through independent professional advice), and understand and accept the terms, conditions and risks (whether financial, tax, accounting, regulatory or otherwise) of the Opinion Documents;

 

B. that all factual matters and statements relied upon or assumed herein were true and complete on the date of execution of the Opinion Documents;

 

C. that the central administration ( administration centrale ), the principal place of business (principal établissement ) and (for the purposes of the Council regulation (EC) N°1346 /2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings, as amended (the “ EU Insolvency Regulation ”)) the centre of main interests (centre des intérêts principaux ) of the Company is located at the place of its registered office ( siège statutaire ) in Luxembourg and that the Company has no establishment (as such term is defined in the EU Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg and that no parties to the Opinion Documents (other than the Company) have their principal place of business, their main interest or any other establishment in Luxembourg;

 

D. the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals and that the persons purported to have signed have in fact signed;

 

E. the conformity to the originals of the documents supplied to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents as well as the accuracy, authenticity, completeness and up to dateness of all documents submitted to us;

 

F. the due authorisation, execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents by all the parties thereto under all applicable laws (other than the Company under Luxembourg Law) as well as the power, authority and legal right of all the parties thereto under all applicable laws (other than the Company under Luxembourg Law) to enter into, execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under the Opinion Documents;

 

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G. that the execution, delivery and performance by each of the parties to the Opinion Documents (other than the Company) is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against them under the laws of their place of incorporation or organisation and under all other applicable laws and have been and remain duly approved and authorised by all necessary corporate, partnership, governmental and other action in accordance with their respective constitutive documents, the laws of their respective places of incorporation or organisation and all other applicable laws;

 

H. that all obligations under the Opinion Documents are valid, legally binding upon, validly perfected where required, and enforceable against, the respective parties to the Opinion Documents as a matter of all relevant laws (other than Luxembourg Law) most notably the expressed governing law, and that the choice of such governing law is valid and enforceable as a matter of all applicable laws (other than Luxembourg Law), and that there is no provision of the laws of any jurisdiction (other than Luxembourg) that would have a negative bearing on the foregoing;

 

I. that the parties to the Opinion Documents (including the Company) entered into the Opinion Documents to which they are party with good faith, for the purpose of carrying out their business and without any intention to defraud or deprive of any legal benefit of any other parties (such as third parties and in particular creditors) or to circumvent any mandatory laws or regulations of any jurisdiction;

 

J. that the Board Resolutions (i) are true records of the proceedings described therein and (ii) have not been amended, varied, revoked, declared null and void or superseded in any respect and are in full force and effect;

 

K. that the Articles of Association have not been amended since the date mentioned in Section I;

 

L. that the Excerpt is true, correct, complete and up to date in all respects;

 

M. that no proceedings have been lodged or injunction granted or requested against the Company to restrain them from performing any of their respective obligations under the Opinion Documents;

 

N. that the Company has a corporate interest in the signing of the Opinion Documents and it is in the best corporate interest ( intérêt social ) of the Company to enter into the contemplated transaction;

 

O. that there are no other arrangements or agreements in existence between the parties to the Opinion Documents which in any way amend, add to or vary the terms of the Opinion Documents or the respective rights and interests of the parties thereto;

 

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P. that all matters (including without limitation the making of necessary filings and registrations) required in connection with the Opinion Documents to render them enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions (including in Luxembourg) have been duly complied with and that such compliance remains in full force and effect and will continue to be effective where required for the validity and enforceability, under such laws as applicable, of the Opinion Documents (or any document related thereto);

 

Q. the appointment by the Company of a process agent as its authorised agent upon whom process may be served in any proceedings before the courts of New York arising out of or in relation to the Opinion Documents constitutes a valid and legally binding appointment under any applicable laws (other than Luxembourg law); and

 

R. that there is no abuse of trust or abuse of corporate assets in connection with the Opinion Documents.

 

III. Opinions:

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that insofar as Luxembourg Law is concerned as of the date hereof and without regard to any change in facts and circumstances which may occur subsequent to the issuance of this opinion:

 

A. the Company is a public limited liability company ( société anonyme ) duly incorporated and validly existing under Luxembourg Law for an unlimited duration with corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and to enter into and perform its obligations under each Opinion Document;

 

B. the Company has the corporate power and authority under Luxembourg Law to enter into, execute and deliver each of the Opinion Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder; and

 

C. each of the Opinion Documents and the Notes have been duly authorised, executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and, assuming receipt by the Company of payment of the issue price of such Notes, such Notes, when issued as provided in the Opinion Documents, will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to limitations by reason of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, and shall be entitled to the benefits of the Opinion Documents.

 

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IV. Qualifications:

This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

A. no opinion is given as to tax laws or regulations whatsoever in respect of the Company or the tax consequences of the transaction contemplated by the Opinion Documents (or any document in connection therewith);

 

B. save for the opinion expressed under point C. of Section III. above, no opinion is given on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Opinion Documents;

 

C. corporate documents (including but not limited to, a transfer of the registered office, a notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver, director, manager, or administrative receiver, notice of the appointment or revocation of a director) may not be held at the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register immediately and there may be a delay in the relevant notice appearing on the files of the relevant party. Consequently, any search conducted at the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register can speak only as per the date it was carried out and not as per the date of this legal opinion;

 

D. this opinion is subject to all limitations from the application of Luxembourg public policy rules and no opinion is expressed whatsoever on any bankruptcy ( faillite ), composition with creditors ( concordat ), suspension of payments ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), or the appointment of a temporary administrator ( administrateur provisoire ) and any similar Luxembourg or foreign proceedings affecting the capacity of the Luxembourg Company to validly enter into the Opinion Documents in respect of the Company or any other party to the Opinion Documents;

 

E. any documents relating to the Company the publication of which is required by law will only be enforceable against third parties after they have been published in the official gazette ( Mémorial C ), except where such third parties have knowledge thereof. For the 15 days following the publication, such documents would not be enforceable against third parties who prove that it was impossible for them to have knowledge thereof;

 

F. this legal opinion is as of this date and we undertake no obligation to update it or to advise of changes hereafter occurring. We express no opinion as to any matters other than those expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom. We express no opinion as to matters of fact. This legal opinion is strictly limited to its terms, the Opinion Documents and the Corporate Documents and does not relate to any extent to any other agreement or matter; and

 

G.

Luxembourg legal concepts are defined in their original French terms used in Luxembourg Law so that the legal concepts used in the Opinion Documents may not be

 

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  identical to the Luxembourg legal concepts. Luxembourg Courts may require that decisions granted in other jurisdictions than the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg or any document tabled as evidence before Luxembourg Courts be translated into French language.

This opinion shall be governed by Luxembourg Law. The Courts of Luxembourg shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute among the parties hereto arising in connection with this opinion.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to Danaher’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed on or about 8 July 2015, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving such 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 Commission.

 

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This opinion is issued by and signed on behalf of Luther S.A., admitted to practice in Luxembourg and registered on the List V of lawyers of the Luxembourg bar association.

Yours sincerely,

/s/ Luther S.A.
Luther S.A.

Represented by Laurent Massinon

Partner, Avocat à la Cour

 

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