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): November 28, 2018

 

 

DowDuPont Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38196   81-1224539
(State or Other Jurisdiction
Of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

c/o The Dow Chemical Company

2030 Dow Center, Midland MI 48674

(989) 636-1000

 

c/o E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805

(302) 774-1000

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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 November 28, 2018, DowDuPont Inc. (the “Company”) completed an underwritten public offering of eight series of senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $12,700,000,000, consisting of (i) 3.766% Notes due 2020 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000 (the “2020 Notes”), (ii) 4.205% Notes due 2023 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000,000 (the “2023 Notes”), (iii) 4.493% Notes due 2025 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,850,000,000 (the “2025 Notes”), (iv) 4.725% Notes due 2028 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $2,250,000,000 (the “2028 Notes”), (v) 5.319% Notes due 2038 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,650,000,000 (the “2038 Notes”), (vi) 5.419% Notes due 2048 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $2,150,000,000 (the “2048 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, 2023 Notes, 2025 Notes, 2028 Notes and 2038 Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes”), (vii) Floating Rate Notes due 2020 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (the “2020 Floating Rate Notes”) and (viii) Floating Rate Notes due 2023 initially issued in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 (the “2023 Floating Rate Notes” and, together with the 2020 Floating Rate Notes, the “Floating Rate Notes,”). The Notes were issued pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-227202), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 2018.

The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated November 28, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated November 28, 2018, between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.

Interest is payable on the Fixed Rate Notes on May 15 and November 15 of each year beginning on May 15, 2019, until their applicable maturity dates. Interest is payable on the Floating Rate Notes on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year beginning on February 15, 2019, until their applicable maturity dates. The Company may redeem each series of the Fixed Rate Notes prior to their maturity at its option, any time in whole or from time to time in part, as described in the Indenture. The Floating Rate Notes may not be redeemed at the Company’s option prior to maturity.

If each of the previously announced separations and distributions of Dow Holdings Inc. and Corteva, Inc. has not been completed on or before May 1, 2020, or, if prior to such date, the Company has abandoned either of the separations or distributions, the Company will be required to redeem each series of Notes at a redemption price equal to 101 % of the principal amount of such series of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of redemption. Additionally, if a change of control triggering event occurs in respect of a series of Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase such series of Notes for cash at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase. The Indenture also contains certain limitations on the Company’s ability to incur liens and enter into sale and leaseback transactions, as well as customary events of default.

A copy of the Base Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the First Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the material terms of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibits.

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company is filing a copy of the Underwriting Agreement, among the Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company is filing a legal opinion regarding the validity of the Notes, attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated November 14, 2018, among DowDuPont Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs  & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein
4.1    Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018, by and between DowDuPont Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association , as trustee


4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated November 28, 2018, by and between DowDuPont Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association , as trustee
4.3    Form of 3.766% Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.4    Form of 4.205% Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.5    Form of 4.493% Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.6    Form of 4.725% Notes due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.7    Form of 5.319% Notes due 2038 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.8    Form of 5.419% Notes due 2048 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.9    Form of Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
4.10    Form of Floating Rate Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
5.1    Opinion of Stacy L. Fox, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company
23.1    Consent of Stacy L. Fox, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DOWDUPONT INC.

Registrant

Date: November 28, 2018

 

By: /s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond                   

By: /s/ Ronald C. Edmonds                

Name: Jeanmarie F. Desmond   

Name: Ronald C. Edmonds

Title: Co-Controller   

Title: Co-Controller

City: Wilmington   

City: Midland

State: Delaware   

State: Michigan

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

DOWDUPONT INC.

Debt Securities

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

November 14, 2018

Ladies and Gentlemen:

DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell from time to time certain of its debt securities registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) (“ Securities ”). The Securities will be issued under an indenture, dated as of the date of the Closing, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as supplemented through the date of the Closing, as defined below (the “ Indenture ”), and will have varying designations, interest rates and times of payment of any interest, maturities, redemption provisions and other terms, with all such terms for any particular series of the Securities being determined at the time of the sale. Particular series of the Securities may be sold to you and to such other firms on whose behalf you may act for resale in accordance with terms of offering determined at the time of sale. The Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “ Purchased Securities ”. The firm or firms which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “ Underwriters ” of such Purchased Securities, and the representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the “ Representatives ”; provided , however , that if such Terms Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term “ Representatives ” as used in this Agreement with respect to the Purchased Securities that are the subject of such Terms Agreement (other than in Section 5(a)), shall mean the Underwriters. The term “ you ” or “ your ”, when used with reference to any particular offering of Purchased Securities, shall refer to those of you who are Underwriters with respect to such Purchased Securities. The term “ Contract Securities ” means any Purchased Securities to be purchased pursuant to the delayed delivery contracts referred to in Section 3(b) below.

1.       Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters with respect to each offering of Purchased Securities that:

(a)    A registration statement (No. 333-227202), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) and has become effective. “ Registration Statement ” as of any time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and any information in a prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed or retroactively deemed to be part thereof


pursuant to Rule 430B (“ Rule 430B ”) or 430C (“ Rule 430C ”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Act ”) that has not been superseded or modified. “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Purchased Securities. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus or prospectus supplement that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B. “ Prospectus ” means the final prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (“ Rule 424(b) ”).

(b)    The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission (“ Rules and Regulations ”), and neither of such documents includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, except that these representations and warranties in this Section 1(b) do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein.

(c)    As of the applicable time set forth in the Terms Agreement (the “ Applicable Time ”), the Statutory Prospectus, together with the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus appearing as Schedule A to the Terms Agreement for the Purchased Securities (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that these representations and warranties do not apply to statements in or omissions from the General Disclosure Package based upon information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein.

As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this agreement, “ Statutory Prospectus ” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time. For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the time that form of prospectus is actually filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(d)    (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) under the Act) of the Purchased Securities and (ii)

 

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as of the date of the Terms Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (“ 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.

(e)    Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in the Terms Agreement does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements in or omissions from an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use therein.

(f)    Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer or employee of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries in the course of his or her actions for or on behalf of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to unlawfully influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws in all material respects and the Company has instituted and maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

(g)    To the knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and for the past five years have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or binding guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or

 

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governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(h)    Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) that is, or is controlled by a Person that is, the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council (UN), the European Union (EU), Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). The Company will not use the proceeds of the offering to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions.

(i)    The pro forma financial statements, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, the pro forma columns therein reflect a proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts, and the pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act.

2.     Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Underwriters. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Purchased Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 (“ Rule 433 ”) under the Act, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(h) of this Agreement and one or more term sheets relating to the Purchased Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of the Purchased Securities; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses listed in the Terms Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives 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 (as defined in Rule 433, 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.

 

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3.       Purchase and Offering. (a) The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Securities will be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic or other written communications substantially in the form of Schedule I attached hereto (“ Terms Agreement ”) at each time the Company determines to sell Purchased Securities. Each Terms Agreement shall incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein, and shall specify the firms which will be Underwriters, the principal amount of Purchased Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter, the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters and the terms of the Purchased Securities not otherwise specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, interest rates, if any, maturity, redemption provisions and sinking fund requirements. Each Terms Agreement shall also specify the time and date of delivery and payment for the Purchased Securities other than any Contract Securities (as defined below) (the “ Closing Date ”) and any details of the terms of offering which should be reflected in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Purchased Securities. Such prospectus supplement shall set forth the terms contained in the Terms Agreement and such other information that the Representatives and the Company agree at the time of execution of the Terms Agreement should be included in the prospectus supplement. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Securities shall be several and not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the Purchased Securities for sale as set forth in such prospectus supplement. The Purchased Securities will be issued in definitive or book-entry form in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters request.

(b)    If any Terms Agreement provides for sales of Purchased Securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company authorizes the Underwriters to solicit offers to purchase securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts (“ Delayed Delivery Contracts ”), substantially in the form of Schedule II attached hereto with such changes therein as the Company may approve (“ Contract Securities ”). Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be signed with institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions. On the Closing Date, if the applicable Terms Agreement provides for sales of Purchased Securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company will pay the Underwriters as compensation, for the accounts of the Underwriters, the fee set forth in such Terms Agreement in respect of the principal amount of Contract Securities. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or the performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. If the Company executes and delivers Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Contract Securities shall be deducted from the Purchased Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be reduced pro rata in proportion to the principal amount of Purchased Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter’s name on Schedule B to such Terms Agreement, except to the extent that you determine that such reduction shall be otherwise and so advise the Company.

 

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4.       Covenants of the Company. In connection with each offering of Purchased Securities, the Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:

(a)    If at any time when, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, a prospectus relating to the Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 thereunder) any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Rules or Regulations thereunder, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission, or an amendment which will effect such compliance and furnish, at its own expense, a reasonable number of copies of such amendment or supplement to you.

(b)    The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as you reasonably request; provided that no Statutory Prospectuses shall be required to be delivered to the Representatives in printed form.

(c)    Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus with respect to any Purchased Securities, the Company will furnish you a copy of each proposed amendment or supplement.

(d)    The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of (i) the institution by the Commission of any stop order in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (ii) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Purchased Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible withdrawal thereof.

(e)    The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Purchased Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

 

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(f)    Not later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period beginning at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company during which the Closing Date occurs, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering such 12-month period which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

(g)    The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with state securities or Blue Sky qualifications of the Purchased Securities for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and printer’s fees relating thereto and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for rating of the Purchased Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters.

(h)    Until one business day after the Closing Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell or announce the offering of any of its debt securities (other than the Purchased Securities) covered by any registration statement filed under the Act without prior written notice to you.

(i)    The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Purchased Securities, in the form of Schedule A to the Terms Agreement and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

(j)    If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the General Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the General Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented.

(k)    The Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Purchased Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

5.       Conditions. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for any issue of Purchased Securities hereunder will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a)    Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective

 

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change, in or affecting the business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters (including any Representatives), materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Securities or (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Fitch Ratings Ltd.

(b)    No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

(c)    The Underwriters shall have received the following:

(1)      Letters of (A) Deloitte and Touche LLP and (B) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated the date of the Terms Agreement and the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(2)      An opinion of the General Counsel or any Assistant General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(A)    The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with power and authority under such laws to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the business or properties of the Company, with such materiality assessed after giving pro forma effect to the spin-off transactions described in the Prospectus;

(B)    The Purchased Securities have been duly authorized and executed and when authenticated, delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters or by institutional investors pursuant to any Delayed Delivery Contracts, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture;

 

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(C)    The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument in accordance with its terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights;

(D)    The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in such opinion on the date specified therein, the final term sheet contemplated by Section 4(h) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, has been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; the descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus of the Purchased Securities and of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus which are not described as required, nor of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required; it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial data contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus;

(E)    The descriptions in the General Disclosure Package of the Purchased Securities and of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown; it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial data contained in the General Disclosure Package;

(F)    This Agreement, the Terms Agreement and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(G)    The issuance of the Purchased Securities in accordance with the Indenture and the sale thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Terms Agreement, or of any Delayed Delivery Contracts do not and will not result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company is bound; and

 

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(H)    No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any regulatory board, agency or instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Company (other than registration under the Act and qualification under state securities or Blue Sky laws) is necessary in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities.

(3)      A letter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(A)    Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein, the Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462 of the Rules and Regulations and, pursuant to Section 309 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; and to such counsel’s knowledge, based solely upon such counsel’s review of the Commission’s website, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission; the Registration Statement, at the time of its effectiveness and the Prospectus, as of the date of the prospectus supplement related to the issuance of the Purchased Securities, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (except that in each case such counsel need not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”)) and (ii) no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time of its effectiveness, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of the date of the prospectus supplement related to the issuance of the Purchased Securities and as of the date hereof contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that in each case such counsel need not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom, the report of management’s

 

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assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting or the auditors’ report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, or the statements contained in the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1); and

(B)    No facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom, the report of management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting or the auditors’ report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, or the statements contained in the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1, to the extent included or incorporated by reference therein).

(4)    An opinion or opinions of counsel for the Underwriters as to such of the matters stated in clauses (2) and (3) above as you shall request.

(5)    A certificate of any one of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, any Co-Controller or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officer, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice that would prevent its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent to the dates of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the business, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and with such materiality assessed after giving pro forma effect to the spin-off transactions described in the Prospectus, except as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

 

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(6)    Certificates, dated as of the date of the Terms Agreement and as of the Closing Date, signed by the Co-Controller of the Company, with respect to certain financial data contained in or incorporated by reference in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

(d)    The Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts in any case where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters have been approved by the Company.

6.       Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling persons may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the General Disclosure Package, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b)    The Underwriters, severally, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of the General Disclosure Package, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in the light of the

 

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circumstances under which they were made, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.

(c)    In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “ Indemnified Party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party, upon request of the Indemnified Party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party and any others the Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements reasonably incurred of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party 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 Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party 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 Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all such Indemnified Parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b). No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party 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 Party agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

(d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the

 

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other from the offering of the Purchased 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 of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claim, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable consideration. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the offering of the Purchased Securities shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in respect thereof. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters 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 Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e)    The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Purchased Securities underwritten and distributed to the public by such Underwriter were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has 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. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Purchased Securities purchased by such Underwriters and not joint.

7.       Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Securities under any Terms Agreement and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Purchased Securities, you may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments under such Terms Agreement, to purchase the Purchased Securities which

 

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such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than 10% of the total principal amount of Purchased Securities and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company are not made within thirty-six hours after such default, such Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 11. As used in this Agreement, the term “ Underwriter ” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this Section will not apply if the Purchased Securities are being purchased pursuant to a “bought deal” which is identified as such in the Terms Agreement. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

8.       Termination. If Purchased Securities are being purchased pursuant to a “firm bid” which is identified as such in the Terms Agreement, such Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination in your absolute discretion, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Purchased Securities, if prior to such time there shall have occurred (i) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market if, in your judgment, the effect of any such suspension makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with solicitations of purchases of, or sales of, Purchased Securities; (ii) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or New York authorities; or (iii) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in your judgment, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Purchased Securities.

9.       Acknowledgements. The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Purchased Securities: (a) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company, (b) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and any Terms Agreement and (c) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Company in connection with the offering of the Purchased Securities.

In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

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10.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Purchased Securities, represent the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, and the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities.

11.       Survival of Representations, Warranties, etc. The respective representations, warranties, agreements and indemnities of the Company and the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Securities. If any Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to such Terms Agreement is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4(f) and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If any Terms Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, 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 under such Terms Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement or under such Terms Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated such Terms Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the Purchased Securities.

12.       Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

13.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and it is not necessary that signatures of all parties appear on the same counterpart, but such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

14.       Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company and each Underwriter hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The Company and each Underwriter irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of

 

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venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

15.       Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each Underwriter 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, any Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
DOWDUPONT INC.,
  By:  
   

/s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond

    Name: Jeanmarie F. Desmond
    Title:   Co-Controller

[ Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement ]


The foregoing Agreement is

hereby confirmed and accepted as of the

date first above written.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

For themselves and as Representatives of

the several Underwriters named in Schedule B to

the Terms Agreement dated the date hereof

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 

  By:  

/s/ Nevin Bhatia

    Name: Nevin Bhatia
    Title:   Director

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC

 

  By:  

/s/ Daniel Young

    Name: Daniel Young
    Title:   Managing Director

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

  By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

    Name: Som Bhattacharyya
    Title:   Executive Director

[ Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement ]


SCHEDULE I

DOWDUPONT INC.

(“Company”)

Debt Securities

TERMS AGREEMENT

November 14, 2018

DowDuPont Inc.

Attention: Jeanmarie Desmond

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule B hereto and for their respective accounts, we offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement dated November 14, 2018 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) the following securities (the “ Notes ”) on the following terms:

 

Title of Securities:   

3.766% Notes due 2020 (the “ 2020 Notes ”);

4.205% Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ”);

4.493% Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Notes ”);

4.725% Notes due 2028 (the “ 2028 Notes ”);

5.319% Notes due 2038 (the “ 2038 Notes ”);

5.419% Notes due 2048 (the “ 2048 Notes ”);

Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (the “ 2020 Floating Rate Notes ”);

Floating Rate Notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Floating Rate Notes ”).

Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:   

2020 Notes: $1,500,000,000;

2023 Notes: $2,500,000,000;

2025 Notes: $1,850,000,000;

2028 Notes: $2,250,000,000;

2038 Notes: $1,650,000,000;

2048 Notes: $2,150,000,000;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: $500,000,000;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: $300,000,000.

Interest Rate:   

2020 Notes: 3.766% per annum;

2023 Notes: 4.205% per annum;

2025 Notes: 4.493% per annum;

2028 Notes: 4.725% per annum;

2038 Notes: 5.319% per annum;

2048 Notes: 5.419% per annum;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 0.71%;


   2023 Floating Rate Notes: per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 1.11%.
Maturity Date:   

2020 Notes: November 15, 2020;

2023 Notes: November 15, 2023;

2025 Notes: November 15, 2025;

2028 Notes: November 15, 2028;

2038 Notes: November 15, 2038;

2048 Notes: November 15, 2048;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: November 15, 2020;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: November 15, 2023.

