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): August 14, 2017

INTEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-06217

 

94-1672743

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California

 

95054-1549

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 765-8080

 

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:

 

  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))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging Growth Company    

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 14, 2017, Intel Corporation (the “Company”) issued $640,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.10% Senior Notes due 2047 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the terms of a subscription agreement dated August 3, 2017 (the “Subscription Agreement”) between the Company and Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch, as manager (the “Manager”). The net proceeds from the offering are approximately $638 million, before expenses but after deducting the underwriting commission and structuring fee.

The sale of the Notes pursuant to the Subscription Agreement was registered under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on October 28, 2015 (File No. 333-207633) and the Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of March 29, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of December 3, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), as further supplemented by the eleventh supplemental indenture among the Company, the Trustee and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as paying agent, dated as of August 14, 2017 (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”).

The foregoing descriptions of the Subscription Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such agreements, which are filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, Exhibit 4.4 to Form S-3 filed March 30, 2006, Exhibit 4.2.4 to Form 10-K filed February 20, 2008 and Exhibit 4.1 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the 4.10% Senior Note due 2047, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 4.2, and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report.

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

1.1    Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2017, between Intel Corporation and Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch, as manager
4.1    Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2017, among Intel Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as paying agent
4.2    Form of 4.10% Senior Note due 2047
5.1    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP
23.1    Consent of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)


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.

 

    INTEL CORPORATION
    (Registrant)
Date: August 14, 2017    

/s/ Robert H. Swan

    Robert H. Swan
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 1.1

Intel Corporation

4.10% Senior Notes Due 2047

Subscription Agreement

New York, New York

August 3, 2017

To the Managers named in

      Schedule II hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Intel Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several managers named in Schedule II hereto (the “Managers”), for whom Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch (“Deutsche Bank”) is acting as representative (the “Representative”) and lead manager (the “Lead Manager”), the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture dated as of March 29, 2006, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture (as so supplemented, the “Base Indenture”) dated as of December 3, 2007 between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), together with a supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein) with respect to the Securities (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). In connection with the issuance of the Securities, the Company will enter into a paying agency agreement with Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, which will initially act as paying agent for the Securities (the “Paying Agency Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date. To the extent there are no additional Managers listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representative as used herein shall mean you, as Manager, and the terms Representative and Managers shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein, but not otherwise defined elsewhere, are defined in Section 20 hereof. The parties hereto acknowledge that the pricing date of the Securities is August 3, 2017.


The Company has also prepared the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus were supplied to the Managers in sufficient copies on or before August 14, 2017. Each Manager undertakes to deliver the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus in sufficient copies to the potential investors in the Securities on August 14, 2017.

The Securities are intended to be listed on the Taipei Exchange (the “TPEx”) in the Republic of China (the “ROC”) and application will be made to the TPEx for listing of, and permission to deal in, the Securities by way of debt issues to professional institutional investors under Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Financial Consumer Protection Act of the ROC (“Professional Institutional Investors”), which currently include: (i) overseas or domestic banks, securities firms, futures firms and insurance companies (excluding insurance agencies, insurance brokers and insurance surveyors), the foregoing as further defined in more detail in Paragraph 3 of Article 2 of the Organic Act of the Financial Supervisory Commission of the ROC, (ii) fund management companies, government investment institutions, government funds, pension funds, mutual funds, unit trusts, and funds managed by financial service enterprises pursuant to the ROC Securities Investment Trust and Consulting Act, the ROC Future Trading Act or the ROC Trust Enterprise Act or investment assets mandated and delivered by or transferred for trust by financial consumers, and (iii) other institutions recognized by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the ROC. Purchasers of the Securities are not permitted to sell or otherwise dispose of the Securities except by transfer to the Professional Institutional Investors.

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Manager as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission: an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years before the Execution Time.

 

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(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act; on each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Manager through the Representative specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Manager consists of the information described as such in Section 9 hereof.

(c) (i) The Disclosure Package, taken together with the underwriting commissions and net proceeds set forth in the Final Prospectus, and (ii) each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Manager through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Manager consists of the information described as such in Section 9 hereof.

(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this

 

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clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Manager through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Manager consists of the information described as such in Section 9 hereof.

(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(h) The financial statements, and the related notes thereto, of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; and

 

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said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, except as described in the notes to such financial statements; and the supporting schedules incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial and statistical information and any other financial data set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information purported to be shown thereby at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply and, to the extent that such information is set forth in or has been derived from the financial statements and accounting books and records of the Company, have been prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(i) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (A) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries listed on Schedule V hereto (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”), or any issuance of any options, warrants, convertible securities or rights to purchase capital stock of the Company or any of the Significant Subsidiaries (except for the issuance of options or the issuance or vesting of stock awards or restricted stock units pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans existing on the date hereof or any shares issued pursuant to “earnout” provisions in any completed acquisition by the Company, and except for repurchases of common stock pursuant to the Company’s previously announced common stock repurchase authorization), or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (B) except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock, and (C) except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(j) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(k) Each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests and claims.

(l) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(m) Except for stock purchase plans, there are no contracts, commitments, agreements, arrangements, understandings or undertakings of any kind to which the Company is a party, or by which it is bound, granting to any person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or requiring the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(n) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company, and when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Securities by the Trustee) and paid for as provided herein will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto; and the Securities will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(o) The Base Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. On the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Indenture will be a valid and binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to

 

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), and the Indenture will conform to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(p) The Company is not, nor with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would it be, in violation of or in default under, its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. The issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by the Company of all its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture, the Paying Agency Agreement and this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject, except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement, the Securities, the Paying Agency Agreement or the Indenture, nor will any such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company or, except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the Company’s ability to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement, the Securities, the Paying Agency Agreement or the Indenture, any applicable law or statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Paying Agency Agreement or the Indenture, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained as of the Execution Time and as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Managers.

(q) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(r) Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2016, are a registered independent public accounting firm as required under the Act.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Managers pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Manager.

2. Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Manager, and each Manager agrees, severally and not jointly, on a firm commitment basis, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Manager’s name in Schedule II hereto. In consideration of the agreement by the Managers to act as the managers in relation to the issue of the Securities and to purchase the Securities as provided above, the Company shall pay to each Manager the underwriting commissions set forth opposite such Manager’s name in Schedule II hereto. The underwriting commissions of each Manager shall be deducted from the gross proceeds of the Securities purchased by each Manager (such gross proceeds being calculated by multiplying the Purchase Price by the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased by such Manager) on the Closing Date prior to the payment of the proceeds to the Company (such payment to the Company, the “Net Subscription Monies”). The Company has appointed Deutsche Bank as the filing agent for the Company to assist the Company in making the required reporting to the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the TPEx in connection with the issue and offering of the Securities and filing with the TPEx of the application to list the Securities on the TPEx. The Company has appointed Deutsche Bank as its securities firm for providing quotations in respect of the Securities in accordance with Article 24-1 of the Taipei Exchange Rules Governing Management of Foreign Currency Denominated International Bonds (the “TPEx Rules”) and the relevant regulations. Deutsche Bank represents and undertakes that it has obtained, or will before the Closing Date obtain, all licences, consents, approvals, authorisations, orders and clearances of all regulatory authorities required for it to provide such services for providing quotations.

3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representative shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Managers for the respective accounts of the Managers against payment by the Managers of the Net Subscription Monies thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through a common depositary for Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system (“Euroclear”), unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.

 

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4. Offering by Managers . It is understood that the several Managers propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

5. Agreements . The Company agrees with the several Managers that:

(a) During any period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus (x) unless the Company has furnished you a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement for your review prior to filing and (y) will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, (except, in the case of subclause (y), for (i) an amendment or supplement consisting solely of the filing of a document required to be filed under the Exchange Act or (ii) a supplement relating to any offering of securities other than the Securities, subject to Section 5(i)). Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any amendment or supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representative with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed. The Company will promptly advise the Representative (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

 

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(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, including in connection with the use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representative of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented or amended Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.

(f) The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Managers, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Manager a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Manager or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representative may reasonably request.

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required for the distribution of the Securities and, subject to the proviso in Section 5(k), will pay all fees and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel to the Managers) in connection with such qualification and in connection with the determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated (i) to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified, (ii) to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (iii) to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction if it is not now otherwise so subject.

(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Manager, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representative or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company with a maturity of more than one year or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.

 

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(j) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(k) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Managers relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (ix) all fees and expenses related to listing the Securities on the TPEx; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section and Sections 7 and 9 hereof, the Managers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel, any stamp duty that may be imposed on this Agreement under the ROC Stamp Tax Act, if being executed in the ROC, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(l) The Company will assist the Representative in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through Clearstream and Euroclear.

(m) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Securities listed on the TPEx.

(n) In connection with the application to the TPEx for the listing of, and permission to deal in, the Securities, the Company agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish from time to time any and all documents, instruments,

 

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information and undertakings and publish all advertisements or other material that may be necessary in order to effect such listing and will maintain such listing until none of the Securities is outstanding or until such time as payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the Securities has been duly provided for, whichever is earlier; provided , however , that if the Company can no longer reasonably maintain such listing, including, but not limited to, in circumstances where obtaining or the maintenance of such listing would require preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting standards other than U.S. GAAP in a manner that, in the Company’s judgment, is burdensome, or such listing is otherwise, in the Company’s judgment, burdensome, it will consider obtaining and maintaining the quotation for, or listing of, the Securities by such other listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system as the Managers shall reasonably request. However, if such an alternative listing is not available to the Company or is, in the Company’s judgment, burdensome, an alternative listing for the Securities need not be considered by the Company. In addition, for so long as the Securities are admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by a listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system, and such listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system requires the existence of a paying agent in a particular location, the Company will maintain a paying agent as required.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Managers . The obligations of the Managers to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, outside counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representative their opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in the form agreed between such counsel and the Representative.

(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law, special Taiwanese counsel to the Company, to have furnished to the Representative their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in the form agreed between such counsel and the Representative.

 

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(d) Tiffany Doon Silva, Corporate Counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative her opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, in the form agreed between such counsel and the Representative.

(e) The Representative shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Managers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they shall reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate of the Company, signed by the Treasurer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(g) On the date of this Agreement and also on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representative letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

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References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (g) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.

(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any (i) change to the capital stock (except for the issuance of options or the issuance or vesting of stock awards or restricted stock units pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans existing on the date hereof or any shares issued pursuant to “earnout” provisions in any completed acquisition by the Company, and except for repurchases of common stock pursuant to the Company’s previously announced common stock repurchase authorization) or long-term debt of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or (ii) the suspension or material limitation of trading in the capital stock of the Company on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (i) any intended or potential downgrading or (ii) any review or possible change that does not indicate an improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act).

(j) The Securities will be eligible for clearance and settlement through the Euroclear and Clearstream.

(k) The Taiwan Securities Association (the “TSA”) shall have granted its approval for recording of submission of this Agreement.

(l) The TPEx shall have agreed to list the Securities on or prior to the Closing Date (or the Representative has been reasonably satisfied that this approval shall be granted).

(m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

 

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If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Managers, this Agreement and all obligations of the Managers hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Managers, at 1600 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025, on the Closing Date.

7. Certain Agreements of the Managers . Each Manager, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) All licenses, consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and clearances of all regulatory authorities required by such Managers, including without limitation the TSA for or in connection with the subscription, underwriting and/or distribution of the Securities and the compliance by such Manager with the terms of any of the foregoing have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

(b) It has complied with and will comply with all applicable ROC laws and regulations in the subscription, underwriting and/or distribution of the Securities.

(c) It has not, and will not, offer, sell or re-sell, directly or indirectly, the Securities to investors other than Professional Institutional Investors and the Securities shall only be re-sold by it to Professional Institutional Investors.

