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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 25, 2019

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Israel

 

001-16174

 

00-0000000

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5 Basel Street

P.O. Box 3190

Petach Tikva 4951033, Israel

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

+972-3-914-8171

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

American Depositary Shares, each representing one Ordinary Share

 

TEVA

 

New York Stock Exchange

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 25, 2019, (i) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V. (“Teva Finance II”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the “Company”), issued 1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Euro Notes”); and (ii) Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (“Teva Finance III” and, together with Teva Finance II, the “Issuers”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “USD Notes” and, together with the Euro Notes, the “Notes”).

Teva intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes, together with cash on hand, to (i) fund the announced tender offer for a maximum combined aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest but inclusive of tender premium) of up to $1,500,000,000 (ii) partially redeem 650,000,000 of the currently outstanding 1,660,154,000 aggregate principal amount of Teva Finance II’s 0.375% Senior Notes due 2020, (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection therewith and (iv) the extent of any remaining proceeds, for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of outstanding debt.

The Euro Notes were issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Euro Notes Base Indenture”), by and among Teva Finance II, the Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Euro Notes Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Euro Notes Base Indenture, the “Euro Notes Indenture”), by and among Teva Finance II, the Company, as guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent. The USD Notes were issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “USD Notes Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “USD Notes Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the USD Notes Base Indenture, the “USD Notes Indenture” and, together with the Euro Notes Indenture, the “Indentures”), in each case, by and among Teva Finance III, the Company, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

Interest will be payable on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on January 31 and July 31 of each year, beginning on July 31, 2020, until their maturity date of January 31, 2025. The Euro Notes and the USD Notes are senior unsecured obligations of Teva Finance II and Teva Finance III, respectively, and the Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company.

Teva Finance II may redeem the Euro Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon at least 10 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice. The Euro Notes will be redeemable at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the Euro Notes Indenture) of the Euro Notes being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Reinvestment Rate (as defined in the Euro Notes Indenture), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the redemption date; provided that if Teva Finance II elects to redeem the Euro Notes at any time on or after October 31, 2024 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Euro Notes), Teva Finance II may redeem the Euro Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes then outstanding to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.

Teva Finance III may redeem the USD Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon at least 10 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice. The USD Notes will be redeemable at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the USD Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the USD Notes Indenture) of the USD Notes of such series being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), using a discount rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined in the USD Notes Indenture) plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the redemption date; provided that if Teva Finance III elects to redeem the USD Notes at any time on or after October 31, 2024 (three months prior to the maturity date of the USD Notes), Teva Finance III may redeem the USD Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the USD Notes then outstanding to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.


The terms of the Indentures, among other things and subject to specified exceptions, limit the ability of (a) the Company and its subsidiaries to (i) create liens upon certain of their property and (ii) enter into sale-leaseback transactions; and (b) the applicable Issuer and the Company to merge, consolidate or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of their assets. The Indentures provide for customary events of default, which include (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), among others, nonpayment of principal or interest; breach of other covenants or agreements in the Indentures; acceleration of certain other indebtedness; failure of the Company’s guarantee to be enforceable; and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. The Notes were issued in private offerings exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

In connection with the sale of the Euro Notes, Teva Finance II and the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, with the initial purchasers party thereto. In connection with the sale of the USD Notes, Teva Finance III and the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, with the initial purchasers party thereto. Under the terms of each Registration Rights Agreements, the applicable Issuer and the Company agreed to use reasonable best efforts to file a registration statement with respect to a registered exchange offer to exchange the Notes for new notes with terms substantially identical to the Notes, to cause the exchange offer registration statement to be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and to consummate the exchange offer on or before the 365th day after November 25, 2019. The Issuers and the Company may be required to provide shelf registration statements to cover resale of any series of Notes under certain circumstances. If the Issuers and the Company fail to satisfy these and other obligations contained in the Registration Rights Agreements, additional payments of interest will accrue on the Notes.

The foregoing summary descriptions of the Euro Notes Base Indenture, Euro Notes Supplemental Indenture, USD Notes Base Indenture, USD Notes Supplemental Indenture, each series of Notes and the Registration Rights Agreements are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Euro Notes Base Indenture, the Euro Notes Supplemental Indenture, the form of Euro Notes, the Euro Notes Registration Rights Agreement, the USD Notes Base Indenture, the USD Notes Supplemental Indenture, the form of USD Notes and the USD Notes Registration Rights Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
    No.    

   

Description

         
 

4.1*

   

Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.30 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed by the registrant on February 19, 2019).

         
 

4.2

   

Second Supplemental Senior Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent.

         
 

4.3

   

Form of Euro Notes (included in Exhibit 4.2).

         
 

4.4

   

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and the initial purchasers party thereto.

         
 

4.5*

   

Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.27 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed by the registrant on February 19, 2019).

         
 

4.6

   

Second Supplemental Senior Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

         
 

4.7

   

Form of USD Notes (included in Exhibit 4.6).

         
 

4.8

   

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and the initial purchasers party thereto.

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (included within the Inline XBRL document).

*Previously filed.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.

     

By

 

/s/ Kåre Schultz

Name:

 

Kåre Schultz

Title:

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: November 25, 2019

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V.,

as Issuer,

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED,

as Guarantor,

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, LONDON BRANCH,

as Paying Agent

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SENIOR INDENTURE

Dated as of November 25, 2019

to the Senior Indenture dated as of March 14, 2018

 

 

Creating the series of Securities (as defined herein) designated

6.000% Senior Notes due 2025

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE      1  
 

Section 1.1

  Definitions      1  
 

Section 1.2

  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      8  
 

Section 1.3

  Rules of Construction      8  

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEE

     9  
 

Section 2.1

  Title and Terms      9  
 

Section 2.2

  Forms of Notes      9  
 

Section 2.3

  Selling Restrictions; Legends      10  
 

Section 2.4

  Form of Guarantee      14  
 

Section 2.5

  Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Notes      14  
 

Section 2.6

  Transfer and Exchange      15  
 

Section 2.7

  Defaulted Interest      19  
 

Section 2.8

  Execution of Guarantee      20  
 

Section 2.9

  Add On Notes      20  
 

Section 2.10

  ISIN Numbers and Common Codes      21  

ARTICLE 3 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

     22  
 

Section 3.1

  Payment of Additional Tax Amounts      22  
 

Section 3.2

  Stamp Tax      23  
 

Section 3.3

  Corporate Existence      23  
 

Section 3.4

  Certificates of the Issuer and the Guarantor      23  
 

Section 3.5

  Guarantor To Be the Sole Equityholder of the Issuer      23  
 

Section 3.6

  Limitation on Liens      23  
 

Section 3.7

  Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks      24  
 

Section 3.8

  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      24  

ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION OF NOTES

     24  
 

Section 4.1

  Optional Redemption      24  
 

Section 4.2

  Notice of Redemption      25  
 

Section 4.3

  Deposit of Redemption Price      25  
 

Section 4.4

  Tax Redemption      25  

ARTICLE 5 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     26  
 

Section 5.1

  Satisfaction and Discharge      26  

ARTICLE 6 APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT

     26  
 

Section 6.1

  Paying Agent      26  

ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     26  
 

Section 7.1

  Scope of Supplemental Indenture      26  

 

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  Section 7.2   Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes      27  
  Section 7.3   Successors and Assigns of Issuer and Guarantor Bound by Supplemental Indenture      27  
  Section 7.4   Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee, Paying Agent and Holders of Notes      27  
  Section 7.5   Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to be Contained Therein      29  
  Section 7.6   Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays      30  
  Section 7.7   Conflict of any Provisions of Supplemental Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939      30  
  Section 7.8   New York Law to Govern      30  
  Section 7.9   Counterparts      30  
  Section 7.10   Effect of Headings      30  
  Section 7.11   Submission to Jurisdiction      30  
  Section 7.12   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      30  

ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     31  
  Section 8.1   Without Consent of Holders      31  
  Section 8.2   With Consent of Each Affected Holder      31  

 

EXHIBIT A - FORM OF NOTE

     A-1  

EXHIBIT B - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

     B-1  

EXHIBIT C - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB

     C-1  

EXHIBIT D - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO RULE 144

     D-1  

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the Issuer”), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Israel (the “Guarantor”), The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent a Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, providing for the issuance of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2022 and the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2025;

WHEREAS, Section 7.01(h) of the Base Indenture provides that the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form or terms of Securities of a new series;

WHEREAS, the Issuer, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this second supplemental senior indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) to amend and supplement the Base Indenture insofar as it will apply only to the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) issued hereunder (and not to any other series of Securities); and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer, and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with their and its terms;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1    Definitions.

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture unless otherwise indicated. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the following terms are defined as follows:

Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Add On Notes” means any notes originally issued after the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.9, including any replacement notes as specified in the relevant Add On Note Board Resolutions, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture issued therefor in accordance with the Base Indenture.

Additional Tax Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

 

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Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Common Depositary for such Global Note, Euroclear or Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

Authorized Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11.

Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in New York and London; provided that, for purposes of payments on the Notes, a “Business Day” must be a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (TARGET) is operating.

Capital Stock” means:

 

  (1)

in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

  (2)

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

 

  (3)

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

 

  (4)

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.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

Common Depositary” means The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom, as common depositary for Euroclear and/or Clearstream, or any successor Person thereto.

Consolidated Net Worth” means the stockholders’ equity of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor’s latest annual report to stockholders, prepared in accordance with GAAP.

corporation” means corporations, associations, limited liability companies, companies and business trusts or any other similar entity.

Default” means an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note, Add On Note or Exchange Note issued pursuant to the Indenture (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (“Exhibit A”).

Distribution Compliance Period,” with respect to any Note, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Note is first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the date of issuance with respect to such Note or any predecessor of such Note.

Euro” means the lawful single currency of the participating states of the European Union as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

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

 

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Event of Default” with respect to the Notes shall not have the meaning assigned to such term by Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture. An Event of Default with respect to the Notes means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of the principal and premium, if any, on the Notes when it becomes due and payable at Maturity or upon redemption;

(b)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on the Notes when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c)    the Guarantor fails to perform its obligations under the Guarantee relating to the Notes;

(d)    except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, the Guarantee with respect to the Notes is held in any final, non-appealable judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of the Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Guarantee;

(e)    either the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture and the default continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

(f)    (i) the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to make by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, any payment of principal or interest due in respect of any Indebtedness for borrowed money, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is an amount in excess of $250,000,000; or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $250,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, without, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, such Indebtedness having been discharged or such non-payment or acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

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

(h)    the commencement by the Issuer or the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Issuer to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Issuer or the Guarantor, or the filing by the Issuer or the Guarantor of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or the consent by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the filing of such

 

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petition or to the appointment of or the taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by the Issuer or the Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer or the Guarantor expressly in furtherance of any such action.

Except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to the Notes, the references in Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture to “clauses 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c) or 4.01(f) above” shall be construed as references to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this definition and references to Sections 4.01(d) and (e) in the Base Indenture shall be construed as references to clauses (g) and (h) of this definition.

Exchange Notes” means any notes issued in exchange for Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

GAAP” has the meaning given to “generally accepted accounting principles” in the Base Indenture; provided, however, that any change in GAAP that would cause the Guarantor to record an existing item as a liability upon that entity’s balance sheet, which item was not previously required by GAAP to be so recorded, shall not constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture.

Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

  (1)

to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

  (2)

entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Guarantor in respect of the Notes in the form provided in Section 2.4.

Guarantor” means Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Israel, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.

Holder,” “Holder of Notes” or other similar terms means the registered holder of any Note.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

 

  (1)

any liability for borrowed money, or evidenced by an instrument for the payment of money, or incurred in connection with the acquisition of any property, services or assets (including securities), or relating to a capitalized lease obligation, other than accounts payable or any other indebtedness to trade creditors created or assumed by such Person in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;

 

  (2)

obligations under exchange rate contracts or interest rate protection agreements;

 

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  (3)

any obligations to reimburse the Issuer of any letter of credit, surety bond, performance bond or other guarantee of contractual performance;

 

  (4)

any liability of another Person of the type referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this definition which has been assumed or guaranteed by such Person; and

 

  (5)

any obligations described in clauses (1) through (3) of this definition secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person.

Independent Investment Banker” means a bank appointed by the Issuer which is a primary European government security dealer, and any of its successors, or a market maker in pricing corporate bond issues.

Initial Notes” means the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the date hereof, as specified in Section 2.1(a).

Interest Payment Date” means each of January 31 and July 31 of each year, beginning July 31, 2020; provided, however, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date and no interest shall accrue thereon on account of such delay.

Interest Rate” means 6.000% per annum, plus Additional Interest, if any.

Issuer” means Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

Issuer Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by any Officer of the Issuer or a duly authorized Attorney-in-Fact of the Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Maturity” means the date on which the principal of the Notes becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

Note” or “Notes” has the meaning specified to it in the fourth recital paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.

Officer” has the meaning given to “Officer” in the Base Indenture.

Par Call Date” means October 31, 2024 (the date that is three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes).

Paying Agent” means an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment, including The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

Permitted Liens” means:

 

  (1)

Liens existing as of the date when the Issuer first issues the Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture;

 

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  (2)

Liens on property created, incurred or assumed prior to, at the time of or within 120 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or completion of improvement of such property to secure all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving all or any part of such property;

 

  (3)

landlord’s, material men’s, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings;

 

  (4)

Liens existing on any property of any Person at the time such Person became or becomes a subsidiary of the Guarantor (provided that the Lien has not been created or assumed in contemplation of such Person becoming a subsidiary of the Guarantor);

 

  (5)

Liens securing debt owing by a subsidiary to the Guarantor or to one or more of its subsidiaries;

 

  (6)

Liens in favor of any governmental authority of any jurisdiction securing the obligation of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract or payment owed to that entity pursuant to applicable laws, regulations or statutes; or

 

  (7)

any extension, renewal, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (6), inclusive, or the Indebtedness secured thereby; provided, however, that (i) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by said clauses (1) to (6), inclusive, shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement; and (ii) any such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property covered by the Lien extended, renewed, substituted or replaced.

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

Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated November 19, 2019, among the Issuer, Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., the Guarantor and the initial purchasers named in Schedule I thereto.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Record Date” means either a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date, as the case may be.