Optional Redemption:   

2020 Notes: Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the maturity date at Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points;

 

2023 Notes: Prior to October 15, 2023 (the “ 2023 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2023 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points; on or after the 2023 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2023 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2025 Notes: Prior to September 15, 2025 (the “ 2025 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2025 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; on or after the 2025 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2025 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2028 Notes: Prior to August 15, 2028 (the “ 2028 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2028 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; on or after the 2028 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2028 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2038 Notes: Prior to May 15, 2038 (the “ 2038 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2038 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; on or after the 2038 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2038 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;


  

2048 Notes: Prior to May 15, 2048 (the “ 2048 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2048 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; on or after the 2048 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2048 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

Neither the 2020 Floating Rate Notes nor the 2023 Floating Rate Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity.

Mandatory Redemption:    Under certain conditions described in the Company’s prospectus supplement, subject to completion, dated November 13, 2018, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company will be required to redeem all of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of redemption.
Sinking Fund:   

2020 Notes: None;

2023 Notes: None;

2025 Notes: None;

2028 Notes: None;

2038 Notes: None;

2048 Notes: None;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: None;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: None.

Delayed Delivery Contracts:   

2020 Notes: None;

2023 Notes: None;

2025 Notes: None;

2028 Notes: None;

2038 Notes: None;

2048 Notes: None;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: None;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: None.

Purchase Price:   

2020 Notes: 99.75% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2023 Notes: 99.40% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2025 Notes: 99.375% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2028 Notes: 99.350% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2038 Notes: 99.125% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2048 Notes: 99.125% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;


  

2020 Floating Rate Notes: 99.75% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: 99.40% plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018.

Expected Reoffering Price:   

2020 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2023 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2025 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2028 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2038 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2048 Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: 100% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 28, 2018, subject to change by the undersigned.

Other Terms:    As described in the General Disclosure Package.
Approved Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement:   

Final Term Sheet dated November 14, 2018, as filed pursuant to Rule 433.

 

Electronic roadshow presentation of the Company relating to the offering of the Notes, dated November 2018.

Applicable Time:    4:30 P.M.
Closing    10:00 A.M. on November 28, 2018 at Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York.


Trustee:

  

U.S. Bank National Association.

The respective principal amounts of the Notes to be purchased by each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule B hereto.

The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. This represents a “firm bid” for purposes of Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement.

Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees in connection with the initial distribution of the Notes to comply with the selling restrictions set forth under the caption “Underwriting—Selling Restrictions” in the Company’s prospectus supplement, dated as of the date hereof, to the extent such selling restrictions are applicable to such Underwriter.


Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the enclosed response to us in the space provided and return it to us.

 

Very truly yours,
 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule B

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

    By:  
     

/s/ Nevin Bhatia

     

Name: Nevin Bhatia

Title:   Director

  GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
    By:  
     

/s/ Daniel Young

     

Name: Daniel Young

Title:   Managing Director

  J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
    By:  
     

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

     

Name: Som Bhattacharyya

Title:   Executive Director

[ Signature Page to the Terms Agreement ]


SCHEDULE A

DowDuPont Inc.

Final Term Sheet

November 14, 2018

$1,500,000,000 3.766% Notes due 2020

$2,500,000,000 4.205% Notes due 2023

$1,850,000,000 4.493% Notes due 2025

$2,250,000,000 4.725% Notes due 2028

$1,650,000,000 5.319% Notes due 2038

$2,150,000,000 5.419% Notes due 2048

$500,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2020

$300,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2023

 

Issuer:    DowDuPont Inc.
Title of Securities:   

3.766% Notes due 2020: (the “ 2020 Notes ”);

4.205% Notes due 2023: (the “ 2023 Notes ”);

4.493% Notes due 2025: (the “ 2025 Notes ”);

4.725% Notes due 2028: (the “ 2028 Notes ”);

5.319% Notes due 2038: (the “ 2038 Notes ”);

5.419% Notes due 2048: (the “ 2048 Notes ”);

Floating Rate Notes due 2020: (the “ 2020 Floating Rate Notes ”);

Floating Rate Notes due 2023: (the “ 2023 Floating Rate Notes ”).

Ratings (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)*:    Baa1 / A- / BBB+ (stable / stable / stable).
Distribution:    SEC-registered.
Trade Date:    November 14, 2018.
Settlement Date
(T+9)**:
   November 28, 2018.
Maturity Date:   

2020 Notes: November 15, 2020;

2023 Notes: November 15, 2023;

2025 Notes: November 15, 2025;

2028 Notes: November 15, 2028;

2038 Notes: November 15, 2038;

2048 Notes: November 15, 2048;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: November 15, 2020;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: November 15, 2023.

Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:   

2020 Notes: $1,500,000,000;

2023 Notes: $2,500,000,000;

2025 Notes: $1,850,000,000;

2028 Notes: $2,250,000,000;


  

2038 Notes: $1,650,000,000;

2048 Notes: $2,150,000,000;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: $500,000,000;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: $300,000,000.

Price to Public (Issue Price):   

2020 Notes: 100%;

2023 Notes: 100%;

2025 Notes: 100%;

2028 Notes: 100%;

2038 Notes: 100%;

2048 Notes: 100%;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: 100%;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: 100%.

Yield to Maturity:   

2020 Notes: 3.766%;

2023 Notes: 4.205%;

2025 Notes: 4.493%;

2028 Notes: 4.725%;

2038 Notes: 5.319%;

2048 Notes: 5.419%.

Interest Rate:   

2020 Notes: 3.766% per annum;

2023 Notes: 4.205% per annum;

2025 Notes: 4.493% per annum;

2028 Notes: 4.725% per annum;

2038 Notes: 5.319% per annum;

2048 Notes: 5.419% per annum;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 0.71%;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 1.11%.

Interest Payment Dates:   

2020 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2023 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2025 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2028 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2038 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2048 Notes: Semi-annually on each May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2019;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: Quarterly on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing February 15, 2019;


   2023 Floating Rate Notes: Quarterly on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing February 15, 2019.
Benchmark Treasury:   

2020 Notes: 2.875% due October 31, 2020;

2023 Notes: 2.875% due October 31, 2023;

2025 Notes: 3.000% due October 31, 2025;

2028 Notes: 3.125% due November 15, 2028;

2038 Notes: 3.000% due August 15, 2048;

2048 Notes: 3.000% due August 15, 2048.

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:   

2020 Notes: + 90 basis points;
2023 Notes: + 125 basis points;

2025 Notes: + 145 basis points;
2028 Notes: + 160 basis points;

2038 Notes: + 195 basis points;

2048 Notes: + 205 basis points.

Benchmark Treasury Price:   

2020 Notes: 100-00+;
2023 Notes: 99-20 1/4;

2025 Notes: 99-23+;
2028 Notes: 100-00;

2038 Notes: 93-03;

2048 Notes: 93-03.

Benchmark Treasury Yield:   

2020 Notes: 2.866%;

2023 Notes: 2.955%;

2025 Notes: 3.043%;

2028 Notes: 3.125%;

2038 Notes: 3.369%;

2048 Notes: 3.369%.

Optional Redemption:   

2020 Notes: Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the maturity date at Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points;

 

2023 Notes: Prior to October 15, 2023 (the “ 2023 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2023 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points; on or after the 2023 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2023 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2025 Notes: Prior to September 15, 2025 (the “ 2025 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled


  

payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2025 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; on or after the 2025 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2025 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2028 Notes: Prior to August 15, 2028 (the “ 2028 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2028 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; on or after the 2028 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2028 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2038 Notes: Prior to May 15, 2038 (the “ 2038 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2038 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; on or after the 2038 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2038 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

2048 Notes: Prior to May 15, 2048 (the “ 2048 Par Call Date ”), make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% or the discounted present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the redemption date to the 2048 Par Call Date at Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; on or after the 2048 Par Call Date, par call at 100% of principal amount of 2048 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest;

 

Each of the 2020 Floating Rate Notes and the 2023 Floating Rate Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to maturity.

Mandatory Redemption:    Under certain conditions described in the Company’s prospectus supplement, subject to completion, dated November 13, 2018, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company will be required to redeem all of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of redemption.
Joint Bookrunners:   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC


  

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Co-Managers:   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

SG Americas Securities LLC

Standard Chartered Bank

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC

BBVA Securities Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.

ING Financial Markets LLC

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

CUSIP:   

2020 Notes: 26078J AA8;

2023 Notes: 26078J AB6;

2025 Notes: 26078J AC4;

2028 Notes: 26078J AD2;

2038 Notes: 26078J AE0;

2048 Notes: 26078J AF7;

2020 Floating Rate Notes: 26078J AG5;

2023 Floating Rate Notes: 26078J AH3.

Standard Chartered Bank will not effect any offers or sales of any Notes in the United States unless it is through one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers as permitted by the regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

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A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.


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It is expected that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment thereof on or about November 28, 2018, which will be the ninth business day following the date of pricing of the notes (such settlement cycle being herein referred to as “T+9”). Under Rule 15c6-1, under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on the date hereof or the next six succeeding business days will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle T+9, to specify an alternate arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the Notes who wish to trade the Notes during the period described above should consult their own advisors.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting (i) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC by telephone at 1-800-221-1037 or (ii) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC by telephone at 1-866-471-2526 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or (iii) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC by telephone collect at 1-212-834-4533.


SCHEDULE B

 

Underwriters

   Principal Amount
of 3.766% Notes
due 2020
     Principal Amount
of 4.205% Notes
due 2023
     Principal Amount
of 4.493% Notes
due 2025
     Principal Amount
of 4.725% Notes
due 2028
     Principal Amount
of 5.319% Notes
due 2038
     Principal Amount
of 5.419% Notes
due 2048
     Principal
Amount of
Floating Notes
due 2020
     Principal
Amount of
Floating Notes
due 2023
 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 250,000,000      $ 416,667,000      $ 308,333,000      $ 375,000,000      $ 275,000,000      $ 358,333,000      $ 83,334,000      $ 50,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     250,000,000        416,667,000        308,333,000        375,000,000        275,000,000        358,334,000        83,333,000        50,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     250,000,000        416,666,000        308,334,000        375,000,000        275,000,000        358,333,000        83,333,000        50,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     75,000,000        125,000,000        92,500,000        112,500,000        82,500,000        107,500,000        25,000,000        15,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     25,179,000        41,964,000        31,053,000        37,768,000        27,697,000        36,090,000        8,392,000        5,036,000  

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     25,179,000        41,964,000        31,054,000        37,768,000        27,697,000        36,089,000        8,393,000        5,035,000  

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

     25,179,000        41,964,000        31,054,000        37,767,000        27,697,000        36,090,000        8,393,000        5,035,000  

SG Americas Securities LLC

     25,179,000        41,964,000        31,054,000        37,768,000        27,696,000        36,089,000        8,393,000        5,036,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     25,178,000        41,964,000        31,054,000        37,768,000        27,696,000        36,089,000        8,393,000        5,036,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     25,178,000        41,965,000        31,053,000        37,768,000        27,696,000        36,089,000        8,393,000        5,036,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     25,178,000        41,965,000        31,053,000        37,768,000        27,696,000        36,089,000        8,393,000        5,036,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     15,000,000        25,000,000        18,500,000        22,500,000        16,500,000        21,500,000        5,000,000        3,000,000  

ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,141,000        14,766,000        10,828,000        14,109,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

BBVA Securities Inc.

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,141,000        14,766,000        10,828,000        14,109,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,141,000        14,765,000        10,829,000        14,109,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,141,000        14,765,000        10,828,000        14,110,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,141,000        14,765,000        10,828,000        14,110,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

     9,844,000        16,406,000        12,140,000        14,766,000        10,828,000        14,110,000        3,281,000        1,969,000  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     9,843,000        16,407,000        12,140,000        14,766,000        10,828,000        14,109,000        3,282,000        1,968,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     9,843,000        16,407,000        12,140,000        14,766,000        10,828,000        14,109,000        3,282,000        1,968,000  

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.

     6,000,000        10,000,000        7,400,000        9,000,000        6,600,000        8,600,000        2,000,000        1,200,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC

     6,000,000        10,000,000        7,400,000        9,000,000        6,600,000        8,600,000        2,000,000        1,200,000  

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

     6,000,000        10,000,000        7,400,000        9,000,000        6,600,000        8,600,000        2,000,000        1,200,000  

The Williams Capital Group, Inc.

     6,000,000        10,000,000        7,400,000        9,000,000        6,600,000        8,600,000        2,000,000        1,200,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     6,000,000        10,000,000        7,400,000        9,000,000        6,600,000        8,600,000        2,000,000        1,200,000  

Total

   $ 1,500,000,000      $ 2,500,000,000      $ 1,850,000,000      $ 2,250,000,000      $ 1,650,000,000      $ 2,150,000,000      $ 500,000,000      $ 300,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


COMPANY ACCEPTANCE

DowDupont Inc.

Wilmington, Delaware

November 14, 2018

 

To

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We accept the offer contained in your letter, dated November 14, 2018, relating to $1,500,000,000 principal amount of our 3.766% Notes due 2020, $2,500,000,000 principal amount of our 4.205% Notes due 2023, $1,850,000,000 principal amount of our 4.493% Notes due 2025, $2,250,000,000 principal amount of our 4.725% Notes due 2028, $1,650,000,000 principal amount of our 5.319% Notes due 2038, $2,150,000,000 principal amount of our 5.419% Notes due 2048, $500,000,000 principal amount of our Floating Rate Notes due 2020 and $300,000,000 principal amount of our Floating Rate Notes due 2023. We also confirm that, to the best of our knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the undersigned in the Underwriting Agreement dated November 14, 2018 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) are true and correct, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or of any part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, are contemplated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, subsequent to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the business, financial position or results of operations of the undersigned and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and with such materiality assessed after giving pro forma effect to the spin-off transactions described in the Prospectus, except as set forth in or contemplated by such Prospectus.


Very truly yours,
DOWDUPONT INC.
  by  
   

/s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond

    Name: Jeanmarie F. Desmond
    Title:   Co-Controller

[ Signature Page to Company Acceptance ]


SCHEDULE II

DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT

, 20    

 

DowDuPont

Inc.

    c/o [underwriters and address]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned principal amount of the Company’s [state title of issue] (the “ Securities ”), offered by the Company’s Prospectus dated             , 20    and a Prospectus Supplement dated             , 20    relating thereto, receipt of copies of which are hereby acknowledged, at a purchase price of        % of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this contract. The undersigned does not contemplate selling Securities prior to making payment therefor.

The undersigned will purchase from the Company Securities in the principal amounts and on the delivery dates set forth below:

 

Delivery
Date

       

Principal
Amount

       

Plus Accrued
Interest From

                 
                 
                 

Each such date on which Securities are to be purchased hereunder is hereinafter referred to as a “ Delivery Date ”.

Payment for the Securities which the undersigned has agreed to purchase on the Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its order by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House (next day) funds at the office of                      , New York, NY, at                 A.M. (New York time) on the Delivery Date, upon delivery to the undersigned of the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned on the Delivery Date, in such denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than five full business days prior to the Delivery Date.

The provisions for delayed delivery and payment are for the sole convenience of the undersigned. The purchase hereunder of Securities is to be regarded in all respects as a purchase as of the date of this Contract. The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for the Securities on the Delivery Date shall be subject to the conditions that (1) the purchase of Securities to be made by the undersigned shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and (2) the Company shall have sold, and


delivery shall have taken place to Underwriters of such part of the Securities as is to be sold to them. The undersigned represents that its investment in the Securities is not, as of the date hereof, prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and which governs such investment.

Promptly after completion of sale and delivery to the Underwriters, the Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.

Failure to take delivery of and make payment for Securities by any purchaser under any other Delayed Delivery Contract shall not relieve the undersigned of its obligations under this contract.

This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by either party hereto without the written consent of the other.

It is understood that the acceptance of any contract is in the Company’s sole discretion and, without limiting the foregoing, need not be on a first-come, first-served basis. If this contract is acceptable to the Company, it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its address set forth below. This will become a binding contract as of the date first above written, between the Company and the undersigned when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.

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

 

 

Yours very truly,

[PURCHASER],

  by  
   

 

    Name:
    Title:

 

Accepted:
DOWDUPONT INC.,
  by  
   

 

    Name:
    Title:

[ Signature Page to Delayed Delivery Contract ]


PURCHASER - PLEASE COMPLETE AT TIME OF SIGNING

The name and telephone and department of the representative of the Purchaser with whom details of delivery on the Delivery Date may be discussed is as follows: (Please print.)

 

Name

  

Telephone No.
(Including Area Code)

  

Department

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

======================================================================================================

DowDuPont Inc.