(d) The underwriting commissions payable to it may not be repaid or refunded by it by any means or in any form to the Company or its related parties or their designated persons.

(e) The filing agent appointed by the Company hereby agrees that it will act as the filing agent for the Company and assist the Company in making the required reporting to the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the TPEx in connection with the issue and offering of the Securities and making an application to the TPEx for the listing and trading of the Securities on the TPEx.

(f) Deutsche Bank hereby agrees that it will provide quotations for the Company in respect of the Securities in accordance with Article 24-1 of the TPEx Rules.

(g) The Lead Manager hereby agrees that it undertakes that it shall:

(i) submit a photocopy of this Agreement being executed by all the parties hereto, together with other documents as required by the applicable laws and regulations to the TSA on or about the day as separately agreed by the Company and the Representative but in no event later than four Business Days before the Closing Date; and

 

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(ii) complete an announcement in connection with the issue and offering of the Securities in form and substance as required by the applicable laws and regulations on the website of the TSA on or about the day as separately agreed by the Company and the Representative.

8. Reimbursement of Managers’ Expenses . If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Managers because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any condition of the Managers’ obligations cannot be fulfilled because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Managers severally through the Representative on demand, for all documented, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

9. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Managers, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Manager and each person, if any, who controls any of the Managers within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without limitation the reasonable and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Disclosure Package (or any part thereof) (taken together with the underwriting commissions and net proceeds set forth in the Final Prospectus), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto if the Company shall have filed or furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Managers furnished to the Company in writing by the Managers through you expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Manager consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof.

 

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(b) The Managers agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Managers, but only with reference to information relating to any of the Managers furnished to the Company in writing by the Managers expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package (or any part thereof), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Manager consists of the following information in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Manager: the information contained in first and second sentences of the third paragraph under the caption “Selling” (for the avoidance of doubt, such first sentence begins with the words “Notes sold by the manager to the public will initially be offered …”).

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”), and the Indemnifying Person shall be entitled to assume the defense of all Indemnified Persons in connection with such suit, action, proceeding, claim or demand, using counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Managers, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Manager and such control persons of the Managers shall be designated in writing by the Representative and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and such control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No

 

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Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 9 is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Managers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Managers, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Managers, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Managers bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Managers, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Managers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Company and the Managers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 9. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 9 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, in no event shall the Managers be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities purchased by it were offered exceeds the amount of any damages that the Managers have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

10. Default by a Manager . If any one or more Managers shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Manager or Managers hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Managers shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Managers) the Securities which the defaulting Manager or Managers agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Manager or Managers agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, and arrangements satisfactory to the Managers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, the remaining Managers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Managers do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Manager or the Company. In the event of a default by any Manager as set forth in this Section 10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding the maximum number of the Business Days permitted by the applicable regulations in the ROC, as the Representative and the Company shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Manager of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Manager for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. As used in this Agreement, the term “Manager” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in the Subscription Agreement that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Manager agreed but failed to purchase.

11. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Managers, by written notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, The New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Global Select Market, (ii) trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over the counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either U.S. Federal or New York State authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in U.S. financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and that, in the judgment of the Managers, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

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12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Managers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Manager or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7, 9 and 17 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

13. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Managers, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (x) Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch, 10F 296 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 106, Attention: Angela Chen (fax: +886 2192-4285); or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95054, Attention: Treasurer (fax: +1 (408) 653-6796), with a copy to the Director of Corporate Legal Group (fax: +1 (408) 653-8050).

14. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Securities from the Managers shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

15. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company and the Managers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

17. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such

 

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jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

19. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

20. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, London, United Kingdom or Taipei, Taiwan, are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

“Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses identified in Schedule III hereto and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

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“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the automatic registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.

“Rule 158,” “Rule 163,” “Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Managers.

 

Very truly yours,

Intel Corporation

By:  

/s/ Ravi Jacob

 

Name: Ravi  Jacob

 

Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date specified in

Schedule I hereto.

By:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch

By:  

/s/ Cynthia Chan

 

Name: Cynthia Chan

 

Title:    Managing Director

By:  

/s/ Cora Lee

 

Name: Cora Lee

 

Title:    Vice President

For itself and the other several Managers, if any, named in Schedule II to the foregoing Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE I

Subscription Agreement dated August 3, 2017

Registration Statement No. 333-207633

Representative:         Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch

Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:

 

Securities:   
20 47 Notes   
Securities to be purchased:    4.10% Senior Notes due 2047
Aggregate Principal Amount:    US$640,000,000
Purchase Price:    100% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from August 14, 2017
Maturity:    August 14, 2047
Interest Rate:    4.10% per annum, accruing from August 14, 2017
Interest Payment Dates:    February 14 and August 14, commencing February 14, 2018
Optional Redemption:    On each August 14 on or after August 14, 2022 the Securities will be redeemable on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
Redemption for Tax Purposes:    Redeemable in whole, but not in part, on at least 15 but not more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount (plus any accrued interest and additional amounts then payable with respect to the Securities) in connection with a “Change in Tax Law” as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 3, 2017


Joint Book-Running Managers:    Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch
Global Structuring Agent and Coordinator:    Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Listing:    Application will be made by the Company for the Securities to be listed on the Taipei Exchange.
Denominations:    $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
ROC Selling Restrictions:    The Securities have not been, and shall not be, offered, sold or re-sold, directly or indirectly to investors other than “professional institutional investors” as defined under Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Financial Consumer Protection Act of the Republic of China. Purchasers of the Securities are not permitted to sell or otherwise dispose of the Securities except by transfer to the aforementioned professional institutional investors.