Redemption Date,” when used with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption.

Redemption Price” when used (a) with respect to the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Supplemental Indenture, means an amount that is equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Reinvestment Rate, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date, provided that if the Redemption Date is on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and (b) with respect to any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Supplemental Indenture, means an amount that is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

 

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Reference Bund” means the 0.000% Federal Government Bond of Bundesrepublik Deutschland due October 18, 2024, with ISIN DE0001141802.

Reference Dealers” means the Independent Investment Banker and each of the three other banks selected by the Issuer which are primary European government security dealers, and their respective successors, or market makers in pricing corporate bond issues.

Registrar” means the office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange.

Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers set forth on Schedule I thereto and (ii) with respect to any Add On Notes, one or more registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the issuance of such Add On Notes in a private offering by the Issuer after the date hereof, as such agreements may be amended from time to time.

Regular Record Date” means the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Reinvestment Rate” means 0.50%, plus the greater of (i) the average of the four quotations given by the Reference Dealers of the mid-market semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable Reference Bund at 11:00 a.m. (Central European time (“CET”)) on the fourth Business Day preceding the Redemption Date and if the applicable Reference Bund is no longer outstanding, a Similar Security will be chosen by the Independent Investment Banker at 11:00 a.m. (CET) on the third Business Day in London preceding such Redemption Date, quoted in writing by the Independent Investment Banker to the Issuer and (ii) zero.

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on such Note as if redeemed on the Par Call Date. If the applicable Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Note will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such Redemption Date.

Restricted Notes Legend” means the Rule 144A Restricted Notes Legend or the Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend, as applicable.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Sale-Leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by the Guarantor or any subsidiary of any property to a Person and the taking back by the Guarantor or any subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such property.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Similar Security” means a reference bond or reference bonds issued by the German Federal Government having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable with the Par Call Date of the Notes 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 Par Call Date of Notes.

Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.7.

Stated Maturity” means the date specified in any Note as the fixed date for the payment of principal on such Note.

 

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subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more other subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition only, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

Taxing Jurisdiction” means, with respect to the Notes, The Netherlands, Israel or any jurisdiction where a successor to the Issuer or the Guarantor is incorporated or organized or considered to be a resident, if other than The Netherlands or Israel, respectively, or any jurisdiction through which payments will be made.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent such amendment is applicable to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended, or any successor statute.

Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any Notes in global form that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.

Unrestricted Global Note” means any Note in global form that does not bear or is not required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S.

Section 1.2    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever the Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

The following TIA terms used in the Indenture have the following meanings:

indenture securities” means the Notes and the Guarantee; and

obligor” on the Notes means the Issuer and on the Guarantee means the Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

Section 1.3    Rules of Construction.

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

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

(2)    all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them under GAAP;

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

(4)    whenever in this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Notes, such

 

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mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest, to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the Notes.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEE

Section 2.1    Title and Terms.

(a)    The Notes shall be known and designated as the “6.000% Senior Notes due 2025” of the Issuer. The aggregate principal amount that may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture of the Notes is limited to €1,000,000,000; except for Add On Notes issued in accordance with Section 2.9 and Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.5. The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of €100,000 principal amount and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess of €100,000.

(b)    The Notes shall mature on January 31, 2025.

(c)    Interest on the Notes shall accrue from November 25, 2019, at the Interest Rate until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date.

(d)    Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

(e)    A Holder of any Note at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(f)    Payments on the Global Notes will be made through the Paying Agent. Payments on the Notes will be made in Euros at the specified office or agency of the Paying Agent; provided that all such payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes deposited with and registered in the name of the Common Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, will be by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified in writing by the holder or holders thereof to the Common Depositary.

(g)    Payments on Definitive Notes, shall be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose, initially the specified office or agency of the Paying Agent and, at the option of the Issuer, may be made by wire transfer to the account specified by the Holder or Holders thereof as notified to the Paying Agent in writing at least 15 days prior to the relevant payment date.

(h) The Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Issuer as provided in Article 4.

Section 2.2    Forms of Notes.

(a)    Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this Section 2.2, the Notes are issuable in fully registered form without coupons in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 2.3. The Notes are not issuable in bearer form. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the Officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any

 

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rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.

(b)    The Notes and the Guarantee are being (i) initially offered and sold by the Issuer to the initial purchasers thereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”) and (2) non-U.S. Persons in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”). Add On Notes may also be considered to be Rule 144A Notes or Regulation S Notes, as applicable. The Rule 144A and the Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, each with the applicable legends as provided in Section 2.3 (each referred to as the “Rule 144A Global Note” and the “Regulation S Global Note,” respectively). The Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and any Unrestricted Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” Each Global Note shall be duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, shall have endorsed thereon the applicable Guarantee executed by the Guarantor and shall be deposited with and registered in the name of the Common Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream. The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar or the Paying Agent, at the direction of the Trustee, as hereinafter provided.

(c)    At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Common Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee at the written direction of the Issuer. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

Section 2.3    Selling Restrictions; Legends.

(a)    Each Global Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Global Notes Legend”):

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE COMMON DEPOSITARY HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

(b)    Except as permitted by this Section 2.3, Section 2.6(d) and Section 2.6(g), each Rule 144A Global Note and each Definitive Note, if applicable, shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following applicable form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Rule 144A Restricted Notes Legend”):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V. (THE “ISSUER”) OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (THE “GUARANTOR”) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL AND TO COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE

 

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IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE AND (III) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

THIS LEGEND SHALL ONLY BE REMOVED AT THE OPTION OF THE ISSUER.

(c)    The Regulation S Global Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following applicable form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend”):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND SHALL CEASE TO APPLY UPON THE EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD OF 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THE NOTES OF THE TRANCHE OF WHICH THIS NOTE FORMS A PART.

(d)    Each Definitive Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following form (the “Definitive Notes Legend”):

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

(e)    Each Note shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “ERISA Legend”):

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (A) SUCH HOLDER IS NOT ACQUIRING, HOLDING OR DISPOSING OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR (III) ANY ENTITY OR ACCOUNT WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT; OR (B)(1) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY SUCH HOLDER WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS AND (2) IF SUCH PURCHASER IS SUBJECT TO ERISA OR

 

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SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, THE DECISION TO ACQUIRE THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) HAS BEEN MADE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY (A “PLAN FIDUCIARY”) WHO IS INDEPENDENT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS AND ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TRANSACTION PARTIES”), WHICH PLAN FIDUCIARY (I) IS A FIDUCIARY UNDER ERISA, THE CODE OR BOTH WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER’S DECISION TO PURCHASE THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (II) IS NOT, IN THE CASE OF AN IRA, THE IRA OWNER, (III) IS CAPABLE OF EVALUATING INVESTMENT RISKS INDEPENDENTLY, BOTH IN GENERAL AND WITH REGARD TO THE INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (IV) HAS EXERCISED INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT IN EVALUATING WHETHER TO INVEST THE ASSETS OF SUCH PURCHASER IN THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (V) IS A BANK, INSURANCE CARRIER, REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER, REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT FIDUCIARY WITH AT LEAST $50 MILLION OF ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, AND (VI) THE PLAN FIDUCIARY IS NOT (NOR IS THE PURCHASER) PAYING ANY FEE OR OTHER COMPENSATION TO THE TRANSACTION PARTIES FOR INVESTMENT ADVICE (AS OPPOSED TO OTHER SERVICES) IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN).

(f)    Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and the Definitive Notes Legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 and provides such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(g)    After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Add On Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to such Initial Notes or Add On Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes or Add On Notes shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such Initial Notes or Add On Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

(h)    Upon the consummation of an Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes or Add On Notes pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Notes or Add On Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes or Add On Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes or Add On Notes that Initial Notes or Add On Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply, and Exchange Notes in global form without the Restricted Notes Legend shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes or Add On Notes in such Exchange Offer.

(i)    Any Add On Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(j)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, in no event shall a Definitive Note be delivered upon exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Note subject to the Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend prior to the end of the Distribution Compliance Period.

 

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Section 2.4    Form of Guarantee.

A Guarantee substantially in the following form shall be endorsed on the reverse of each Note:

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the “Guarantor”) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Holder of this Note (the “Guarantee”) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of this Note and of the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees that in the case of default by the Issuer in the payment of any such principal or interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), the Guarantor shall duly and punctually pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Note, any modification of this Note, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Note or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of this Note or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to this Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Note except by payment in full of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Issuer with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Issuer in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment, in each case, until the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note shall have been paid in full.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Note until the certificate of authentication on this Note shall have been signed by the Trustee.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has caused the Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized Officer.

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
By  

 

Section 2.5    Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Notes.

(a)    The Global Notes initially shall be deposited with and registered in the name of the Common Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream.

(b)    Members of, or participants in, Euroclear or Clearstream (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by Euroclear or Clearstream, or the Common Depositary, or under such Global Note, and the Common Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any of their respective agents as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by Euroclear or Clearstream or impair, as between Euroclear or Clearstream and the Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of Euroclear or Clearstream governing the

 

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exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. With respect to any Global Note deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Notes represented thereby with the Common Depositary for credit to their respective accounts (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at Euroclear or Clearstream, the provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “Management Regulations” and “Instructions to Participants” of Clearstream, respectively, shall be applicable to the Global Notes.

(c)    The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Euroclear or Clearstream or its nominee, Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Notes.

(d)    A Global Note may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Common Depositary (or its nominee by a nominee of the Common Depositary to the Common Depositary or to another nominee of the Common Depositary, or by the Common Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Common Depositary or a nominee of such successor Common Depositary), and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream.

(e)    Except as provided in Sections 2.5(f) and 2.6, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

(f)    If at any time:

(1)    either Euroclear or Clearstream notifies the Issuer in writing that it is no longer willing or able to continue to act as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary for the Global Notes is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days of such notice;

(2)    an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and enforcement action is being taken in respect thereof under their Indenture and the Registrar has received a request from Euroclear or Clearstream on behalf of their Agent Members for the issuance of Definitive Notes in exchange for such Global Note or Global Notes; or

(3)    the Issuer, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to exchange in whole, but not in part, the Global Note for Definitive Notes; such Global Note or Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such Global Note or Global Notes, Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note or Global Notes. Such Definitive Notes shall be registered in such names as Euroclear or Clearstream shall identify in writing as the beneficial owners of the Notes represented by such Global Note or Global Notes (or any nominee thereof).

(g)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transfer of beneficial interests in a Global Note to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to Section 2.5(f), the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in such Global Note to be transferred.

Section 2.6    Transfer and Exchange.

(a)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar with a written request:

 

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to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes, or

 

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(ii)    to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(1)    shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

(2)    in the case of Transfer Restricted Notes, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 2.6(b) or otherwise in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend, and are accompanied by a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

(b)    Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, together with:

(i)    a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto, and

(ii)    written instructions directing the Trustee to make an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Common Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

the Paying Agent shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If the applicable Global Note is not then outstanding, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee or its authenticating agent shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer ’s Certificate, a new applicable Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(c)    Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i)    The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.6(d), if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or another Global Note, and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

 

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(ii)    If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

(iii)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.6 (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.5(f)), a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole and not in part if the transfer is 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.

(iv)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit B or any additional certification.

(v)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit C or any additional certification.

(vi)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein pursuant to Rule 144 shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit D or any additional certification.

(d)    Restrictions on Transfer of Global Notes; Voluntary Exchange of Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes for Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.

(i)    Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through another Transfer Restricted Global Note shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

(ii)    During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the Restricted Notes Legend on such Regulation S Global Note and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States of America. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note shall be made only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the

 

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form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers. Such written certifications shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period. Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

(iii)    Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note upon certification in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for an exchange from a Regulation S Global Note to an Unrestricted Global Note.

(iv)    Beneficial interests in a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Rule 144A Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act and/or upon delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(v)    If no Unrestricted Global Note is outstanding at the time of a transfer contemplated by the preceding clauses (iii) and (iv), the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee or its authenticating agent shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, a new Unrestricted Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(e)    Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i)    To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

(ii)    No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.11 and 11.02 of the Base Indenture).

(iii)    Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv)    All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(v)    In order to effect any transfer or exchange of an interest in any Transfer Restricted Note for an interest in a Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and has not been registered under the Securities Act, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an opinion of counsel, in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in respect of such exchange or transfer or the re-sale of such interest by the beneficial holder thereof, shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar and the Trustee.

 

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(f)    No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i)    The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to the Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii)    The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) 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 the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(iii)    Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(g)    Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Officer ’s Certificate or an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Global Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amounts of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that provide in the applicable letters of transmittal such certifications as are required by the Registration Rights Agreement and applicable law, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that provide in the applicable letters of transmittal such certification as are required by the Registration Rights Agreement and applicable law, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Notes with the Restricted Notes Legend to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of the Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with the Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

Section 2.7    Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuer fails to make a payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Note when due and payable (“Defaulted Interest”), it shall pay such Defaulted Interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the Defaulted Interest, in any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such Defaulted Interest, plus any such interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of the Notes on which the interest is due on a subsequent Special Record Date. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in

 

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writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Note. The Issuer shall fix any such Special Record Date and payment date for such payment. At least 15 days before any such Special Record Date, the Issuer shall deliver to Holders affected thereby, with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, a notice that states the Special Record Date, the Interest Payment Date and amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.8    Execution of Guarantee.

The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantee in substantially the form above recited to be endorsed on each Note. If the Issuer shall execute Definitive Notes in accordance with Section 2.5, the Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in substantially the form above recited to be endorsed on each Note. The Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor. The signature of any Officer on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

In case any Officer of the Guarantor who shall have signed the Guarantee endorsed on a Note shall cease to be such Officer before the Note so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Guarantee had not ceased to be such Officer of the Guarantor; and any Guarantee endorsed on a Note may be signed on behalf of the Guarantor by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Guarantee, shall be the proper Officers of the Guarantor, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.

Section 2.9    Add On Notes.

The Issuer may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture Add On Notes having terms identical to those of the Outstanding Notes, except that Add On Notes:

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

(b)    may have a different first Interest Payment Date after issuance than other Outstanding Notes;

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

(d)    may have a different issue price;

(e)    may have a different CUSIP or ISIN number if such Add On Notes are not fungible with the Notes then outstanding for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(f)    may have terms specified in Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture for such Add On Notes making appropriate adjustments to this Article 2 and Exhibit A (and related definitions), as the case may be, applicable to such Add On Notes in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws) and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to such Add On Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Notes (other than such Add On Notes) and which shall not affect the rights, benefits, immunities or duties of the Trustee.