—————

INDENTURE

Dated as of

November 28, 2018

—————

DEBT SECURITIES

U.S. Bank National Association

Trustee

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Reconciliation and tie between

Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture*

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

  

Indenture Section

§ 310 (a)    11.04(a), 16.02
          (b)    11.01(f), 11.04(b), 11.05(1), 16.02
          (b)(1)    11.04(b), 16.02
§ 311    11.01(f), 16.02
§ 312    14.02(d), 16.02
          (b)    11.10, 16.02
          (c)    11.10, 16.02
§ 313 (a)    10.01(a), 16.02
§ 314    16.02
§ 315 (e)    11.05, 16.02
§ 316    16.02
§ 317    16.02
§ 318    16.02

 

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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS *

 

          PAGE  
   ARTICLE I   
   DEFINITIONS   
Section 1.01    Definitions      1  
   ARTICLE II   
   FORMS OF SECURITIES   
Section 2.01    Terms of the Securities      11  
Section 2.02    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication      12  
Section 2.03    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent      12  
   ARTICLE III   
   THE DEBT SECURITIES   
Section 3.01    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series      13  
Section 3.02    Denominations      16  
Section 3.03    Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating      16  
Section 3.04    Temporary Securities      18  
Section 3.05    Registrar      19  
Section 3.06    Transfer and Exchange      20  
Section 3.07    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities      23  
Section 3.08    Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved      24  
Section 3.09    Cancellation      25  
Section 3.10    Computation of Interest      26  
Section 3.11    Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities      26  
Section 3.12    Judgments      26  
Section 3.13    CUSIP Numbers      27  
   ARTICLE IV   
   REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES   
Section 4.01    Applicability of Right of Redemption      27  

 

 

* The Table of Contents is not a part of the Indenture.

 

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Section 4.02    Selection of Securities to be Redeemed      27  
Section 4.03    Notice of Redemption      28  
Section 4.04    Deposit of Redemption Price      28  
Section 4.05    Securities Payable on Redemption Date      29  
Section 4.06    Securities Redeemed in Part      29  
   ARTICLE V   
   SINKING FUNDS   
Section 5.01    Applicability of Sinking Fund      30  
Section 5.02    Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation      30  
Section 5.03    Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price      30  
Section 5.04    Application of Sinking Fund Payment      31  
   ARTICLE VI   
   PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY   
Section 6.01    Payments of Securities      32  
Section 6.02    Paying Agent      32  
Section 6.03    To Hold Payment in Trust      32  
Section 6.04    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets      34  
Section 6.05    Compliance Certificate      34  
Section 6.06    Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities      35  
Section 6.07    Statement by Officers as to Default      35  
   ARTICLE VII   
   REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS   
Section 7.01    Events of Default      35  
Section 7.02    Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment      37  
Section 7.03    Other Remedies      38  
Section 7.04    Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact      39  
Section 7.05    Priorities      40  
Section 7.06    Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults      40  
Section 7.07    Limitation on Suits      41  
Section 7.08    Undertaking for Costs      41  
Section 7.09    Remedies Cumulative      42  
   ARTICLE VIII   
   CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS   
Section 8.01    Evidence of Action of Securityholders      42  
Section 8.02    Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities      42  

 

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Section 8.03    Persons Deemed Owners      43  
Section 8.04    Effect of Consents      43  
   ARTICLE IX   
   SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS   
Section 9.01    Purposes of Meetings      44  
Section 9.02    Call of Meetings by Trustee      44  
Section 9.03    Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders      44  
Section 9.04    Qualifications for Voting      44  
Section 9.05    Regulation of Meetings      45  
Section 9.06    Voting      45  
Section 9.07    No Delay of Rights by Meeting      46  
   ARTICLE X   
   REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS   
Section 10.01    Reports by Trustee      46  
Section 10.02    Reports by the Company      47  
Section 10.03    Securityholders’ Lists      47  
   ARTICLE XI   
   CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE   
Section 11.01    Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity      47  
Section 11.02    Duties of Trustee      50  
Section 11.03    Notice of Defaults      51  
Section 11.04    Eligibility; Disqualification      52  
Section 11.05    Resignation and Notice; Removal      52  
Section 11.06    Successor Trustee by Appointment      53  
Section 11.07    Successor Trustee by Merger      54  
Section 11.08    Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate      55  
Section 11.09    Appointment of Authenticating Agent      55  
Section 11.10    Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders      56  
   ARTICLE XII   
   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE   
Section 12.01    Applicability of Article      56  
Section 12.02    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      56  
Section 12.03    Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations      58  

 

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Section 12.04

   Repayment to Company      59  
Section 12.05    Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations      59  
Section 12.06    Deposits to Be Held in Escrow      60  
Section 12.07    Application of Trust Money      60  
Section 12.08    Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies      60  
   ARTICLE XIII   
   IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS   
Section 13.01    No Personal Liability      60  
   ARTICLE XIV   
   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   
Section 14.01    Without Consent of Securityholders      61  
Section 14.02    With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations      63  
Section 14.03    Trustee Protected      64  
Section 14.04    Effect of Execution of Supplemental Indenture      64  
Section 14.05    Notation on or Exchange of Securities      65  
Section 14.06    Conformity with TIA      65  
   ARTICLE XV   
   SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES   
Section 15.01    Agreement to Subordinate      65  
Section 15.02    Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities      65  
Section 15.03    No Payment on Securities in Event of Default on Senior Indebtedness      67  
Section 15.04    Payments on Securities Permitted      67  
Section 15.05    Authorization of Securityholders to Trustee to Effect Subordination      67  
Section 15.06    Notices to Trustee      68  
Section 15.07    Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness      68  
Section 15.08    Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness      68  
Section 15.09    Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent      69  
Section 15.10    Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance      69  
Section 15.11    Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness      69  
   ARTICLE XVI   
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS   
Section 16.01    Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent      69  
Section 16.02    Trust Indenture Act Controls      71  
Section 16.03    Notices to the Company and Trustee      71  

 

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Section 16.04

  

Notices to Securityholders; Waiver

     71  

Section 16.05

  

Legal Holiday

     72  

Section 16.06

  

Effects of Headings and Table of Contents

     72  

Section 16.07

  

Successors and Assigns

     72  

Section 16.08

  

Separability Clause

     72  

Section 16.09

  

Benefits of Indenture

     72  

Section 16.10

  

Counterpart Originals

     72  

Section 16.11

  

Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury

     72  

Section 16.12

  

Force Majeure

     72  

Section 16.13

  

U.S.A. Patriot Act

     72  

 

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INDENTURE dated as of November 28, 2018, among DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof for the equal and proportionate benefit of all of the present and future Holders of the Securities, each party agrees and covenants as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

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

(b)      unless otherwise defined in this Indenture or the context otherwise requires, all terms used herein without definition which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

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

(d)      references to “Article” or “Section” or other subdivision herein are references to an Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires.

Section 1.01     Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.01 shall for all purposes of this Indenture have the meanings hereinafter set forth:


Affiliate:

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

Authenticating Agent:

The term “Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.09.

Board of Directors:

The term “Board of Directors” shall mean either the board of directors of the Company or the executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect hereof.

Board Resolution:

The term “Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution or resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a committee of the Board of Directors to the extent that any such other committee has been authorized by the Board of Directors to establish or approve the matters contemplated) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day:

The term “Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or such location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Capital Stock:

The term “Capital Stock” shall mean:

(a)      in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(b)      in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(c)      in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

 

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(d)      any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

Code:

The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Company:

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

Company Order:

The term “Company Order” shall mean a written order signed in the name of the Company by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee.

Corporate Trust Office:

The term “Corporate Trust Office,” or other similar term, shall mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 333 Thornall St. 4th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837, Attention: Corporate Trust Services—DowDuPont Administrator, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust officer of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Currency:

The term “Currency” shall mean U.S. Dollars or Foreign Currency.

Default:

The term “Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.03.

Defaulted Interest:

The term “Defaulted Interest” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Section 3.08(b).

 

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Depositary:

The term “Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, each Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until one or more successor Depositaries shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

Designated Currency:

The term “Designated Currency” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in Section 3.12.

Discharged:

The term “Discharged” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.03.

DTC:

The term “DTC” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, Inc. and its successors.

Event of Default:

The term “Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

Exchange Act:

The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

Exchange Rate:

The term “Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.01.

Floating Rate Security:

The term “Floating Rate Security” shall mean a Security that provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Foreign Currency:

The term “Foreign Currency” shall mean a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency, the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

 

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GAAP:

The term “GAAP,” with respect to any computations required or permitted hereunder, shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States as in effect from time to time; provided, however if the Company is required by the SEC to adopt (or is permitted to adopt and so adopts) a different accounting framework, including but not limited to the International Financial Reporting Standards, “GAAP” shall mean such new accounting framework as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, in each case, those accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

Global Security:

The term “Global Security” shall mean any Security that evidences all or part of a series of Securities, issued in fully-registered certificated form to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 3.03 and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 3.03(g).

Holder; Holder of Securities:

The terms “Holder” and “Holder of Securities” are defined under “Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder.”

Indebtedness:

The term “Indebtedness” shall mean any and all obligations of a Person for money borrowed which, in accordance with GAAP, would be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person as a liability on the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined.

Indenture:

The term “Indenture” or “this Indenture” shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01; provided, however, that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees for any one or more separate series of Securities, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.01, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not

 

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Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as such Trustee, was not a party; provided, further that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto which are only applicable to certain series of Securities, the term “Indenture” for a particular series of Securities shall only include the supplemental indentures applicable thereto.

Individual Securities:

The term “Individual Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01(p).

Interest:

The term “interest” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, interest payable on any Securities, and with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable after Maturity.

Interest Payment Date:

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

Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment:

The term “Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.01(b).

Maturity:

The term “Maturity,” with respect to any Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security shall become due and payable as therein and herein provided, whether by declaration, call for redemption or otherwise.

Members:

The term “Members” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.03(i).

Officer:

The term “Officer” shall mean any of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or a Vice President, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

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Officer’s Cert i ficate:

The term “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 16.01 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

Opinion of Counsel:

The term “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by one or more legal counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, and meets the requirements provided for in Section 16.01.

Optional Sinking Fund Payment:

The term “Optional Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.01(b).

Original Issue Discount Security:

The term “Original Issue Discount Security” shall mean any Security that is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, or any successor provision, and any other Security designated by the Company as issued with original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes.

Outstanding:

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

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

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

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

 

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provided , however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities of a series Outstanding have performed any action hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such action, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a series have performed any action hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.11(b).

Paying Agent:

The term “Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.02(a).

Person:

The term “Person” shall mean any individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

Place of Payment:

The term “Place of Payment” shall mean, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Predecessor Security:

The term “Predecessor Security” shall mean, with respect to any Security, every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

Record Date:

The term “Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, any date specified in such Security or pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such Security as the record date for the payment of interest .

 

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Redemption Date:

The term “Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture and the terms of such Security, which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an Interest Payment Date only.

Redemption Price:

The term “Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, shall mean the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the applicable Security and this Indenture.

Register:

The term “Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.05(a).

Registrar:

The term “Registrar” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.05(a).

Responsible Officers:

The term “Responsible Officers” of the Trustee hereunder shall mean any vice president, any assistant vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, secretary, associate or any other officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

SEC:

The term “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as constituted from time to time.

Security:

The term “Security” or “Securities” shall have the meaning stated in the recitals and shall more particularly mean one or more of the Securities duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Security Custodian:

The term “Security Custodian” shall mean the custodian with respect to any Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Trustee.

 

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Securityholder; Holder of Securities; Holder:

The term “Securityholder” or “Holder of Securities” or “Holder,” shall mean the Person in whose name Securities shall be registered in the Register kept for that purpose hereunder.

Senior Indebtedness:

The term “Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid interest on (x) Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed other than (a) any Indebtedness of the Company which when incurred, and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, was without recourse to the Company, (b) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries, (c) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company, (d) any liability for taxes, (e) Trade Payables and (f) any Indebtedness of the Company which is expressly subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company, and (y) renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of any such Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing and the definition of “Senior Indebtedness,” the phrase “subordinated in right of payment” means debt subordination only and not lien subordination, and accordingly, (i) unsecured indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to secured indebtedness merely by virtue of the fact that it is unsecured, and (ii) junior liens, second liens and other contractual arrangements that provide for priorities among Holders of the same or different issues of indebtedness with respect to any collateral or the proceeds of collateral shall not constitute subordination in right of payment. This definition may be modified or superseded by a supplemental indenture.

Special Record Date:

The term “Special Record Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.08(b)(i).

Stated Maturity:

The term “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security or pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such Security as the fixed date on which the principal (or any portion thereof) of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary:

The term “Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any Person, shall mean with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership association, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or other business entity which is required to be consolidated with such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Successor Company:

The term “Successor Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.06(i).

 

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Trade Payables:

The term “Trade Payables” means accounts payable or any other Indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities).

Trust Indenture Act; TIA:

The term “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 14.06 and except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

Trustee:

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

U.S. Dollars:

The term “U.S. Dollars” shall mean such currency of the United States as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

U.S. Government Obligations:

The term “U.S. Government Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.03.

United States:

The term “United States” shall mean the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia.

ARTICLE II

FORMS OF SECURITIES

Section 2.01     Terms of the Securities .

(a)      The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set forth in a Board Resolution, a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are

 

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required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Securities may be listed or of any automated quotation system on which any such series may be quoted, or to conform to usage, all as determined by any of the officers executing such Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

(b)      The terms and provisions of the Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Section 2.02     Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication .

(a)      Only such of the Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate substantially in the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication hereinafter recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or entitle the Holder thereof to any right or benefit under this Indenture.

(b)      Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except that any Global Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated in Section 3.01.

(c)      The form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities shall be substantially as follows:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

Section 2.03     Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent . If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by such Authenticating Agent to be borne by Securities of each such series shall be substantially as follows:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
    By:  

[NAME OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT]

      as Authenticating Agent
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE III

THE DEBT SECURITIES

Section 3.01     Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. At or prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, the title and terms on each series of Securities shall be as set forth in a Board Resolution, Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, including the following:

(a)      the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from the Securities of all other series, except to the extent that additional Securities of an existing series are being issued);

(b)      any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 4.06, or 14.05);

(c)      the dates on which or periods during which the Securities of the series may be issued, and the dates on, or the range of dates within, which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series are or may be payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;

(d)      the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, whether such interest shall be payable in cash or additional Securities of the same series or shall accrue and increase the aggregate principal amount outstanding of such series (including if such Securities were originally issued at a discount), the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the Record Dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on such Interest Payment Dates or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the right, if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;

 

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(e)       if other than U.S. Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable and any other terms concerning such payment;

(f)      if the amount of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(g)      if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Securities are denominated or stated to be payable without such election, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which the Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency in which the Securities are to be paid if such election is made;

(h)      the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, and where Securities of any series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;

(i)      the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;

(j)      the obligation or right, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the Currency or Currencies in which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(k)      if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(l)      if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02;

 

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(m)      the guarantors, if any, of the Securities of the series, and the extent of the guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority, subordination, and the release of the guarantors), if any, and any additions or changes to permit or facilitate guarantees of such Securities;

(n)      whether the Securities of the series are to be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Securities may be issued;

(o)      if the provisions of Article XII hereof shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities of such series; or any addition to or change in the provisions of Article XII and, if the Securities of any series are payable in a Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency or the nature of the government obligations to be deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.08;

(p)      whether the Securities of the series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities, and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such Global Security or Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for the individual securities represented thereby in definitive form registered in the name or names of Persons other than such Depositary or a nominee or nominees thereof (“Individual Securities”);

(q)      the date as of which any Global Security of the series shall be dated if other than the original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(r)      the form or forms of the Securities of the series including such legends as may be required by applicable law;

(s)      if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities or property of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;

(t)      whether the Securities of such series are subject to subordination and the terms of such subordination (for avoidance of doubt, Article XV shall not apply to the Securities of any series unless the terms of such series expressly state it applies);

(u)      whether the Securities of such series are to be secured and the terms of such security;

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

(w)      any addition or change in the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;

(x)      any addition or change in the provisions related to supplemental indentures set forth in Sections 14.01, 14.02 and 14.04 which applies to Securities of such series;

 

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(y)      provisions, if any, granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of specified events;

(z)      any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 and any addition or change in the provisions set forth in Article VII which applies to Securities of the series;

(aa)    any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article VI which applies to Securities of the series;

(bb)    any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the TIA, but may modify, amend, supplement or delete any of the terms of this Indenture with respect to such series); and

(cc)    any limitations on recourse to any subsidiaries of the Company

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or set forth in a Board Resolution, a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to this Section 3.01, the Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time, issue additional Securities of any series of Securities previously issued under this Indenture which together shall constitute a single series of Securities under this Indenture.

Section 3.02     Denominations . In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Securities in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and shall be payable only in U.S. Dollars.

Section 3.03     Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

(a)      The Securities shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of any Officer. If the Person whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated and delivered, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

(b)      At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and, if required pursuant to Section 3.01, a supplemental indenture or Company Order setting forth the terms of the Securities of a series. The Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities without any further action by the Company. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated.