Closing Date, Time and Location: August 14, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. PST at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 1600 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94025

Type of Offering: Non-delayed

Business Day referred to in Section 5(i): The Business Day following the Closing Date.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Manager

   Principal Amount
of 2047 Notes to

be Purchased
   Underwriting
Commission
 

Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch

   US$640,000,000    US$ 640,000  
  

 

  

 

 

 

Total

   US$640,000,000    US$ 640,000  
  

 

  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package:

 

    Pricing Term Sheet dated August 3, 2017 relating to the Securities.


SCHEDULE IV

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-207633

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated August 3, 2017

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 3, 2017

 

LOGO

Term Sheet

August 3, 2017

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047 (“Securities”)

 

Issuer:    Intel Corporation
Security Type:    SEC Registered
Pricing Date:    August 3, 2017
Expected Settlement Date:    August 14, 2017 (T+7)
Size:    US$640,000,000
Maturity Date:    August 14, 2047
Coupon:    4.10%
Interest Payment Dates:    February 14 and August 14, commencing on February 14, 2018
Denominations:    US$100,000 and multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof
Price to Public:    100% plus accrued interest, if any, from August 14, 2017
Selling Discount:    0.10%
Optional Redemption:    On each August 14 on or after August 14, 2022, the Securities will be redeemable on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
Redemption for Tax Purposes:    Redeemable in whole, but not in part, on at least 15 but not more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount (plus any accrued interest and additional amounts then payable) in connection with a “Change in Tax Law” as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 3, 2017
Sole Book-Running Manager:    Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch
Global Structuring Agent and Coordinator:    Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is not a licensed or regulated entity in the ROC and has not and will not engage in the offer, subscription, underwriting or sale of the Securities.
Structuring Agent’s Fee:        US$1,824,000


Listing:    Application will be made by the Issuer for the Securities to be listed on the Taipei Exchange.
ROC Selling Restrictions:    The Securities have not been, and shall not be, offered, sold or re-sold, directly or indirectly to investors other than “professional institutional investors” as defined under Paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Financial Consumer Protection Act of the Republic of China. Purchasers of the Securities are not permitted to sell or otherwise dispose of the Securities except by transfer to the aforementioned professional institutional investors.
ISIN:    XS1661884400

Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Securities prior to the third business day before the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Securities initially will settle on the seventh business day following the pricing date (T+7), to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

The TPEx is not responsible for the content of this Term Sheet and no representation is made by the TPEx as to the accuracy or completeness of this Term Sheet. The TPEx expressly disclaims any and all liability for any losses arising from, or as a result of the reliance on, all or part of the contents of this Term Sheet. Admission to the listing and trading of the Securities on the TPEx shall not be taken as an indication of the merits of us or the Securities.

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any manager or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting the Issuer at: Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., M/S RNB4-151, Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States of America, Attn: Corporate Secretary.


SCHEDULE V

List of Significant Subsidiaries of the Company

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

  

State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Intel Electronics Finance Limited

  

Cayman Islands

Intel International, Inc.

  

California, U.S.

Intel Commodities Limited

  

Cayman Islands

Intel Phils. Holding LLC

  

California, U.S.

Synchroquartz U.S. Corporation

  

California, U.S.

Intel European Finance Corporation

  

Cayman Islands

Intel Capital Corporation

  

Delaware, U.S.

McAfee Suomi Funding LLC

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel Overseas Funding Corporation

  

Cayman Islands

Mission College Investments Ltd.

  

Cayman Islands

Intel Security Holdings, Inc.

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel Americas, Inc.

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel Technology (US), LLC

  

California, U.S.

Wind River Systems, Inc.

  

Delaware, U.S.

Altera Corporation

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel International Finance CVBA

  

Belgium

Intel Benelux B.V.

  

Netherlands

Intel Holdings B.V.

  

Netherlands

Altera International, Inc.

  

Cayman Islands

Intel Finance B.V.

  

Netherlands

Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd.

  

United Kingdom

Intel Technologies, Inc.

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel Ireland Limited

  

Cayman Islands

Intel Warehouse Leixlip Unlimited Company

  

Ireland

Intel Electronics Ltd.

  

Israel

Intel Israel (74) Limited

  

Israel

Intel Tools and Equipment Ltd.

  

Israel

Intel Semi Conductors Ltd.

  

Israel

Intel Semiconductor (Dalian) Ltd.

  

China

Intel Malaysia Sdn. Berhad

  

Malaysia

Intel Technology Sdn. Berhad

  

Malaysia

Intel Semiconductor (US) LLC

  

Delaware, U.S.

Intel Asia Holding Limited

  

Hong Kong

Intel China Ltd.

  

China

Intel Products (Chengdu) Ltd.

  

China

Intel China Finance Holding (HK) Limited

  

Hong Kong

Intel China Finance I (HK) Limited

  

Hong Kong

Exhibit 4.1

INTEL CORPORATION, as Issuer,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

and

ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC, UK BRANCH, as Paying Agent

 

 

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047

 

 

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of August 14, 2017

to

Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006

 

 


  ARTICLE 1   
  D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION   

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      1  

Section 1.02.

  Conflicts with Base Indenture      3  
  ARTICLE 2   
  F ORM OF N OTES   

Section 2.01.

  Form of Notes      4  
  ARTICLE 3   
  T HE N OTES   

Section 3.01.

  Amount; Series; Terms      4  

Section 3.02.

  Denominations      5  

Section 3.03.

  Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities      5  

Section 3.04.

  Additional Notes      6  
  ARTICLE 4   
  R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES   

Section 4.01.

  Optional Redemption      7  

Section 4.02.

  Redemption for Tax Reasons      7  

Section 4.03.

  General      7  
  ARTICLE 5   
  E VENTS OF D EFAULT AND R EMEDIES   

Section 5.01.

  Events of Default      8  

Section 5.02.

  Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment      9  

Section 5.03.

  References In Base Indenture      10  

Section 5.04.

  Waiver Of Certain Covenants      10  
  ARTICLE 6   
  S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES   

Section 6.01.

  Applicability Of Base Indenture      10  

Section 6.02.

  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Holders      10  

Section 6.03.

  Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Holders      11  
  ARTICLE 7   
  P AYMENT OF A DDITIONAL A MOUNTS   

Section 7.01.

  Payment of Additional Amounts      12  

Section 7.02.

  General      14  


  ARTICLE 8   
  M ISCELLANEOUS   

Section 8.01.

  Sinking Funds      15  

Section 8.02.

  Confirmation of Indenture      15  

Section 8.03.

  Counterparts      15  

Section 8.04.

  Governing Law      15  

Section 8.05.

  Waiver of Jury Trial      15  

EXHIBIT A

   FORM OF NOTE        A-1  

 

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ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 2017 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), to the Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006 (as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) by and between INTEL CORPORATION (the “ Company ”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, other than with respect to a particular series of debt securities, the “ Base Indenture ” and, as amended, modified and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Trustee and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as London paying agent.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery, and desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery, of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a series of Securities designated as its $640,000,000 4.10% Senior Notes due 2047 (the “ Notes ”), on the terms set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Trustee was appointed as successor trustee under the Base Indenture in connection with that certain first supplemental indenture as of December 3, 2007, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”);

WHEREAS, Article 9 of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the parties to establish the terms of new Securities without the consent of any Holders;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been met; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.


As used herein, the following terms have the specified meanings:

Additional Amounts ” has the meaning specified in Article 7.

Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.

Agency Agreement ” means that certain agency agreement, dated as of August 14, 2017, among the Company, the Paying Agent, Elavon Financial Services DAC and the Trustee.

Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Business Day ” when used with respect to any Note, means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, London or Taipei, Taiwan, are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Change in Tax Law ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Clearstream ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).

Code ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

Company ” means the corporation specified as the “Company” in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

Corporation ” means, for purposes of Section 801 of the Base Indenture as applied to the Notes, any corporation and not any other form of business entity.

Depositary ” means Elavon Financial Services DAC, or any successor. References in the Base Indenture to “U.S. Depository” or “Depository” shall be deemed to refer to “Depositary” as defined in this Supplemental Indenture.

Euroclear ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).

First Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Global Security ” means, with respect to the Notes, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to a safekeeping agreement with the Depositary, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in global form without interest coupons in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. References to “global Security” in the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer to “Global Security” as defined in this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Initial Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

Notes ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Notice of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(c).

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by chairman of the Board of Directors, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, president, any vice president, controller, secretary, any assistant secretary or general counsel of the Company. For purposes of the Notes (and the Indenture as applicable to the Notes), all references in the Base Indenture to “Officers’ Certificate” shall be deemed to refer to “Officer’s Certificate” as defined in this Supplemental Indenture.

Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e).

Property ” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of capital stock.

ROC ” means the Republic of China.

ROC Approvals ” means all necessary regulatory and listing approvals from applicable authorities in the ROC, including but not limited to the Taipei Exchange and the Taiwan Securities Association (or their respective successors).

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Taxes ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

U.S. Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(c).

Section 1.02. Conflicts with Base Indenture. In the event that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

 

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ARTICLE 2

F ORM OF N OTES

Section 2.01. Form of Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

T HE N OTES

Section 3.01. Amount; Series; Terms. (a) There is hereby created and designated one series of Securities under the Base Indenture: the title of the Notes shall be “4.10% Senior Notes due 2047.” The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other series of Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other series of Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

(b) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that initially may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture (the “ Initial Notes ”) shall be limited to $640,000,000, subject to increase as set forth in Section 3.04.

(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be August 14, 2047.

(d) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.10% per annum from August 14, 2017, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as further provided in the form of Note annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be February 14 and August 14 of each year, beginning on February 14, 2018, and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on each such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding January 31 and July 31, respectively. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. All payment dates with respect to the Notes, whether at Stated Maturity, on any Redemption Date or on any Interest Payment Date, shall be determined in accordance with the time-zone applicable to The City of New York.

(e) Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, shall initially act as the London paying agent for the Notes (the “ Paying Agent ”) and Elavon Financial Services DAC shall initially act as transfer agent for the Notes (the “ Transfer Agent ”) in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement. The Company may change the Paying Agent or the Transfer Agent without prior notice to the Holders.

 

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(f) Elavon Financial Services DAC shall initially act as the Security Registrar, as such term is defined in in Section 305 of the Base Indenture, for the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement and for so long as Elavon Financial Services DAC shall be the Security Registrar for the Notes, the list of Holders required by 701 of the Base Indenture shall not be required to be furnished to the Trustee. The Company may change the Security Registrar without prior notice to the Holders.

(g) The Company designates the office of the Transfer Agent and Paying Agent at 125 Old Broad Street, Fifth Floor, London EC2N 1AR as an agency where the Notes may be presented for payment, exchange or registration of transfer, in each case as provided for in the Indenture.

Section 3.02. Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 3.03. Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

(b) The Global Securities representing the Notes shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, Elavon Financial Services DAC, a common depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“ Euroclear ”) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (“ Clearstream ”), and registered in the name of such common depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in Section 3.03 and the Base Indenture. Each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of the Indenture.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes 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 (1) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice or (2) ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as the Depositary and so notifies the Company, and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice, (B) the Company determines at any time that the Notes shall no longer be represented by Global Securities and shall inform such Depositary of such determination and participants in such Depositary elect to withdraw their beneficial interests in the Notes from such Depositary, following notification by the Depositary of their right to do so, or (C) such exchange is made upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures, following the request of a Holder seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under the Notes during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

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(d) Subject to clause (c) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Notes may be made in whole or in part, and all Notes 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 in writing to the Trustee.