 

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In authenticating any Add On Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under the Indenture in relation to such Add On Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(a)    the Add On Note Board Resolutions, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture relating thereto, setting forth the form and terms of the Add On Notes;

(b)    an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 7.5; and

(c)    an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 7.5 stating,

(1)    that the forms of the Notes have been established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, as permitted by this Section 2.9 and in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture;

(2)    that the terms of the Notes have been established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, as permitted by this Section 2.9 and in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture; and

(3)    that the Notes and the related Guarantee, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer and the Guarantor in the manner provided for herein and in the Base Indenture and the Guarantee, respectively, subject to any customary conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor, respectively, entitled to the benefits provided in this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that the enforcement of such obligations may be subject to bankruptcy laws or insolvency laws or other similar laws, general principles of equity and such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude are customary or do not materially affect the rights of the Holders of the Notes.

If such forms or terms have been so established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes:

(1)    if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken;

(2)    if the Trustee in good faith determines that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any Outstanding Notes; or

(3)    if the issue of such Add On Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, benefits and immunities under the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.9, the Issuer may not issue Add On Notes if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 2.10    ISIN Numbers and Common Codes.

The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “ISIN” Numbers (if then generally in use) and common codes, and, if so, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall use “ISIN” numbers and common codes in notices of redemption and other notices to the Holders as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of any change in the “ISIN” numbers or common codes.

 

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ARTICLE 3

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

In addition to the covenants set forth in Article 3 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall be subject to the additional covenants set forth in this Article 3.

Section 3.1    Payment of Additional Tax Amounts.

With respect to the Notes, Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture is not applicable. All payments of interest and principal by the Issuer under the Notes and by the Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In the event that the Issuer or the Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct on account of any such Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will (a) withhold or deduct such amounts, (b) pay such additional tax amounts so that the net amounts received by each Holder or beneficial owner of the relevant Notes will equal the amount such Holder or beneficial owner would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted (“Additional Tax Amounts”) and (c) pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant tax or other authority in accordance with applicable law, except that no such Additional Tax Amounts shall be payable in respect of any Note:

(1)    to the extent that such Taxes are imposed or levied by reason of such Holder (or the beneficial owner) having some present or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere holding (or beneficial ownership) of such Note or receiving principal or interest payments on the Notes (including but not limited to citizenship, nationality, residence, domicile, or the existence of a business, permanent establishment, a dependent agent, a place of business or a place of management present or deemed present in the Taxing Jurisdiction);

(2)    in respect of any Taxes that would not have been so withheld or deducted but for the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes to make a declaration of non-residence, or any other claim or filing for exemption to which it is entitled or otherwise comply with any reasonable certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction if (a) compliance is required by applicable law, regulation, administrative practice or treaty as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the Taxes, (b) the Holder (or beneficial owner) is able to comply with these requirements without undue hardship and (c) the Issuer has given the Holders (or beneficial owners) at least 30 calendar days prior notice that they will be required to comply with such requirement;

(3)    to the extent that such Taxes are imposed by reason of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal property taxes imposed with respect to the Notes, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture;

(4)    to the extent that any such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the presentation of the Notes, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Tax Amounts had the Notes been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

 

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(5)    in respect of any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471-1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, or any judicial or administrative interpretations of any of the foregoing; or

(6)    any combination of items 1 through 5 above.

For purposes of this Section 3.1, “Taxes” means, with respect to payments on the Notes, all taxes, withholdings, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax.

Section 3.2    Stamp Tax.

The Issuer and the Guarantor will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument in relation thereto.

Section 3.3    Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 8 of the Base Indenture and subject to the ability of the Issuer or the Guarantor to convert (or similar action) to another form of legal entity under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the Issuer or the Guarantor then exists, each of the Guarantor and the Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Issuer and the Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise if the Issuer and the Guarantor determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 3.4    Certificates of the Issuer and the Guarantor.

The Issuer will furnish to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer as to the signer’s knowledge of the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture). In the event the Issuer comes to have actual knowledge of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, regardless of the date, the Issuer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee specifying such Default and the nature and status thereof.

Section 3.5    Guarantor To Be the Sole Equityholder of the Issuer.

So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Guarantor or its successor will directly or indirectly own all of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Issuer.

Section 3.6    Limitation on Liens.

The Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, upon any of its property (including any shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any subsidiary) to secure any other Indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or any subsidiary, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Notes outstanding (together with, if the Guarantor so determines, any other Indebtedness by the Guarantor or any subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes or the Guarantee) shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness for so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so secured unless, after giving effect to such Lien, the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness then outstanding (excluding Indebtedness secured solely by Permitted Liens) plus the value (as defined in Section 3.7) of all Sale-Leaseback Transactions (other than those described in clause (a) or clause (b) of Section 3.7) then outstanding would not exceed 10% of the Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Worth.

 

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Section 3.7    Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks.

The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any subsidiary to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction after the date of this Supplemental Indenture unless:

(a)    the Sale-Leaseback Transaction:

(1)    involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than five years;

(2)    occurs within 270 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or completion of improvement of such property; or

(3)    is with the Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries; or

(b)    the Guarantor or any subsidiary, within 270 days after the Sale-Leaseback Transaction shall have occurred, applies or causes to be applied an amount equal to the value of the property so sold and leased back at the time of entering into such arrangement to the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any subsidiary that is not subordinated to the Notes and that has a Stated Maturity of more than twelve months; or

(c)    the Guarantor or such subsidiary would be entitled pursuant to Section 3.6 to create, incur, issue or assume Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property without equally and ratably securing the Notes.

As used in this Section 3.7, the term “value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, as of any particular time an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of sale of the property leased pursuant to such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, or (ii) the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such Sale-Leaseback Transaction as determined by the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator is the number of full years of remaining term of the lease (without regard to renewal options) and the denominator is the full years of the full term of the lease (without regard to renewal options).

Section 3.8    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

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

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 4.1    Optional Redemption.

The Issuer may at its option redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on any date prior to the Stated Maturity, upon notice as set forth in Section 4.2, at the Redemption Price.

 

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Section 4.2    Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes to be redeemed shall be given by delivering notice of such redemption, on at least 10 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice delivered by electronic transmission, first-class mail, postage prepaid, at their respective addresses as they appear on the registration books of the Registrar, with a copy of such notice delivered to the Trustee. The notice of redemption of the Notes to be redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, delivered to the Trustee at least five Business Days before the date such notice is to be given to Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. For so long as the Notes are listed on Euronext Dublin and the rules of Euronext Dublin so require, the Issuer shall publish a notice of redemption in a daily newspaper with general circulation in Ireland (which is expected to be the Irish Times). Such notice of redemption may instead be published on the website of the Euronext Dublin.

Notice of any redemption of the Notes in connection with a corporate transaction (including an equity offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or a change of control) may, at the Issuer ’s discretion, be given prior to the completion thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related transaction. If such redemption or purchase is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded or the Redemption Date delayed in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date. In addition, the Issuer may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, in which case a portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. In the case of a Global Note, an appropriate notation will be made on such Note to decrease the principal amount thereof to an amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof. Subject to the terms of the redemption notice (including any conditions contained therein), Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption, unless the redemption price is not paid on the Redemption Date.

Section 4.3    Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price in respect of all the Notes to be redeemed on that Redemption Date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and subject to the rules of the applicable depositary.

Section 4.4    Tax Redemption.

(a)    If, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or in any Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or any change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, is or will be obligated to pay any Additional Tax Amounts with respect to the Notes, and if the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, after taking reasonable measures available to it, then at the option of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, the Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon the giving not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (1) no notice of such tax redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective

 

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successors), as the case may be, would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay such Additional Tax Amounts were a payment on the Notes then due, and (2) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Tax Amounts remains in effect. The notice of tax redemption shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request delivered to the Trustee at least five Business Days before the date such notice is to be given to Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

(b)    Not less than five Business Days (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee) before any notice of tax redemption pursuant to Section 4.4(a) is given to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, shall deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, to so redeem have occurred or have been satisfied and (ii) an opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized standing to that effect based on the statement of facts. Such notice, once given to the Trustee, shall be irrevocable.

ARTICLE 5

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 5.1    Satisfaction and Discharge.

(a)    With respect to the Notes, Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture is not applicable.

(b)    The Issuer and the Guarantor may satisfy and discharge their obligations under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Notes while the Notes remain outstanding, if (a) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity, or (b) all Outstanding Notes have been called for redemption, and in either case, the Issuer has deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and discharge all Outstanding Notes on the date of their scheduled Maturity or the scheduled Redemption Date.

ARTICLE 6

APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT

Section 6.1    Paying Agent.

The Issuer hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, to act as Paying Agent. In connection with its appointment and acting hereunder, the Paying Agent is entitled to all the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, benefits and indemnities provided to the Trustee under the Indenture.

ARTICLE 7

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 7.1    Scope of Supplemental Indenture.

(a)    The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall only be applicable with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued by the Issuer under the Base Indenture. Other than such, changes, modifications and supplements, the Base Indenture is incorporated by reference herein and affirmed in all respects.

 

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Section 7.2    Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes.

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or in the Notes or the Guarantee, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.3    Successors and Assigns of Issuer and Guarantor Bound by Supplemental Indenture.

All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 7.4    Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee, Paying Agent and Holders of Notes

Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Supplemental Indenture is required or permitted to be given or delivered to or by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or by the Holders of Notes to the Issuer or the Guarantor shall be in writing in the English language and may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address is filed with the Trustee and the Paying Agent) as follows:

If to the Issuer:

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V.

Piet Heinkade 107, 1019 GM

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Attention: Managing Director

Fax: +972-39-062501

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

1090 Horsham Road

North Wales, PA 19454

Attention: David M. Stark

Fax: +1 (215) 293-6499

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff, P.C.

        Ross M. Leff, P.C.

Fax: +1 (212) 446-4900

If to the Guarantor:

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

5 Basel Street, P.O. Box 3190

Petach Tikva 4951033 Israel

Attention: Corporate Treasurer

Facsimile: +972-3-914-8678

 

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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

1090 Horsham Road

North Wales, PA 19454

Attention: David M. Stark

Fax: +1 (215) 591-8811

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff, P.C.

        Ross M. Leff, P.C.

Fax: +1 (212) 446-4900

Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Holder of Notes to or upon the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail as follows:

If to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Global Finance Unit

Fax: (212) 815-2830

If to the Paying Agent:

The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch

One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5AL

United Kingdom

Attn: Manager Corporate Trust Services

Fax: +44 207 964 2536

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to the Trustee.

The Trustee also agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to the Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods.

The Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice to each other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication to the Issuer or the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered or if delivered electronically, in pdf format or if telecopied; and seven calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee). Any notice or communication to the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall be deemed delivered upon receipt.

Where this Supplemental Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing, in the English language, and delivered to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it appears in the register of the Notes. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, personal delivery, telecopy or electronic delivery, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed or delivered, to any particular Holder shall affect the

 

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

In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer, the Guarantor or Holders of Notes when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the Base Indenture or in the Notes, where this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to Euroclear or Clearstream electronically or by other method in accordance with the procedures thereof.

Section 7.5    Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to be Contained Therein.

Upon any application or demand by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate or Guarantor’s Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Supplemental Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Supplemental Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Issuer or the Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by an Officer of Officers of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Issuer or the Guarantor or of counsel 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 in the employ of the Issuer, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

 

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Section 7.6    Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.

If the date of maturity of interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) on or principal of the Notes or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Note shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) shall accrue for the period after such date.

Section 7.7    Conflict of any Provisions of Supplemental Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

If and to the extent that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Supplemental Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA (an “incorporated provision”), such incorporated provision shall control.

Section 7.8    New York Law to Govern.

This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State.

Section 7.9    Counterparts.

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

Section 7.10    Effect of Headings.

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

Section 7.11    Submission to Jurisdiction.

Each of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Paying Agent and the Trustee agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Supplemental Indenture may be instituted in any federal or state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court in any law suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding or the parties hereto have any obligation under this Supplemental Indenture, shall have an authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) in the United States upon whom process may be served in any such legal action or proceeding. Service of process upon such agent and written notice of such service mailed or delivered to it shall to the extent permitted by law be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such legal action or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantor each hereby appoints Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (1090 Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454) as its agent for such purposes, and covenants and agrees that service of process in any legal action or proceeding may be made upon it at such office of such agent. The Issuer will provide written notice to the Trustee of any change in the Authorized Agent. In the event that any Authorized Agent resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of so acting, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Authorized Agent and shall notify the Trustee in writing of such change in Authorized Agent.

Section 7.12    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 

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ARTICLE 8

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 8.1    Without Consent of Holders.

(a)    Sections 7.01(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), (n), (q) and (r) of the Base Indenture are not applicable with respect to the Notes.

(b)    In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture as amended by Section 7.1(a) above, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder for one or more of the following purposes:

(1)    to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission or correct or supplement any provision contained herein, in the Base Indenture, in any supplemental indenture or in the Notes which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; provided that such amendment, modification or supplement shall not, in the good faith opinion of the Issuer’s managing and supervisory directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect; provided, further, that any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture to the description of the Notes contained in the Issuer’s Offering Memorandum dated November 19, 2019 will not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

(2)    to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or the Guarantor hereunder;

(3)    to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;

(4)    to authorize the issuance of Add On Notes of Notes pursuant to Section 2.9; and

(5)    to add or modify any other provision of the Indenture which the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 8.2    With Consent of Each Affected Holder.

In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 7.02 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may not amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes for one or more of the following purposes without the consent of each Holder so affected:

(a)    to modify the Guarantor’s obligation to own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding Capital Stock or membership interests, as applicable, of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(b)    to modify any provision of Article 4 relating to redemption of Notes;

(c)    to modify the Guarantee in a manner that would adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes; and

(d)    to reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding necessary (i) to modify, amend or supplement the Base Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or (ii) to waive any past default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Base Indenture.

 

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

 

Very truly yours,
TEVAPHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE
NETHERLANDS II B.V.,
as Issuer
By:  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Authorized Representative
By:  

/s/ David Vrhovec

Name:   David Vrhovec
Title:   Authorized Representative
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRIES LIMITED, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Kåre Schultz

Name:   Kåre Schultz
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer

 

(Signature Page Supplemental Indenture (Euro))


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Wanda Camacho

Name:   Wanda Camacho
Title:   Vice President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

LONDON BRANCH, as Paying Agent

By:  

/s/ Wanda Camacho

Name:   Wanda Camacho
Title:   Vice President

 

(Signature Page Supplemental Indenture (EUR))


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE]

[Insert Global Notes Legend, Restricted Notes Legend, Definitive Notes Legend and ERISA Legend, as applicable]

 

No.[●]    €[●] [as revised by the Schedule of Increases or
   Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]1

ISIN No. [●]

GLOBAL NOTE

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V.

6.000% Senior Notes due 2025

Payment of Principal, Interest and Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if

any, Unconditionally

Guaranteed By

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

This Global Note is in respect of an issue of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the Issuer”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Senior Indenture hereinafter referred to), and issued pursuant to a base indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) and as further supplemented by a second supplemental senior indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Paying Agent. Unless the context otherwise requires, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture.

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [●] Euros (€[●]) on January 31, 2025, and to pay interest on such principal amount in Euros at the rate of 6.000% per annum, computed on a basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months, from the date hereof until payment of such principal amount has been made or duly provided for, such interest to be paid semi-annually in arrears on January 31 and July 31 of each year, commencing July 31, 2020. The interest so payable on January 31 and July 31 (each an “Interest Payment Date”) will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.

The Issuer shall also pay all Additional Interest, if any, on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the same manner as interest is paid on the Notes and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

 

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

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE

NETHERLANDS II B.V.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 described in the within-named Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee

By:

 

 

Authorized Signatory

Dated:

 

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the “Guarantor”) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Holder of this Note (the “Guarantee”) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of this Note and of the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees that in the case of default by the Issuer in the payment of any such principal or interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), the Guarantor shall duly and punctually pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Note, any modification of this Note, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Note or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of this Note or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to this Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Note except by payment in full of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Issuer with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Issuer in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment, in each case, until the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note shall have been paid in full.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Note until the certificate of authentication on this Note shall have been signed by the Trustee.

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has caused the Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
LIMITED
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V.

6.000% Senior Note due 2025

Payment of Principal, Interest and Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if

any, Unconditionally

Guaranteed By

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.

Principal and Interest.

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.000% per annum from November 25, 2019 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 31 and July 31 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing July 31, 2020. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, interest will be payable on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date and no interest shall accrue thereon on account of such delay.

Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

A Holder of any Note at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

2.

Payment of Additional Interest.

The Issuer shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the same manner as interest is paid on the Notes and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion of Additional Interest, the following definitions are applicable:

“Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers set forth on Schedule I thereto and (ii) with respect to any Add On Notes, one or more registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the issuance of such Add On Notes in a private offering by the Issuer after the date hereof, as such agreements may be amended from time to time.

 

3.

Method of Payment.

Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date for such interest.

Payments on the Global Notes will be made through the Paying Agent. Payments on the Notes will be made in Euros at the specified office or agency of the Paying Agent; provided that all such payments with respect to Notes represented by one or more Global Notes deposited with and registered in the name of the

 

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Common Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, will be by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified in writing by the holder or holders thereof to the Common Depositary.

 

4.

Paying Agent and Registrar.

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Supplemental Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AL, United Kingdom as Paying Agent.

 

5.

Supplemental Indentures and Indenture.

The Issuer issued this Note under a Base Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) and as further supplemented by a second supplemental senior indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Paying Agent. The terms of the Note include those stated in the Indenture, and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”). This Note is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.

 

6.

Optional Redemption.

The Issuer may at its option redeem this Note, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on any date prior to the Stated Maturity, upon notice as set forth in Section 4.2 of the Supplemental Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) of the Notes being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the applicable Reinvestment Rate, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture); provided that if the Redemption Date is on or after October 31, 2024 (three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes), the Redemption Price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

On and after the Redemption Date, interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption will be given by the Issuer to the Holders as provided in the Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.

Tax Redemption.

If, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or in any Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or any change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issuance of the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, is or will be obligated to pay any Additional Tax Amount with respect to the Notes, and if the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective

 

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successors), as the case may be, after taking reasonable measures available to it, then at the option of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, the Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon the giving not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (1) no notice of such tax redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay such Additional Tax Amounts were a payment on the Notes then due, and (2) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Tax Amounts remains in effect.

 

8.

Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are issuable in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of €100,000 principal amount and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess of €100,000. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Issuer or the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes.

The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Note for a period of 15 days next preceding the first delivery of notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed, (b) any Notes selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Note where notice has been given that such Note is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed or (c) any Notes between a record date and the next succeeding payment date.

In the event of redemption of the Notes in part only, in the case of a Global Note, the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes may be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Depositary or, if necessary, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof.

 

9.

Holders to be Treated as Owners.

The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

10.

Unclaimed Money.

Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, and the Holder of such Note shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

 

11.

Satisfaction and Discharge.

The Issuer and the Guarantor may satisfy and discharge their obligations under the Indenture while the Notes remain outstanding, if (a) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity, or (b) all Outstanding Notes have been called for redemption, and in either case, the Issuer has deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and discharge all Outstanding Notes on the date of their scheduled Maturity or the scheduled Redemption Date.

 

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12.

Supplement; Waiver.

Without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (or such lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the

Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note.

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

 

13.

Defaults and Remedies.

The Indenture provides that an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs when any of the following occurs:

(a)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of the principal and premium, if any, of any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable at Maturity or upon redemption;

(b)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c)    the Guarantor fails to perform its obligations under the Guarantee;

(d)    except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, the Guarantee is held in any final, non-appealable judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of the Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Guarantee;

(e)    either the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or the Indenture and the default continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

(f)    (i) the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to make by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, any payment of principal or interest due in respect of any Indebtedness for borrowed money, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is an amount in excess of $250,000,000; or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $250,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, without, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, such Indebtedness having been discharged or such non-payment or acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; or

(g)    the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or Guarantor as specified in the Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

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14.

Authentication.

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee (or authenticating agent) executes the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

15.

ISIN Numbers and Common Codes.

The Issuer has caused ISIN numbers and Common Codes to be printed on this Note and, therefore, the Trustee shall use ISIN numbers and Common Codes in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. Any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

 

16.

Governing Law.

The Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture and this Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

17.

Successor Corporation.

In the event a successor corporation legal entity assumes all the obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantor under this Note, pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Indenture, the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from all such obligations.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

 

 
 

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

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

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

 

and irrevocably appoint                  to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated:                                       Your Name:                                                                                                            
  (Print your name exactly as it appears on the face of this
  Note)
  Your Signature:                                                                                                      
  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this
  Note)
  Signature Guarantee*:

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES

This certificate relates to €         principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) book-entry or         definitive form by the undersigned.

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee or its agent by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in a Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) in accordance with the Indenture; or

 

has requested the Trustee or its agent by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

  (1)    ☐

to the Issuer, the Guarantor or any subsidiary thereof; or

 

  (2)    ☐

to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or

 

  (3)    ☐

pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or

 

  (4)    ☐

to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or

 

  (5)    ☐

pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States of America within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and if the transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Notes shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream); or

 

  (6)    ☐

pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee or its agent will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (6) is checked, the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee or its agent may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

   

 

Your Signature

Date:                                 

 

    Signature of Signature Guarantor

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Date:                               
     

 

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

      Name:
      Title:
      Signature Guarantee*:                                                               

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is €[●]. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

 

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note following

such decrease or

increase

 

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

                    
       
       

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER

PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V.

 

Re:

6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent and as further supplemented by the second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed sale of €                aggregate principal amount of the Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note:, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(a)    the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States

(b)    either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

(c)    no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(d)    the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(e)    we are the beneficial owner of the principal amount of Notes being transferred.

In addition, if the sale is made during a Distribution Compliance Period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2), as the case may be.

 

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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this letter have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V.

 

Re:

6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent and as further supplemented by a second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to €                 aggregate principal amount of Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note:        , which represents an interest in a Regulation S Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned (the “Transferor”) to effect the transfer of such Notes in exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note.

In connection with such request, and with respect to such Notes, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Notes for its own account or an account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee, as well as any such account, is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER

PURSUANT TO RULE 144

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V.

 

Re:

6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent and as further supplemented by the second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Paying Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed sale of €                aggregate principal amount of the Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note:, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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Exhibit 4.4

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 25, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Nether lands II B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Company”), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a company organized under the laws of Israel (the “Guarantor”), and the initial purchasers listed on Schedule I hereto (each an “Initial Purchaser” and collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), for which BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Goldman Sachs International are acting as representatives (each a “Representative ” and collectively, the “Representatives”).

The Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule I hereto are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated November 19, 2019 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes” and, together with the Guarantee (as defined below), the “Securities”).

As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

The Notes will be issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantor on a senior unsecured basis.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

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

Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantor of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities” shall mean senior unsecured notes issued under the Indenture by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantor containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of the applicable Registrable Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.


FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

Guarantee ” shall mean the guarantee of the Notes and guarantee of the Exchange Securities, by the Guarantor under the Indenture.

Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Holder Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indenture ” shall mean the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as supplemented by (i) the First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent, (ii) the Second Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent, and (iii) as may be amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.

Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

Paying Agent” shall mean any paying agent appointed under the Indenture.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including (i) any preliminary prospectus and (ii) any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus

 

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supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities become eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a Person that is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) such Securities are sold under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Securities relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or (iv) such Securities cease to be outstanding.

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to the performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, which firm shall be selected by the Underwriters or the Majority Holders), (iii) the costs incident to the preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee, any Paying Agent and their counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantor and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding any or all fees and expenses of advisors or counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Additional Interest Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

 

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Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post- effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

Target Registration Date” shall mean the date which is 365 days after the Closing Date.

Trigger Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Trustee ” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be filed with the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement became effective for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than the Target Registration Date (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

The Company and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days (in accordance with the Exchange Act) from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;

(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission

 

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or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, such other information as may be reasonably required to identify the Securities to be withdrawn and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantor prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor or, if it is such an “affiliate,” such Holder will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such Holder will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any broker-dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under SEC policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in the Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. no-action letter (available June 5, 1991) and the Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation no-action letter (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantor shall:

(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities validly tendered by such Holder and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff and customary conditions relating to the delivery of Securities or other actions customarily taken by Holders participating in the Exchange Offer or the execution and delivery of customary documentation relating to the Exchange Offer.

(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantor determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) a Holder participating in the Exchange Offer does not receive Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of

 

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the Securities Act) and notifies (a “Holder Notice”) the Company within 30 days after such Holder first becomes aware of such restrictions, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iv) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed, as soon as practicable after such determination, date, Holder Notice or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective.

In the event that the Company and the Guarantor are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) above with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantor agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of one year from the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement or such shorter period that will terminate when the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantor further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantor agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c) The Company and the Guarantor shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(iii) hereof, is not effective by the Target Registration Date, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the Target Registration Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes effective, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum. In the event that the Company receives a Holder Notice or Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) or 2(b)(iv), and the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (x) the Target Registration Date or (y) 90 days after delivery of such Holder Notice or Shelf Request (such later date, the “Shelf Additional Interest Date”), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90 -day period payable commencing from one day after the Shelf Additional Interest Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum.

 

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If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 60th such date, the “Trigger Date”), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the Trigger Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum, and ending on such date that the Shelf Registration Statement is again effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. Such additional interest shall accrue as liquidated damages on the principal amount of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be. Any additional interest required to be paid by the Company pursuant to Section 2(d) shall be referred to as “Additional Interest.”

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Additional Interest is the sole and exclusive remedy available to Holders due to a registration default, so long as the Company and the Guarantor are acting in good faith hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to satisfying their obligations.

3. Registration Procedures.

(a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall as soon as reasonably practicable possible:

(i) use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantor, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii) use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts, upon written request, to furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in writing in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantor consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

 

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(v) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use their reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and use their reasonable best efforts to do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) and (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be required;

(vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), including by filing an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form, as promptly as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post- effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested in writing);

(ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and

 

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enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least three Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(x) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantor shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantor have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

(xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement and does not name the Holders of Registrable Securities in their capacity as such), provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantor as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantor shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus and does not name the Holders of Registrable Securities in their capacity as such), of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after receipt thereof;

(xii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xiii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee and any Paying Agent to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

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(xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and one firm of accountants designated by a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration and any attorneys (but no more than one counsel acting for all such Holders) and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantor to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant to conduct reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that the foregoing investigation and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of such parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such parties; and provided further that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter;

(xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;

(xvi) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and

(xvii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, in an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when required by the applicable underwriting agreement, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantor (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration

 

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Statement) addressed to each selling Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; it being agreed that the representations and warranties, opinions of counsel and comfort letters delivered in connection with the initial offering of the Securities are customary.

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantor may from time to time reasonably request in writing; provided that if such Holder fails to provide the requested information within 15 Business Days, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Shelf Registration Statement until such time as the information is provided.

(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantor of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3), 3(a)(vi)(5) or 3(a)(vi)(6) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantor, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantor all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(d) If the Company and the Guarantor shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantor shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantor may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period, any such suspensions shall not exceed 60 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

(e) The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company. However, each Holder agrees that, neither such Holder nor any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any Registration Statement on such Holder’s behalf, will make any offer relating to the Registrable Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, no Underwritten Offering hereunder may be conducted without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that any request for an Underwritten Offering must be made by written request of Holders of at least 20% of the principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided further, that the Company shall not be required to complete more than one Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

(a) The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The Company and the Guarantor have been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor agree to use their reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market- making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales. The Company and the Guarantor further consent to the delivery of such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) by Participating Broker-Dealers during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any such request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

5. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or any supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing, or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any,

 

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their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the Guarantor, each officer of the Company and the Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantor, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b). If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser or its respective affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing such Initial Purchasers, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified

 

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Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holders 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 and the Guarantor or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Company, the Guarantor and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. General.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantor represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantor have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

(c) Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand- delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantor, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) if to such other persons, at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Initial Purchaser (whether it is an original party to this Agreement or a party to whom this Agreement has been previously transferred pursuant to this paragraph) shall be entitled to assign or transfer all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any affiliate registered in the European Union or which is also carrying on EU-regulated services (in each case, the “EU Affiliate”) by notice in writing, and from the date of such transfer, references to such Initial Purchaser shall be read as references to such EU Affiliate. Upon completion of such assignment or transfer of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, each transferor pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement.

(e) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.

 

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(f) Bail-in Powers. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreement, arrangement, or understanding between the Initial Purchasers and the Company or the Guarantor, the Company and the Guarantor acknowledge, accept, and agree to be bound by:

(i) the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of the Initial Purchasers to the Company under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof, (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Initial Purchasers or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Company of such shares, securities or obligations); (iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and (iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

(ii) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

(iii) As used in this paragraph (f), (A) “Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time; (B) “Bail-in Powers” means any Write- down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation; (C) “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended or succeeded; (D) “BRRD Liability” means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write-down and Conversion Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised; (E) “EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/; and (F) “Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Initial Purchasers.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed on counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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

(j) Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or the Guarantor brought by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor has appointed Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva USA”) as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has

 

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agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Israel. THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(k) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(l) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of such invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement as of the date first written above

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL

 

FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V.

By  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Authorized Representative
By  

/s/ David Vrhovec

Name:   David Vrhovec
Title:   Authorized Representative

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL

 

INDUSTRIES LIMITED

By  

/s/ Kåre Schultz

Name:   Kåre Schultz
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Corporate Treasurer

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

For itself and on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto

BNP PARIBAS

 

By:  

/s/ Ama Ocansey

     

/s/ Eric Noyer

Name:   Ama Ocansey       Eric Noyer
Title:   Authorised Signatory       Authorized Signatory

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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED

 

By:  

/s/ Tim Odell

Name:   Tim Odell
Title:   Delegated Signatory

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GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

 

By:  

/s/ Neil Slee

Name:   Neil Slee
Title:   Managing Director

 

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Schedule I

Initial Purchasers Party to the Purchase Agreement

BNP Paribas

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Goldman Sachs International

Barclays Bank PLC

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

HSBC Bank plc

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Merrill Lynch International

Mizuho International plc

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

MUFG Securities EMEA plc

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

Banca IMI S.p.A.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Exhibit 4.6

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS III B.V.,

as Issuer,

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED,

as Guarantor,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SENIOR INDENTURE

Dated as of November 25, 2019

to the Senior Indenture dated as of March 14, 2018

 

 

Creating the series of Securities (as defined herein) designated

7.125% Senior Notes due 2025

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE      1  
           Section 1.1   Definitions      1  
  Section 1.2   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      8  
  Section 1.3   Rules of Construction      9  

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEE

     9  
  Section 2.1   Title and Terms      9  
  Section 2.2   Forms of Notes      10  
  Section 2.3   Selling Restrictions; Legends      11  
  Section 2.4   Form of Guarantee      14  
  Section 2.5   Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Notes      15  
  Section 2.6   Transfer and Exchange      16  
  Section 2.7   Defaulted Interest      20  
  Section 2.8   Execution of Guarantee      20  
  Section 2.9   Add On Notes      21  
  Section 2.10   CUSIP and ISIN Numbers      22  

ARTICLE 3 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

     22  
  Section 3.1   Payment of Additional Tax Amounts      22  
  Section 3.2   Stamp Tax      23  
  Section 3.3   Corporate Existence      23  
  Section 3.4   Certificates of the Issuer and the Guarantor      24  
  Section 3.5   Guarantor To Be the Sole Equityholder of the Issuer      24  
  Section 3.6   Limitation on Liens      24  
  Section 3.7   Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks      24  
  Section 3.8   Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      25  

ARTICLE 4 REDEMPTION OF NOTES

     25  
  Section 4.1   Optional Redemption      25  
  Section 4.2   Notice of Redemption      25  
  Section 4.3   Deposit of Redemption Price      26  
  Section 4.4   Tax Redemption      26  

ARTICLE 5 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     26  
  Section 5.1   Satisfaction and Discharge      26  

ARTICLE 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     27  
  Section 6.1   Scope of Supplemental Indenture      27  
  Section 6.2   Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes      27  

 

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  Section 6.3   Successors and Assigns of Issuer and Guarantor Bound by Supplemental Indenture      27  
  Section 6.4   Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Notes      27  

        

  Section 6.5   Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to be Contained Therein      29  
  Section 6.6   Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays      30  
  Section 6.7   Conflict of any Provisions of Supplemental Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939      30  
  Section 6.8   New York Law to Govern      30  
  Section 6.9   Counterparts      30  
  Section 6.10   Effect of Headings      30  
  Section 6.11   Submission to Jurisdiction      30  
  Section 6.12   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      30  

ARTICLE 7 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     31  
  Section 7.1   Without Consent of Holders      31  
  Section 7.2   With Consent of Each Affected Holder      31  
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF NOTE      A-1  
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S      B-1  
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB      C-1  
EXHIBIT D - FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO RULE 144      D-1  

 

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the Issuer”), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Israel (the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”);

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, providing for the issuance of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2024 and the 6.750% Senior Notes due 2028;

WHEREAS, Section 7.01(h) of the Base Indenture provides that the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form or terms of Securities of a new series;

WHEREAS, the Issuer, pursuant to the foregoing authority, proposes in and by this second supplemental senior indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) to amend and supplement the Base Indenture insofar as it will apply only to the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) issued hereunder (and not to any other series of Securities); and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer, and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with their and its terms;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the holders thereof, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1    Definitions.

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture unless otherwise indicated. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the following terms are defined as follows:

Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Add On Notes” means any notes originally issued after the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.9, including any replacement notes as specified in the relevant Add On Note Board Resolutions, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture issued therefor in accordance with the Base Indenture.

Additional Tax Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.

Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5.

 

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Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Note, Euroclear or Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

Authorized Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11.

Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.

Capital Stock” means:

 

  (1)

in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

  (2)

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

 

  (3)

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

 

  (4)

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.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term to the Par Call Date of the Notes 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 to the Par Call Date of the Notes.

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Consolidated Net Worth” means the stockholders’ equity of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, as shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor’s latest annual report to stockholders, prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee located in The City of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered (which at the date of this Supplemental Indenture is located at 240 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor East, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust) or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office 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 Issuer).

corporation” means corporations, associations, limited liability companies, companies and business trusts or any other similar entity.

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means an event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7.

 

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Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note, Add On Note or Exchange Note issued pursuant to the Indenture (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (“Exhibit A”).

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

Distribution Compliance Period,” with respect to any Note, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Note is first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the date of issuance with respect to such Note or any predecessor of such Note.

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

Event of Default” with respect to the Notes shall not have the meaning assigned to such term by Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture. An Event of Default with respect to the Notes means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of the principal and premium, if any, on the Notes when it becomes due and payable at Maturity or upon redemption;

(b)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on the Notes when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c)    the Guarantor fails to perform its obligations under the Guarantee relating to the Notes;

(d)    except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, the Guarantee with respect to the Notes is held in any final, non-appealable judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of the Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Guarantee;

(e)    either the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture and the default continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

(f)    (i) the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to make by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, any payment of principal or interest due in respect of any Indebtedness for borrowed money, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is an amount in excess of $250,000,000; or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $250,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, without, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, such Indebtedness having been discharged or such non-payment or acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

(g)    the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer or the Guarantor as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer or the Guarantor under

 

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any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

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

Except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to the Notes, the references in Section 4.01 of the Base Indenture to “clauses 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c) or 4.01(f) above” shall be construed as references to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this definition and references to Sections 4.01(d) and (e) in the Base Indenture shall be construed as references to clauses (g) and (h) of this definition.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Notes” means any notes issued in exchange for Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

GAAP” has the meaning given to “generally accepted accounting principles” in the Base Indenture; provided, however, that any change in GAAP that would cause the Guarantor to record an existing item as a liability upon that entity’s balance sheet, which item was not previously required by GAAP to be so recorded, shall not constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture.

Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

  (1)

to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

  (2)

entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Guarantor in respect of the Notes in the form provided in Section 2.4.

 

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Guarantor” means Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Israel, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.

Holder,” “Holder of Notes” or other similar terms means the registered holder of any Note.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

 

  (1)

any liability for borrowed money, or evidenced by an instrument for the payment of money, or incurred in connection with the acquisition of any property, services or assets (including securities), or relating to a capitalized lease obligation, other than accounts payable or any other indebtedness to trade creditors created or assumed by such Person in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;

 

  (2)

obligations under exchange rate contracts or interest rate protection agreements;

 

  (3)

any obligations to reimburse the Issuer of any letter of credit, surety bond, performance bond or other guarantee of contractual performance;

 

  (4)

any liability of another Person of the type referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this definition which has been assumed or guaranteed by such Person; and

 

  (5)

any obligations described in clauses (1) through (3) of this definition secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person.

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Issuer.

Initial Notes” means the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the date hereof, as specified in Section 2.1(a).

Interest Payment Date” means each of January 31 and July 31 of each year, beginning July 31, 2020; provided, however, that if any such date is not a Business Day, the payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date and no interest shall accrue thereon on account of such delay.

Interest Rate” means 7.125% per annum, plus Additional Interest, if any.

Issuer” means Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

Issuer Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by any Officer of the Issuer or a duly authorized Attorney-in-Fact of the Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Maturity” means the date on which the principal of the Notes becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

 

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Note” or “Notes” has the meaning specified to it in the fourth recital paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture.

Officer” has the meaning given to “Officer” in the Base Indenture.

Par Call Date” means October 31, 2024 (the date that is three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes).

Paying Agent” means an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

Permitted Liens” means:

 

  (1)

Liens existing as of the date when the Issuer first issues the Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (2)

Liens on property created, incurred or assumed prior to, at the time of or within 120 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or completion of improvement of such property to secure all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving all or any part of such property;

 

  (3)

landlord’s, material men’s, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith in appropriate proceedings;

 

  (4)

Liens existing on any property of any Person at the time such Person became or becomes a subsidiary of the Guarantor (provided that the Lien has not been created or assumed in contemplation of such Person becoming a subsidiary of the Guarantor);

 

  (5)

Liens securing debt owing by a subsidiary to the Guarantor or to one or more of its subsidiaries;

 

  (6)

Liens in favor of any governmental authority of any jurisdiction securing the obligation of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any contract or payment owed to that entity pursuant to applicable laws, regulations or statutes; or

 

  (7)

any extension, renewal, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (6), inclusive, or the Indebtedness secured thereby; provided, however, that (i) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by said clauses (1) to (6), inclusive, shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement; and (ii) any such extension, renewal, substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property covered by the Lien extended, renewed, substituted or replaced.

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

Primary Treasury Dealer” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Reference Treasury Dealer.

Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated November 19, 2019, among the Issuer, Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., the Guarantor and the initial purchasers named in Schedule I thereto.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

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Record Date” means either a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date, as the case may be.

Redemption Date,” when used with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption.

Redemption Price” when used (a) with respect to the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Supplemental Indenture, means an amount that is equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), using a discount rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date, provided that if the Redemption Date is on or after the Par Call Date, the Redemption Price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date; and (b) with respect to any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Supplemental Indenture, means an amount that is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs International and their respective successors (each a “Prime Treasury Dealer”). If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a 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 Independent Investment Banker, 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 Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Registrar” means the office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange.

Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers set forth on Schedule I thereto and (ii) with respect to any Add On Notes, one or more registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the issuance of such Add On Notes in a private offering by the Issuer after the date hereof, as such agreements may be amended from time to time.

Regular Record Date” means the close of business on the preceding January 15 and July 15, in each case whether or not a Business Day.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on such Note as if redeemed on the Par Call Date. If the applicable Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Note will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such Redemption Date.

Restricted Notes Legend” means the Rule 144A Restricted Notes Legend or the Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend, as applicable.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

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Sale-Leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by the Guarantor or any subsidiary of any property to a Person and the taking back by the Guarantor or any subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such property.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.7.

Stated Maturity” means the date specified in any Note as the fixed date for the payment of principal on such Note.

subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more other subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition only, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

Taxing Jurisdiction” means, with respect to the Notes, The Netherlands, Israel or any jurisdiction where a successor to the Issuer or the Guarantor is incorporated or organized or considered to be a resident, if other than The Netherlands or Israel, respectively, or any jurisdiction through which payments will be made.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent such amendment is applicable to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended, or any successor statute.

Transfer Restricted Notes” means Definitive Notes and any Notes in global form that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

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

Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.

Unrestricted Global Note” means any Note in global form that does not bear or is not required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

U.S. Dollar” means the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Regulation S.

Section 1.2    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever the Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

The following TIA terms used in the Indenture have the following meanings:

indenture securities” means the Notes and the Guarantee; and

 

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obligor” on the Notes means the Issuer and on the Guarantee means the Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

Section 1.3    Rules of Construction.

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

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

(2)     all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them under GAAP;

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

(4)    whenever in this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest, to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the Notes.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEE

Section 2.1    Title and Terms.

(a)    The Notes shall be known and designated as the “7.125% Senior Notes due 2025” of the Issuer. The aggregate principal amount that may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture of the Notes is limited to $1,000,000,000; except for Add On Notes issued in accordance with Section 2.9 and Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.5. The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $200,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $200,000.

(b)    The Notes shall mature on January 31, 2025.

(c)    Interest on the Notes shall accrue from November 25, 2019, at the Interest Rate until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date.

(d)     Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

(e)    A Holder of any Note at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(f)    Principal of and interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depositary in immediately available funds.

 

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(g)    Principal on Definitive Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose, initially the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Interest on Definitive Notes will be payable by (i) U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York delivered to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes, or (ii) upon written application to the Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date by a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of $5,000,000, wire transfer in immediately available funds, which application and written wire instructions shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

(h)     The Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Issuer as provided in Article 4.

Section 2.2    Forms of Notes.

(a)    Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this Section 2.2, the Notes are issuable in fully registered form without coupons in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 2.3. The Notes are not issuable in bearer form. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the Officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base 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 or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.

(b)    The Notes and the Guarantee are being (i) initially offered and sold by the Issuer to the initial purchasers thereof pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”) and (2) non-U.S. Persons in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”). Add On Notes may also be considered to be Rule 144A Notes or Regulation S Notes, as applicable. The Rule 144A and the Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, each with the applicable legends as provided in Section 2.3 (each referred to as the “Rule 144A Global Note” and the “Regulation S Global Note,” respectively). The Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and any Unrestricted Global Note are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” Each Global Note shall be duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, shall have endorsed thereon the applicable Guarantee executed by the Guarantor and shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and retained by the Trustee, as Custodian, at its Corporate Trust Office, for credit to the accounts of the Agent Members holding the Notes evidenced thereby. The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as Custodian, and of the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

(c)    At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee at the written direction of the Issuer. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

 

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Section 2.3    Selling Restrictions; Legends.

(a)    Each Global Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Global Notes Legend”):

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE III, B.V. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS NOTE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. (“CEDE”) OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR A NOTE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

(b)    Except as permitted by this Section 2.3, Section 2.6(d) and Section 2.6(g), each Rule 144A Global Note and each Definitive Note, if applicable, shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following applicable form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Rule 144A Restricted Notes Legend”):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS III B.V. (THE “ISSUER”) OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) ONLY (A)    TO THE ISSUER, TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (THE “GUARANTOR”) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A

 

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UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL AND TO COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE AND (III) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

THIS LEGEND SHALL ONLY BE REMOVED AT THE OPTION OF THE ISSUER.

(c)    The Regulation S Global Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following applicable form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend”):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS LEGEND SHALL CEASE TO APPLY UPON THE EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD OF 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THE NOTES OF THE TRANCHE OF WHICH THIS NOTE FORMS A PART.

(d)    Each Definitive Note shall bear a legend on the face thereof substantially in the following form (the “Definitive Notes Legend”):

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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(e)    Each Note shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (the “ERISA Legend”):

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (A) SUCH HOLDER IS NOT ACQUIRING, HOLDING OR DISPOSING OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR (III) ANY ENTITY OR ACCOUNT WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT; OR (B)(1) THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN BY SUCH HOLDER WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS AND (2) IF SUCH PURCHASER IS SUBJECT TO ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, THE DECISION TO ACQUIRE THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN) HAS BEEN MADE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED FIDUCIARY (A “PLAN FIDUCIARY”) WHO IS INDEPENDENT OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS AND ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TRANSACTION PARTIES”), WHICH PLAN FIDUCIARY (I) IS A FIDUCIARY UNDER ERISA, THE CODE OR BOTH WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASER’S DECISION TO PURCHASE THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (II) IS NOT, IN THE CASE OF AN IRA, THE IRA OWNER, (III) IS CAPABLE OF EVALUATING INVESTMENT RISKS INDEPENDENTLY, BOTH IN GENERAL AND WITH REGARD TO THE INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (IV) HAS EXERCISED INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT IN EVALUATING WHETHER TO INVEST THE ASSETS OF SUCH PURCHASER IN THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN), (V) IS A BANK, INSURANCE CARRIER, REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER, REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT FIDUCIARY WITH AT LEAST $50 MILLION OF ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, AND (VI) THE PLAN FIDUCIARY IS NOT (NOR IS THE PURCHASER) PAYING ANY FEE OR OTHER COMPENSATION TO THE TRANSACTION PARTIES FOR INVESTMENT ADVICE (AS OPPOSED TO OTHER SERVICES) IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE NOTES (OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN).

(f)    Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and the Definitive Notes Legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 and provides such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee may reasonably request.

 

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(g)    After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Add On Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to such Initial Notes or Add On Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes or Add On Notes shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such Initial Notes or Add On Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

(h)    Upon the consummation of an Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes or Add On Notes pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Notes or Add On Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes or Add On Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes or Add On Notes that Initial Notes or Add On Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply, and Exchange Notes in global form without the Restricted Notes Legend shall be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Notes or Add On Notes in such Exchange Offer.

(i)    Any Add On Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(j)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, in no event shall a Definitive Note be delivered upon exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Note subject to the Regulation S Restricted Notes Legend prior to the end of the Distribution Compliance Period.

Section 2.4    Form of Guarantee.

A Guarantee substantially in the following form shall be endorsed on the reverse of each Note:

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the “Guarantor”) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Holder of this Note (the “Guarantee”) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of this Note and of the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees that in the case of default by the Issuer in the payment of any such principal or interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), the Guarantor shall duly and punctually pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Note, any modification of this Note, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Note or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of this Note or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to this Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Note except by payment in full of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Issuer with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Issuer in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment, in each case, until the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note shall have been paid in full.

 

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The Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Note until the certificate of authentication on this Note shall have been signed by the Trustee.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has caused the Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized Officer.

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

By

 

    

Section 2.5    Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Notes.

(a)    The Global Notes initially shall be registered in the name of the Depositary (or a nominee thereof) and be delivered to the Trustee as Custodian for such Depositary.

(b)    Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its Custodian, or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and the Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. With respect to any Global Note deposited on behalf of the subscribers for the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as Custodian for the Depositary for credit to their respective accounts (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at Euroclear or Clearstream, the provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “Management Regulations” and “Instructions to Participants” of Clearstream, respectively, shall be applicable to the Global Notes.

(c)    The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including DTC Participants and Persons that may hold interests through DTC Participants, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Notes.

(d)    A Global Note may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary (or a nominee thereof), and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary.

(e)    Except as provided in Sections 2.5(f) and 2.6, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.

(f)    If at any time:

(1)    the Depositary notifies the Issuer in writing that it is no longer willing or able to continue to act as Depositary for the Global Notes or the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary for the Global Notes is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice or cessation;

(2)    an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and enforcement action is being taken in respect thereof under their Indenture and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary for the issuance of Definitive Notes in exchange for such Global Note or Global Notes; or

 

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(3)    the Issuer, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to exchange in whole, but not in part, the Global Note for Definitive Notes; such Global Note or Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such Global Note or Global Notes, Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Note or Global Notes. Such Definitive Notes shall be registered in such names as the Depositary shall identify in writing as the beneficial owners of the Notes represented by such Global Note or Global Notes (or any nominee thereof).

(g)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transfer of beneficial interests in a Global Note to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to Section 2.5(f), the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in such Global Note to be transferred.

Section 2.6    Transfer and Exchange.

(a)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Registrar with a written request:

(i)    to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes, or

(ii)    to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(1)    shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

(2)    in the case of Transfer Restricted Notes, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 2.6(b) or otherwise in accordance with the Restricted Notes Legend, and are accompanied by a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

(b)    Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, together with:

(i)    a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto, and

(ii)    written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,

 

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the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If the applicable Global Note is not then outstanding, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, a new applicable Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

(i)    The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.6(d), if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or another Global Note, and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.

(ii)    If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

(iii)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.6 (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.5(f)), a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole and not in part if the transfer is 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.

(iv)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit B or any additional certification.

(v)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit C or any additional certification.

 

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(vi)    A registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or a Regulation S Note of a beneficial interest therein pursuant to Rule 144 shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar or its agent of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D from the proposed transferee; provided that after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Exhibit D or any additional certification.

(d)    Restrictions on Transfer of Global Notes; Voluntary Exchange of Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes for Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.

(i)    Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through another Transfer Restricted Global Note shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto.

(ii)    During the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, the Restricted Notes Legend on such Regulation S Global Note and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States of America. Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note shall be made only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the Restricted Notes Legend and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers. Such written certifications shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period. Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

(iii)    Upon the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note upon certification in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note in Exhibit A to this Supplemental Indenture for an exchange from a Regulation S Global Note to an Unrestricted Global Note.

(iv)    Beneficial interests in a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Rule 144A Global Note may be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act and/or upon delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee may reasonably request.

(v)    If no Unrestricted Global Note is outstanding at the time of a transfer contemplated by the preceding clauses (iii) and (iv), the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, a new Unrestricted Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

 

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(e) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i)    To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

(ii)    No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.11 and 11.02 of the Base Indenture).

(iii)    Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv)    All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(v)    In order to effect any transfer or exchange of an interest in any Transfer Restricted Note for an interest in a Note that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend and has not been registered under the Securities Act, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an opinion of counsel, in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in respect of such exchange or transfer or the re-sale of such interest by the beneficial holder thereof, shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar and the Trustee.

(f) No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i)    The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to the Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii)    The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) 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 the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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(iii)    Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(g)    Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Officer ’s Certificate or an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Global Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amounts of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that provide in the applicable letters of transmittal such certifications as are required by the Registration Rights Agreement and applicable law, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that provide in the applicable letters of transmittal such certification as are required by the Registration Rights Agreement and applicable law, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Notes with the Restricted Notes Legend to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of the Definitive Notes so accepted Definitive Notes without the Restricted Notes Legend in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with the Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

Section 2.7    Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuer fails to make a payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any Note when due and payable (“Defaulted Interest”), it shall pay such Defaulted Interest plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the Defaulted Interest, in any lawful manner. It may elect to pay such Defaulted Interest, plus any such interest payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of the Notes on which the interest is due on a subsequent Special Record Date. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Note. The Issuer shall fix any such Special Record Date and payment date for such payment. At least 15 days before any such Special Record Date, the Issuer shall deliver to Holders affected thereby, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the Special Record Date, the Interest Payment Date and amount of such interest to be paid.

Section 2.8    Execution of Guarantee.

The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantee in substantially the form above recited to be endorsed on each Note. If the Issuer shall execute Definitive Notes in accordance with Section 2.5, the Guarantor shall execute the Guarantee in substantially the form above recited to be endorsed on each Note. The Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor. The signature of any Officer on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

In case any Officer of the Guarantor who shall have signed the Guarantee endorsed on a Note shall cease to be such Officer before the Note so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Guarantee had not ceased to be such Officer of the Guarantor; and any Guarantee endorsed on a Note may be signed on behalf of the Guarantor by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Guarantee, shall be the proper Officers of the Guarantor, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.

 

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Section 2.9    Add On Notes.

The Issuer may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture Add On Notes having terms identical to those of the Outstanding Notes, except that Add On Notes:

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

(b) may have a different first Interest Payment Date after issuance than other Outstanding Notes;

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

(d) may have a different issue price;

(e)    may have a different CUSIP or ISIN number if such Add On Notes are not fungible with the Notes then outstanding for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(f)    may have terms specified in Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture for such Add On Notes making appropriate adjustments to this Article 2 and Exhibit A (and related definitions), as the case may be, applicable to such Add On Notes in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws) and any registration rights or similar agreement applicable to such Add On Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Notes (other than such Add On Notes) and which shall not affect the rights, benefits, immunities or duties of the Trustee.

In authenticating any Add On Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under the Indenture in relation to such Add On Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(a)    the Add On Note Board Resolutions, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture relating thereto, setting forth the form and terms of the Add On Notes;

(b) an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 6.5; and

(c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 6.5 stating,

(1)    that the forms of the Notes have been established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, as permitted by this Section 2.9 and in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture;

(2)    that the terms of the Notes have been established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, as permitted by this Section 2.9 and in conformity with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture; and

(3)    that the Notes and the related Guarantee, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer and the Guarantor in the manner provided for herein and in the Base Indenture and the Guarantee, respectively, subject to any customary conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor, respectively, entitled to the benefits provided in this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that the enforcement of such obligations may be subject to bankruptcy laws or insolvency laws or other similar laws, general principles of equity and such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude are customary or do not materially affect the rights of the Holders of the Notes.

 

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If such forms or terms have been so established by or pursuant to Add On Note Board Resolutions, an Officer’s Certificate or a supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes:

(1)    if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken;

(2)    if the Trustee in good faith determines that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any Outstanding Notes; or

(3)    if the issue of such Add On Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, benefits and immunities under the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.9, the Issuer may not issue Add On Notes if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 2.10    CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

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

ARTICLE 3

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

In addition to the covenants set forth in Article 3 of the Base Indenture, the Notes shall be subject to the additional covenants set forth in this Article 3.

Section 3.1    Payment of Additional Tax Amounts.

With respect to the Notes, Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture is not applicable. All payments of interest and principal by the Issuer under the Notes and by the Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future Taxes unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In the event that the Issuer or the Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct on account of any such Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will (a) withhold or deduct such amounts, (b) pay such additional tax amounts so that the net amounts received by each Holder or beneficial owner of the relevant Notes will equal the amount such Holder or beneficial owner would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted (“Additional Tax Amounts”) and (c) pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant tax or other authority in accordance with applicable law, except that no such Additional Tax Amounts shall be payable in respect of any Note:

(1)    to the extent that such Taxes are imposed or levied by reason of such Holder (or the beneficial owner) having some present or former connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere holding (or beneficial ownership) of such Note or receiving principal or interest payments on the Notes (including but not limited to citizenship, nationality, residence, domicile, or the existence of a business, permanent establishment, a dependent agent, a place of business or a place of management present or deemed present in the Taxing Jurisdiction);

 

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(2)    in respect of any Taxes that would not have been so withheld or deducted but for the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes to make a declaration of non-residence, or any other claim or filing for exemption to which it is entitled or otherwise comply with any reasonable certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction if (a) compliance is required by applicable law, regulation, administrative practice or treaty as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the Taxes, (b) the Holder (or beneficial owner) is able to comply with these requirements without undue hardship and (c) the Issuer has given the Holders (or beneficial owners) at least 30 calendar days prior notice that they will be required to comply with such requirement;

(3)    to the extent that such Taxes are imposed by reason of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal property taxes imposed with respect to the Notes, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture;

(4)    to the extent that any such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the presentation of the Notes, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Tax Amounts had the Notes been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(5)    in respect of any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471-1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, or any judicial or administrative interpretations of any of the foregoing; or

(6) any combination of items 1 through 5 above.

For purposes of this Section 3.1, “Taxes” means, with respect to payments on the Notes, all taxes, withholdings, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax.

Section 3.2    Stamp Tax.

The Issuer and the Guarantor will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes or any other document or instrument in relation thereto.

Section 3.3    Corporate Existence.

Subject to Article 8 of the Base Indenture and subject to the ability of the Issuer or the Guarantor to convert (or similar action) to another form of legal entity under the laws of the jurisdiction under which the Issuer or the Guarantor then exists, each of the Guarantor and the Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Issuer and the Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise if the Issuer and the Guarantor determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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Section 3.4    Certificates of the Issuer and the Guarantor.

The Issuer will furnish to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer as to the signer’s knowledge of the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture). In the event the Issuer comes to have actual knowledge of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, regardless of the date, the Issuer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee specifying such Default and the nature and status thereof.

Section 3.5    Guarantor To Be the Sole Equityholder of the Issuer.

So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Guarantor or its successor will directly or indirectly own all of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Issuer.

Section 3.6    Limitation on Liens.

The Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, upon any of its property (including any shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any subsidiary) to secure any other Indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or any subsidiary, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Notes outstanding (together with, if the Guarantor so determines, any other Indebtedness by the Guarantor or any subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes or the Guarantee) shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness for so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so secured unless, after giving effect to such Lien, the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness then outstanding (excluding Indebtedness secured solely by Permitted Liens) plus the value (as defined in Section 3.7) of all Sale-Leaseback Transactions (other than those described in clause (a) or clause (b) of Section 3.7) then outstanding would not exceed 10% of the Guarantor’s Consolidated Net Worth.

Section 3.7    Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks.

The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any subsidiary to, enter into any Sale-Leaseback Transaction after the date of this Supplemental Indenture unless:

(a) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction:

(1) involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than five years;

(2)    occurs within 270 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or completion of improvement of such property; or

(3) is with the Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries; or

(b)    the Guarantor or any subsidiary, within 270 days after the Sale-Leaseback Transaction shall have occurred, applies or causes to be applied an amount equal to the value of the property so sold and leased back at the time of entering into such arrangement to the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any subsidiary that is not subordinated to the Notes and that has a Stated Maturity of more than twelve months; or

(c)    the Guarantor or such subsidiary would be entitled pursuant to Section 3.6 to create, incur, issue or assume Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property without equally and ratably securing the Notes.

 

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As used in this Section 3.7, the term “value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, as of any particular time an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of sale of the property leased pursuant to such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, or (ii) the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such Sale-Leaseback Transaction as determined by the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator is the number of full years of remaining term of the lease (without regard to renewal options) and the denominator is the full years of the full term of the lease (without regard to renewal options).

Section 3.8    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

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

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 4.1    Optional Redemption.

The Issuer may at its option redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on any date prior to the Stated Maturity, upon notice as set forth in Section 4.2, at the Redemption Price.

Section 4.2    Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption to the Holders of the Notes to be redeemed shall be given by delivering notice of such redemption, on at least 10 days’, but not more than 60 days’, prior notice delivered by electronic transmission, first-class mail, postage prepaid, at their respective addresses as they appear on the registration books of the Registrar, with a copy of such notice delivered to the Trustee. The notice of redemption of the Notes to be redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, delivered to the Trustee at least five Business Days before the date such notice is to be given to Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

Notice of any redemption of the Notes in connection with a corporate transaction (including an equity offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or a change of control) may, at the Issuer ’s discretion, be given prior to the completion thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related transaction. If such redemption or purchase is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded or the Redemption Date delayed in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date. In addition, the Issuer may provide in such notice that payment of the Redemption Price and performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, in which case a portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. In the case of a Global Note, an appropriate notation will be made on such Note to decrease the principal amount thereof to an amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof. Subject to the terms of the redemption notice (including any conditions contained therein), Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption, unless the redemption price is not paid on the Redemption Date.

 

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Section 4.3    Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price in respect of all the Notes to be redeemed on that Redemption Date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and subject to the rules of the applicable depositary.

Section 4.4    Tax Redemption.

(a)    If, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or in any Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or any change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, is or will be obligated to pay any Additional Tax Amounts with respect to the Notes, and if the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, after taking reasonable measures available to it, then at the option of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, the Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon the giving not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (1) no notice of such tax redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay such Additional Tax Amounts were a payment on the Notes then due, and (2) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Tax Amounts remains in effect. The notice of tax redemption shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request delivered to the Trustee at least five Business Days before the date such notice is to be given to Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.

(b)    Not less than five Business Days (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee) before any notice of tax redemption pursuant to Section 4.4(a) is given to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, shall deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, to so redeem have occurred or have been satisfied and (ii) an opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized standing to that effect based on the statement of facts. Such notice, once given to the Trustee, shall be irrevocable.

ARTICLE 5

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 5.1    Satisfaction and Discharge.

(a) With respect to the Notes, Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture is not applicable.

(b)    The Issuer and the Guarantor may satisfy and discharge their obligations under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Notes while the Notes remain outstanding, if (a) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity, or (b) all Outstanding Notes have been called for redemption, and in either case, the Issuer has deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and discharge all Outstanding Notes on the date of their scheduled Maturity or the scheduled Redemption Date.

 

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ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 6.1    Scope of Supplemental Indenture.

(a)    The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall only be applicable with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued by the Issuer under the Base Indenture. Other than such, changes, modifications and supplements, the Base Indenture is incorporated by reference herein and affirmed in all respects.

Section 6.2    Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes.

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or in the Notes or the Guarantee, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 6.3    Successors and Assigns of Issuer and Guarantor Bound by Supplemental Indenture.

All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 6.4    Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Notes.

Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Supplemental Indenture is required or permitted to be given or delivered to or by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to the Issuer or the Guarantor shall be in writing in the English language and may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address is filed with the Trustee) as follows:

If to the Issuer:

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.

Piet Heinkade 107, 1019 GM

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Attention: Managing Director

Fax: +972-39-062501

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

1090 Horsham Road

North Wales, PA 19454

Attention: David M. Stark

Fax: +1 (215) 293-6499

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff, P.C.

                 Ross M. Leff, P.C.

Fax: +1 (212) 446-4900

 

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If to the Guarantor:

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

5 Basel Street, P.O. Box 3190

Petach Tikva 4951033 Israel

Attention: Corporate Treasurer

Facsimile: +972-3-914-8678

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

1090 Horsham Road

North Wales, PA 19454

Attention: David M. Stark

Fax: +1 (215) 591-8811

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff, P.C.

                 Ross M. Leff, P.C.

Fax: +1 (212) 446-4900

Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Holder of Notes to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail as follows:

If to the Trustee:

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Global Finance Unit

Fax: (212) 815-2830

The Trustee also agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to the Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods.

The Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice to each other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication to the Issuer or the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered or if delivered electronically, in pdf format or if telecopied; and seven calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee). Any notice or communication to the Trustee shall be deemed delivered upon receipt.

Where this Supplemental Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing, in the English language, and delivered to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it appears in the register of the Notes. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, personal delivery, telecopy or electronic delivery, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed or delivered, to any particular Holder shall affect the

 

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

In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer, the Guarantor or Holders of Notes when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the Base Indenture or in the Notes, where this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary electronically or by other method in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

Section 6.5    Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to be Contained Therein.

Upon any application or demand by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate or Guarantor’s Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Supplemental Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Supplemental Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Issuer or the Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by an Officer of Officers of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Issuer or the Guarantor or of counsel 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 in the employ of the Issuer, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

 

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Section 6.6    Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.

If the date of maturity of interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) on or principal of the Notes or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Note shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) shall accrue for the period after such date.

Section 6.7    Conflict of any Provisions of Supplemental Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

If and to the extent that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Supplemental Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA (an “incorporated provision”), such incorporated provision shall control.

Section 6.8    New York Law to Govern.

This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State.

Section 6.9    Counterparts.

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

Section 6.10    Effect of Headings.

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

Section 6.11    Submission to Jurisdiction.

Each of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Supplemental Indenture may be instituted in any federal or state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court in any law suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding or the parties hereto have any obligation under this Supplemental Indenture, shall have an authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) in the United States upon whom process may be served in any such legal action or proceeding. Service of process upon such agent and written notice of such service mailed or delivered to it shall to the extent permitted by law be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such legal action or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantor each hereby appoints Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (1090 Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454) as its agent for such purposes, and covenants and agrees that service of process in any legal action or proceeding may be made upon it at such office of such agent. The Issuer will provide written notice to the Trustee of any change in the Authorized Agent. In the event that any Authorized Agent resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of so acting, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Authorized Agent and shall notify the Trustee in writing of such change in Authorized Agent.

Section 6.12    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 

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ARTICLE 7

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 7.1    Without Consent of Holders.

(a)    Sections 7.01(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), (n), (q) and (r) of the Base Indenture are not applicable with respect to the Notes.

(b)    In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture as amended by Section 7.1(a) above, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder for one or more of the following purposes:

(1)    to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission or correct or supplement any provision contained herein, in the Base Indenture, in any supplemental indenture or in the Notes which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; provided that such amendment, modification or supplement shall not, in the good faith opinion of the Issuer’s managing and supervisory directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect; provided, further, that any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture to the description of the Notes contained in the Issuer’s Offering Memorandum dated November 19, 2019 will not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

(2) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or the Guarantor hereunder;

(3)    to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;

(4) to authorize the issuance of Add On Notes of Notes pursuant to Section 2.9; and

(5)    to add or modify any other provision of the Indenture which the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.2    With Consent of Each Affected Holder.

In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 7.02 of the Base Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee may not amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes for one or more of the following purposes without the consent of each Holder so affected:

(a)    to modify the Issuer’s obligation to maintain an office or agency in New York City pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Base Indenture;

(b)    to modify the Guarantor’s obligation to own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding Capital Stock or membership interests, as applicable, of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(c) to modify any provision of Article 4 relating to redemption of Notes;

(d) to modify the Guarantee in a manner that would adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Notes; and

 

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(e)    to reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding necessary (i) to modify, amend or supplement the Base Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or (ii) to waive any past default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Base Indenture.

 

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

 

Very truly yours,

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE
NETHERLANDS III B.V.,

as Issuer

By:  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Authorized Representative:
By:  

/s/ David Vrhovec

Name:   David Vrhovec
Title:   Authorized Representative

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL

INDUSTRIES LIMITED, as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Kåre Schultz

Name:   Kåre Schultz
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer

(Signature Page Supplemental Indenture (USD))


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Wanda Camacho

Name:   Wanda Camacho
Title:   Vice President

(Signature Page Supplemental Indenture (USD))


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL NOTE]

[Insert Global Notes Legend, Restricted Notes Legend, Definitive Notes Legend and ERISA Legend, as applicable]

No.[●]

U.S. $[●] [as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto] 1

CUSIP No. [●]

GLOBAL NOTE

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS III B.V.

7.125% Senior Notes due 2025

Payment of Principal, Interest and Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any, Unconditionally Guaranteed By

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

This Global Note is in respect of an issue of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the Issuer”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Senior Indenture hereinafter referred to), and issued pursuant to a base indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee and as further supplemented by a second supplemental senior indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee. Unless the context otherwise requires, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture.

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal amount of [●] United States Dollars (U.S.$[●]) on January 31, 2025, and to pay interest on such principal amount in Dollars at the rate of 7.125% per annum, computed on a basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months, from the date hereof until payment of such principal amount has been made or duly provided for, such interest to be paid semi-annually in arrears on January 31 and July 31 of each year, commencing July 31, 2020. The interest so payable on January 31 and July 31 (each an “Interest Payment Date”) will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding January 15 and July 15, respectively (whether or not a Business Day).

The Issuer shall also pay all Additional Interest, if any, on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the same manner as interest is paid on the Notes and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

 

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This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE

NETHERLANDS III B.V.

By:

 

        

Name:  
Title:  

By:

 

        

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 described in the within-named Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

Dated:

 

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the “Guarantor”) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Holder of this Note (the “Guarantee”) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), on this Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Maturity or upon redemption or upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of this Note and of the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees that in the case of default by the Issuer in the payment of any such principal or interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any), the Guarantor shall duly and punctually pay the same. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any extension of the time for payment of this Note, any modification of this Note, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of this Note or the Indenture, any failure to enforce the same or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of this Note or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a demand or proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to this Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to this Note except by payment in full of the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note.

The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor hereby waives any and all rights to which it may be entitled, by operation of law or otherwise, upon making any payment hereunder (i) to be subrogated to the rights of a Holder against the Issuer with respect to such payment or otherwise to be reimbursed, indemnified or exonerated by the Issuer in respect thereof or (ii) to receive any payment in the nature of contribution or for any other reason, from any other obligor with respect to such payment, in each case, until the principal of and interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on this Note shall have been paid in full.

The Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose with respect to this Note until the certificate of authentication on this Note shall have been signed by the Trustee.

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

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has caused the Guarantee to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
By:  

    

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

    

Name:  
Title:  

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL FINANCE NETHERLANDS III B.V.

7.125% Senior Note due 2025

Payment of Principal, Interest and Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any, Unconditionally

Guaranteed By

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

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Principal and Interest.

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under Dutch law (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7.125% per annum from November 25, 2019 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 31 and July 31 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing July 31, 2020. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, interest will be payable on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date and no interest shall accrue thereon on account of such delay.

Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

A Holder of any Note at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

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Payment of Additional Interest.

The Issuer shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, on the applicable Interest Payment Date in the same manner as interest is paid on the Notes and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion of Additional Interest, the following definitions are applicable:

“Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers set forth on Schedule I thereto and (ii) with respect to any Add On Notes, one or more registration rights agreements entered into in connection with the issuance of such Add On Notes in a private offering by the Issuer after the date hereof, as such agreements may be amended from time to time.

 

3.

Method of Payment.

Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date for such interest.

Principal of and interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depositary in immediately available funds.

 

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Principal of Definitive Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose, initially the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Interest on Definitive Notes will be payable by (i) U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York delivered to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes, or (ii) upon written application to the Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date by a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of $5,000,000, wire transfer in immediately available funds, which application and written wire instructions shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

 

4.

Paying Agent and Registrar.

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Supplemental Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.

 

5.

Supplemental Indentures and Indenture.

The Issuer issued this Note under a Base Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee and as further supplemented by a second supplemental senior indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee. The terms of the Note include those stated in the Indenture, and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (“TIA”). This Note is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.

 

6.

Optional Redemption.

The Issuer may at its option redeem this Note, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, on any date prior to the Stated Maturity, upon notice as set forth in Section 4.2 of the Supplemental Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2)    the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) of the Notes being redeemed discounted, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), using a discount rate equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) plus 50 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture); provided that if the Redemption Date is on or after October 31, 2024 (three months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes), the Redemption Price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (including Additional Interest, if any), to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

On and after the Redemption Date, interest (including Additional Interest, if applicable) shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption will be given by the Issuer to the Holders as provided in the Supplemental Indenture.

 

7.

Tax Redemption.

If, as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or in any Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation or any change in official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issuance of the Notes, the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their

 

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respective successors), as the case may be, is or will be obligated to pay any Additional Tax Amount with respect to the Notes, and if the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, after taking reasonable measures available to it, then at the option of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or any of their respective successors), as the case may be, the Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at any time, upon the giving not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (1) no notice of such tax redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective successors), as the case may be, would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay such Additional Tax Amounts were a payment on the Notes then due, and (2) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Tax Amounts remains in effect.

 

8.

Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are issuable in registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $200,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $200,000. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Issuer or the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes.

The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Note for a period of 15 days next preceding the first delivery of notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed, (b) any Notes selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Note where notice has been given that such Note is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed or (c) any Notes between a record date and the next succeeding payment date.

In the event of redemption of the Notes in part only, in the case of a Global Note, the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes may be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Depositary or, if necessary, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof.

 

9.

Holders to be Treated as Owners.

The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

10.

Unclaimed Money.

Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, and the Holder of such Note shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

 

11.

Satisfaction and Discharge.

The Issuer and the Guarantor may satisfy and discharge their obligations under the Indenture while the Notes remain outstanding, if (a) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity, or (b) all Outstanding Notes have been called for redemption, and in either case, the Issuer has deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and discharge all Outstanding Notes on the date of their scheduled Maturity or the scheduled Redemption Date.

 

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12.

Supplement; Waiver.

Without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (or such lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the

Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note.

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

 

13.

Defaults and Remedies.

The Indenture provides that an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs when any of the following occurs:

(a)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of the principal and premium, if any, of any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable at Maturity or upon redemption;

(b)    the Issuer defaults in the payment of interest (including Additional Tax Amounts and Additional Interest, in each case, if any) on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c)    the Guarantor fails to perform its obligations under the Guarantee;

(d)    except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture, the Guarantee is held in any final, non-appealable judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of the Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Guarantee;

(e)    either the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Notes or the Indenture and the default continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to remedy the same, shall have been given to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

(f)    (i) the Issuer or the Guarantor fails to make by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, any payment of principal or interest due in respect of any Indebtedness for borrowed money, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is an amount in excess of $250,000,000; or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $250,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, without, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, such Indebtedness having been discharged or such non-payment or acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; or

 

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(g)    the occurrence of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or Guarantor as specified in the Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

14.

Authentication.

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee (or authenticating agent) executes the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

15.

CUSIP Numbers.

The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on this Note and, therefore, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. Any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

 

16.

Governing Law.

The Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture and this Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

17.

Successor Corporation.

In the event a successor corporation legal entity assumes all the obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantor under this Note, pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Indenture, the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from all such obligations.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

Dated:                                                 Your Name:                                                                     
   (Print your name exactly as it appears on the face of this Note)
   Your Signature:                                                               
   (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
   Signature Guarantee*:

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES

This certificate relates to $             principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) book-entry or             definitive form by the undersigned.

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in a Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above) in accordance with the Indenture; or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

  (1)    ☐

to the Issuer, the Guarantor or any subsidiary thereof; or

 

  (2)    ☐

to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or

 

  (3)    ☐

pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or

 

  (4)    ☐

to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or

 

  (5)    ☐

pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States of America within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and if the transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Notes shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream); or

 

  (6)    ☐

pursuant to another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (6) is checked, the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Trustee has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

   

 

Your Signature

Date:                                 

 

    Signature of Signature Guarantor

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Date:                               
     

 

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

      Name:
      Title:
      Signature Guarantee*:                                                               

 

*

Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $[●]. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

  

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

  

Principal Amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee,

Depositary or

Custodian

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER

PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.

 

Re:

7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, and as further supplemented by the second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed sale of U.S.$         aggregate principal amount of the Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note:, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(a)    the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States

(b)    either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

(c)    no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(d)    the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

(e)    we are the beneficial owner of the principal amount of Notes being transferred.

In addition, if the sale is made during a Distribution Compliance Period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) or Rule 904(b)(2), as the case may be.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this letter have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

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Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER TO QIB

[Date]

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.

 

Re:

7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (the “Company”) Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee and as further supplemented by the second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to U.S.$        aggregate principal amount of Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note: , which represents an interest in a Regulation S Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned (the “Transferor”) to effect the transfer of such Notes in exchange for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note.

In connection with such request, and with respect to such Notes, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144A”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Notes for its own account or an account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee, as well as any such account, is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER

PURSUANT TO RULE 144

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee 101

240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: Corporate Trust – Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V.

 

Re:

7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) of Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (the “Company”) Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental senior indenture, dated as of March 14, 2018, among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee and as further supplemented by the second supplemental senior indenture, dated as of November 25, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed sale of U.S.$         aggregate principal amount of the Notes [in the case of a transfer of an interest in a 144A Global Note:, which represent an interest in a 144A Global Note beneficially owned by] the undersigned, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

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Exhibit 4.8

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 25, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Company”), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a company organized under the laws of Israel (the “Guarantor”), and the initial purchasers listed on Schedule I hereto (each an “Initial Purchaser” and collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), for which BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs International are acting as representatives (each a “Representative” and collectively, the “Representatives”).

The Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule I hereto are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated November 19, 2019 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes” and, together with the Guarantee (as defined below), the “Securities”).

As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

The Notes will be issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantor on a senior unsecured basis.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

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

Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantor of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities” shall mean senior unsecured notes issued under the Indenture by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantor containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of the applicable Registrable Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.


FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

Guarantee” shall mean the guarantee of the Notes and guarantee of the Exchange Securities, by the Guarantor under the Indenture.

Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Holder Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indenture” shall mean the Senior Indenture dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as supplemented by (i) the First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of March 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, (ii) the Second Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of November 25, 2019, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and (iii) as may be amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.

Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including (i) any preliminary prospectus and (ii) any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

 

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Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities become eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a Person that is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) such Securities are sold under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Securities relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or (iv) such Securities cease to be outstanding.

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to the performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, which firm shall be selected by the Underwriters or the Majority Holders), (iii) the costs incident to the preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantor and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding any or all fees and expenses of advisors or counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Additional Interest Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf

 

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Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post- effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

Target Registration Date” shall mean the date which is 365 days after the Closing Date.

Trigger Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a)    To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be filed with the SEC an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement became effective for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than the Target Registration Date (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

The Company and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

(i)    that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days (in accordance with the Exchange Act) from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

(iii)    that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;

(iv)    that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

(v)    that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission

 

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or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, such other information as may be reasonably required to identify the Securities to be withdrawn and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantor prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor or, if it is such an “affiliate,” such Holder will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such Holder will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, in connection with any resale of the Exchange Securities. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any broker -dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under SEC policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in the Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. no-action letter (available June 5, 1991) and the Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation no-action letter (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantor shall:

(i)    accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

(ii)    deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities validly tendered by such Holder and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff and customary conditions relating to the delivery of Securities or other actions customarily taken by Holders participating in the Exchange Offer or the execution and delivery of customary documentation relating to the Exchange Offer.

(b)    In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantor determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) a Holder participating in the Exchange Offer does not receive Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of

 

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the Securities Act) and notifies (a “Holder Notice”) the Company within 30 days after such Holder first becomes aware of such restrictions, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iv) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed, as soon as practicable after such determination, date, Holder Notice or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective.

In the event that the Company and the Guarantor are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) above with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantor agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of one year from the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement or such shorter period that will terminate when the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantor further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantor agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c)    The Company and the Guarantor shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d)    An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not consummated by the Target Registration Date or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(iii) hereof, is not effective by the Target Registration Date, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90- day period immediately following the Target Registration Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes effective, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum. In the event that the Company receives a Holder Notice or Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) or 2(b)(iv), and the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (x) the Target Registration Date or (y) 90 days after delivery of such Holder Notice or Shelf Request (such later date, the “Shelf Additional Interest Date”), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90-day period payable commencing from one day after the Shelf Additional Interest Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum.

 

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If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (the 60th such date, the “Trigger Date”), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.250% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the Trigger Date and (ii) an additional 0.250% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum total increase of 0.500% per annum, and ending on such date that the Shelf Registration Statement is again effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. Such additional interest shall accrue as liquidated damages on the principal amount of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be. Any additional interest required to be paid by the Company pursuant to Section 2(d) shall be referred to as “Additional Interest.”

(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Additional Interest is the sole and exclusive remedy available to Holders due to a registration default, so long as the Company and the Guarantor are acting in good faith hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to satisfying their obligations.

3. Registration Procedures.

(a)    In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall as soon as reasonably practicable possible:

(i)    use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantor, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii)    use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii)    to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

(iv)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts, upon written request, to furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in writing in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantor consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

 

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(v)    in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use their reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and use their reasonable best efforts to do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(vi)    notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) and (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be required;

(vii)    use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), including by filing an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form, as promptly as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(viii)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post- effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested in writing);

(ix)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and

 

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enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least three Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(x)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantor shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantor have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

(xi)    a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement and does not name the Holders of Registrable Securities in their capacity as such), provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantor as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities included on such Shelf Registration Statement or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantor shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, (other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus and does not name the Holders of Registrable Securities in their capacity as such), of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after receipt thereof;

(xii)    use reasonable best efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xiii)    use reasonable best efforts to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

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(xiv)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and one firm of accountants designated by a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration and any attorneys (but no more than one counsel acting for all such Holders) and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantor to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant to conduct reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that the foregoing investigation and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of such parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such parties; and provided further that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter;

(xv)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;

(xvi)    if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and

(xvii)    in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, in an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when required by the applicable underwriting agreement, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantor (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in

 

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connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; it being agreed that the representations and warranties, opinions of counsel and comfort letters delivered in connection with the initial offering of the Securities are customary.

(b)    In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantor may from time to time reasonably request in writing; provided that if such Holder fails to provide the requested information within 15 Business Days, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Shelf Registration Statement until such time as the information is provided.

(c)    In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantor of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3), 3(a)(vi)(5) or 3(a)(vi)(6) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantor, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantor all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(d)    If the Company and the Guarantor shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantor shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantor may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period, any such suspensions shall not exceed 60 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

(e)    The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company. However, each Holder agrees that, neither such Holder nor any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any Registration Statement on such Holder’s behalf, will make any offer relating to the Registrable Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, no Underwritten Offering hereunder may be conducted without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that any request for an Underwritten Offering must be made by written request of Holders of at least 20% of the principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; provided further, that the Company shall not be required to complete more than one Underwritten Offering pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

(a)    The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The Company and the Guarantor have been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b)    In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor agree to use their reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker -Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market- making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales. The Company and the Guarantor further consent to the delivery of such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) by Participating Broker-Dealers during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

(c)    The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any such request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

 

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Indemnification and Contribution.

(a)    The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or any supplement thereto, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing, or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

 

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(b)    Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the Guarantor, each officer of the Company and the Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantor, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred) that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus.

(c)    If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b). If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser or its respective affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing such Initial Purchasers, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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(d)    If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holders 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 and the Guarantor or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e)    The Company, the Guarantor and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder 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 Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

(f)    The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g)    The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantor, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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General.

(a)    No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantor represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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(b)    Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantor have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

(c)    Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand- delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantor, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) if to such other persons, at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(d)    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Initial Purchaser (whether it is an original party to this Agreement or a party to whom this Agreement has been previously transferred pursuant to this paragraph) shall be entitled to assign or transfer all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any affiliate registered in the European Union or which is also carrying on EU-regulated services (in each case, the “EU Affiliate”) by notice in writing, and from the date of such transfer, references to such Initial Purchaser shall be read as references to such EU Affiliate. Upon completion of such assignment or transfer of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, each transferor pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement.

(e)    Third-Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.

 

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(f)    Bail-in Powers. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreement, arrangement, or understanding between the Initial Purchasers and the Company or the Guarantor, the Company and the Guarantor acknowledge, accept, and agree to be bound by:

(i)    the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of the Initial Purchasers to the Company under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof, (i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Initial Purchasers or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Company of such shares, securities or obligations); (iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and (iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

(ii)    the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

(iii)    As used in this paragraph (f), (A) “Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time; (B) “Bail-in Powers” means any Write- down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation; (C) “BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended or succeeded; (D) “BRRD Liability” means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write-down and Conversion Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised; (E) “EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/; and (F) “Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Initial Purchasers.

(g)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed on counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(h)    Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

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

(j)    Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or the Guarantor brought by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor has appointed Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva USA”) as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any State or Federal court in The City of New York, New York, by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has

 

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agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of any Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Israel. THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTOR AND EACH OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(k)    Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(l)    Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of such invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement as of the date first written above

 

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL

 

FINANCE NETHERLANDS II B.V.

By  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Authorized Representative
By  

/s/ David Vrhovec

Name:   David Vrhovec
Title:   Authorized Representative

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL

 

INDUSTRIES LIMITED

By  

/s/ Kåre Schultz

Name:   Kåre Schultz
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
By  

/s/ Tomer Amitai

Name:   Tomer Amitai
Title:   Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer

(Signature page - Registration Rights Agreement (USD))


Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

For itself and on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

 

By:  

/s/ Roger Kim

Name:

  Roger Kim

Title:

  Managing Director

(Signature page-Registration Rights Agreement (USD))


CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Adam D. Bordner

Name:   Adam D. Bordner
Title:   Director

 

(Signature page - Registration Rights Agreement (USD))


GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
By:  

/s/ Neil Slee

Name:   Neil Slee
Title:   Managing Director

 

(Signature page - Registration Rights Agreement (USD))


Schedule I

Initial Purchasers Party to the Purchase Agreement

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman Sachs International

Barclays Capital Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

HSBC Bank plc

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Banca IMI S.p.A.

PNC Capital Markets LLC