 

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(c)      In authenticating the first Securities of any series and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 11.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each prepared in accordance with Section 16.01 stating that the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture have been complied with.

(d)      The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver the Securities under this Section 3.03 if the issue of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

(e)      Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f)      Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be originally issued at the same time, then the documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03 must be delivered only once prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security of such series.

(g)      If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered, in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH SHALL BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

 

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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”

The aggregate principal amount of each Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Security Custodian, as provided in this Indenture.

(h)      Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Global Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

(i)      Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Security Custodian under such Global Security, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar and any of their agents as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of their agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security. The Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Members and Persons that may hold interests through Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(j)      No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04     Temporary Securities .

(a)      Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized denominations, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any such

 

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temporary Security may be in the form of one or more Global Securities, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Security or Securities in lieu of which it is issued.

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

(c)      Upon any exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global Security or for the Individual Securities represented thereby pursuant to this Section 3.04 or Section 3.06, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed.

Section 3.05     Registrar .

(a)      The Company will keep, at an office or agency to be maintained by it in a Place of Payment where Securities may be presented for registration or presented and surrendered for registration of transfer or of exchange, and where Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable (the “Registrar”), a security register for the registration and the registration of transfer or of exchange of the Securities (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Register”), as in this Indenture provided, which Register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Trustee. Such Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars; the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

(b)      The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar for any series, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 11.01. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent.

 

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(c)      The Company hereby appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Registrar in connection with the Securities and this Indenture, until such time as another Person is appointed as such.

Section 3.06     Transfer and Exchange .

(a)      Transfer.

(i)      Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the Registrar the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations. The transfer of any Security shall not be valid as against the Company or the Trustee unless registered at the Registrar at the request of the Holder, or at the request of his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

(ii)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the Individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(b)      Exchange.

(i)      At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized denomination or denominations, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the Registrar.

(ii)     Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(c)      Exchange of Global Securities for Individual Securities. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive Individual Securities.

(i)      Individual Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security in exchange for such interests if: (A) at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series

 

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or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.03(h) and, in each case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or (B) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Registrar an Company Order stating that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.

In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Security for Individual Securities pursuant to this subsection (c), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Individual Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Individual Securities of authorized denominations.

(ii)     The owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to receive an Individual Security in exchange for such interest if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon receipt by the Security Custodian and Registrar of instructions from the Holder of a Global Security directing the Security Custodian and Registrar to (x) issue one or more Individual Securities in the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security and (y) debit or cause to be debited an equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Security, subject to the rules and regulations of the Depositary:

(A)    the Security Custodian and Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest in such Global Security;

(B)    the Company shall promptly execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Individual Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver to such beneficial owner Individual Securities in an equivalent amount to such beneficial interest in such Global Security; and

(C)    the Security Custodian and Registrar shall decrease such Global Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing. In the event that the Individual Securities are not issued to each such beneficial owner promptly after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such Individual Securities, the Company expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof, the right of any beneficial Holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Security that represents such beneficial Holder’s Securities as if such Individual Securities had been issued.

 

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(iii)     If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Individual Securities of such series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,

(A)    to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Individual Security or new Individual Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(B)    to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

(iv)    In any exchange provided for in clauses (i) through (iii), the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Individual Securities in registered form in authorized denominations.

(v)    Upon the exchange in full of a Global Security for Individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

(d)    All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer or exchange.

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

 

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(f)      No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities. The Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or charge to the Holders.

(g)      The Company shall not be required to (i) register, transfer or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 4.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) register, transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

(h)      In case a successor Company (“Successor Company”) has executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.04, any of the Securities previously authenticated or delivered may, from time to time, at the request of the Successor Company, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the Successor Company with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of the Successor Company, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Successor Company pursuant to this Section 3.06 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such Successor Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name.

(i)      The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(j)      Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

Section 3.07     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

(a)      If (i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, such that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution.

 

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

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

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

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

Section 3.08       Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

(a)      Interest on any Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Record Date. Payment of interest on Securities shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01) or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder.

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

(i)      The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “Special Record Date”), which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company

 

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shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Register, not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii).

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

(c)      Subject to the provisions set forth herein relating to Record Dates, each Security delivered pursuant to any provision of this Indenture in exchange or substitution for, or upon registration of transfer of, any other Security shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 3.09     Cancellation . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, all Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or credit against any sinking fund or otherwise shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities held by it in accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its request therefor. The acquisition of any Securities by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 3.10     Computation of Interest . Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.11     Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities .

(a)      Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Securities of such series will be made in U.S. Dollars.

(b)      For purposes of any provision of the Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Securities may perform an action that requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Securities of all series perform such action and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in U.S. Dollars based upon exchange rates, determined as specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such action have performed it or as of the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.

(c)      Any decision or determination to be made regarding exchange rates shall be made by an agent appointed by the Company; provided, that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall, in the opinion of the Company at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make such determination by a method consistent with the method provided pursuant to Section 3.01 for the making of such decision or determination. All decisions and determinations of such agent regarding exchange rates shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of the Securities.

Section 3.12     Judgments . The Company may provide pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series that (a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 is of the essence and agrees that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other Currency (after any premium and cost of exchange) on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community (in the case of a composite currency) immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in the

 

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Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 3.13     CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing any Securities may use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if then generally in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with respect to such series provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers.

ARTICLE IV

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 4.01     Applicability of Right of Redemption . Redemption of Securities (other than pursuant to a sinking fund, amortization or analogous provision) permitted by the terms of any series of Securities shall be made (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such series shall govern.

Section 4.02     Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .

(a)      If the Company shall at any time elect to redeem all or any portion of the Securities of a series then Outstanding, it shall at least 15 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. In any case where more than one Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Security of such series. The Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, notify the Company in writing of the Securities and portions of Securities so selected.

(b)      For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security that has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

 

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Section 4.03     Notice of Redemption .

(a)      Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article, in the manner provided in Section 16.04. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Security of such series.

(b)      All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if available along with the statement in Section 3.13) and shall state:

(i)      such election by the Company to redeem Securities of such series pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case;

(ii)     the Redemption Date;

(iii)    the Redemption Price;

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

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

(vi)    the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(vii)   that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

(viii)  if applicable, any condition to such redemption.

Section 4.04     Deposit of Redemption Price . On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.03) an amount of money in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Securities or any portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date.

 

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Section 4.05     Securities Payable on Redemption Date . Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price, subject to any condition stated therein, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall Default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) installments of interest that have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Securities and the provisions of Section 3.08.

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

If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period of time shall be agreed to by the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the series of Securities shall not occur. Upon receipt, the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Securities that were to be redeemed in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.

Section 4.06     Securities Redeemed in Part . Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified in the notice of redemption with, if the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of a Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

 

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ARTICLE V

SINKING FUNDS

Section 5.01     Applicability of Sinking Fund .

(a)      Redemption of Securities permitted or required pursuant to a sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series by the terms of such series of Securities shall be made in accordance with such terms of such series of Securities and this Article, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Article IV for Securities of such series, provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such series shall govern.

(b)      The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “Optional Sinking Fund Payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 5.02.

Section 5.02     Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation . The Company may, at its option, satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, in whole or in part, with respect to a particular series of Securities by (a) delivering to the Trustee Securities of such series in transferable form theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to Article IV or (b) receiving credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall credit such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation with an amount equal to the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be reduced accordingly. If the Company shall elect to so satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date an Officer’s Certificate, which shall designate the Securities (and portions thereof, if any) so delivered or credited and which shall be accompanied by such Securities (to the extent not theretofore delivered) in transferable form. In case of the failure of the Company, at or before the time so required, to give such notice and deliver such Securities the Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation shall be paid entirely in moneys.

Section 5.03     Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price . In addition to the sinking fund requirements of Section 5.02, to the extent, if any, provided for by the terms of a particular series of Securities, the Company may, at its option, make an Optional Sinking Fund Payment with respect to such Securities. Unless otherwise provided by such terms, (a) to the extent that the right of the Company to make such Optional Sinking Fund Payment shall not be exercised in any year, it shall not be cumulative or carried forward to any subsequent year, and (b) such optional payment shall operate to reduce the amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation as to Securities of the same series. If the Company intends to exercise its right to make such optional payment in any year it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date an Officer’s Certificate stating that the

 

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Company will exercise such optional right, and specifying the amount which the Company will pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Such Officer’s Certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 5.04     Application of Sinking Fund Payment .

(a)      If the sinking fund payment or payments made in funds pursuant to either Section 5.02 or 5.03 with respect to a particular series of Securities plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in funds with respect to such series shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request, or such equivalent sum for Securities denominated other than in U.S. Dollars), it shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date next following the date of such payment, unless the date of such payment shall be a sinking fund payment date, in which case such payment shall be applied on such sinking fund payment date, to the redemption of Securities of such series at the redemption price specified pursuant to Section 4.03(b). The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 4.02, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date, a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said funds, as nearly as may be, and shall, at the expense and in the name of the Company, thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 4.03(a) for the redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company, except that the notice of redemption shall also state that the Securities are being redeemed for the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received in funds by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.04. Any and all sinking fund moneys held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.

(b)      On or prior to each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee a sum equal to all interest accrued to but not including the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 5.04.

(c)      The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on any Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, except that if the notice of redemption of any Securities of such series shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall redeem such Securities if funds sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund at the time any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of all the Securities of such series; provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date on which such moneys are required to be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.04.

 

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ARTICLE VI

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

Section 6.01     Payments of Securities . The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium, if any, on each series of Securities, and the interest which shall have accrued thereon, at the dates and place and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture.

Section 6.02     Paying Agent .

(a)      The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served (the “Paying Agent”). The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands (but not service of process) may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

(b)      The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and of any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as Paying Agent.

Section 6.03     To Hold Payment in Trust .

(a)      If the Company or an Affiliate thereof shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, then, on or before the date on which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption shall become payable, the Company or such Affiliate will segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee a

 

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sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest which shall have so become payable until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act in that regard. Upon any proceeding under any federal bankruptcy laws with respect to the Company or any Affiliate thereof, if the Company or such Affiliate is then acting as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall replace the Company or such Affiliate as Paying Agent.

(b)      If the Company shall appoint, and at the time have, a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any series of Securities, then prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that series shall become payable as aforesaid, whether by their terms or as a result of the calling thereof for redemption, the Company will deposit with such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee), the Company or any other obligor of such Securities will promptly notify the Trustee of its payment or failure to make such payment.

(c)      If the Paying Agent shall be other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.03, that such Paying Agent shall:

(i)      hold all moneys held by it for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(ii)     give to the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series in the making of any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that series; and

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

(d)      Anything in this Section 6.03 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a release, satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee as required by this Section 6.03, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent.

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

 

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Company Order along with any interest that has accumulated thereon as a result of such money being invested at the direction of the Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust, and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such amounts without interest thereon, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 6.04     Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets . Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities:

(a)      The Company will not consolidate with any other entity or permit a merger of any other entity into the Company or permit the Company to be merged into any other entity, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to another entity, unless (i) either the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the successor, transferee or lessee entity (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume, by indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered by such entity prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all other obligations to the Holders and the Trustee under this Indenture or under the Securities to be performed or observed by the Company; and (ii) immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease the Company or the successor, transferee or lessee entity (if other than the Company) would not be in Default in the performance of any covenant or condition of this Indenture.

(b)      Upon any consolidation with or merger into any other entity, or any sale, conveyance or transfer lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with this Section 6.04, the successor entity formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which the Company is sold or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities, and from time to time such entity may exercise each and every right and power of the Company under this Indenture, in the name of the Company, or in its own name; and any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture required or permitted to be done by the Board of Directors or any officer of the Company may be done with like force and effect by the like board or officer of any entity that shall at the time be the successor of the Company hereunder. In the event of any such sale or conveyance, but not any such lease, the Company (or any successor entity which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Section 6.04) shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may thereupon be dissolved and liquidated.

Section 6.05     Compliance Certificate . Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee annually, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from an Officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (which compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or

 

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requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) and, in the event of any Default, specifying each such Default and the nature and status thereof of which such person may have knowledge. Such certificates need not comply with Section 16.01 of this Indenture.

Section 6.06     Conditional Waiver by Holders of Securities . Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may fail or omit in any particular instance to comply with a covenant or condition set forth herein with respect to any series of Securities if the Company shall have obtained and filed with the Trustee, prior to the time of such failure or omission, evidence (as provided in Article VIII) of the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding (except as to a covenant or condition which under Section 14.02 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected, in which case the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected shall be required), either waiving such compliance in such instance or generally waiving compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, or impair any right consequent thereon and, until such waiver shall have become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 6.07     Statement by Officers as to Default . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

ARTICLE VII

REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 7.01     Events of Default . Except where otherwise indicated by the context or where the term is otherwise defined for a specific purpose, the term “Event of Default” as used in this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series shall mean any of the following described events unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the manner contemplated in Section 3.01:

(a)      the failure of the Company to pay any installment of interest on any Security of such series when and as the same shall become payable, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days;

(b)      the failure of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of such series, when and as the same shall become payable, whether at Maturity as therein expressed, by call for redemption (otherwise than pursuant to a sinking fund), upon acceleration under this Indenture or otherwise;

 

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(c)      the failure of the Company to pay a sinking fund installment, if any, when and as the same shall become payable by the terms of a Security of such series, which failure shall have continued unremedied for a period of 30 days;

(d)      the failure of the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, to perform any covenants or satisfy any conditions contained in this Indenture (or the terms of the Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series) (other than a covenant or condition which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series and other than a covenant or condition a default in the performance of which is elsewhere in this Section 7.01 specifically addressed), which failure shall not have been remedied, or without provision deemed to be adequate for the remedying thereof having been made, for a period of 90 days after written notice shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or shall have been given to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(e)      the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of substantially all the property of the Company or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

(f)      the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by the Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Company to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or of substantially all the property of the Company 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 action; or

(g)      the occurrence of any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series as provided in Section 3.01;

provided, however, that no event described in clause (d) or (other than with respect to a payment default) (g) above shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder until the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series the Outstanding, notify the Company (and the Trustee in case of notice by the Holders) of the Default, specifying the Default, requiring the Company to remedy the same and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.01, if the principal or any premium or interest on any Security is payable in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States and such Currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in the Currency of the United States in an amount equal to the Currency of the United States equivalent of the amount payable in such other Currency, as determined by the Company’s agent in accordance with Section 3.11(c) hereof by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such Currency (“Exchange Rate”), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.01, any payment made under such circumstances in the Currency of the United States where the required payment is in a Currency other than the Currency of the United States will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.

Section 7.02     Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment .

(a)      Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, if any one or more of the above-described Events of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(e) or 7.01(f)) shall happen with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding may declare the principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and all accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of such series then Outstanding 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 acceleration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(e) or 7.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case, the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified by the terms of that series) of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Securities of that series then Outstanding shall automatically, and without any acceleration or any other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become due and payable immediately. Upon payment of such amounts in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of such series shall terminate.

(b)      The provisions of Section 7.02(a), however, are subject to the condition that, at any time after the principal and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of such series, to which any one or more of the above-described Events of Default is applicable, shall have been so declared to be or shall have automatically become due and payable, and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that Series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annual such acceleration if:

 

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(i)      the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent a sum in the Currency in which such Securities are denominated (subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01 and except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay:

(A)    all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a) (provided, however, that all sums payable under this clause (A) shall be paid in U.S. Dollars);

(B)    all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, upon all the Securities of such series with interest thereon to the extent that interest thereon shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at the rate borne by or prescribed in such Securities; and

(C)    the principal of and accrued and unpaid premium, if any, on any Securities of such series that have become due otherwise than by such acceleration with interest thereon to the extent that interest thereon shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at the rate borne by or prescribed in such Securities; and

(ii)     every other Default and Event of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.06.

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

(d)      For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such acceleration, unless such acceleration has been rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.

Section 7.03     Other Remedies . If the Company shall fail for a period of 30 days to pay any installment of interest on the Securities of any series or shall fail to pay any principal of and premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become due

 

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and payable, whether at Maturity, or by call for redemption (other than pursuant to the sinking fund), by acceleration as authorized by this Indenture, or otherwise, or shall fail for a period of 30 days to make any required sinking fund payment as to a series of Securities, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series then Outstanding the whole amount which then shall have become due and payable on all the Securities of such series for principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, with interest (so far as the same may be legally enforceable) on the overdue principal and on the overdue premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest at the rate borne by or prescribed in such Securities, and all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a).

In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated, in the manner provided by law. Every recovery of judgment in any such action or other proceeding, subject to the payment to the Trustee of all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a), shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of such series of Securities which shall be the subject of such action or proceeding. All rights of action upon or under any of the Securities or this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities and without the production of any thereof at any trial or any proceeding relative thereto.