(e) Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Note is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(f) Subject to the provisions of clause (h) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members (as defined below in clause (h)) and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

(g) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (c) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(h) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “ Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

Section 3.04. Additional Notes. To the extent permitted by applicable authorities in the ROC and subject to the receipt of ROC Approvals, the Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of the Indenture, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue pursuant to the Indenture additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”) having terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A identical to those of the other Notes, except that Additional Notes:

(i) may have a different issue date from other Outstanding Notes;

(ii) may have a different issue price from other Outstanding Notes; and

(iii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on other Outstanding Notes;

 

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provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have one or more separate ISIN numbers. Such Additional Notes may be, to the extent permitted by applicable authorities in the ROC and subject to the receipt of ROC Approvals, consolidated and form a single series with, and will have the same terms as to ranking, redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise, as the Notes, and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to such Notes. References to “CUSIP” numbers in the Base Indenture shall be deemed replaced by “ISIN” numbers with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE 4

R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES

Section 4.01. Optional Redemption . (a) On each August 14 on or after August 14, 2022, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

Section 4.02. Redemption for Tax Reasons . (a) The Company may redeem the Notes at its option in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount (plus any accrued interest and Additional Amounts then payable with respect to the Notes), if the Company determines determine that (A) as a result of any change or amendment to the laws, treaties, regulations or rulings of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective after August 3, 2017, the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Article 7 on any Notes or (B) after August 3, 2017, any change in the official application, enforcement or interpretation of those laws, treaties, regulations or rulings, including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or any other action, taken by any taxing authority or a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, whether or not such action was taken or made with respect to the Company, results in a material probability that the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Article 7 on any Notes (a “ Change in Tax Law ”).

(b) Prior to the mailing of any notice of any redemption pursuant to this Section 4.02, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (1) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such a redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company to so redeem have occurred and (2) an Opinion of Counsel to that effect based on that statement of facts.

Section 4.03. General. (a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Article 11 of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

 

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(b) On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price (including any accrued interest and/or Additional Amounts, as applicable). On or before the Redemption Date for the Notes, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the electronic delivery or mailing of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption.

(c) Notice of any redemption shall be electronically delivered or mailed at least 30 days, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 4.01, or at least 15 days, in the case of a redemption pursuant to Section 4.02, but in each case not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall state the Redemption Price. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price.

(d) The election of the Company to optionally redeem the Notes shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any optional redemption of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, the Company shall, at least 5 days (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the date on which the notice of redemption will be delivered pursuant to paragraph (c), notify the Trustee of the applicable Redemption Date and of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed. This paragraph (d) applies to the Notes in lieu of Section 1102 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE 5

E VENTS OF D EFAULT AND R EMEDIES

Section 5.01. Events of Default. Section 501 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Each of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium (if any) on any Note when due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise;

(b) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable (if the time of payment has not been extended or deferred), and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.01 specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, or overnight delivery service to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, a written notice specifying such default or breach and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” under the Indenture;

 

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

(e) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its Property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.

Section 5.02. Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment. The first paragraph of Section 502 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes, and the following shall apply in lieu thereof. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, then and in every such case except as provided below, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount shall become immediately due and payable. However, upon an Event of Default arising out of Section 5.01(d) or Section 5.01(e), the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the acceleration date, shall be due and payable immediately without notice from the Trustee or Holders.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in the Indenture provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences as provided in Section 502 of the Base Indenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 5.03. References In Base Indenture. References to “Section 501,” “Section 501(4),” Section 501(5),” “Section 501(6)” and Section 501(7) in the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer to Section 5.01, Section 5.01(c), Section 5.01(d), Section 5.01(e) and Section 5.01 of this Supplemental Indenture, respectively.

Section 5.04. Waiver Of Certain Covenants. Section 1006 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

ARTICLE 6

S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES

Section 6.01. Applicability Of Base Indenture. Sections 901 and 902 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Sections 6.02 and 6.03 of this Supplemental Indenture shall apply in lieu thereof, and references in the Base Indenture to Sections 901 and 902 shall be deemed to refer to Section 6.02 and Section 6.03, respectively.

Section 6.02. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes or enter into an indenture supplemental hereto without notice to or the consent of any Holder to

(a) cure ambiguities, omissions, defects or inconsistencies as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate;

(b) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes;

(c) provide for or add guarantors with respect to the Notes;

(d) secure the Notes;

(e) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(f) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee;

(g) provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes, in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

(h) maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

(i) make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of Notes in any material respect.

 

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The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such amendment or supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any Property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such amendment or supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.

Any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this section may be executed without notice to and without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section  6.03.

Section 6.03. Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Holders .

(a) With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 1 of the Base Indenture) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all series of Securities (including the Notes) at the time Outstanding affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture (voting together as a single class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, 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 the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes and the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all series of Securities (including the Notes) at such time Outstanding affected by such waiver (voting together as a single class) may waive, with respect to each such series affected by such waiver, future compliance by the Company with a provision of the Indenture or the Notes.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not:

(i) reduce the principal amount, extend the fixed maturity, or alter or waive the redemption provisions of the Notes;

(ii) impair the right of any Holder of the Notes to receive payment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes on and after the due dates for such principal, premium or interest;

(iii) change the Currency in which principal, any premium or interest is paid;

(iv) reduce the percentage in principal amount Outstanding of Notes which must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver or consent to take any action;

(v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on the Notes;

 

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(vi) waive a payment default with respect to the Notes or any future guarantor of the Notes;

(vii) reduce the interest rate or extend the time for payment of interest on the Notes; or

(viii) adversely affect the ranking of the Notes.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 6.03, the Company shall transmit to the Holders of Outstanding Notes affected thereby a notice setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE 7

P AYMENT OF A DDITIONAL A MOUNTS

Section 7.01. Payment of Additional Amounts. All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes by the Company or a Paying Agent on the Company’s behalf will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other similar governmental charges imposed or levied by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States (collectively, “ Taxes ”), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In the event such withholding or deduction for Taxes is required by law, subject to the limitations described below, the Company shall pay to or on account of any beneficial owner of Notes who is not a U.S. Person (as defined below) such additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by such beneficial owner, after withholding or deduction for such Taxes, will be equal to the amount such person would have received in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided , however , that no Additional Amounts shall be payable for or on account of:

(a) any Taxes which would not have been so imposed, withheld or deducted but for:

(i) the existence of any present or former connection between the holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such holder or beneficial owner, if such holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity or between a person related to the holder or beneficial owner) and the United States, including, without limitation, such holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or other equity owner or person having such a power) being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident of the United States, being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the United States, being or having been present in the United States, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States;

 

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(ii) the failure of the holder, the beneficial owner or any other person to comply with certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the holder or beneficial owner of the notes, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge (including, but not limited to, the requirement to provide Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, Form W-8ECI, or any subsequent versions thereof or successor thereto, and including, without limitation, any documentation requirement under an applicable income tax treaty); or

(b) any Taxes imposed by reason of the holder’s or beneficial owner’s present or former status as a foreign personal holding company, or personal holding company, with respect to the United States, as a controlled foreign corporation with respect to the United States, as a passive foreign investment company with respect to the United States, as a foreign tax exempt organization with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;

(c) any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld or deducted but for the holder or beneficial owner being or having been (x) a “10-percent shareholder” of ours as defined in Section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) or any successor provision, (y) a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code or (z) 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;

(d) any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld or deducted but for the presentation by the holder or beneficial owner of such note 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 of the Note is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(e) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property, wealth or similar Taxes;

(f) any Taxes which are payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from a payment on such Note;

(g) any Taxes which are imposed, withheld or deducted with respect to, or payable by, a Holder that is not the beneficial owner of the Note, or a portion of the Note, or that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity, but

 

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only to the extent that a beneficial owner, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or member of such partnership, limited liability company or similar entity would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had such beneficial owner, settlor, beneficiary or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment;

(h) any Taxes required to be withheld or deducted by any Paying Agent from any payment on any Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding or deduction by at least one other Paying Agent;

(i) any Taxes imposed, withheld or deducted under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code;

(j) any Taxes that would not have been imposed, withheld or deducted but for a change in any law, treaty, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the applicable payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; or

(k) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j).

Section 7.02. General . (a) For purposes of this Article 7, the acquisition, ownership, enforcement, or holding of or the receipt of any payment with respect to a Note will not, in and of itself, constitute a connection (1) between the Holder or beneficial owner and the United States or (2) between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such holder or beneficial owner if such holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity and the United States. Except as specifically provided under this Article 7, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority.

(b) If the Company is required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, the Company shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agent pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate that specifies the Additional Amounts payable and when the Additional Amounts are payable. If the Trustee and the Paying Agent do not receive such an Officer’s Certificate from the Company, the Trustee and Paying agent may rely on the absence of such an Officer’s Certificate in assuming that no such Additional Amounts are payable.

(c) As used in this Article 7, “ U.S. Person ” means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

 

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ARTICLE 8

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.01. Sinking Funds. Article 12 of the Base Indenture shall have no application. The Notes shall not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

Section 8.02. Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture and all other indentures supplemental thereto, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 8.03. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 8.04. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).

Section 8.05. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE PAYING AGENT 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 THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, ANY OTHER OUTSTANDING SECURITIES ISSUED UNDER THE BASE INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

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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.

 

INTEL CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Ravi Jacob

 

Name: Ravi Jacob

 

Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

[ Trustee Signature Follows ]

 

[ Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture ]

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Maddy Hughes

 

Name: Maddy Hughes

 

Title:   Vice President

 

ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC, UK BRANCH, as Paying Agent

By:

 

/s/ Laurence Griffiths

 

Name: Laurence Griffiths

 

Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

By:

 

/s/ Chris Hobbs

 

Name: Chris Hobbs

 

Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture ]

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 S.A. (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF USB NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO USB NOMINEES (UK) 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, USB NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITARY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.


INTEL CORPORATION

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047

 

No. [●]   ISIN No.: XS1661884400
  Initially $[●]

INTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), for value received promises to pay to USB Nominees (UK) Limited, as nominee of Elavon Financial Services DAC, a common depositary for the accounts of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking S.A. or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[●] on August 14, 2047.

Interest Payment Dates: February 14 and August 14 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on February 14, 2018.

Interest Record Dates: January 31 and July 31 (each, a “ Regular Record Date ”).

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


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

 

INTEL CORPORATION

By:

   
 

Name: Ravi Jacob

 

Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Note]


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

Dated: August 14, 2017

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:

   
 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Note]


(REVERSE OF NOTE)

INTEL CORPORATION

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047

1. Interest.

Intel Corporation (the “ Issuer ”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from August 14, 2017. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on June 14, 2016. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment.

2. Paying Agent.

Initially, Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, will act as paying agent (the “ Paying Agent ”). The Issuer may appoint and change the Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.

3. Indenture; Defined Terms.

This Note is one of the 4.10% Senior Notes due 2047 (the “ Notes ”) issued under the Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 3, 2007 (together, the “ Base Indenture ”) by and between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and, as amended, modified and supplemented by the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 14, 2017 (the “ Eleventh Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent. This Note is a “Security” and the Notes are “Securities” under the Indenture.

 

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For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ TIA ”) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture was qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Issuer may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of fifteen (15) days before the electronic delivery or mailing of a notice of redemption, nor need the Issuer register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption.

5. Amendment; Modification; Waiver.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and each other series of Securities at the time Outstanding affected thereby (voting together as a single class). The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series at the time Outstanding with respect to which a default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive, with certain exceptions, such past default with respect to such series and its consequences. The Indenture also permits the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all series of Securities (including the Notes) at the time Outstanding affected (voting together as a single class), on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive future compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture. 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 Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor 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 Indenture also permits the amendment or supplement thereof to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with qualifications of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of Holders in any material respect.

 

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6. Optional Redemption.

On each August 14 on or after August 14, 2022, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date, as set forth in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture.

7. Redemption for Tax Reasons.

The Notes are redeemable by the Issuer in whole, but not in part, upon the occurrence of certain developments affecting U.S. taxation constituting a Change in Tax Law described in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount (plus any accrued interest and Additional Amounts then payable with respect to the Notes).