Section 7.04     Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact . The Trustee is hereby appointed, and each and every Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have appointed the Trustee, the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Holder, with authority to make or file (whether or not the Company shall be in Default in respect of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities), in its own name and as trustee of an express trust or otherwise as it shall deem advisable, in any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or to their respective creditors or property, any and all claims, proofs of claim, proofs of debt, petitions, consents, other papers and documents and amendments of any thereof, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder and of the Holders of the Securities allowed in any such proceeding and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to execute and deliver any and all other papers and documents and to do and perform any and all other acts and things, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to enforce in any such proceeding any of the claims of the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder and of any of such Holders in respect of any of the Securities; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor in any such proceeding is hereby authorized, and each and every taker or Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have authorized any such receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian or debtor, to make any such payment or delivery only to or on the order of the Trustee,

 

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and to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a); provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower the Trustee to consent to or accept or adopt, on behalf of any Holder of Securities, any plan of reorganization or readjustment affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize or empower the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of any Securities in any such proceeding.

Section 7.05     Priorities . Any moneys or properties collected by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities under this Article VII shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys or properties and, in the case of the distribution of such moneys or properties on account of the Securities of any series, upon presentation of the Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee and any predecessor trustee hereunder under Section 11.01(a).

Second: Subject to Article XV (to the extent applicable to any series of Securities then outstanding), to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Outstanding Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.

Any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Company or as directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 7.06     Control by Securityholders; Waiver of Past Defaults . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee hereunder, or of exercising any trust or power hereby conferred upon the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 11.01 and 11.02, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining in such direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any acceleration of the Maturity of the Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the principal of the Securities of such series and except as to a covenant or condition which under Section 14.02 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected, in which case the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected shall be required for such waiver. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been

 

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waived as permitted by this Section 7.06, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities of such series and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

Section 7.07     Limitation on Suits . No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the execution of any trust hereunder or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each case with respect to an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of one or more of the Events of Default herein specified with respect to such series of Securities, and unless also the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and unless also there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action, suit or proceeding by any Holder of any Security of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his, her, its or their action to enforce any right hereunder, except in the manner herein provided, and that every action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however, that nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series shall affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series to the respective Holders of such Securities at the respective due dates in such Securities stated, or affect or impair the right, which is also absolute and unconditional, of such Holders to institute suit to enforce the payment thereof.

Section 7.08     Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Indenture and each Holder of any Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its discretion require, in any action, suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any action, suit or proceeding against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding of an undertaking to pay the costs of such action, suit or proceeding, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such action, suit or proceeding, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 7.08 shall not apply to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee, to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any one or more Holders of Securities holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities of any series Outstanding, or to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by any Holder of Securities of any series for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or the interest on, any of the Securities of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Securities.

 

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Section 7.09     Remedies Cumulative . No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities of any series is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of the Securities of any series to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Article VII to the Trustee and to the Holders of Securities of any series, respectively, may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities of such series, as the case may be. In case the Trustee or any Holder of Securities of any series shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and the proceedings for the enforcement thereof shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of waiver or for any other reason or shall have been adjudicated adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder of Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall severally and respectively be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken, except as to any matters so waived or adjudicated.

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 8.01     Evidence of Action of Securityholders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage or a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities or of any series of Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage or majority have joined therein may be evidenced by (a) any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Securityholders in person, by an agent or by a proxy appointed in writing, including through an electronic system for tabulating consents operated by the Depositary for such series or otherwise (such action becoming effective, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, when such instruments or evidence of electronic consents are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company), or (b) by the record of the Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Securityholders.

Section 8.02     Proof of Execution or Holding of Securities . Proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his, her or its agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

(a)      The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument may be proved (i) by the certificate of any notary public or other officer in any jurisdiction who, by the laws thereof, has power to take acknowledgments or proof of deeds to be recorded within such jurisdiction, that the Person who signed such instrument did acknowledge before such

 

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notary public or other officer the execution thereof, or (ii) by the affidavit of a witness of such execution sworn to before any such notary or other officer. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority.

(b)      The ownership of Securities of any series shall be proved by the Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Registrar for such series.

(c)      The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

(d)      The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem appropriate or necessary, so long as the request is a reasonable one.

(e)      If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Securities of any series any action, the Company may, at its option fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Securities entitled to take such action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date shall be fixed at the Company’s discretion. If such a record date is fixed, such action may be sought or given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Securities for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date.

Section 8.03     Persons Deemed Owners .

(a)      The Company, the Trustee or any of their agents shall treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08) interest, if any, on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any of their agents shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his, her or its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Security.

(b)      None of the Company, the Trustee, or any of their agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 8.04     Effect of Consents . After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective as to any series of Securities, a consent to it by a Holder of such series of Securities is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Securities or portion thereof, and of any Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Security.

 

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ARTICLE IX

SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01     Purposes of Meetings . A meeting of Securityholders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:

(a)      to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VIII;

(b)      to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article XI;

(c)      to consent to the execution of an Indenture or of indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.02; or

(d)      to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 9.02     Call of Meetings by Trustee . The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of all Securityholders of any or all series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders of a series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed at the expense of the Company to Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the Register of the Company. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Section 9.03     Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders . In case at any time the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series then Outstanding that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders of such series, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

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proposed to be taken at the meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more such Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. Unless otherwise expressly provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series, any vote, consent, waiver or other action given or taken by the Holders of any series of Securities at a meeting shall be given or taken, as the case may be, by the Holders of such series of Securities as a separate class.

Section 9.05     Regulation of Meetings .

(a)      Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem fit.

(b)      The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chair. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.

(c)      At any meeting of Securityholders of a series, each Securityholder of such series of such Securityholder’s proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series Outstanding held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. If the Securities of any series are issuable in minimum denominations of less than $1,000, then a Holder of such a Security in a principal amount of less than $1,000 shall be entitled to a fraction of one vote which is equal to the fraction that the principal amount of such Security bears to $1,000. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities of such series held by him or her or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him or her as the Person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. At any meeting of the Securityholders of any series duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03, the presence of Persons holding or representing Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action as it concerns the Securities of such series upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and any such meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06     Voting . The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Securityholders of a series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts of the Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman

 

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of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the principal amounts of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07     No Delay of Rights by Meeting . Nothing contained in this Article IX shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Securityholders of any series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders of such series under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series.

ARTICLE X

REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE AND

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS

Section 10.01     Reports by Trustee .

(a)      So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided therein. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each anniversary following the date of this Indenture deliver to Holders a brief report which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

(b)      The Trustee shall, at the time of the transmission to the Holders of Securities of any report pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.01, file a copy of such report with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, if any, and also with the SEC in respect of a Security listed and registered on a national securities exchange, if any. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when, as and if the Securities become listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

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Section 10.02     Reports by the Company . The Company shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that, unless available on EDGAR, any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 30 days after the same is filed with the SEC.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the filing, timeliness or content of such reports.

Section 10.03     Securityholders Lists . The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(a)      semi-annually, within 15 days after each Record Date, but in any event not less frequently than semi-annually, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities to which such Record Date applies, as of such Record Date, and

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

provided, however, that so long as the Trustee shall be the Registrar, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.

ARTICLE XI

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 11.01     Rights of Trustees; Compensation and Indemnity . The Trustee accepts the trusts created by this Indenture upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the parties hereto and the Holders from time to time of the Securities agree:

(a)      The Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (including in any agent capacity in which it acts). The compensation of the Trustee shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee (including the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order.

 

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The Company also agrees to indemnify each of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee hereunder, and their respective officers, agents, directors and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, or expense (including the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) incurred without their own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder and the performance of their duties (including in any agent capacity in which they act), as well as the costs and expenses (including the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 11.01) and the Securities and of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, except those attributable to their negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel of its selection and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 11.01(a), the Trustee shall have a lien upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust by the Trustee to pay principal of, premium and interest on any Securities. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the obligations of the Company to compensate and indemnify the Trustee under this Section 11.01(a) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the termination of this Indenture and any satisfaction and discharge under Article XII. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 7.01 occurs, the expenses and compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

(b)      Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c)      The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder either directly or by its agents and attorneys and shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(d)      The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals herein or in the Securities (except its certificates of authentication thereon) contained, all of which are made solely by the Company; and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities (except its certificates of authentication thereon), and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate

 

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the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Securities, or the proceeds of any Securities, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

(e)      The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and advice of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice of counsel.

(f)      The Trustee may rely upon the certificate of the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Company as to the adoption of any Board Resolution or resolution of the stockholders of the Company, and any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by, and whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee may rely upon, an Officer’s Certificate of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed).

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

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

(i)      Any action taken by the Trustee pursuant to any provision hereof at the request or with the consent of any Person who at the time is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding in respect of such Security upon all future Holders thereof or of any Security or Securities which may be issued for or in lieu thereof in whole or in part, whether or not such Security shall have noted thereon the fact that such request or consent had been made or given.

(j)      The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(k)      The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of the Securities, pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, unless one or more of the Holders of the Securities shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it therein or thereby.

 

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(l)      The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within its discretion or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(m)      The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless the Company or Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding Securities notify the Trustee thereof.

(n)      The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, may, but shall not be required to, make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.

(o)      The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.

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

(q)      The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

Section 11.02     Duties of Trustee .

(a)      If one or more of the Events of Default specified in Section 7.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened, then, during the continuance thereof, the Trustee shall, with respect to such Securities, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b)      None of the provisions of this Indenture shall be construed as relieving the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that, anything in this Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding,

(i)      unless and until an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01 with respect to the Securities of any series shall have happened which at the time is continuing,

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implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee, whose duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture; and

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

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

(iii)      the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Securities or to any other Person with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of Securityholders given as provided in Section 7.06, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to it or exercising any trust or power conferred upon it by this Indenture.

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

(d)      Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 11.02.

Section 11.03     Notice of Defaults . Within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, and if known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to the Holders of the Securities of a series notice of each Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series known to the Trustee, by transmitting such notice to Holders at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the Register of the Company, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice (the term “Default” being hereby defined to be the events specified in Section 7.01, which are, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, Events of Default as defined in said Section). Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the

 

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principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become payable, or to make any sinking fund payment as to Securities of the same series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice, if and so long as a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such series.

Section 11.04     Eligibility; Disqualification .

(a)      The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and shall have a Corporate Trust Office. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.04, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

(b)      The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(i) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(i) are met. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. If Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act is amended any time after the date of this Indenture to change the circumstances under which a Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series or to change any of the definitions in connection therewith, this Section 11.04 shall be automatically amended to incorporate such changes.

Section 11.05     Resignation and Notice; Removal . The Trustee, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may at any time resign and be discharged of the trusts hereby created with respect to any one or more or all series of Securities by giving to the Company notice in writing. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Trustee. Any Trustee hereunder may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at any time by the filing at least 30 days prior to such removal with such Trustee and the delivery to the Company of an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, specifying such removal and the date when it shall become effective.

If at any time:

(1)        the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series), or

(2)        the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 11.04 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series), or

 

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

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by written notice to the Trustee may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or, if it is a shorter period, the period since the initial issuance of the Securities of such series) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

In addition, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of any series without cause if the Company gives written notice to the Trustee of such proposed removal at least three months in advance of the proposed effective date of such removal.

Upon its resignation or removal, any Trustee shall be entitled to the payment of reasonable compensation for the services rendered hereunder by such Trustee and to the payment of all reasonable expenses incurred hereunder and all moneys then due to it hereunder. The Trustee’s rights to indemnification provided in Section 11.01(a) shall survive its resignation or removal.

Section 11.06     Successor Trustee by Appointment .

(a)      In case at any time the Trustee shall resign, or shall be removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of any or all series, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. However, if all or substantially all the assets of the Company shall be in the possession of one or more custodians or receivers lawfully appointed, or of trustees in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings (including a trustee or trustees appointed under the provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted), or of assignees for the benefit of creditors, such receivers, custodians, trustees or assignees, as the case may be, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any or all series. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11.04 and 11.05, upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall cease to be Trustee hereunder. After any such appointment other than by the Holders of Securities of any such series, the Person making such appointment shall forthwith cause notice thereof to be mailed to the Holders of Securities of such series at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the Register of the Company. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of such appointment.

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successor Trustee so appointed shall not have accepted its appointment within 30 days after such appointment shall have been made, the resigning Trustee at the expense of the Company may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. If in any other case a successor Trustee shall not be appointed pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.06 within three months after such appointment might have been made hereunder, the Holder of any Security of the applicable series or any retiring Trustee at the expense of the Company may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, in any such case, after such notice, if any, as such court may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.

(c)      Any successor Trustee appointed hereunder with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor Trustee and to the Company, or to the receivers, trustees, assignees or court appointing it, as the case may be, an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations with respect to such series of such predecessor Trustee with like effect as if originally named as Trustee hereunder, and such predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to pay over, and such successor Trustee shall be entitled to receive, all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee as Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.01(a). Nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee or of the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of any such series then Outstanding, such predecessor Trustee, upon payment of its said charges and disbursements, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee upon the trusts herein expressed all the rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and shall assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all moneys and properties held by such predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 11.01(a); and, upon request of any such successor Trustee or the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations.

Section 11.07     Successor Trustee by Merger . Any Person into which the Trustee or any successor to it in the trusts created by this Indenture shall be merged or converted, or any Person with which it or any successor to it shall be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or any such successor to it shall be a party, or any Person to which the Trustee or any successor to it shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article. In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture with respect to one or more series of Securities, any of such Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor to such Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been

 

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authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 11.08     Right to Rely on Officer’s Certificate . Whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 11.09     Appointment of Authenticating Agent . The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities, and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.

Each Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Article XI, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Article XI, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article XI.

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

 

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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.09, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 11.09.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 11.09.

Section 11.10     Communications by Securityholders with Other Securityholders . Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to such communications.

ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

Section 12.01     Applicability of Article . The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of all series issued pursuant to this Indenture, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01.

Section 12.02     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture, with respect to the Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall, upon Company Order, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to receive, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable and except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of this Section 12.02), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, when,

(a)      either:

(i)        all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 6.03(e)) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

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

(A)      have become due and payable, or

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

(C)      if redeemable at the option of the Company (including, without limitation, by operation of any mandatory sinking fund), are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust for the purpose an amount in cash in the Currency in which such Securities are payable (subject to Section 12.08) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity thereof or, in the case of Securities of such series which are to be called for redemption as contemplated by (C) above, the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and including any mandatory sinking fund payments as and when the same shall become due and payable;

(b)      the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and

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

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.10, 6.02 and 6.03 and this Article XII, and, if the Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity (including, without limitation, pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund), the provisions of Article IV hereof, and, if the Securities of such series are convertible into or exchangeable for other securities or property, the rights of the Holders of such Securities to convert or exchange, and the obligations of the Company to convert or exchange, such Securities into other securities or property, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 and Section 6.03(e) shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

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Section 12.03     Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations . At the Company’s option, either (x) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Securities of any series on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (y)  the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section  6.04 and Section  10.02 with respect to Securities of any series (and, if so specified pursuant to Section  3.01, any other restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section  3.01) (“covenant defeasance”) upon the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth below:

(a)      the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series (i) money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) that, through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient (without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest) to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due and, if the Securities of such series are to be called for redemption as described in clause (d) below, to pay and discharge the Redemption Price on the Securities called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date;

(b)      no Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds and the grant of any related liens to be applied to such deposit);

(c)      the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised and, in the case of the Securities of such series being Discharged pursuant to clause (x) of the first paragraph of this Section 12.03, such Opinion of Counsel shall be based upon and accompanied by a ruling to that effect received by the Company from or published by the Internal Revenue Service;

(d)      if the monies or U.S. Government Obligations or combination thereof, as the case may be, deposited under clause (a) above are sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series (including, without limitation, any mandatory sinking fund payment) or any portion thereof to be redeemed on a particular Redemption Date (including, without limitation, pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund), the Company shall have given to the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and shall have made arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of such redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company; and

 

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(e)      the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Indenture have been complied with.

“Discharged” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following, all of which shall survive such Discharge and remain in full force and effect with respect to the Securities of such series: (A) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (a) above, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.10, 6.02 and 6.03, (C) if the Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, the provisions of Article IV hereof, (D) if the Securities of such series are convertible into or exchangeable for other securities or property, the rights of the Holders of such Securities to convert or exchange, and the obligations of the Company to convert or exchange, such Securities into such other securities or property, (E) the provisions of this Article XII and (F) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely of payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, that, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

Section 12.04     Repayment to Company . The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company (or to its designee) upon delivery of a Company Order any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 12.02 and 12.03 with respect to the Securities of any series and held by them that are in excess of the monies and/or U.S. Government Obligations that were required to effect the satisfaction and discharge, covenant defeasance or Discharge, as applicable, with respect to the Securities of such series, including any such moneys or obligations held by the Trustee under any escrow trust agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12.06. The provisions of Section  6.03(e) shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article.

Section 12.05     Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal or interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

 

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Section 12.06     Deposits to Be Held in Escrow . Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 12.03 above shall be irrevocable (except to the extent provided in Sections 12.04 and 6.03(e)) and shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement. If any Outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow trust agreement shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

Section  12.07     Application of Trust Money .

(a)      Neither the Trustee nor any other Paying Agent shall be required to pay interest on any moneys deposited pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, except such as it shall agree with the Company in writing to pay thereon.

(b)      Subject to Section 6.03(e), any monies and U.S. Government Obligations which at any time shall be deposited by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent for the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any of the Securities shall be and are hereby assigned, transferred and set over to the Trustee or such other Paying Agent in trust for the respective Holders of the Securities for the purpose for which such moneys shall have been deposited, and such funds shall be applied by the Trustee or Paying Agent in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture to the payment of all sums due and to become due on such Securities in respect of principal and premium, if any, and interest; but such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Affiliates may act as Paying Agent for any Securities in respect of which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to this Article XII.

Section 12.08     Deposits of Non-U.S. Currencies . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, if the Securities of any series are payable in a Currency other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency or the nature of the government obligations to be deposited with the Trustee under the foregoing provisions of this Article shall be as set forth in a Board Resolution, a Company Order or in one or more supplemental indentures hereto.

ARTICLE XIII

IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS

Section 13.01     No Personal Liability . No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or the premium, if any, or interest on, any Security or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof or of the Indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly

 

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or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and the Securities are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, because of the incurring of the Indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities, or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that all liability, if any, of that character against every such incorporator, stockholder, officer and director is, by the acceptance of the Securities and as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities expressly waived and released.

ARTICLE XIV

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 14.01     Without Consent of Securityholders . Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any one or more of or all the following purposes:

(a)      to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company, to be observed thereafter and during the period, if any, in such supplemental indenture or indentures expressed, and to add Events of Default, in each case for the protection or benefit of the Holders of all or any series of the Securities (and if such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants, agreements and Events of Default are expressly being included for the benefit of such series as shall be identified therein), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(b)      to delete or modify any Events of Default with respect to any series of the Securities, the form and terms of which are being first established pursuant to such supplemental indenture as permitted in Section 3.01 (and, if any such Event of Default is applicable to fewer than all such series of the Securities, specifying the series to which such Event of Default is applicable), and to specify the rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders of such Securities in connection therewith;

(c)      to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide, change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;

(d)      to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply;

 

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(e)      to evidence the succession of another entity to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company contained in the Securities of one or more series and in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture;

(f)      to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 11.06(c);

(g)      to secure any series of Securities;

(h)      to evidence any changes to this Indenture pursuant to Sections 11.05, 11.06 or 11.07 hereof as permitted by the terms thereof;

(i)      to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture or to conform the terms hereof, as amended and supplemented, that are applicable to the Securities of any series to the description of the terms of such Securities in the offering memorandum, prospectus supplement or other offering document applicable to such Securities at the time of initial sale thereof;

(j)      to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act;

(k)      to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to any series of Securities or to release guarantors from their guarantees of Securities in accordance with the terms of the applicable series of Securities;

(l)      to make any change in any series of Securities that does not adversely affect in any material respect the rights of the Holders of such Securities;

(m)      to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities;

(n)      to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect;

(o)      to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities; or

(p)       to establish the form and terms of Securities of any series as permitted in Section 3.01, or to authorize the issuance of additional Securities of a series previously authorized or to add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication or delivery of the Securities of any series, as herein set forth, or other conditions, limitations or restrictions thereafter to be observed.

 

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Subject to the provisions of Section 14.03, the Trustee is authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make the further agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property or assets thereunder.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 14.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding.

Section 14.02     With Consent of Securityholders; Limitations .

(a)      With the consent of the Holders (evidenced as provided in Article VIII) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, the Company 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 provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to be affected; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of each such series affected thereby,

(i)      extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or extend the Stated Maturity of, or change the place of payment where, or the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02, change the ranking of any Security or, in the case of any subordinated Security, the definition of Senior Indebtedness applicable thereto, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or

(ii)      modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 7.06 or Section 6.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 6.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 11.06 and 14.01(f); or

 

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(iii)      modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.

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

(c)      It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 14.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

(d)      The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of the Holders of each series of Securities entitled to give a written consent or waive compliance by the Company as authorized or permitted by this Section. Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or waiver or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

(e)      Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14.02, the Company shall mail a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of Securities at their addresses as the same shall then appear in the Register of the Company. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

Section 14.03     Trustee Protected . Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by Section 16.01 and stating that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture is the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of consent of the Holders if the supplemental indenture is to be executed pursuant to Section  14.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of said supplemental indenture unless said supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into said supplemental indenture. The Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon such Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel.

Section  14.04     Effect of Execution of Supplemental Indenture . Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article XIV, this Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of all of the Securities or of the Securities of any series affected, as the case may be, shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

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Section 14.05     Notation on or Exchange of Securities . Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in the form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for the Securities then Outstanding in equal aggregate principal amounts, and such exchange shall be made without cost to the Holders of the Securities.

Section 14.06     Conformity with TIA . Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

ARTICLE XV

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

Section 15.01     Agreement to Subordinate . In the event a series of Securities is designated as subordinated pursuant to Section 3.01, and except as otherwise provided in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, the Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities of such series by his, her or its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on each and all of the Securities of such series is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. In the event a series of Securities is not designated as subordinated pursuant to Section  3.01(s), this Article XV shall have no effect upon the Securities.

Section  15.02     Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities . Subject to Section  15.01, upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Securities and the holders thereof by a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):

(a)      the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due thereon before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities; and

 

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(b)      any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV shall be paid by the liquidation trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and

(c)      in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over, upon written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, to the holder of such Senior Indebtedness or his, her or its representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, as calculated by the Company, for application to payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

(d)      Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to such holder have been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness) to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be paid in full and no such payments or distributions to the Holders of the Securities of cash, property or securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or in the Securities prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XV

 

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of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 15.06, shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereof and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

Section 15.03 No Payment on Securities in Event of Default on Senior Indebtedness . Subject to Section 15.01, no payment by the Company on account of principal (or premium, if any), sinking funds or interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made at any time if: (i) a default on Senior Indebtedness exists that permits the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and (ii)  the default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company has received notice of such default. The Company may resume payments on the Securities when full payment of amounts then due for principal (premium, if any), sinking funds and interest on Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for in money or money’s worth.

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 15.03, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, but only to the extent that the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

Section 15.04 Payments on Securities Permitted . Subject to Section  15.01, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall (a)  affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in Sections 15.02 and 15.03, payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities or (b)  prevent the application by the Trustee of any moneys or assets deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice of any fact prohibiting the making of such payment from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such trustee more than two Business Days prior to the date fixed for such payment.

Section  15.05 Authorization of Securityholders to Trustee to Effect Subordination . Subject to Section  15.01, each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his, her or its behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

 

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Section 15.06     Notices to Trustee . The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies or assets to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities of any series pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV. Subject to Section 15.01, notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV or any other provisions of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or of any fact which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys or assets to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee) written notice thereof from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such trustee and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to presume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys or assets may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys or assets the notice provided for in this Section  15.06, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys or assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such a notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XV and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

Section 15.07     Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness . Subject to Section  15.01, the Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Sections 7.05 or 11.01.

Section 15.08     Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness . Subject to Section 15.01, any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Indebtedness or the exercise by the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder,

 

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may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding or of such Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such release is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article XV or of the Securities relating to the subordination thereof.

Section 15.09     Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent . Subject to Section  15.01, upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.

Section  15.10     Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance . Subject to Section  15.01, amounts and U.S. Government Obligations deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to and in accordance with Article XII and not, at the time of such deposit, prohibited to be deposited under Sections 15.02 or 15.03 shall not be subject to this Article XV.

Section 15.11     Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness . With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be liable to any such holder if it shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Securities or the Company, or any other Person, moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XV or otherwise.

ARTICLE XVI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 16.01     Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent .

(a)      Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel

 

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stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b)      Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 6.05 of this Indenture) shall include (i) a statement that the Person giving such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the view or opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed view or opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the view or opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

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

(d)      Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel to the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any firm of independent registered public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

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

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

 

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Section 16.02     Trust Indenture Act Controls . If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

Section  16.03     Notices to the Company and Trustee . Any notice or demand authorized by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Company or the Trustee shall be sufficiently made, given, furnished or filed for all purposes if it shall be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to:

(a)      the Company, at DowDuPont Inc., Chestnut Run Plaza, Building 730, 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805, Attention: Michael P. Heffernan, email: michael.p.heffernan@dupont.com, or at such other address or email or facsimile number as may have been furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

(b)      the Trustee, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, Attention: Trust Administrator, email: stephanie.roche@usbank.com.

Any such notice, demand or other document shall be in the English language.

Section 16.04     Notices to Securityholders; Waiver . Any notice required or permitted to be given to Securityholders shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided),

(a)      if to Holders, if given in writing by first class mail, postage prepaid, to such Holders at their addresses as the same shall appear on the Register of the Company; provided , that in the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder; or

(b)      If a series of Securities has been issued in the form of one or more Global Securities through DTC as Depositary, notice may be provided with respect to such series of Securities by delivery of such notice to DTC for posting through its “Legal Notice Service” (LENS) or a successor system thereof.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail; neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any

 

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case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice that is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.

Section 16.05     Legal Holiday . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section  3.01, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity of any Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Securities of that series, then payment of principal and premium, if any, or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.

Section 16.06     Effects of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 16.07     Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section  16.08     Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 16.09     Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any Person or corporation other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities any benefit or any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.

Section 16.10     Counterpart Originals . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 16.11     Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury . This Indenture and the Securities shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

 

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Section 16.12     Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 16.13     U.S.A. Patriot Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

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

 

DowDuPont Inc.,
as Issuer
By:  

/s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond

Name:   Jeanmarie F. Desmond
Title:   Co-Controller

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Stephanie Roche

Name:   Stephanie Roche
Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

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CUSIP No.                 

DOWDUPONT INC.

                     NOTES DUE 20     

 

No.         

$                 

As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                      or registered assigns, the principal sum of      million dollars ($                  ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on                  , 20      and to pay interest thereon from                  , 20      or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on                  and                  in each year, commencing                  , 20      at the rate of              % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be                  or                  , as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:                  , 20     

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                      , 20      , [as supplemented by a       Supplemental Indenture dated                  , 20      ] 1 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $                      .

Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to                      .

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions of the Securities called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, not more than      days prior to the Redemption Date, the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Securities not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity [and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund].

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

 

 

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Adapt as necessary if securities will be issued via an Officers Certificate rather than a supplemental indenture.

 

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[ No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions (each as defined in the [                 ] Supplemental Indenture), Holders shall have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of The Dow Chemical Company (“Historical Dow”) and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“Historical DuPont”) and/or their respective subsidiaries except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont (as defined in the [                 ] Supplemental Indenture) after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders shall have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva (each as defined in the [                 ] Supplemental Indenture) and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders shall have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that DowDuPont holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont (as defined in the [                ] Supplemental Indenture) after the Separations and Distributions.] 2

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

Restrictive Covenants . The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

 

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of
Exchange

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Security

 

Principal Amount of this
Global Security
following each decrease
or increase

 

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee

 

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Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

DOWDUPONT INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of November 28, 2018

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 28, 2018

 

 

3.766% Notes due 2020

4.205% Notes due 2023

4.493% Notes due 2025

4.725% Notes due 2028

5.319% Notes due 2038

5.419% Notes due 2048

Floating Rate Notes due 2020

Floating Rate Notes due 2023

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

ARTICLE I   
Definitions   

SECTION 1.01. Definition of Terms

     2  
ARTICLE II   
General Terms of the Notes   

SECTION 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount

     11  

SECTION 2.02. Further Issues

     12  

SECTION 2.03. Maturity

     12  

SECTION 2.04. Interest

     12  

SECTION 2.05. Global Securities

     14  

SECTION 2.06. Form of Notes; Denomination

     14  

SECTION 2.07. Depositary

     14  

SECTION 2.08. Calculation Agent

     14  
ARTICLE III   
Optional Redemption   

SECTION 3.01. Optional Redemption

     15  

SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Certain Redemption Provisions in Indenture

     15  
ARTICLE IV   
Special Mandatory Redemption   

SECTION 4.01. Special Mandatory Redemption

     16  
ARTICLE V   
Change of Control   

SECTION 5.01. Change of Control

     16  
ARTICLE VI   
Covenants   

SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Liens

     18  

SECTION 6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     19  


SECTION 6.03. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

     20  
ARTICLE VII   
Events of Default   

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default

     20  
ARTICLE VIII   
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver   

SECTION 8.01. Without the Consent of Holders

     20  

SECTION 8.02. With the Consent of Holders

     21  
ARTICLE IX   
Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance   

SECTION 9.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     23  

SECTION 9.02. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

     23  
ARTICLE X   
Miscellaneous   

SECTION 10.01. Ratification of Base Indenture

     24  

SECTION 10.02. Trust Indenture Act Controls

     24  

SECTION 10.03. Effects of Headings and Table of Contents

     24  

SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns

     24  

SECTION 10.05. Separability Clause

     24  

SECTION 10.06. Benefits of the First Supplemental Indenture

     25  

SECTION 10.07. Counterpart Originals

     25  

SECTION 10.08. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

     25  

SECTION 10.09. Force Majeure

     25  

SECTION 10.10. U.S.A. Patriot Act

     25  

SECTION 10.11. Trustee

     26  

 

EXHIBIT A

  

Form of 2020 Notes

EXHIBIT B

  

Form of 2023 Notes

EXHIBIT C

  

Form of 2025 Notes

EXHIBIT D

  

Form of 2028 Notes

EXHIBIT E

  

Form of 2038 Notes

EXHIBIT F

  

Form of 2048 Notes

EXHIBIT G

  

Form of Floating Rate Notes due 2020

EXHIBIT H

  

Form of Floating Rate Notes due 2023

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 28, 2018 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), between DOWDUPONT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), under the Base Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS the Company executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture” and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debt securities (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series;

WHEREAS pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of new series of Securities under the Base Indenture to be known as its “3.766% Notes due 2020” (the “2020 Notes”), “4.205% Notes due 2023” (the “2023 Notes”), “4.493% Notes due 2025” (the “2025 Notes”), “4.725% Notes due 2028” (the “2028 Notes”), “5.319% Notes due 2038” (the “2038 Notes”), “5.419% Notes due 2048” (the “2048 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2025 Notes, the 2028 Notes and the 2038 Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes”), “Floating Rate Notes due 2020” (the “2020 Floating Rate Notes”) and “Floating Rate Notes due 2023” (the “2023 Floating Rate Notes” and, together with the Fixed Rate Notes and the 2020 Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”), the form and substance of such series and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to the resolutions duly adopted on October 11, 2018, has duly authorized the issuance of the Notes, and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect such issuance;

WHEREAS this First Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 and 14.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture;

AND WHEREAS all acts and things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes has been duly authorized in all respects;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms and terms of the Notes, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, as follows:


ARTICLE I

Definitions

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

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

(b) each term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this First Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that if a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, the definition in the First Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect the Notes;

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

(d) references to “Article” or “Section” or other subdivisions herein are references to an Article, Section or other subdivisions of this First Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 1.01. Definition of Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.01 shall for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

2020 Floating Rate Notes:

The term “2020 Floating Rate Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2020 Notes:

The term “2020 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2023 Floating Rate Notes:

The term “2023 Floating Rate Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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2023 Notes:

The term “2023 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2025 Notes:

The term “2025 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2028 Notes:

The term “2028 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2038 Notes:

The term “2038 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

2048 Notes:

The term “2048 Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Attributable Debt:

The term “Attributable Debt” means the present value (discounted at the rate of 1% per annum over the weighted average Yield to Maturity of the Outstanding Notes hereunder, such average being weighted by the principal amount of the Notes of each series) of the obligation of a lessee for rental payments (excluding from such rental payments, however, amounts payable with respect to income and property taxes, insurance, maintenance, and other similar charges and contingent rents, such as those based on sales) during the remaining term of any lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

Base Indenture:

The term “Base Indenture” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Below Investment Grade Rating Event:

The term “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means, with respect to each series of the Notes, that the Notes of such series are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period

 

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shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event hereunder) if the Rating Agency or Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

Business Day:

The term “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in the City of New York.

Business Realignment:

The term “Business Realignment” means the transfer or conveyance among Dow, Corteva and legal entities that will be subsidiaries of DuPont of all of the equity interests of the applicable subsidiaries such that, in addition to any assets and liabilities allocated to Dow, Corteva and DuPont pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Corteva will hold the assets and liabilities related to DowDuPont’s agriculture business, Dow will hold the assets and liabilities related to DowDuPont’s materials science business and the legal entities that will comprise DuPont will hold the assets and liabilities related to DowDuPont’s specialty products businesses. Such transfers and conveyances will include:

(i) the transfer or conveyance of Historical DuPont’s interests in the capital stock of, or any other equity interests in, the entities that are to be subsidiaries of Dow or DuPont to Dow or the legal entities that will comprise DuPont, respectively, as applicable; and

(ii) the transfer or conveyance of Historical Dow’s interests in the capital stock of, or any other equity interests in, the entities that are to be subsidiaries of Corteva or DuPont to Corteva or the entities that will comprise DuPont, respectively.

Calculation Agent:

The term “Calculation Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control:

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(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation and other than in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

(ii) the approval by the holders of the Company’s voting stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, but other than in connection with Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions); or

(iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding voting interests in the Company’s capital stock.

For the avoidance of doubt, the transfers of assets and liabilities in connection with the Internal Reorganization, the Business Realignment, the Separations or the Distributions will not constitute a Change of Control.

Change of Control Offer:

The term “Change of Control Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Payment:

The term “Change of Control Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Payment Date:

The term “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Change of Control Triggering Event:

The term “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets:

The term “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items after deducting (a) all current liabilities excluding any thereof which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, purchased technology, unamortized debt discount and other intangible assets, all as set forth on the Company’s most recent quarterly balance sheet and computed in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Corteva:

The term “Corteva” means Corteva Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries (including EID) after giving effect to the Internal Reorganization and Business Realignment, resulting in Corteva Parent holding the agriculture business of DowDuPont.

Corteva Common Stock:

The term “Corteva Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Corteva Parent.

Corteva Parent:

The term “Corteva Parent” means Corteva Inc., the newly formed holding company for DowDuPont’s agriculture business.

Debt:

The term “Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Discharged:

The term “Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Distributions:

The term “Distributions” means the transactions in which DowDuPont will distribute to its stockholders all of the then issued and outstanding shares of Corteva Common Stock and Dow Common Stock.

Dow:

The term “Dow” means Dow Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries (including TDCC) after giving effect to the Internal Reorganization and Business Realignment, resulting in Dow Parent holding the materials science businesses of DowDuPont.

Dow Common Stock:

The term “Dow Common Stock” refers to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Dow Parent.

 

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Dow Parent:

The term “Dow Parent” means Dow Holdings Inc., the newly formed holding company for DowDuPont’s materials science businesses.

DowDuPont:

The term “DowDuPont” means DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, prior to the Distributions of Dow and Corteva.

DuPont:

The term “DuPont” means DowDuPont and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Distributions of Dow and Corteva, at which time it will hold the specialty products businesses of DowDuPont.

EID:

The term “EID” means E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, exclusive of its subsidiaries.

Event of Default:

The term “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Exchange Act:

The term “Exchange Act” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(e) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Fitch:

The term “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Fixed Rate Notes:

The term “Fixed Rate Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Floating Rate Notes:

The term “Floating Rate Notes” means the 2020 Floating Rate Notes and the 2023 Floating Rate Notes.

Group:

The term “Group” means a group of related persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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Historical Dow:

The term “Historical Dow” means TDCC and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the Business Realignment.

Historical DuPont:

The term “Historical DuPont” means EID and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the Business Realignment.

Indenture:

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

Internal Reorganization:

The term “Internal Reorganization” means the internal reorganization transactions intended to be consummated prior to, but in connection with, the Separations and Distributions, by Historical DuPont and Historical Dow to align their respective businesses into agriculture, materials and specialty products subgroups, with such internal reorganization transactions including:

(a) the transfer or conveyance by Historical DuPont of its assets and liabilities that are (i) aligned with DowDuPont’s agriculture business to legal entities that remain with Corteva following the Business Realignment, (ii) aligned with DowDuPont’s specialty products businesses to legal entities that will be subsidiaries of DuPont following the Business Realignment and (iii) aligned with DowDuPont’s materials science business (including Historical DuPont’s ethylene and ethylene copolymers business (other than its ethylene acrylic elastomers business)) to legal entities that will be subsidiaries of Dow following the Business Realignment; and

(b) the transfer or conveyance by Historical Dow of its assets and liabilities that are (i) aligned with DowDuPont’s agriculture business (including Historical Dow’s agriculture business) to legal entities that will be Corteva’s subsidiaries following the Business Realignment, (ii) aligned with DowDuPont’s specialty products businesses (including those portions of Historical Dow’s business that are aligned with the specialty products businesses) to legal entities that will be subsidiaries of DuPont following the Business Realignment and (iii) aligned with DowDuPont’s materials science business to legal entities that will remain with Dow.

Investment Grade Rating:

The term “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and an equivalent rating of any replacement agency, respectively.

 

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Issue Date:

The term “Issue Date” means November 28, 2018.

London Business Day:

The term “London Business Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Moody’s:

The term “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgages:

The term “Mortgages” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Notes:

The term “Notes” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Person:

The term “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

Principal Property:

The term “Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant or facility, distribution facility or any mineral producing property or any research facility located within the continental United States owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such plant, facility, property or research facility is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Rating Agencies:

The term “Rating Agencies” means:

(i) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and

(ii) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a credit rating agency registered as a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” with the SEC, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

 

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Restricted Subsidiary:

The term “Restricted Subsidiary” means any wholly-owned subsidiary (i) substantially all the property of which is located within the continental United States of America; (ii) which owns a Principal Property; and (iii) in which the Company’s investment exceeds 1% of its total consolidated assets as of the end of the preceding year. The term “Restricted Subsidiary” does not include any wholly-owned subsidiary which is principally engaged in leasing or in financing installment receivables or which is principally engaged in financing the Company’s operations outside the continental United States.

S&P:

The term “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.

SEC:

The term “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities:

The term “Securities” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Separation Agreement:

The term “Separation Agreement” means a separation and distribution agreement to be entered into by and between DowDuPont, Dow and Corteva substantially simultaneously with the distribution of Dow to effect the Separations and Distributions (including the Internal Reorganization and Business Realignment) and provide a framework for DuPont’s relationship with Dow and Corteva after the Separations and Distributions.

Separations:

The term “Separations” means the transactions in which Dow and Corteva will be separated from DowDuPont.

Special Mandatory Redemption Date:

The term “Special Mandatory Redemption Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Special Mandatory Redemption Event:

The term “Special Mandatory Redemption Event” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Special Mandatory Redemption Notice:

The term “Special Mandatory Redemption Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Special Mandatory Redemption Notice Date:

The term “Special Mandatory Redemption Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

Special Mandatory Redemption Price:

The term “Special Mandatory Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

TDCC:

The term “TDCC” means The Dow Chemical Company, exclusive of its subsidiaries.

Yield to Maturity:

The term “Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, calculated at the time of issuance of the Notes or, in the case of the Floating Rate Notes, at the most recent redetermination of interest of such series, in each case, calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.

ARTICLE II

General Terms of the Notes

SECTION 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount.

(a) There is hereby authorized and established eight new series of Securities under the Base Indenture, designated as the “3.766% Notes due 2020”, “4.205% Notes due 2023”, “4.493% Notes due 2025”, “4.725% Notes due 2028”, “5.319% Notes due 2038”, “5.419% Notes due 2048”, “Floating Rate Notes due 2020” and “Floating Rate Notes due 2023”, which are not limited in aggregate principal amount.

(b) There are initially to be authenticated and delivered (i) $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes, (ii) $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes, (iii) $1,850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes, (iv) $2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes, (v) $1,650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2038 Notes, (vi) $2,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2048 Notes, (vii) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Floating Rate Notes and (viii) $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Floating Rate Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.02. Further Issues. Notwithstanding the initial aggregate principal amounts set forth in Section 2.01(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of any series of the Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes of such series, except for the issue date, issue price and initial Interest Payment Date. Any additional notes having such similar terms, together with the Notes of such series, will constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture; provided , however , that, in the event that additional notes of any series are not fungible with such series of Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company shall cause such additional notes to be issued with a separate CUSIP number. No additional notes of any series may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes of such series.

SECTION 2.03. Maturity. The 2020 Notes will mature on November 15, 2020. The 2023 Notes will mature on November 15, 2023. The 2025 Notes will mature on November 15, 2025. The 2028 Notes will mature on November 15, 2028. The 2038 Notes will mature on November 15, 2038. The 2048 Notes will mature on November 15, 2048. The 2020 Floating Rate Notes will mature on November 15, 2020. The 2023 Floating Rate Notes will mature on November 15, 2023.

SECTION 2.04. Interest.

(a) 2020 Notes. The 2020 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 3.766% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

(b) 2023 Notes. The 2023 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 4.205% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

 

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(c) 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 4.493% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

(d) 2028 Notes. The 2028 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 4.725% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

(e) 2038 Notes. The 2038 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 5.319% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

(f) 2048 Notes. The 2048 Notes will bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from the Issue Date at the rate of 5.419% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from the Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are May 15 and November 15, commencing on May 15, 2019. The Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not that day is a Business Day.

 

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(g) 2020 Floating Rate Notes. The 2020 Floating Rate Notes will bear interest for each interest period at a rate determined by the Calculation Agent and payable as provided under the headings “Interest” and “Method of Payment” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit G hereto. Interest on the 2020 Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2019, to the person in whose name such 2020 Floating Rate Note is registered at the close of business on February 1, May 1, August 1, or November 1 immediately preceding such interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day).

(h) 2023 Floating Rate Notes. The 2023 Floating Rate Notes will bear interest for each interest period at a rate determined by the Calculation Agent and payable as provided under the headings “Interest” and “Method of Payment” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit H hereto. Interest on the 2023 Floating Rate Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2019, to the person in whose name such 2023 Floating Rate Note is registered at the close of business on February 1, May 1, August 1, or November 1 immediately preceding such interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day).

SECTION 2.05. Global Securities. Each series of Notes will be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form.

SECTION 2.06. Form of Notes; Denomination. The 2020 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The 2023 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto. The 2025 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. The 2028 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto. The 2038 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto. The 2048 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto. The 2020 Floating Rate Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit G hereto. The 2023 Floating Rate Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit H hereto. Each series of Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

SECTION 2.07. Depositary. The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, will initially act as Depositary with respect to each series of Notes.

SECTION 2.08. Calculation Agent . So long as any of the Floating Rate Notes remain outstanding, there will at all times be a calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”). The Trustee will initially act as the Calculation Agent. If the Trustee is unable or unwilling to continue to act as the Calculation Agent or if it fails to calculate properly the interest rate on either series of Floating Rate Notes for any interest period, the Company will appoint another leading commercial or investment bank to act as

 

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Calculation Agent in its place. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate for a series of Floating Rate Notes by the Calculation Agent shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Floating Rate Notes of such series, the Trustee and the Company and the Calculation Agent shall have no liability or responsibility, except in the case of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, for any information used in determining or calculating any interest rate.

ARTICLE III

Optional Redemption

SECTION 3.01. Optional Redemption.

(a) 2020 Notes. The 2020 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

(b) 2023 Notes. The 2023 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

(c) 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

(d) 2028 Notes. The 2028 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit D hereto.

(e) 2038 Notes. The 2038 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit E hereto.

(f) 2048 Notes. The 2048 Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as set forth under the heading “Optional Redemption” in the form of security set forth in Exhibit F hereto.

(g) 2020 Floating Rate Notes. The 2020 Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to maturity.

(h) 2023 Floating Rate Notes. The 2023 Floating Rate Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to maturity.

SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Certain Redemption Provisions in Indenture. The provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to any redemption of Fixed Rate Notes pursuant to this Article III.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Special Mandatory Redemption

SECTION 4.01. Special Mandatory Redemption. (a) If (i) the Separations and Distributions have not been consummated on or prior to May 1, 2020 or (ii) prior to May 1, 2020, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate indicating that it has abandoned any of the Separations or Distributions (the earlier to occur of the events described in clause (i) or (ii), the “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), the Company shall redeem all of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a Redemption Price (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”) equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(b) Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than ten Business Days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) cause a notice (a “Special Mandatory Redemption Notice”) to be delivered electronically or mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder at its registered address (such date of notification to the Holders, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Notice Date”). The Special Mandatory Redemption Notice will inform Holders that the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which will be no earlier than three Business Days and no later than 30 days from the Special Mandatory Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), and that all of the Outstanding Notes will be redeemed at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the Holders of the Notes.

(c) At or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price for all of the Notes to be redeemed. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Notes will cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

(d) Upon the consummation of the Separations and Distributions, this Article IV shall cease to apply and shall have no continuing effect.

ARTICLE V

Change of Control

SECTION 5.01. Change of Control. (a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to a series of Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem such series of Notes in accordance with Section 3.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of such series of Notes in accordance with Section 4.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of

 

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$1,000) of their Notes pursuant to an offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall mail a notice to the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required herein and described in such notice.

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased.

(d) The Paying Agent shall promptly pay to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000.

(e) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 5.01, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 5.01 by virtue of such conflicts.

(f) The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by it, and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Covenants

SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Liens. (a) The Company shall not, nor shall the Company permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any debt for money borrowed (“Debt”) secured by a mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance (mortgages, security interests, pledges, liens and other encumbrances being hereinafter called “Mortgages”) on any Principal Property or on any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) without in any such case effectively providing concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guaranty of any such Debt that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of or guaranty by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes and then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such Debt; provided , however , that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Debt secured by:

(i) Mortgages on property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

(ii) Mortgages on property existing at the time of acquisition of such property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or Mortgages to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such property upon the acquisition of such property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or to secure any Debt incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within one year after the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction (including any improvements on an existing property) or the commencement of commercial operation of such property, which Debt is incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction or improvements thereon; provided , however , that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement the Mortgage shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the property so constructed, or the improvement, is located;

(iii) Mortgages securing Debt owing by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

(iv) Mortgages on property of a Person existing at the time that Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a Person as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(v) Mortgages on property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages (including without limitation Mortgages incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings);

(vi) Mortgages existing on the date of the Base Indenture; or

(vii) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (vi); provided , however , that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.01(a) above, the Company and one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries may, without securing the Notes, issue, assume, or guarantee Debt secured by Mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.01(a) above; provided that the aggregate amount of Debt incurred under this Section 6.01(b) that would then be outstanding after giving pro forma effect to any such incurrence (including the pro forma application of the proceeds of such Debt incurred), together with the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Attributable Debt incurred under Section 6.02(a) of this First Supplemental Indenture, does not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries.

SECTION 6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter acquired) (except for temporary leases for a term of not more than three years and except for leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such person, unless (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to Section 6.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture, to issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Mortgage upon the property involved at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt for that transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes or (b) the Company shall apply an amount in cash equal to the Attributable Debt for that transaction to the retirement (other than any mandatory retirement or by way of payment at maturity), within 90 days of the effective date of any such arrangement, of Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Debt owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and other than Debt of the Company which is subordinated to the Notes), which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than twelve months after the date of creation of such Debt.

 

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It is understood that transactions entered into pursuant to Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, are not Debt secured by a Mortgage within the meaning of Section 6.01 or sale and leaseback transactions prohibited by the first paragraph of this Section 6.02.

SECTION 6.03. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to each series of Notes; provided , that, solely with respect to each series of Notes, Section 6.04(a) of the Base Indenture shall be amended to include the following proviso at the end of such provision:

provided , that this Section 6.04 shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions”

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to each series of Notes. In addition, the following shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to each series of Notes:

the failure of the Company to deliver a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice with respect to such series of Notes in accordance with Section 4.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE VIII

Amendment, Supplement and Waiver

SECTION 8.01. Without the Consent of Holders. This Section 8.01 supersedes and replaces Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture with respect to each series of Notes, and references to “Section 14.01” of the Base Indenture shall instead refer to this “Section 8.01” of this First Supplemental Indenture. The terms of any series of Notes or the terms of the Indenture with respect to such series of Notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of any Holder of Outstanding Notes of such series for any of the following purposes:

(a) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company and to add Events of Default, in each case for the protection or benefit of the Holders of such series of Notes, or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

(b) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture to provide, change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on such series of Notes;  provided  that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes of such series in any material respect;

 

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(c) to evidence the succession of another entity to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company contained in the Notes of such series and in the Indenture in accordance with Section 6.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture;

(d) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to such series of Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee;

(e) to secure such series of Notes;

(f) to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture or to conform the terms that are applicable to such series of Notes to the description of the terms of such Notes in the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated November 14, 2018;

(g) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of the Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act;

(h) to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to such series of Notes or to release guarantors from their guarantees of such series of Notes, in accordance with the terms of such series of Notes;

(i) to make any change in such series of Notes that does not adversely affect in any material respect the rights of the Holders of such series of Notes;

(j) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; or

(k) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to the extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance or discharge of such series of Notes;  provided  that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of such series of Notes in any material respect.

SECTION 8.02. With the Consent of Holders.

(a) This Section 8.02 supersedes and replaces Section 14.02 of the Base Indenture with respect to each series of Notes, and references to “Section 14.02” of the Base Indenture shall instead refer to this “Section 8.02” of this First Supplemental Indenture. The terms of any series of Notes or the terms of the Indenture with respect to such series of Notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series (evidenced as provided in Article VIII of the Base Indenture) for the purpose of adding

 

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any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes of such series;  provided  that no such amendment, supplement or modification shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note of such series:

(i) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, the Notes of such series, or reduce the principal amount or Redemption Price thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or extend the Stated Maturity of, or change the place of payment where, or the Currency in which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Notes of such series is denominated or payable, change the ranking of such Notes or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date);

(ii) modify any of the provisions of this Section 8.02, Section 6.06 of the Base Indenture or Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be amended, modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby; provided , however , that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 8.02 and Section 6.06 of the Base Indenture, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 11.06 of the Base Indenture and Section 8.01(d) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

(iii) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of Article IV with respect to the Notes of such series; or

(iv) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.

(b) Any amendment, supplement or waiver that changes or eliminates any provision of the Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Notes or which modifies the rights of the Holders of the Notes of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed to not affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of the Notes of any other series.

(c) It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of any series of Notes under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

(d) The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of the Holders of each series of Notes entitled to give a written consent or waive compliance by the Company as authorized or permitted by this Section 8.02. Such record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or waiver or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(e) Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8.02, the Company shall mail a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such amendment, supplement or modification, to the Holders of the Notes at their addresses as the same shall then appear in the Register of the Company. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or modification.

ARTICLE IX

Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance

SECTION 9.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to each series of Notes; provided , that, solely with respect to each series of Notes, the last paragraph of Section of 12.02 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded and replaced by the following:

“Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes of any series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.10, 6.02 and 6.03 of the Base Indenture, Article XII of the Base Indenture (as amended by Article IX of this First Supplemental Indenture), and, if the Notes of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, the provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture, the provisions of Article III of the First Supplemental Indenture, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant Section 12.02(a) of the Base Indenture, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 12.07 of the Base Indenture and Section 6.03(e) of the Base Indenture shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.”

SECTION 9.02. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations. Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to each series of Notes. If the Company exercises its “covenant defeasance” option in accordance with Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture, in addition to any covenants specified therein, the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with the covenants set forth in Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture. Solely with respect to each series of Notes, the definition of “Discharged” set forth in Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded and replaced by the following:

“‘Discharged’ means, with respect to the Notes of any series, that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Notes of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under the Indenture relating

 

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to the Notes of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following, all of which shall survive such Discharge and remain in full force and effect with respect to the Notes of such series: (A) the rights of the Holders of the Notes of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (a) above, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (B) Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.10, 6.02 and 6.03 of the Base Indenture, (C) if the Notes of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, the provisions of Article III of this First Supplemental Indenture, (D) the provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture (as amended by Article IX of this First Supplemental Indenture) and (E) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.”

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

SECTION 10.01. Ratification of Base Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided that the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the Notes. The rights, privileges, immunities, benefits, protections and indemnities provided to the Trustee under the Base Indenture shall apply to any action or inaction of the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) in connection herewith, including in connection with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 10.02. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or another provision included in the Indenture which is required to be included in the Indenture by any of the provisions of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

SECTION 10.03. Effects of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 10.05. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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SECTION 10.06. Benefits of the First Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or to give to, any Person or corporation other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes any benefit or any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this First Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof, and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture contained shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 10.07. Counterpart Originals. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 10.08. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

SECTION 10.09. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

SECTION 10.10. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this First Supplemental Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

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SECTION 10.11. Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company.

 

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

 

DOWDUPONT INC.
    By:  

/s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond

 

Name: Jeanmarie F. Desmond

Title:   Co-Controller

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
    By:  

/s/ Stephanie Roche

 

Name: Stephanie Roche

Title:   Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture ]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AA8

ISIN No. US26078JAA88

DOWDUPONT INC.

3.766% NOTES DUE 2020

 

No.                            $                     
      As revised by the
      Schedule of Increases    
      or Decreases in
      Global Security
      attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of          million dollars ($                    ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2020 and to pay interest thereon from November 28,

 

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2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 3.766% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.  
By:  

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,500,000,000.

Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the maturity date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series.

 

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Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

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Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AB6

ISIN No. US26078JAB61

DOWDUPONT INC.

4.205% NOTES DUE 2023

 

No.                            $                     
      As revised by the
      Schedule of Increases    
      or Decreases in
      Global Security
      attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of          million dollars ($                    ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2023 and to pay interest thereon from

 

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November 28, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 4.205% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,500,000,000.

Optional Redemption . Prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of this series, at any time or from time to time, either in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Call Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Par Call Date ” means October 15, 2023.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

 

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Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a

 

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

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All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AC4

ISIN No. US26078JAC45

DOWDUPONT INC.

4.493% NOTES DUE 2025

 

No.                            $                     
      As revised by the
      Schedule of Increases    
      or Decreases in
      Global Security
      attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of          million dollars ($                    ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2025 and to pay interest thereon from

 

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November 28, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 4.493% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,850,000,000.

Optional Redemption . Prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of this series, at any time or from time to time, either in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Call Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Par Call Date ” means September 15, 2025.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

 

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Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a

 

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

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All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AD2

ISIN No. US26078JAD28

DOWDUPONT INC.

4.725% NOTES DUE 2028

 

No.                 $                 
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of              million dollars ($            ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2028 and to pay interest thereon from

 

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November 28, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 4.725% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,250,000,000.

Optional Redemption . Prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of this series, at any time or from time to time, either in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Call Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Par Call Date ” means August 15, 2028.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

 

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Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a

 

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

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All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global
Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT E

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AE0

ISIN No. US26078JAE01

DOWDUPONT INC.

5.319% NOTES DUE 2038

 

No.                 $                 
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of          million dollars ($            ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2038 and to pay interest thereon from

 

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November 28, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 5.319% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,650,000,000.

Optional Redemption . Prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of this series, at any time or from time to time, either in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Call Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Par Call Date ” means May 15, 2038.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

 

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Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a

 

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

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All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT F

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AF7

ISIN No. US26078JAF75

DOWDUPONT INC.

5.419% NOTES DUE 2048

 

No.                 $                 
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of              million dollars ($                ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2048 and to pay interest thereon from

 

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November 28, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing May 15, 2019 at the rate of 5.419% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $2,150,000,000.

Optional Redemption . Prior to the Par Call Date, the Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by the Company, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest hereon from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities of this series, at any time or from time to time, either in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, any interest accrued but not paid, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (1) the yield, which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (or if no maturity is within three months before or after the Par Call Date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounded to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities of this series, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for that Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Par Call Date ” means May 15, 2048.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or their respective affiliates, and one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City appointed by the Company (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

Notice of any optional redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions of the Securities of this series called for redemption, unless subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied. If fewer than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof for redemption from the Outstanding Securities of this series not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. If such redemption is subject to a condition precedent that has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Upon receipt of such notice, the notice of redemption shall be rescinded and the redemption of the Securities shall not occur.

 

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Except as set forth herein, the Securities will not be redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Security under the heading “Optional Redemption” or has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Amendment, Modification and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a

 

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Business Realignment, the Internal Reorganization, the Separations or the Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

 

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All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following each
decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT G

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP No. 26078J AG5

ISIN No. US26078JAG58

DOWDUPONT INC.

FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2020

 

No.                 $                 
   As revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of            million dollars ($            ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2020.

 

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The interest rate on the Securities of this series for a particular interest period will be a per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 0.71%. The interest determination date for an interest period will be the second London Business Day preceding the first day of such interest period. Promptly upon determination, the Calculation Agent will inform the Trustee and the Company of the interest rate for the for the next interest period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate for the Securities of this series by the Calculation Agent shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Securities of this series, the Trustee and the Company and the Calculation Agent shall have no liability or responsibility, except in the case of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, for any information used in determining or calculating any interest rate.

Interest on the Securities of this series will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2019. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including November 28, 2018, to but excluding the first interest payment date and then from and including the immediately preceding interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the next interest payment date or maturity date, as the case may be. Each of these periods is an “interest period.” The amount of accrued interest that the Company will pay for any interest period can be calculated by multiplying the face amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding by an accrued interest factor. This accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from November 28, 2018, or from the last date the Company paid interest to the holders of the Securities of this series, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to that day by 360. If an interest payment date for the Securities of this series falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, the interest payment date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day (in each case, resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the number of days in the applicable interest period).

With respect to the Securities of this series, on any interest determination date, LIBOR will be equal to the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as such rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such interest determination date and as provided to the Calculation Agent by the Company. If no offered rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” on an interest determination date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the Company will select four major banks in the London interbank market and shall request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR will be the arithmetic average of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the Company will select three major banks in New York City and shall request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by them at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the interest determination date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable interest period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided, LIBOR will be the arithmetic average of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the rate of LIBOR for the next interest period will be set

 

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equal to the rate of LIBOR for the then current interest period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company determines that LIBOR has been permanently discontinued, the Calculation Agent will use, in consultation with the Company, as a substitute for LIBOR and for each future interest determination date, the alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice (the “ Alternative Rate ”). As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, after consultation with the Company, make such adjustments (“ Adjustments ”) to the Alternative Rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, interest determination dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate for debt obligations such as the Securities of this series. If the Calculation Agent determines (following consultation with the Company) that there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced LIBOR in customary market usage, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to resign as Calculation Agent and the Company will appoint, in its sole discretion, a successor Calculation Agent to determine the Alternative Rate and make any Adjustments thereon, and whose determinations will be binding on the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series. If, however, the Company determines that LIBOR has been discontinued, but for any reason an Alternative Rate has not been determined, LIBOR (for purposes of calculating the relevant interest rate) will be equal to such rate on the interest determination date when LIBOR was last available on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” and last used to determine the relevant interest rate for the Securities.

Upon request from any Holder of the Securities of this series, the Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate in effect for the current interest period and, if it has been determined, the interest rate to be in effect for the next interest period.

All percentages resulting from any calculation of the interest rate on the Securities of this series will be rounded to the nearest one millionth of a percentage point with five ten millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.8765445% (or .098765445) would be rounded to 9.876545% (or .09876545)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on the Securities of this series will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).

The interest rate on the Securities of this series will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

London Business Day ” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or

 

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more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.  
By:  

 

 

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000.

Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

 

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Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Separations and Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

 

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Security

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Principal Amount of

this Global Security
following each

decrease or increase

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee

 

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EXHIBIT H

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

CUSIP No. 26078J AH3

ISIN No. US26078JAH32

DOWDUPONT INC.

FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2023

 

No.                    $                     
     

As revised by the

Schedule of Increases

or Decreases in

Global Security

attached hereto

Interest . DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of             million dollars ($                ), as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on November 15, 2023.

 

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The interest rate on the Securities of this series for a particular interest period will be a per annum rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the relevant interest determination date, plus 1.11%. The interest determination date for an interest period will be the second London Business Day preceding the first day of such interest period. Promptly upon determination, the Calculation Agent will inform the Trustee and the Company of the interest rate for the for the next interest period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate for the Securities of this series by the Calculation Agent shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of the Securities of this series, the Trustee and the Company and the Calculation Agent shall have no liability or responsibility, except in the case of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, for any information used in determining or calculating any interest rate.

Interest on the Securities of this series will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2019. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from and including November 28, 2018, to but excluding the first interest payment date and then from and including the immediately preceding interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the next interest payment date or maturity date, as the case may be. Each of these periods is an “interest period.” The amount of accrued interest that the Company will pay for any interest period can be calculated by multiplying the face amount of the Securities of this series then outstanding by an accrued interest factor. This accrued interest factor is computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from November 28, 2018, or from the last date the Company paid interest to the holders of the Securities of this series, to the date for which accrued interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to that day by 360. If an interest payment date for the Securities of this series falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would be in the following month, in which case, the interest payment date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day (in each case, resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the number of days in the applicable interest period).

With respect to the Securities of this series, on any interest determination date, LIBOR will be equal to the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months, in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as such rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such interest determination date and as provided to the Calculation Agent by the Company. If no offered rate appears on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” on an interest determination date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the Company will select four major banks in the London interbank market and shall request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, LIBOR will be the arithmetic average of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the Company will select three major banks in New York City and shall request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by them at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the interest determination date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable interest period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided, LIBOR will be the arithmetic average of the quotations provided. Otherwise, the rate of LIBOR for the next interest period will be set

 

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equal to the rate of LIBOR for the then current interest period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company determines that LIBOR has been permanently discontinued, the Calculation Agent will use, in consultation with the Company, as a substitute for LIBOR and for each future interest determination date, the alternative reference rate selected by the central bank, reserve bank, monetary authority or any similar institution (including any committee or working group thereof) that is consistent with accepted market practice (the “ Alternative Rate ”). As part of such substitution, the Calculation Agent will, after consultation with the Company, make such adjustments (“ Adjustments ”) to the Alternative Rate or the spread thereon, as well as the business day convention, interest determination dates and related provisions and definitions, in each case that are consistent with accepted market practice for the use of such Alternative Rate for debt obligations such as the Securities of this series. If the Calculation Agent determines (following consultation with the Company) that there is no clear market consensus as to whether any rate has replaced LIBOR in customary market usage, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to resign as Calculation Agent and the Company will appoint, in its sole discretion, a successor Calculation Agent to determine the Alternative Rate and make any Adjustments thereon, and whose determinations will be binding on the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series. If, however, the Company determines that LIBOR has been discontinued, but for any reason an Alternative Rate has not been determined, LIBOR (for purposes of calculating the relevant interest rate) will be equal to such rate on the interest determination date when LIBOR was last available on Bloomberg L.P.’s page “BBAM” and last used to determine the relevant interest rate for the Securities.

Upon request from any Holder of the Securities of this series, the Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate in effect for the current interest period and, if it has been determined, the interest rate to be in effect for the next interest period.

All percentages resulting from any calculation of the interest rate on the Securities of this series will be rounded to the nearest one millionth of a percentage point with five ten millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.8765445% (or .098765445) would be rounded to 9.876545% (or .09876545)), and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on the Securities of this series will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).

The interest rate on the Securities of this series will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.

London Business Day ” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Method of Payment . The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or

 

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more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars.

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

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

 

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

Dated:

 

DowDuPont Inc.
By:  

 

  Name:             
  Title:             

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Date of authentication:     U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

Indenture . This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated November 28, 2018 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of this series and of the terms upon which the Securities of this series are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000.

Optional Redemption . The Securities of this series will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Special Mandatory Redemption . If a Special Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the Company shall redeem all of the Securities of this series in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

No Recourse. Prior to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the assets of Historical Dow, Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries, except to the extent of any specialty products assets that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions, and subsequent to the Separations and Distributions, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries (including their assets or equity and that of their subsidiaries). Additionally, Holders of the Securities of this series will have no recourse (whether legal, equitable or otherwise, including without limitation, any right of attachment, judgment or levy or any recourse to the proceeds from any sale or other disposition thereof) against the direct or indirect equity interest that the Company holds or will hold in Historical Dow, Historical DuPont, Dow, Corteva and/or their respective subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of the Securities of this series will only have recourse against the assets of the Company (and prior to the Separations and Distributions, only recourse against the specialty products assets held by Historical Dow and Historical DuPont and/or their respective subsidiaries that will be part of DuPont after the Separations and Distributions).

 

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Change of Control. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Securities of this series, unless the Company has issued a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice in respect of the Securities of this series in accordance with Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Holders of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and additional multiples of $1,000) of their Securities as set forth in Article V of the First Supplemental Indenture.

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

Restrictive Covenants . The restrictive covenants for this Security are as specified in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit unsecured debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Section 5.01 (Change of Control) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 6.04 (Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets) of the Base Indenture (as amended by Section 6.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture) shall not apply to transactions effected in connection with the Separations and Distributions.

Denominations, Transfer and Exchange . The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

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

 

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

Miscellaneous . The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

All terms used in this Security and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Security

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Principal Amount of

this Global Security
following each

decrease or increase

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee

 

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Exhibit 5.1

November 28, 2018

DowDuPont Inc.

974 Centre Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19805

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel for DowDuPont Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.766% Notes due 2020, $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.205% Notes due 2023, $1,850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.493% Notes due 2025, $2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.725% Notes due 2028, $1,650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.319% Notes due 2038, $2,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.419% Notes due 2048, $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Notes due 2020 and $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Floating Rate Notes due 2023 (collectively, the “Notes”).

In furnishing this opinion, I or a member of my staff have examined and relied upon copies of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company on September 5, 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, the Indenture, dated as of November 28, 2018, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 28, 2018, between the Company and the Trustee, corporate records of the Company (including certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company


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(the “Board of Directors”), certain resolutions of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Pricing Committee”), a written consent of a Pricing Officer of the Pricing Committee and minute books of the Company), certificates of public officials and of representatives of the Company, statutes and other instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to form a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

In connection with this opinion, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by me and the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, I am of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

The opinion set forth above is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

I hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and further consent to the reference to my name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement, which is a part of the Registration Statement.


Very truly yours,

/s/ Stacy L. Fox

Stacy L. Fox

General Counsel and Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Exhibit 5 Opinion ]