8. Payment of Additional Amounts.

The Issuer, will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, pay to or on account of any beneficial owner of Notes who is not a U.S. Person such Additional Amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by such beneficial owner, after withholding or deduction for Taxes, will be equal to the amount such person would have received in the absence of such withholding or deduction.

As used in this Section 8, “ U.S. Person ” means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

9. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes 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 Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (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.

The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes 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 Notes.

 

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10. Authentication.

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

11. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

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

12. ISIN Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

13. Governing Law.

The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

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

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

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

 

         
Date:         Your Signature:    
                 
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.    
   
           
     

            Signature

Signature Guarantee:

   
               
Signature must be guaranteed    

            Signature

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the 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 Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of decrease

in principal amount

of this Global Security

 

Amount of increase

in principal amount

of this Global

Security

  

Principal amount of

this Global Security

following such

decrease (or

increase)

  

Signature of

authorized officer of

Trustee

 

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Exhibit 4.2

FORM OF 4.10% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2047

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 S.A. (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF USB NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO USB NOMINEES (UK) 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, USB NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITARY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.


INTEL CORPORATION

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047

 

No. [ ]   ISIN No.: XS1661884400
  Initially $[●]

INTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), for value received promises to pay to USB Nominees (UK) Limited, as nominee of Elavon Financial Services DAC, a common depositary for the accounts of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking S.A. or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[●] on August 14, 2047.

Interest Payment Dates: February 14 and August 14 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on February 14, 2018.

Interest Record Dates: January 31 and July 31 (each, a “ Regular Record Date ”).

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


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

 

INTEL CORPORATION

By:

   
 

Name: Ravi Jacob

 

Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Note]


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

Dated: August 14, 2017

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:

   
 

Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Note]


(REVERSE OF NOTE)

INTEL CORPORATION

4.10% Senior Notes due 2047

1. Interest.

Intel Corporation (the “ Issuer ”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from August 14, 2017. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on June 14, 2016. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment.

2. Paying Agent.

Initially, Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, will act as paying agent (the “ Paying Agent ”). The Issuer may appoint and change the Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.

3. Indenture; Defined Terms.

This Note is one of the 4.10% Senior Notes due 2047 (the “ Notes ”) issued under the Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 3, 2007 (together, the “ Base Indenture ”) by and between the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and, as amended, modified and supplemented by the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 14, 2017 (the “ Eleventh Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Paying Agent. This Note is a “Security” and the Notes are “Securities” under the Indenture.

 

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For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ TIA ”) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture was qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Issuer may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of fifteen (15) days before the electronic delivery or mailing of a notice of redemption, nor need the Issuer register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption.

5. Amendment; Modification; Waiver.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and each other series of Securities at the time Outstanding affected thereby (voting together as a single class)s. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series at the time Outstanding with respect to which a default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive, with certain exceptions, such past default with respect to such series and its consequences. The Indenture also permits the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all series of Securities (including the Notes) at the time Outstanding affected (voting together as a single class), on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive future compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture. 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 Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor 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 Indenture also permits the amendment or supplement thereof to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with qualifications of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of Holders in any material respect.

 

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6. Optional Redemption.

On each August 14 on or after August 14, 2022, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date, as set forth in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture.

7. Redemption for Tax Reasons.

The Notes are redeemable by the Issuer in whole, but not in part, upon the occurrence of certain developments affecting U.S. taxation constituting a Change in Tax Law described in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount (plus any accrued interest and Additional Amounts then payable with respect to the Notes).

8. Payment of Additional Amounts.

The Issuer, will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth in the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, pay to or on account of any beneficial owner of Notes who is not a U.S. Person such Additional Amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by such beneficial owner, after withholding or deduction for Taxes, will be equal to the amount such person would have received in the absence of such withholding or deduction.

As used in this Section 8, “ U.S. Person ” means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

9. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes 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 Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (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.

The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes 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 Notes.

10. Authentication.

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

 

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11. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

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

12. ISIN Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

13. Governing Law.

The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

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

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

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

 

         
Date:         Your Signature:    
                 
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.    
   
           
     

            Signature

Signature Guarantee:

   
               
Signature must be guaranteed    

            Signature

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the 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 Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of decrease

in principal amount

of this Global Security

 

Amount of increase

in principal amount

of this Global Security

  

Principal amount of

this Global Security

following such

decrease (or

increase)

  

Signature of

authorized officer of

Trustee

 

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Exhibit 5.1

[Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Letterhead]

August 14, 2017

Intel Corporation

2200 Mission College Boulevard

Santa Clara, California 95054

 

Re: Intel Corporation
     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-207633)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-207633, of Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on October 28, 2015 (the “ Registration Statement ”), the preliminary prospectus supplement related thereto dated August 3, 2017 in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on August 3, 2017, the final pricing term sheet dated August 3, 2017 in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act on August 3, 2017 and the final prospectus supplement dated August 3, 2017 in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on August 4, 2017 in connection with the offering and sale by the Company of its $640,000,000 principal amount of 4.10% senior notes due 2047 (the “ Notes ”). The Notes are being issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 29, 2006, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 3, 2007 (together, the “ Base Indenture ”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor trustee (the “ Trustee ”), together with the eleventh supplemental indenture dated as of August 14, 2017 among the Company, the Trustee and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as paying agent, with respect to the Notes (the “ Eleventh Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company has entered into a Subscription Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2017 (the “ Subscription Agreement ”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank AG, Taipei Branch, as representative of the several managers named therein (the “ Managers ”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Indenture, forms of the Notes and such other documents, corporate records, certificates


Intel Corporation

August 14, 2017

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of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that when the Notes have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Managers pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations:

A. The opinions above are subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers, and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

B. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws or of unknown future rights, and (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws.

C. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the United States of America and, to the extent relevant for our opinions herein, the Delaware General Corporation Law. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America and the Delaware General Corporation Law and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.

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

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP