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 21, 2022
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York |
001-00035 |
14-0689340 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
5 Necco Street, Boston, MA |
02210 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (617) 443-3000
(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 | ||
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share |
GE |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
1.250% Notes due 2023 |
GE 23E |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
0.875% Notes due 2025 |
GE 25 |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
1.875% Notes due 2027 |
GE 27E |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
1.500% Notes due 2029 |
GE 29 |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
7 1/2% Guaranteed Subordinated Notes due 2035 |
GE /35 |
New York Stock Exchange | ||
2.125% Notes due 2037 |
GE 37 |
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 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. | ☐ |
Item 5.04. | Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans. |
Under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules, and in connection with General Electric Company’s (“GE”) previously announced plan for a spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of its HealthCare business, GE is filing this Form 8-K to report that participants in the GE Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) are anticipated to be subject to a blackout period as described below.
To effectuate the planned Spin-Off, GE anticipates making a pro rata distribution of at least 80.1% of the common stock of GE HealthCare (as defined below) to holders of record of GE common stock as of a date to be specified by GE’s board of directors, including with respect to any shares of GE common stock that are held for participants in the Plan who are invested in the GE common stock investment option under the Plan (the “GE Stock Fund”). The Spin-Off is expected to occur during the calendar week beginning with January 1, 2023.
On November 21, 2022, the plan administrator notified GE of the anticipated need to institute a blackout period (the “Blackout Period”) that may be in excess of three consecutive business days in connection with the need to modify the Plan to create an investment fund under the Plan with respect to the shares of GE HealthCare common stock received by the Plan in connection with the Spin-Off (the “GE HealthCare Stock Fund”). The Blackout Period will apply with respect to the ability of Plan participants to make investment switches into or out of the GE Stock Fund and to take loans, withdrawals or distributions from the portion of their accounts invested in the GE Stock Fund.
The Blackout Period is expected to begin during the calendar week beginning with January 1, 2023, and is expected to end during the calendar week beginning with January 8, 2023 (unless the plan administrator for the Plan determines otherwise, in which case GE’s directors and executive officers will be notified of the change as soon as reasonably practicable). Subject to the consummation of the Spin-Off, the Plan will be modified to provide for the GE HealthCare Stock Fund in addition to the GE Stock Fund. GE mailed a notice dated November 21, 2022 to participants in the Plan informing them of the Blackout Period pursuant to the requirements applicable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
During the Blackout Period, subject to certain limited exemptions, GE’s directors and executive officers (within the meaning of Rule 100(c) and 100(h) of the SEC’s Regulation BTR), will be prohibited from directly or indirectly purchasing, selling, acquiring or transferring any GE equity securities (within the meaning of Rule 100(f) of Regulation BTR) with respect to shares of GE equity securities acquired in connection with their service or employment as a director or executive officer of GE. On November 22, 2022, GE sent a notice (the “Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them of the Blackout Period and certain trading prohibitions that they will be subject to during the Blackout Period, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Notice also informed GE’s directors and executive officers that the Blackout Period restrictions are separate from, and in addition to, any other restrictions on trading GE equity securities currently applicable to them. A copy of the Notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
It is possible that the plan administrator for the Plan will be able to complete the necessary modifications to the Plan in connection with the Spin-Off in three consecutive business days or fewer. GE’s directors and executive officers will be notified as soon as reasonably practicable if the Blackout Period restrictions described in the Notice are not applicable.
During the Blackout Period and for a two-year period after the ending date of the Blackout Period, shareholders or other interested parties may obtain, without charge, the actual beginning and ending dates of the Blackout Period. Any inquiries regarding the Blackout Period may be directed to:
General Electric Company
5 Necco Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Attention: Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel
Telephone Number: (617) 443-3000
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
In connection with the Spin-Off, GE HealthCare Holding LLC (“GE HealthCare”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE that will be converted into a corporation and renamed GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. prior to consummation of the Spin-Off, has filed a registration statement on Form 10. This communication is not a substitute for any registration statement, prospectus or other documents GE and/or GE HealthCare may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THESE DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY GE OR GE HEALTHCARE WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED SPIN-OFF, BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these materials and other documents filed with the SEC by GE and/or GE HealthCare through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders will also be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed by GE and/or GE HealthCare with the SEC from the respective companies by directing a written request to GE at General Electric Company, 5 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210 or by calling 617-443-3000 and/or GE HealthCare at 500 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661 or by calling 617-443-3400.
NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION
This communication is for informational purposes only and not intended to and does not constitute an offer to subscribe for, buy or sell, the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for, buy or sell, or an invitation to subscribe for, buy or sell, any securities in any jurisdiction pursuant to or in connection with the proposed transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and otherwise in accordance with applicable law.
Item 8.01 | Other Events |
Notes Offering
On November 22, 2022, GE HealthCare closed its previously announced offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.550% senior notes due 2024 (the “2024 notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.600% senior notes due 2025 (the “2025 notes”) and $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.650% senior notes due 2027 (the “2027 notes” and, together with the 2024 notes and the 2025 notes, the “New Money Notes”), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.857% senior notes due 2030 (the “2030 notes”), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.905% senior notes due 2032 (the “2032 notes”), and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.377% senior notes due 2052 (the “2052 notes” and, together with the 2030 notes and the 2032 notes, the “SpinCo Debt Securities” and, together with the New Money Notes, the “Notes”).
The Notes were issued pursuant to a base indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the “Company Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), by and between GE HealthCare and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
The Notes were offered as part of the financing for the Spin-Off, which is expected to be completed in the first week of January 2023. GE HealthCare intends to distribute the net proceeds from the offering of the New Money Notes to GE prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off. The SpinCo Debt Securities were initially issued by GE HealthCare to GE and were transferred and delivered by GE to BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as selling noteholders in the offering, in satisfaction of certain debt obligations of GE in connection with the Spin-Off. GE HealthCare will not receive any proceeds from the offering of the SpinCo Debt Securities.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of GE HealthCare and are guaranteed by GE until the consummation of the Spin-Off pursuant to a Guarantee Agreement dated November 22, 2022 among GE HealthCare, GE, and the trustee. Upon consummation of the Spin-Off, GE will be automatically, and unconditionally released from all obligations under its guarantees.
The issuance of the Notes by GE HealthCare and the guarantees by GE have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, or under any U.S. state securities laws or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Notes were offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. GE HealthCare has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with GE and the representatives of the initial purchasers of the Notes, dated November 22, 2022, pursuant to which GE HealthCare has agreed to file with the SEC an exchange registration statement with respect to an exchange offer for the Notes or a shelf registration statement for the resale of the Notes.
On November 22, 2022, GE issued a press release in connection with the closing of the aforementioned offering. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.
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Tender Offer
On November 23, 2022, GE issued a press release announcing the results, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time on November 22, 2022, of its previously announced tender offer to purchase for cash certain of the existing debt securities issued by GE or certain affiliates (and assumed or guaranteed by GE) (the “Tender Offer”). A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated by reference herein.
On November 23, 2022, GE issued a press release announcing the reference yield for the fixed spread securities in its previously announced Tender Offer. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.4 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
Forward-looking statements.
This document contains “forward-looking statements”—that is, statements related to future, not past, events. These forward-looking statements often address GE’s expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “will,” “would,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “target,” “preliminary,” or “range.” Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. For GE, particular areas where risks or uncertainties could cause GE’s actual results to be materially different than those expressed in GE’s forward-looking statements include: the expected timing, size or other terms of the Tender Offer and GE’s ability to complete the Tender Offer; GE’s success in executing and completing asset dispositions or other transactions, including GE’s plans to pursue the Spin-Off and the spin-off its portfolio of energy businesses that are planned to be combined as GE Vernova (Renewable Energy, Power, Digital and Energy Financial Services), and sales or other dispositions of GE’s equity interests in Baker Hughes Company and AerCap Holdings N.V. and GE’s expected equity interest in GEHC after the Spin-Off, the timing for such transactions, the ability to satisfy any applicable pre-conditions, and the expected proceeds, consideration and benefits to GE; changes in macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, including impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions, rising interest rates, oil, natural gas and other commodity prices and exchange rates, and the impact of such changes and volatility on GE’s business operations, financial results and financial position; and GE’s de-leveraging and capital allocation plans, including with respect to actions to reduce its indebtedness, the capital structures of the three public companies that GE plans to form from its businesses, the timing and amount of dividends, share repurchases, organic investments, and other priorities; and other factors that are described in the “Risk Factors” section of GE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, as such descriptions may be updated or amended in any future reports that GE files with the SEC. These or other uncertainties may cause GE’s actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in its forward-looking statements. GE does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
General Electric Company |
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(Registrant) | ||||||||
Date: November 23, 2022 | /s/ Brandon Smith |
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Brandon Smith | ||||||||
Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel |
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE |
INDENTURE SECTION(S) | |||
ACT SECTION |
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Section 310 |
(a)(1) | 609 | ||
(a)(2) | 609 | |||
(a)(3) | Not Applicable | |||
(a)(4) | Not Applicable | |||
(b) | 608, 610 | |||
Section 311 |
(a) | 613 | ||
(b) | 613 | |||
Section 312 |
(a) | 701, 702 | ||
(b) | 702 | |||
(c) | 702 | |||
Section 313 |
(a) | 703 | ||
(b) | 703 | |||
(c) | 703 | |||
(d) | 703 | |||
Section 314 |
(a) | 704 | ||
(a)(4) | 101, 1004 | |||
(b) | Not Applicable | |||
(c)(1) | 102 | |||
(c)(2) | 102 | |||
(c)(3) | Not Applicable | |||
(d) | Not Applicable | |||
(e) | 102 | |||
Section 315 |
(a) | 601 | ||
(b) | 602 | |||
(c) | 601 | |||
(d) | 601 | |||
(e) | 514 | |||
Section 316 |
(a) | 101 | ||
(a)(1)(A) |
502, 512 | |||
(a)(1)(B) |
513 | |||
(a)(2) | Not Applicable | |||
(b) | 508 | |||
(c) | 104 | |||
Section 317 |
(a)(1) | 503 | ||
(a)(2) | 504 | |||
(b) | 1003 | |||
Section 318 |
(a) | 107 |
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
1 | |||||
SECTION 101 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 102 |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 8 | ||||
SECTION 103 |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 9 | ||||
SECTION 104 |
Acts of Holders; Record Dates | 9 | ||||
SECTION 105 |
Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company | 11 | ||||
SECTION 106 |
Notice to Holders; Waiver | 12 | ||||
SECTION 107 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 13 | ||||
SECTION 108 |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 13 | ||||
SECTION 109 |
Successors and Assigns | 13 | ||||
SECTION 110 |
Separability Clause | 13 | ||||
SECTION 111 |
Benefits of Indenture | 13 | ||||
SECTION 112 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Submission to Jurisdiction | 13 | ||||
SECTION 113 |
Legal Holidays | 14 | ||||
SECTION 114 |
Counterparts | 14 | ||||
SECTION 115 |
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) | 14 | ||||
SECTION 116 |
Patriot Act | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
15 | |||||
SECTION 201 |
Forms Generally | 15 | ||||
SECTION 202 |
Form of Legend for Global Securities | 15 | ||||
SECTION 203 |
Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
17 | |||||
SECTION 301 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 17 | ||||
SECTION 302 |
Denominations | 20 | ||||
SECTION 303 |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 20 | ||||
SECTION 304 |
Temporary Securities | 22 | ||||
SECTION 305 |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 23 | ||||
SECTION 306 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 24 | ||||
SECTION 307 |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset | 25 | ||||
SECTION 308 |
Optional Extension of Maturity | 28 | ||||
SECTION 309 |
Persons Deemed Owners | 29 |
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SECTION 310 |
Cancellation | 29 | ||||
SECTION 311 |
Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended | 29 | ||||
SECTION 312 |
CUSIP or ISIN Numbers | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
30 | |||||
SECTION 401 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 30 | ||||
SECTION 402 |
Application of Trust Money | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
32 | |||||
SECTION 501 |
Events of Default | 32 | ||||
SECTION 502 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 33 | ||||
SECTION 503 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 34 | ||||
SECTION 504 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 35 | ||||
SECTION 505 |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 35 | ||||
SECTION 506 |
Application of Money Collected | 36 | ||||
SECTION 507 |
Limitation on Suits | 36 | ||||
SECTION 508 |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 37 | ||||
SECTION 509 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 37 | ||||
SECTION 510 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 37 | ||||
SECTION 511 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 37 | ||||
SECTION 512 |
Control by Holders | 37 | ||||
SECTION 513 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 38 | ||||
SECTION 514 |
Undertaking for Costs | 38 | ||||
SECTION 515 |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
39 | |||||
SECTION 601 |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 39 | ||||
SECTION 602 |
Notice of Defaults | 39 | ||||
SECTION 603 |
Certain Rights of Trustee | 40 | ||||
SECTION 604 |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities | 42 | ||||
SECTION 605 |
May Hold Securities | 42 | ||||
SECTION 606 |
Money Held in Trust | 42 | ||||
SECTION 607 |
Compensation and Reimbursement | 42 | ||||
SECTION 608 |
Conflicting Interests | 43 | ||||
SECTION 609 |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 43 | ||||
SECTION 610 |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 44 | ||||
SECTION 611 |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 45 |
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SECTION 612 |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 46 | ||||
SECTION 613 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 46 | ||||
SECTION 614 |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
49 | |||||
SECTION 701 |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders | 49 | ||||
SECTION 702 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 49 | ||||
SECTION 703 |
Reports by Trustee | 49 | ||||
SECTION 704 |
Reports by Company | 50 | ||||
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
50 | |||||
SECTION 801 |
Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. | 50 | ||||
SECTION 802 |
Successor Substituted for the Company | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
51 | |||||
SECTION 901 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 51 | ||||
SECTION 902 |
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders | 53 | ||||
SECTION 903 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 54 | ||||
SECTION 904 |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 55 | ||||
SECTION 905 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 55 | ||||
SECTION 906 |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 55 | ||||
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
55 | |||||
SECTION 1001 |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 55 | ||||
SECTION 1002 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 55 | ||||
SECTION 1003 |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust | 56 | ||||
SECTION 1004 |
Statement by Officer as to Default | 57 | ||||
SECTION 1005 |
Existence | 57 | ||||
SECTION 1006 |
Waiver of Certain Covenants | 57 | ||||
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
57 | |||||
SECTION 1101 |
Applicability of Article | 57 | ||||
SECTION 1102 |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 57 | ||||
SECTION 1103 |
Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed | 58 | ||||
SECTION 1104 |
Notice of Redemption | 58 | ||||
SECTION 1105 |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 60 | ||||
SECTION 1106 |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 60 | ||||
SECTION 1107 |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 60 |
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS |
61 | |||||
SECTION 1201 |
Applicability of Article | 61 | ||||
SECTION 1202 |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 61 | ||||
SECTION 1203 |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 61 | ||||
ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS |
62 | |||||
SECTION 1301 |
Applicability of Article | 62 | ||||
SECTION 1302 |
Repayment of Securities | 62 | ||||
SECTION 1303 |
Exercise of Option | 62 | ||||
SECTION 1304 |
When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable | 63 | ||||
SECTION 1305 |
Securities Repaid in Part | 63 | ||||
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
63 | |||||
SECTION 1401 |
Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 63 | ||||
SECTION 1402 |
Defeasance and Discharge | 64 | ||||
SECTION 1403 |
Covenant Defeasance | 64 | ||||
SECTION 1404 |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 64 | ||||
SECTION 1405 |
Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee | 66 | ||||
SECTION 1406 |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions | 66 | ||||
SECTION 1407 |
Reinstatement | 67 | ||||
SECTION 1408 |
Qualifying Trustee | 67 | ||||
ARTICLE FIFTEEN GUARANTEES |
68 | |||||
SECTION 1501 |
Guarantee | 68 | ||||
SECTION 1502 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability | 69 | ||||
SECTION 1503 |
Execution and Delivery | 70 | ||||
SECTION 1504 |
Subrogation | 70 | ||||
SECTION 1505 |
Benefits Acknowledged | 70 | ||||
SECTION 1506 |
Release of Guarantees | 71 | ||||
ARTICLE SIXTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES | 71 | |||||
SECTION 1601 |
Exemption from Individual Liability | 71 |
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INDENTURE (herein called this Indenture), dated as of November 22, 2022, between GE Healthcare Holding LLC, a limited liability company duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 500 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation having an office in New York, New York, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article One have the meanings assigned to them in this Article One and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Company;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(6) words importing any gender include the other genders;
(7) references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to;
(8) references to writing include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a tangible, visible form;
(9) the words including, includes and include shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation; and
(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be deemed to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements and instruments, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
Authorized Person means, in the case of the Company, any Person delegated by any of the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Financial Officer, its General Counsel, its President, its Treasurer, or one of its Vice Presidents to act on such Persons behalf.
Board of Directors means either the board of managers or directors, as applicable, of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers of the Company to which authority to act on
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behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any manager of the Company, its President, a Treasurer, a Vice President, its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or an Authorized Person, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286.
Corporation means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company, joint-stock company or business or statutory trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307(a).
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
Electronic Means shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
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Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 202 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
Guarantee with respect to Securities of any series which the Company shall determine will be guaranteed by another Person, means the unconditional and unsubordinated guarantee by a Guarantor of the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on a series of Securities when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and this Indenture.
Guarantor shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities, any Person providing a Guarantee of such series of Securities pursuant to Article Fifteen.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
interest when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Maturity when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal or premium, if any, becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
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Maximum Interest Rate has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any manager or director, as applicable, of the Company, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the President, a Treasurer, a Vice President, the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or any of its Affiliates (and who may be an employee of the Company or any of its respective Affiliates), and which opinion shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and irrevocably segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1402; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be
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deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes and appoints the Trustee as the Paying Agent for each series of the Securities.
Periodic Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any similar entity.
Place of Payment when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
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Redemption Date when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
Repayment Date means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, means an officer in the Corporate Trust Office thereof having direct responsibility for administration of this Indenture and, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, senior associate, associate, trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and, in each case, also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307(a).
Stated Maturity when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Subsidiary means a Corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, voting stock means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of managers or
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directors, as applicable, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Government Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 1404.
Vice President when used with respect to the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
SECTION 102 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture, other than an Officers Certificate required by Section 1004, shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) 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;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, the individual has made or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
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enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons may certify or give an opinion as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officers certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of
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the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series; provided, that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action
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taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Companys expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the Expiration Date and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided, that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105 Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the attention of the President of the Company at the address of the Companys principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (Instructions) given pursuant to this Indenture and related financing documents and delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Company, as applicable, shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (Authorized Officers) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the
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Company, as applicable, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company, as applicable, elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustees understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company, as applicable. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.
SECTION 106 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered, first-class postage prepaid or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by delivery, neither the failure to deliver such notice, nor any defect in any notice so delivered, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular delivery service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by delivery, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109 Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110 Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury; Submission to Jurisdiction.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY GUARANTEE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Each of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders by their acceptance of the Notes irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture and the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, and waives any objection it may have under law to such courts and jurisdiction as proper venue in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section 113)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no additional interest shall accrue as the result of such delayed payment.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 115 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (Applicable Law), the Company agrees (i) to provide to The Bank of New York Mellon sufficient information about holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so The Bank of New York Mellon can determine whether it has tax-related obligations under Applicable Law, (ii) that The Bank of New York Mellon shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which The Bank of New York Mellon shall not have any liability, and (iii) to hold harmless The Bank of New York Mellon for any losses it may suffer due to the actions it takes to comply with such Applicable Law. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such
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information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
SECURITY FORMS
The Securities of each series and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially such form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon (including, without limitation, any legends where applicable) as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be listed or traded or the rules of any Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or forms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an Authorized Person of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities of each series shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, or engraved on steel engraved borders, if required by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be listed or traded, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be listed or traded, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202 Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (DTC ), Euroclear SA/NV (Euroclear) or Clearstream Banking, S.A. (Clearstream), as applicable, to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, 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 & Co., has an interest herein.
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.
SECTION 203 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
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THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate or in a Company Order, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect; provided, further, that if such additional Securities are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the Securities of such series, such additional Securities shall have a different CUSIP number;
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, the right, if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;
(5) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;
(6) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the term and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
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redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(7) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and the other terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(9) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(10) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units, including composite currencies, in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 101;
(11) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the period or periods within or the date or dates on which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(12) the percentage of the principal amount at which such Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(13) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(14) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible or shall be defeasible in a manner varying from Section
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1402 and Section 1403 and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(15) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the Securities of such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security for one or more permanent Global Securities or definitive Securities of such series;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 202 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be subject to the optional interest reset provisions of Section 307(b);
(18) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be subject to the optional extension of maturity provisions of Section 308;
(19) any deletion or addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502 or in any other remedies provided in Article Five;
(20) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(21) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;
(22) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of such series, if other than the Trustee;
(23) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such series into any other securities or property of the Company or of any other corporation or Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
(24) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series are secured;
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(25) whether the Securities of the series will be subject to any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such series;
(26) whether the Securities shall be issued with Guarantees and, if so, to name one or more Guarantors, the terms and conditions, if any, of any Guarantee with respect to Securities of any series, to provide for the terms and conditions upon which Guarantees may be released or terminated, and any corresponding changes to the provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;
(27) [reserved]; and
(28) any other additional, eliminated or changed terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an Authorized Person of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or Company Order setting forth the terms or the manner of determining the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a further Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other procedures specified in the Company Order contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Financial Officer, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or an Authorized
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Person. The signature of any of these individuals on the Securities may be manual, facsimile or electronic, provided that any electronic signature is a true representation of the signers actual signature.
Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(1) that the form or forms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
If such forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers Certificate or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. This paragraph shall not be applicable to Securities of a series that are issued pursuant to the proviso to Section 301(2).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form or forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual, facsimile or electronic signature of one of its authorized signatories (provided that any electronic signature is a true representation of the signers actual signature) and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such series in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
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and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. If in accordance with Section 301(5), the Company designates a transfer agent (in addition to the Security Registrar) with respect to any series of Securities, the Company may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which any such transfer agent acts; provided, that the Company maintains a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series. The Company may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company and the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.
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If the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 305, (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the delivering of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivering, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion not to be redeemed.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, (ii) defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary, or (iii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as depositary, in each case, unless the Company has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days after receipt of such notice or after it has become aware of such default or cessation, (B) the Company in its sole discretion determines, subject to the procedures of the Depositary, that such Global Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section 305, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless,
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the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and shall cancel and dispose of such mutilated Security in accordance with its customary procedures.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of which such new Security was issued presents for payment or registration such original Security, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith and shall cancel and dispose of such new Security in accordance with its customary procedures.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company and the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.
(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
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business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the related series of Securities. Except in the case of a Global Security, at the option of the Company, interest on any series of Securities may be paid (i) by check delivered to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on the Security Register of such series or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register of such series at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Any Paying Agents will be identified in accordance with Section 301, except for the Trustee, who has been appointed as Paying Agent for the Securities as provided in the definition of Paying Agent contained in Section 101. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent; however, the Company at all times will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for each series of Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
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been so delivered, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security, such notice to contain the information to be included in the Trustees notice referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the Reset Notice) indicating that the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of such Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to
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which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308 Optional Extension of Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an Extension Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity), such notice to contain the information to be included in the Trustees notice referred to in the following sentence. If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
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If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309 Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and (subject to the record date provisions of Section 104) for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 310, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be treated in accordance with its document retention policies.
SECTION 311 Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The amount of interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) payable or paid on any Security shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any applicable law of the United States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York law, which could lawfully be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received (the Maximum Interest Rate). If, as a result of any circumstances
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whatsoever, the Company or any other Person is deemed to have paid interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) or any Holder of a Security is deemed to have contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law), in excess of the Maximum Interest Rate, then, ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of validity, and if under any such circumstance, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holders, or any Holder shall ever receive interest or anything that might be deemed interest under applicable law that would exceed the Maximum Interest Rate, such amount that would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing on the applicable Security or Securities and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid principal balance of any such Security or Securities, such excess shall be refunded to the Company; provided, that the Company and not the Trustee shall be responsible for collecting any such refund from the Holders. In addition, for purposes of determining whether payments in respect of any Security are usurious, all sums paid or agreed to be paid with respect to such Security for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such Security.
SECTION 312 CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption 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 Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this Section 401), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) Either:
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
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the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
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REMEDIES
SECTION 501 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Company, by the Company, in this Indenture with respect to a Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified delivery, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default under this Indenture; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its respective 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 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the
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consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of its property for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series,
provided, however, that no event described in Clause (4), Clause (5), Clause (6) and Clause (7) above shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer has received written notice thereof as contemplated in Section 602.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the principal or any premium or interest on any Security is payable in a currency other than the currency of the United States of America and such currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in the currency of the United States of America in an amount equal to the currency of the United States of America equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, as determined by the Trustee by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency (Exchange Rate), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, any payment made under such circumstances in the currency of the United States of America where the required payment is in a currency other than the currency of the United States of America will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.
SECTION 502 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) which is common to all Outstanding series of Securities) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default under Section 501(7) which is common to all Outstanding series of Securities occurs
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and is continuing, then in such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article Five, the Event of Default giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Security and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the Trustee, its agents and counsel under Section 607.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, its respective property or its respective creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar committee.
SECTION 505 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
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judgment shall, after provision for the payment of all amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506 Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on such series of Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such series of Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 507 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator (or other similar official), or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
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disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 508 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee, and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512 Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
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any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided, that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow such direction if (i) the Holders have failed to provide the Trustee with security or indemnity deemed by it to be sufficient in its sole discretion; or (ii) a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable law.
SECTION 513 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514 Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 514 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security.
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SECTION 515 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company 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 or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (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.
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that (i) notwithstanding Section 315(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated in the certificates or opinions referred to therein or herein, and (ii) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602 Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section 602, the term default means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series, except an Event of Default under Section 501(1), Section 501(2) or Section 501(3) hereof (provided, that the Trustee is the principal Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of such series), unless a Responsible Officer shall have received written notice at the Corporate Trust Office of such Event of Default in accordance with Section 105 from the Company, any Subsidiary or the
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Holder of any Security, which notice states that the event referred to therein constitutes an Event of Default and references this Indenture and the relevant Securities.
SECTION 603 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity acceptable to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;
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(9) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Securities of a series, each representing less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series Outstanding, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken;
(10) the Trustees immunities and protections from liability and its right to indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the Trustees officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustees right to compensation, shall survive the Trustees resignation or removal and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture;
(11) except for information provided by the Trustee concerning the Trustee, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for any information in any offering memorandum or other disclosure material distributed with respect to the Securities, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection with the Securities;
(12) the Trustee shall not be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(13) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control (forces majeure), including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, pandemics, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances or closures, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services;
(14) the Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(15) the rights, privileges, protections and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Persons employed to act hereunder;
(16) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
(17) the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty;
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(18) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(19) The Trustee has no liability for interest nor any duty to invest funds deposited with it hereunder.
SECTION 604 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606 Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607 Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable and documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and
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(3) to indemnify the Trustee (which shall be deemed to include its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except those attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final, non-appealable order of a court of contempt jurisdiction. This indemnity shall survive resignation or removal of the Trustee, defeasance or termination of this Indenture and final payment in full of the Notes.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity under this Section 607. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and, in the event the subject matter of the claim involves a conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee, the Company shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, in the event the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in any proceedings which result from an Event of Default under Section 501(5) or (6), or from any default which, with the passage of time, would become such Event of Default, the expenses so incurred and compensation for services so rendered are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy Code or equivalent law.
SECTION 608 Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
SECTION 609 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be
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deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 609, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
SECTION 610 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (A) the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
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particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, the Trustee or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction (at the sole expense of the Company) for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
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Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee and the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
SECTION 612 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is provided anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 613 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of the Trust Indenture Act:
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(1) cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; and
(2) self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company (or any such obligor) for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security; provided, the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company (or any such obligor) arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 614 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 614.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 614, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 614.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 614.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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as Authenticating Agent | ||
By: |
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Authorized Officer |
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HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding January 1 or July 1 as the case may be; and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.
SECTION 702 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703 Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
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A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704 Reports by Company
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is filed with the Commission.
Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 704 is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of same shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall be a Corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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SECTION 802 Successor Substituted for the Company.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance or transfer (other than a lease) of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer (other than a lease) is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease) the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture.
Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article Eight or any Guarantor; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; or
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(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided, however, that if such addition, change or elimination shall adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect, such addition, change or elimination shall become effective with respect to such series only when no such Security of such series remains Outstanding; or
(6) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; or
(7) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; or
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(11) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided, that (i) in the case of any such cure, correction, supplement, matter, question, amendment or modification to (or which results in any change to) a Guarantee, shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any Securities then Outstanding, and in all other cases, such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
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(12) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(13) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Securities may be listed or traded; or
(14) to secure any series of Securities; or
(15) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that such action does not adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of Securities in any material respect; or
(16) to provide for the payment by the Company of additional amounts in respect of taxes imposed on certain Holders and for the treatment of such additional amounts as interest and for all matters incidental thereto; or
(17) to add Guarantors with respect to the Securities or release a Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee of Securities or this Indenture in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and the Securities of the applicable series.
SECTION 902 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (treated as one class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 307(b) or Section 308 or otherwise specified in the form or terms of the Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 with respect to extending the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series, change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
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Redemption Date or Repayment Date) or make any changes to any Guarantee that would adversely affect Holders, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section 902 and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(9), or
(4) if the Securities of any series are convertible or exchangeable into any other securities or property of the Company, make any change that adversely affects in any material respect the right to convert or exchange any Security of such series (except as permitted by Section 901) or decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the conversion price of any such Security of such series, unless such decrease or increase is permitted by the terms of such Security, or
(5) if the Securities of any series are secured, change the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Securities of such series are secured in a manner adverse to the Holders of the secured Securities of such series in any material respect.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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SECTION 904 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purpose. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1003 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate to the extent required by law and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable may be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
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all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 1004 Statement by Officer as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers Certificate, the signer of which shall be the principal executive, principal accounting or principal financial officer of the Company, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which he or she may have knowledge.
Subject to Article Eight, and the Companys ability to convert into a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its limited liability company or other existence, as applicable.
SECTION 1006 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section 1005, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1102 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Company Order or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 1103 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected , from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method in accordance with the standard procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided, that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence. For book-entry Securities subject to redemption, any redemption will be administered in compliance with the procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, or other relevant depositary.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.
SECTION 1104 Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class delivery, postage prepaid, or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 10 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. Any such notice of redemption shall be irrevocable. The notice if delivered in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by delivery or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any equity offering or change of control, issuance of indebtedness or other transaction or event. Notice of any redemption in respect thereof will be given prior to the completion thereof, may be partial as a result of only some of the conditions being satisfied, may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) and may be rescinded at any time if the Company determines in its sole discretion that any or all
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of such conditions will not be satisfied (or waived). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the applicable redemption price and the performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person.
SECTION 1105 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 1104, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Redemption Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 1202 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided, that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and stating the basis for any such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly
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given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
SECTION 1301 Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1302 Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof and any premium thereon, together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, the premium, if any, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303 Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an Option to Elect Repayment form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect Repayment form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the
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option of the Holder thereof and as provided in Sections 307(b) and 308, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304 When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article Thirteen and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest and/or premium, if any, to (but excluding) the Repayment Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305 Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401 Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1402 or Section 1403 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (unless designated pursuant to Section 301 as not being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1402 or 1403), in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon
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compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1402 Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1402 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1402 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section 1406, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section 1402 applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1403 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 1403 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1403 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 704 (to the extent of any covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 704 (to the extent of any covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7)), shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1403 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or upon redemption, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held; provided, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1402 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1403 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
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Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an agreement whereby the Company irrevocably agrees to forfeit its right, if any, (A) to reset the interest rate of such Securities pursuant to Section 307(b) and (B) to extend the Stated Maturity of such Securities pursuant to Section 308.
(9) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1405 Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee.
Subject to Section 1407 below and after the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in Section 1404 relating to the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with, the Trustee upon request of the Company shall acknowledge in writing the Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be.
SECTION 1406 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section 1406, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1404 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article Fourteen with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Fourteen with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1406 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Fourteen; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
SECTION 1408 Qualifying Trustee.
Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1404 for the purpose of holding trust funds deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
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GUARANTEES
(1) Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities, subject to this Article Fifteen to the extent provided for in any series of Securities under the Indenture, each Guarantor of such series of Securities will, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, such series of Securities and the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (A) the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Security shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest on the Securities, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee hereunder or under the Securities shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (B) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment by the Company when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(2) Each Guarantor, by being named as a Guarantor of any series of Securities, hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities and this Indenture, or pursuant to Section 15.06.
(3) Each of the Guarantors also agrees, jointly and severally, to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.
(4) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee under this Section 15.01, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
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(5) Each Guarantor of a series of Securities agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders of such series of Securities in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby with respect to such series of Securities. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (A) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated with respect to a series of Securities as provided in Article Five for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (B) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations with respect to a series of Securities as provided in Article Five, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders of the applicable series of Securities under the Guarantees.
(6) Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Companys assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Securities are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Securities or the Guarantees, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities of the applicable series shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
(7) In case any provision of any Guarantee with respect to a series of Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(8) Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee of a series of Securities shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
SECTION 1502 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance or a fraudulent transfer for purposes of bankruptcy law in the United States of America, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors of a series of Securities hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor of such series of Securities shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all
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other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor of such series of Securities in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor of such series of Securities under this Article Fifteen, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor of such series of Securities that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor of such series of Securities in an amount equal to such other Guarantors pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors of such series of Securities at the time of such payment determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
SECTION 1503 Execution and Delivery.
(1) To evidence its Guarantee of a series of Securities set forth in Section 15.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a supplemental indenture to this Indenture with respect to such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an Officer or person holding an equivalent title.
(2) Each Guarantor shall in such supplemental indenture agree that its Guarantee of the applicable series of Securities set forth in Section 15.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Securities of such series.
(3) If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or a supplemental indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Guarantees of such series of Securities shall be valid nevertheless.
(4) The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee with respect to such Security set forth in this Indenture or supplemental indenture on behalf of the Guarantors of such series of Securities.
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.01; provided, that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to a series of Securities, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation with respect to such series of Securities until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities or the Securities of such series shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 1505 Benefits Acknowledged.
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Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 1506 Release of Guarantees.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article Fifteen to the contrary, concurrently with the payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of a series or upon Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to Securities of a series, every Guarantor shall be released from and relieved of its obligations under this Article Fifteen with respect to the Securities of such series. Upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction giving rise to the release of this Guarantee was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities, the Trustee (at the expense of the Company) shall execute and deliver any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of each Guarantor from its obligations under this Guarantee. If any of the obligations to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities and all other obligations of the Company are revived and reinstated after the termination of this Guarantee, then all of the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be revived and reinstated as if this Guarantee had not been terminated until such time as the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities are paid in full, and each Guarantor shall enter into an amendment to this Guarantee, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, evidencing such revival and reinstatement.
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1601 Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, manager, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company, any Subsidiary or any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers, managers, directors, or employees, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary or any successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, manager, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived
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and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of such Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
Date: November 22, 2022
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC As Company | ||
By: | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | |
Name: Robert M. Giglietti Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter | |
Name: Stacey B. Poindexter Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Indenture]
Exhibit 4.2
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 22, 2022
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 22, 2022
Relating to
$1,000,000,000 of 5.550% Notes due 2024
$1,500,000,000 of 5.600% Notes due 2025
$1,750,000,000 of 5.650% Notes due 2027
$1,250,000,000 of 5.857% Notes due 2030
$1,750,000,000 of 5.905% Notes due 2032
$1,000,000,000 of 6.377% Notes due 2052
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE |
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.01 |
References | 2 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO |
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Designation and Principal Amount | 9 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Maturity | 10 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Form and Payment | 10 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Interest | 11 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Other Terms and Conditions | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE |
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REDEMPTION |
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Section 3.01 |
Optional Redemption of the Notes | 13 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Special Mandatory Redemption of the Notes | 15 | ||||
ARTICLE FOUR |
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event | 16 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Limitation on Liens | 17 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
Contribution of Assets and Liabilities | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE FIVE |
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ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 5.01 |
Additional Events of Default | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 6.01 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 21 | ||||
Section 6.02 |
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders | 21 |
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Section 6.03 |
Application of First Supplemental Indenture | 21 | ||||
Section 6.04 |
Trust Indenture Act | 21 | ||||
Section 6.05 |
Conflict with Base Indenture | 21 | ||||
Section 6.06 |
Governing Law | 21 | ||||
Section 6.07 |
Successors | 21 | ||||
Section 6.08 |
Counterparts | 21 | ||||
Section 6.09 |
Trustee Disclaimer | 22 |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 22, 2022 (this First Supplemental Indenture), between GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company), a Delaware limited liability company, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), to the Base Indenture (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the Base Indenture and, together with this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to time of its notes and other evidences of senior debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as therein provided;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, on the date hereof, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of six series of notes to be known respectively as its 5.550% Senior Notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes), its 5.600% Senior Notes due 2025 (the 2025 Notes), its 5.650% Senior Notes due 2027 (the 2027 Notes), its 5.857% Senior Notes due 2030 (the 2030 Notes), its 5.905% Senior Notes due 2032 (the 2032 Notes) and its 6.377% Senior Notes due 2052 (the 2052 Notes and, together with the 2024 Notes, 2025 Notes, 2027 Notes, 2030 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the Notes), the form and substance of such notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and herein;
WHEREAS, initially, the 2030 Notes, the 2032 Notes and the 2052 Notes will be issued in the form of physical certificates (the Physical Notes), then following the Trustees receipt of a transfer and exchange instruction, the Trustee will exchange the Physical Notes for global notes and book-entry interests at the Depository Trust Company;
WHEREAS, the Notes initially will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on a senior unsecured basis by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the Guarantor), pursuant to a Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the Guarantee Agreement), by the Guarantor in favor of the Holders, the Company and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under its guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder at such time as the Spin-Off (as defined in Section 1.02) has been completed;
WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been met; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested and hereby requests that the Trustee join with it in the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, and all acts and requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done and performed.
WITNESSETH:
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:
Article One
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 1.01 References. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture. References in this First Supplemental Indenture to article and section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this First Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any Additional Interest pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, if applicable.
Section 1.02 Definitions. For purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
2024 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
2025 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
2027 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
2030 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
2032 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
2052 Notes has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
Additional Interest means all interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Additional Notes means any additional Notes that may be issued from time to time pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
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Applicable Spread means (i) 20 basis points, in the case of the 2024 Notes, (ii) 20 basis points, in the case of the 2025 Notes, (iii) 25 basis points, in the case of the 2027 Notes, (iv) 30 basis points, in the case of the 2030 Notes, (v) 30 basis points, in the case of the 2032 Notes, or (vi) 35 basis points, in the case of the 2052 Notes.
Base Indenture has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Board Approval Condition means the declaration by the board of directors of the Guarantor of a pro rata dividend of at least 80.1% of the outstanding shares of the Companys Voting Stock and the specification of the record date, payment date and distribution ratio regarding such dividend.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in New York, New York, United States.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys assets and the assets of the Companys Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of the Companys Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Companys liquidation or dissolution; or (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as defined above), including any group defined as a person for the purpose of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then-outstanding number of shares of the Companys Voting Stock, provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such persons affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of another person and (b) immediately following that transaction, a majority of Voting Stock of such person is held by the direct or indirect holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as immediately prior to such transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, the Spin-Off shall not constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture.
Change of Control Offer has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Change of Control Repurchase Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
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Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
Consolidated Subsidiary means, as of the time of determination and with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person whose financial data is, in accordance with GAAP, reflected in that Persons consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated Total Assets means, as of the time of determination, total assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as reflected on the Companys most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP contained in a registration statement on Form 10, an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q or any amendment thereto pursuant to the Exchange Act filed by the Company prior to the time as of which Consolidated Total Assets is being determined or, if the Company is not required to so file, as reflected on the Companys most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Depositary has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(d).
Exchange Notes means Notes issued in a registered exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
First Call Date means (i) November 22, 2027, in the case of the SpinCo Debt Securities and (ii) November 22, 2022, in the case of the 2025 Notes and 2027 Notes.
First Supplemental Indenture has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.
Guarantee Agreement has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Guarantor has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
incur means issue, incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, obligations (other than Non-recourse Obligations) of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).
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Indenture has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Initial Notes means the aggregate principal amount of each series of Notes issued on the date hereof, as specified on the first paragraph of Section 2.01.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moodys); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
Lien means any lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service Inc., and its successors.
Non-recourse Obligation means indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) (A) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or (B) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of the Companys properties or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, in each case as to which the obligee with respect to such Indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or such Subsidiarys assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof) or (2) a receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables or the proceeds thereof).
Notes has the meaning provided in the Recitals. For the avoidance of doubt, Notes shall include any Additional Notes.
Offering Memorandum means the Offering Memorandum, dated November 9, 2022, relating to the issuance of the Initial Notes.
Par Call Date means the date set forth under the heading Par Call Date below across from the name of such series of notes:
Series of Notes | Par Call Date | |
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2025 notes |
October 15, 2025 | |
2027 notes |
October 15, 2027 | |
2030 notes |
January 15, 2030 | |
2032 notes |
August 22, 2032 | |
2052 notes |
May 22, 2052 |
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Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens securing Hedging Obligations designed to protect the Company from fluctuations in interest rates, currencies, equities or the price of commodities and not for speculative purposes;
(2) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities or financial institutions in respect of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(3) Liens arising by reason of pledges or deposits necessary to qualify the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business, maintain self-insurance, or obtain the benefit of, or comply with, any law, including Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits;
(4) Liens of any landlord on fixtures located on premises leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and tenants rights under leases, easements and similar Liens not materially impairing the use or value of the Property involved;
(5) easements, zoning restrictions, building restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances or charges on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are of a nature generally existing with respect to Properties of a similar character;
(6) Liens in connection with bankers acceptance financing or used in the ordinary course of trade practices, statutory lessor and vendor privilege Liens and Liens in connection with good faith bids, tenders and deposits;
(7) Liens arising under consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods;
(8) Good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases, or deposits to secure the Companys public or statutory obligations, or deposits for the payment of rent;
(9) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or credited for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(10) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit in the ordinary course of business that encumber cash, documents and other Property relating to such letters of credit and proceeds thereof;
(11) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries; and
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(12) customary Liens granted in favor of a trustee to secure fees and other amounts owing to such trustee under an indenture.
Property means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of capital stock.
Principal Property means all real property and improvements thereon, including, without limitation, any manufacturing facility or plant or any portion thereof, office facility, including the Companys principal corporate offices, warehouse, research facility or distribution center located within the United States (other than its territories or possessions) and owned by the Company or any of the Companys wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries, the gross book value (without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 1% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company, except any such property which the Board of Directors, in its good faith opinion, determines is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and the Companys subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as evidenced by a Board Resolution.
Rating Agency means, with respect to a series of Notes, (1) each of Moodys and S&P; and (2) if either of Moodys or S&P ceases to rate such Notes or fails to make a rating of such Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Ratings Event means, with respect to a series of Notes, during the period commencing on the date of the Companys first public announcement of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) (the Rating Date) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies but no longer than 180 days), the rating of the applicable series of Notes shall be reduced by both Rating Agencies and such Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies and are not, within such period, subsequently upgraded by both Rating Agencies to an Investment Grade rating; provided, however, that a Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or confirm to the Company in writing at the Companys request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Ratings Event).
Registration Rights Agreement means the registration rights agreement, dated as of November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
Registration Statement means one or more registration statements filed by the Company providing for the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes.
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Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to any Note of any series to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption if such Note matures on the applicable Par Call Date; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be deemed to be reduced (solely for the purposes of this calculation) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
Special Mandatory Redemption Date means, the fifth Business Day following the date of the applicable Special Mandatory Redemption Event.
Special Mandatory Redemption Event means, the earlier of (i) December 1, 2023 and (ii) the date on which the Company notifies the Trustee and the holders of the Notes that the Guarantor will not pursue the consummation of the Spin-Off.
Special Mandatory Redemption Price means, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SpinCo Debt Securities means, collectively, the 2030 Notes, the 2032 Notes and the 2052 Notes.
Spin-Off means the transaction in which the Guarantor will distribute to its stockholders at least 80.1% of the shares of the Companys Voting Stock.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.01 and series of Notes:
(a) the yield determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as Selected Interest Rates (Daily)H.15 (or any successor designation or publication) (H.15) under the caption U.S. government securitiesTreasury constant maturitiesNominal (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the Remaining Life); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yieldsone yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Lifeand shall
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interpolate to the Par Call Date, on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date;
(b) If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
Trustee has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
U.S. Subsidiary means any subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Voting Stock of any specified person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
Article Two
General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount.
(a) There are hereby authorized and designated six series of Notes: the 5.550% Senior Notes due 2024, 5.600% Senior Notes due 2025, 5.650% Senior Notes due 2027,
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5.857% Senior Notes due 2030, 5.905% Senior Notes due 2032 and 6.377% Senior Notes due 2052. Each series of the Notes may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount. The 2024 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000. The 2025 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000,000. The 2027 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,750,000,000. The 2030 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000. The 2032 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,750,000,000. The 2052 Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000. In the case of each series of Notes, the amount shall be set forth in the written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank on the same basis with all of the Companys other senior unsecured indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
(b) The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of any series of the Notes, create and issue Additional Notes of any series ranking equally and ratably with such series of Notes in all respects, or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such Additional Notes; provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the Notes of the applicable series, such Additional Notes will have a different CUSIP, ISIN and/or any other identifying number. Such Additional Notes will have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the applicable series of Notes, and will vote together as one class on all matters with respect to such series of Notes.
Section 2.02 Maturity. Unless an earlier redemption has occurred, the principal amount of the 2024 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on November 15, 2024, the principal amount of the 2025 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on November 15, 2025, the principal amount of the 2027 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on November 15, 2027, the principal amount of the 2030 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on March 15, 2030, the principal amount of the 2032 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on November 22, 2032 and the principal amount of the 2052 Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on November 22, 2052. If the maturity date of any series of the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest for such Notes then due will be paid on the next Business Day. No interest on that payment will accrue from and after the maturity date.
Section 2.03 Form and Payment.
(a) The Physical Notes shall be initially issued in definitive certificated form. Following the exchange of the Physical Notes by the Trustee, the Notes of each series shall be
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issued as global notes in fully registered book-entry form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) The Notes and the Trustees Certificates of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D, Exhibit E and Exhibit F which forms are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this First Supplemental Indenture.
(c) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
(d) Principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, on the global notes representing each series of the Notes shall be made to The Depository Trust Company (together with any successor thereto, the Depositary).
(e) The global notes representing each series of the Notes shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. No global note may be transferred except as a whole by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
(f) Additional provisions relating to the Initial Notes, Additional Notes, Exchange Notes and any other Notes issued under this First Supplemental Indenture are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this First Supplemental Indenture.
(a) Interest on the 2024 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 5.550% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2023.
(b) Interest on the 2025 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 5.600% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2023.
(c) Interest on the 2027 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 5.650% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2023.
(d) Interest on the 2030 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 5.857% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2023.
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(e) Interest on the 2032 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 5.905% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 22 and November 22 of each year, beginning on May 22, 2023.
(f) Interest on the 2052 Notes shall accrue at the rate of 6.377% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 22 and November 22 of each year, beginning on May 22, 2023.
Each such interest payment date for each series of Notes is referred to as an Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2024 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on May 1 and November 1, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2025 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on May 1 and November 1, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2027 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on May 1 and November 1, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2030 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on March 1 and September 1, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2032 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on May 8 and November 8, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the 2052 Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes of such series are registered at the close of business on May 8 and November 8, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on each series of all the Notes will accrue from and including November 22, 2022, to, but excluding, the first Interest Payment Date and then from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or maturity date, as the case may be. Interest on each series of the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or other payment date for any series of the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, and
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interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest on such payment shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 2.05 Other Terms and Conditions.
(a) The Notes are not subject to a sinking fund.
(b) The Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen of the Base Indenture will apply to each series of the Notes and the covenants set forth in Article Four shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1403 of the Base Indenture. The provisions of Article Four of the Base Indenture will apply to each series of the Notes.
(c) Each series of the Notes will be initially guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to and on the terms set forth in the Guarantee Agreement. The Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under its guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder at such time as the Spin-Off has been completed pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee Agreement, and then the provisions of Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture will not apply to the Notes.
(d) Each series of the Notes will be subject to the Events of Default provided in Section 501 of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by Section 5.01.
(e) The Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
(f) The Notes will be subject to the covenants provided in Article Ten of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by Article Four.
Article Three
Redemption
Section 3.01 Optional Redemption of the Notes.
(a) Subject to Section 6.05, the provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to each series of the Notes.
(b) The SpinCo Debt Securities shall not be redeemable prior to November 22, 2027.
(c) (1) The 2024 Notes shall be redeemable at any time and from time to time prior to their maturity date and (2) the 2025 Notes, the 2027 Notes and the SpinCo Debt Securities shall be redeemable at any time on or after the applicable First Call Date and from time to time prior to the applicable Par Call Date, in each case, in whole or in part, at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate
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principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus the Applicable Spread, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(d) At any time on or after the applicable Par Call Date of each series of Notes, the 2025 Notes, the 2027 Notes and the SpinCo Debt Securities shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Companys election, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(e) On and after any Redemption Date for a series of Notes, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any. On or before the relevant Redemption Date for a series of Notes, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the Notes of such series to be redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary; provided, however, that in no event shall Notes of a principal amount of $100,000 or less be redeemed in part.
(f) Notice of any redemption shall be electronically delivered or mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall state the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given. If the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Redemption Price, calculated as described above in clause (b) or (c) of this Section 4.01, as applicable, shall be set forth in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall become due and payable on the relevant Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
(g) Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an equity offering or Change of Control, issuance of indebtedness or other transaction or event. Notice of any redemption in respect thereof shall be given prior to the completion thereof, may be partial as a result of only some of the conditions being satisfied, may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) and may be rescinded at any time if the Company determines in its sole discretion that any or all of such conditions shall not be satisfied (or waived) by the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The
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Company may provide in such notice that payment of the applicable Redemption Price and the performance of the Companys obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.
(h) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any calculation or determination in respect of the Redemption Price of any Note, or any component thereof, and shall be entitled to receive, and fully-protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate from the Company that states such Redemption Price.
Section 3.02 Special Mandatory Redemption of the Notes.
(a) If, on or prior to a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Board Approval Condition has not been satisfied, then the Company will redeem the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price.
(b) The Company will cause a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to be electronically delivered or mailed to the Trustee and electronically delivered or mailed to each holder of record of the Notes to be redeemed no later than the Business Day following the Special Mandatory Redemption Event, which shall provide for the redemption of the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(c) Upon the deposit of funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date with the Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Notes will shall cease to bear interest and all rights under the Notes shall terminate.
(d) The notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption shall state:
(i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
(ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Special Mandatory Redemption Price shall become due and payable; and
(iv) that the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(e) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any calculation or determination in respect of the Special Mandatory Redemption Event or the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, or any component thereof, and shall be entitled to receive, and fully-protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate from the Company that states the occurrence of such Special Mandatory Redemption Event and such Special Mandatory Redemption Price.
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Article Four
Additional Covenants
Section 4.01 Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to a series of Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its right to redeem such Notes as set forth in Section 3.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the Change of Control Offer) to each Holder of the applicable Notes to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holders Notes of such series, at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed (the Change of Control Payment Date). The notice shall, if electronically delivered or mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the payment for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any such Notes surrendered; provided, that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
(e) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of any series of Outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in an offer to repurchase the applicable Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event and the Company, or any third party making an offer to repurchase such Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.01(d) hereof, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain Outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(f) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of a series of Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.01, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.01 by virtue of any such conflict.
(g) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any calculation or determination in respect of the Change of Control Repurchase Event or repurchase price of any Notes, or any component thereof, and shall be entitled to receive, and fully-protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate from the Company stating that such change of Change of Control Repurchase Event has occurred and specifying such repurchase price.
Section 4.02 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company shall not incur, nor shall the Company permit any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries to incur, any Liens upon any Principal Property of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired, in order to secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, in each case, unless prior to or at the same time, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or, at the Companys option, senior to) such secured Indebtedness until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by such Lien.
(b) The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to:
(1) Liens on any Principal Property existing with respect to any Person at the time such Person becomes the Companys Subsidiary or a Subsidiary of any of the
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Companys Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(2) Liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or a Subsidiary of any of the Companys Subsidiaries of such Principal Property (which may include any Principal Property previously leased by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries and leasehold interests on such Principal Property) or Liens on any Principal Property to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property, or Liens on any Principal Property to secure any indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after, the latest of the acquisition of such Principal Property or the completion of construction, the completion of improvements or the commencement of substantial commercial operation of such Principal Property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of the Principal Property and related costs and expenses, the construction or the making of the improvements;
(3) Liens securing the Companys Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any of the Companys Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries;
(4) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;
(5) Liens on any Principal Property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, at the time such Person becomes the Companys Subsidiary, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Properties or assets of a Person to the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;
(6) Liens created in connection with or to secure a Non-recourse Obligation or a project financed thereby;
(7) Liens created to secure the Notes;
(8) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, including, without limitation, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, suppliers, vendors, and landlords Liens and other similar Liens, Liens for masters and crews wages and other similar laws, arising in the ordinary course of business, Liens arising out of judgments or awards against a Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review or the period with Person which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;
(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
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(10) Liens to secure the performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance or return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature;
(11) Liens arising in connection with contracts and subcontracts with or made at the request of the United States, any state thereof, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or any state thereof;
(12) Permitted Liens; or
(13) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (1) through (12) without increase of the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (1) through (12) shall not extend to or cover any of the Companys Principal Properties or the Principal Properties of any of the Companys subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the Principal Property specified in such clauses and improvements to such Principal Property.
(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 4.02(a), the Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries will be permitted to incur Indebtedness secured by Liens, which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Notes, provided that, after giving effect to such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on Principal Properties (not including Liens permitted under clauses (1) through (13) of Section 4.02(b) hereof) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence of the Lien. The Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries may also, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, create or incur Liens that renew, substitute or replace (including successive renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.
Section 4.03 Contribution of Assets and Liabilities.
(a) Prior to the Spin-Off, the Guarantor shall contribute, convey, sell or otherwise transfer, or make definitive arrangements to transfer after the Spin-Off, to the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, substantially all of the assets, and cause to be accepted or assumed, or make definitive arrangements to be accepted or assumed after the Spin-Off, by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, substantially all of the liabilities, in each case comprising the business described in the Form 10 filed by the Company on November 18, 2022 with the Commission.
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Article Five
Additional Events of Default
Section 5.01 Additional Events of Default. In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture, an Event of Default with respect to any series of the Notes occurs if:
(a) prior to the Spin-Off, default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Guarantor, by the Guarantor, with respect to the Notes of any series, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified delivery, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default under the Indenture; or
(b) prior to the Spin-Off, the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Guarantor under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its respective 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 90 consecutive days; or
(c) prior to the Spin-Off, the commencement by the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of its property for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Guarantor in furtherance of any such action;
provided, however, that no event described in clause (a) above shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer has received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office describing the Event of Default and referencing the Indenture and relevant Notes as contemplated in Section 602 of the Base Indenture.
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Article Six
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. In addition to Section 901 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to conform any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture to the Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum.
Section 6.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. In addition to Section 902 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee shall not modify (a) the Guarantee Agreement in a manner that would adversely affect the Holders of the Notes without the consent of each Holder of the Outstanding Notes and (b) Section 3.01(b) hereof without the consent of each Holder of the Outstanding SpinCo Debt Securities.
Section 6.03 Application of First Supplemental Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 6.04 Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties shall control.
Section 6.05 Conflict with Base Indenture. To the extent not expressly amended or modified by this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provision of this First Supplemental Indenture shall control.
Section 6.06 Governing Law. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6.07 Successors. All agreements of the Company in the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 6.08 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective
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execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned, photocopied or faxed or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is approved by the Trustee, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned, photocopied or faxed or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original, provided that any electronic signature is a true representation of the signers actual signature.
Anything in this First Supplemental Indenture or any series of the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, for the purposes of the transactions contemplated by this First Supplemental Indenture, any Notes and any document to be signed in connection with the First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes (including any Securities, a Trustees certificate of authentication and amendments, supplements, waivers, consents and other modifications, Officers Certificates, Company Orders and Opinions of Counsel and other issuance, authentication and delivery documents) or the transactions contemplated hereby may be signed by manual signatures that are scanned, photocopied or faxed or other electronic signatures created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signature (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, and contract formations on electronic platforms accepted by the Trustee, and the keeping of records in electronic form, are hereby authorized, and each shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.
Section 6.09 Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity, adequacy or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes other than as to the validity of the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee and the authentication of the Notes by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein and in the Notes are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same and the Trustee does not make any representation with respect to such matters. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this First Supplemental Indenture have caused it to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | |||
Name: |
Robert M. Giglietti | |||
Title: |
President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||||
By: | /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter | |||
Name: | Stacey B. Poindexter | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
Appendix A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL NOTES,
ADDITIONAL NOTES AND EXCHANGE NOTES OF EACH SERIES
Section 1.1 Definitions.
(a) Capitalized Terms.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. The following capitalized terms have the following meanings:
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.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
Custodian means The Bank of New York Mellon, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Definitive Note means a certificated Initial Note, Additional 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.
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 Company 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., as operator of Euroclear systems Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
Exchange Offers has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
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Transfer Restricted Notes means Definitive Notes and any Notes in global form that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
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.
(b) Other Definitions.
Term: |
Defined in Section: | |
Agent Members |
2.1(d) | |
Definitive Notes Legend |
2.2(e) | |
Global Note |
2.1(c) | |
Global Notes Legend |
2.2(e) | |
Original Definitive Notes |
2.1(a) | |
Regulation S Global Note |
2.1(b) | |
Regulation S Permanent Global Note |
2.1(b) | |
Regulation S Temporary Global Note |
2.1(b) | |
Regulation S Legend |
2.2(b) | |
Restricted Notes Legend |
2.3(e) | |
Rule 144A Global Note |
2.1(c) | |
Rule 144A Notes |
2.1(a) |
Section 1.2 General.
The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to each series of Notes.
Section 2.1 Form and Dating.
(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof shall (i) (x) for the 2024 Notes, 2025 Notes and 2027 Notes, be offered and sold by the Company to the initial purchasers thereof and (y) for the SpinCo Debt Securities, be offered and sold by the Company to the Guarantor as partial consideration for the contribution of assets by the Guarantor to the Company in connection with the Spin-Off, and then transferred by the Guarantor to the selling noteholders pursuant to an exchange agreement prior to the closing of the Spin-Off and subsequently offered and sold by the selling noteholders to the initial purchasers thereof and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) persons reasonably believed to be QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A (Rule 144A Notes) and (2) Persons other than U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S (Regulation S Notes). Additional Notes may also be considered to be Rule 144A Notes or Regulation S Notes, as applicable.
(b) Global Notes. Rule 144A Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form, numbered A-1 upward (collectively, the Rule 144A Global Note).
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Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and, together with the Regulation S Permanent Global Note (defined below), the Regulation S Global Notes), which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system (Euroclear) or Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme (Clearstream).
Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in a permanent Global Note (the Regulation S Permanent Global Note) pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depository. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
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 represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Sections 304 and Section 305 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.2(c) of this Appendix A.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and Section 303 of the Base Indenture and pursuant to a Company Order signed by one Officer of the Company, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositarys instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
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effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 of this Appendix A, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.
Section 2.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Security 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 Security 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 Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) in the case of Transfer Restricted Notes, such Transfer Restricted Notes are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of this Appendix A 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 attached as an exhibit to the First 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 Company and the Security Registrar, together with:
(i) a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the First 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
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(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,
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 Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers 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 the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.2(d) of this Appendix A, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositarys 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 Security 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 Security 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 Appendix A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.3 of this Appendix A), 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.
(d) Restrictions on Transfer of Global Notes; Voluntary Exchange of Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes for Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.
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(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 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 attached as an exhibit to the First 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. In addition, in the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, the transferee must furnish a certification or a signed letter in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the First Supplemental Indenture to the Trustee.
(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 attached as an exhibit to the First Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, in the case of a transfer to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Rule 144A Global Note, the transferee must furnish a certification or a signed letter in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the First Supplemental Indenture to the Trustee. Such written certifications or letter 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 the 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 attached as an exhibit to the First 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 Security Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the First Supplemental Indenture) and/or upon delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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 Company shall issue and the
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Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate, a new Unrestricted Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(e) Legends.
(i) Except as permitted by Section 2.2(d), this Section 2.2(e), Section 2.2(i) and Section 2.2(j) of this Appendix A, each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and the Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only) (Restricted Notes Legend):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S
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UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend (Definitive Notes Legend):
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH SECURITY REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Each Global Note shall bear the following additional legend (Global Notes Legend):
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
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REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.Each Regulation S Note shall bear the following additional legend (Regulation S Legend):
BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note that is a Definitive Note, the Security 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 Security Registrar that its request for such exchange is in respect of a transfer made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the First Supplemental Indenture) and provides such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company or the Trustee may reasonably request.
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes or Additional 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 Additional Notes, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes or Additional Notes shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such Initial Notes or Additional Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(iv) Upon the consummation of an Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Notes or Additional Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes or Additional Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes or Additional Notes that Initial Notes or Additional 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 Additional Notes in such Exchange Offer.
(v) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. 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 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
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(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.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Security Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company 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 304, 305, 306, 1106 and 1305 of the Base Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security 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 Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security 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 Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel, in form reasonably acceptable to the Security 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 Security Registrar and the Trustee.
(h) 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 such 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
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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.
(i) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 of the Base Indenture, 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 such 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 Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail 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 2.3 Definitive Notes.
(a) A Global Note deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 or issued in connection with an Exchange Offer may be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.2 of this Appendix A and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global
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Note or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after the Company becomes aware of such cessation, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received a request from the Depository. In addition, any Affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor that is a beneficial owner of all or part of a Global Note may have such Affiliates beneficial interest transferred to such Affiliate in the form of a Definitive Note by providing a written request to the Company and the Trustee and such Opinions of Counsel, certificates or other information as may be required by the Indenture or the Company or Trustee.
(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note that is a Transfer Restricted Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.2(e) of this Appendix A, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.
(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.3(a) of this Appendix A, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF 2024 NOTE
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.550% Senior Notes due 2024
No. [●] |
CUSIP No.: 36267VAA1 (144A) / U3644QAA3 (Reg S)] | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAA17 (144A / USU3644QAA32 (Reg S) | ||
$[●] |
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on November 15, 2024 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on May 15, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.550% Senior Notes due 2024
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on May 15, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 5.550% Senior Notes due 2024 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
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Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
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8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature | ||||
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed |
Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES1
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or |
(2) ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
1 | This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes. |
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(7) ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Date: |
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Signature of Signature | ||||
Guarantor |
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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: |
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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 EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
Signature of |
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
Dated: | ||
Signature | ||
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): | ||
Remaining principal amount following such repurchase: |
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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Exhibit B
FORM OF 2025 NOTES
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.600% Senior Notes due 2025
No. [●] | CUSIP No.: 36267VAC7 (144A) / U3644QAB1 (Reg S) | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAC72 (144A) / USU3644QAB15 (Reg S) | ||
$[●] |
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company(the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on November 15, 2025 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on May 15, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.600% Senior Notes due 2025
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on May 15, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 5.600% Senior Notes due 2025 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
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Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
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8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature | ||||
Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed |
Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES2
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or | ||
(2) | ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
2 | This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes. |
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(7) | ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
Date: | ||||
Signature of Signature | ||||
Guarantor |
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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: |
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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 EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
Signature of |
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
Dated: |
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Signature |
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Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): |
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Remaining principal amount following such repurchase: |
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By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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Exhibit C
FORM OF 2027 NOTES
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.650% Senior Notes due 2027
No. [●] | CUSIP No.: 36267VAE3 (144A) / U3644QAC9 (Reg S) | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAE39 / USU3644QAC97 (Reg S) | ||
$[●] |
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on November 15, 2027 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on May 15, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: May 1 and November 1 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.650% Senior Notes due 2027
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on May 15, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 5.650% Senior Notes due 2027 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
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Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
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8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature | ||||
Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed | Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES3
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or |
(2) ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
3 | This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes. |
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(7) ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Date: |
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Signature of Signature | ||||
Guarantor |
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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated: |
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
Signature of | ||||
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
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Exhibit D
FORM OF 2030 NOTES
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.857% Senior Notes due 2030
No. [●] |
CUSIP No.: 36267VAG8 (144A) / U3644QAD7 (Reg S) | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAG86 (144A) / USU3644QAD70 (Reg S) | ||
$[●] |
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on March 15, 2030 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on March 15, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: March 1 and September 1 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.857% Senior Notes due 2030
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on March 15, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 5.857% Senior Notes due 2030 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
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8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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Signature Guarantee: | ||||
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Signature must be guaranteed | Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES4
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or | ||
(2) | ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
4 This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes.
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(7) | ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
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Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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Guarantor |
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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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Signature Guarantee*:
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
Dated: |
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Signature |
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Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): |
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Remaining principal amount following such repurchase: |
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Exhibit E
FORM OF 2032 NOTES
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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
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PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.905% Senior Notes due 2032
No. [●] | CUSIP No.: 36267VAJ2 (144A) / U3644QAE5 (Reg S) | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAJ26 (144A) / USU36244QAE53 (Reg S) | ||
$[●] |
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on November 22, 2032 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: May 22 and November 22 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on May 22, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: May 8 and November 8 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
5.905% Senior Notes due 2032
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on May 22, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 5.905% Senior Notes due 2032 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
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8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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Signature | ||||
Signature Guarantee: | ||||
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Signature must be guaranteed | Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES5
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or |
(2) ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
5 This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes.
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(7) ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
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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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
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Exhibit F
FORM OF 2052 NOTES
[RESTRICTED NOTES ONLY] [THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, 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 GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC (THE ISSUER) OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT 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 WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.]
[GLOBAL NOTES ONLY] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., 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 & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]
[REGULATION S NOTES ONLY] [BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
6.377% Senior Notes due 2052
No. [●] | CUSIP No.: 36267VAL7 (144A) / U3644QAF2 (Reg S) | |
ISIN No.: US36267VAL71 (144A) / USU3644QAF29 (Reg S) | ||
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GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [●] on November 22, 2052 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: May 22 and November 22 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on May 22, 2023, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: May 8 and November 8 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC | ||
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Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President & Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: November 22, 2022
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
6.377% Senior Notes due 2052
1. | Interest. |
GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from November 22, 2022. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on May 22, 2023, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment. All references to any amount of interest or any other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to include payment of any interest payable as a consequence of the occurrence and continuation of a Registration Default, if applicable, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as November 22, 2022, among the Company, the Guarantor and the representatives of the initial purchasers with respect to the Initial Notes party thereto.
2. | Paying Agent. |
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. | Indenture; Defined Terms. |
This Note is one of the 6.377% Senior Notes due 2052 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
4. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange. |
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. | Amendment; Modification; Waiver. |
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Special Mandatory Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption, special mandatory redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. | Defaults and Remedies. |
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
8. | Authentication. |
This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. | Abbreviations and Defined Terms. |
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. | CUSIP Numbers. |
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. | Governing Law. |
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for her.
Date: Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
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Signature must be guaranteed | Signature |
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES6
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 Company or subsidiary thereof; or | ||
(2) | ☐ | to the Security 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 Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or |
6 This certificate shall not be included as part of the Original Definitive Notes.
(7) | ☐ | 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) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company 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.
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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Guarantor |
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 Company 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 undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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Signature Guarantee*:
* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE Healthcare Holding LLC
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE Healthcare Holding LLC (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $100,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
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Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): |
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Exhibit 4.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated November 9, 2022 (this Agreement), is entered into by and among GE Healthcare Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company) and BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (collectively, the Representatives), as representatives of the several purchasers named in Schedules I-A and I-B of the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (such purchasers, together with the Representatives, the Purchasers) to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 9, 2022 (the Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which (i) the Company issued and sold to the New Money Purchasers (as defined therein) an aggregate of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.550% senior notes due 2024 (the 2024 Notes), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.600% senior notes due 2025 (the 2025 Notes), and $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.650% senior notes due 2027 (the 2027 Notes and, together with the 2024 Notes and the 2025 Notes, the New Money Notes) and (ii) the Selling Securityholders (as defined therein) sold to the SpinCo Debt Purchasers (as defined therein) an aggregate of $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 5.857% senior notes due 2030 (the 2030 Notes), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 5.905% senior notes due 2032 (the 2032 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers 6.377% senior notes due 2052 (the 2052 Notes and, together with the 2030 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the SpinCo Debt Securities and, together with the New Money Notes, the Notes). The Notes will, initially and until the consummation of the GE HealthCare Spin-Off (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the Guarantor) (such guarantees together with the Notes, the Securities). In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Securities at the time of any Exchange Offer Registration (as defined herein) or Shelf Registration (as defined herein). The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
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:
Business Day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include the Companys 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 Offers shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantor of each series or tranche of Exchange Securities for the applicable series or tranche of 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, with respect to any series or tranche of the Securities, a series or tranche of senior notes issued by the Company under the Indenture and guaranteed by the Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreement containing terms substantially identical to such series or tranche of 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 Securities of such series or tranche in exchange for Securities of such series or tranche pursuant to the Exchange Offer for such series or tranche.
FINRA means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Free Writing Prospectus means 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 Agreement shall mean the Guarantee Agreement dated November 29, 2022, between the Guarantor, the Company and the Trustee.
Guarantees shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and guarantees of the Exchange Securities by any Guarantor under the Indenture or the Guarantee Agreement, as applicable.
Guarantor shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include the Guarantors successors and any other subsidiary of the Company of the Guarantor that guarantees the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
Holders shall, with respect to any Registrable Securities, have the meaning set for the in the Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, 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.
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Indenture shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of November 22, 2022 among the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Inspector shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.
Majority Holders shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities of all series or tranches; 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 Offers 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.
Notice and Questionnaire shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder.
Participating Broker-Dealers shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
Participating Holder shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b) 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 any preliminary prospectus, and 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.
Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Purchasers shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
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Registrable Securities shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when 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) when such Securities cease to be outstanding or (iii) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held by a Purchaser and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offers, when the Exchange Offers are consummated.
Registration Default shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Exchange Offers are not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) if the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90 days after delivery of such Shelf Request, or (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter, (a) on more than two occasions in any 12-month period during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable or (b) the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable at any time in any 12-month period during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or be usable exists for more than 120 days (whether or not consecutive), in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement.
Registration Expenses shall mean any and all expenses incident to 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 and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distribution of 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 and documented fees and disbursements of the Trustee and one counsel for the Trustee, (vii) the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantor and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be the same as the counsel for the Purchasers) and (viii) the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of the independent registered 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 fees and expenses of 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.
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Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantor filed under the Securities Act 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.
Representatives shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Settlement Date shall mean November 22, 2022.
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 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 November 22, 2022.
Trust Indenture Act shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
Trustee shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon, as the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture, and any successor thereto.
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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 commercially reasonable efforts to (x) 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 (y)(i) cause such Registration Statement to become effective not later than 330 days after the Settlement Date and (ii) to remain effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantor shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to commence and complete each Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective but in any event not later than 60 days after such effective date.
The Company and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer for each series or tranche of Registrable Securities by mailing or otherwise delivering 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 Offers are being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities of such series or tranche 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 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 of a series or tranche exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for such series or tranche will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address 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 of Registrable Securities of a series or tranche will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date for such series or tranche, by effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities. |
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As a condition to participating in each Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantor that (1) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offers it 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 provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or the Guarantor or, if it is an affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor, that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, and (4) 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 deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date with respect to an Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities of a series or tranche, the Company and the Guarantor shall:
(i) | accept for exchange Registrable Securities of such series or tranche or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to such Exchange Offer; and |
(ii) | deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities of such series or tranche 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 of such series or tranche equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such series or tranche validly tendered by such Holder and accepted for exchange pursuant to such Exchange Offer. |
The Company and the Guarantor shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offers 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 Offers. The Exchange Offers shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offers do not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.
(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantor determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities of a series or tranche may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date with respect to such Exchange Offer because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities of a series or tranche is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a Shelf Request) from any Purchaser prior to the 20th day following the consummation of the Exchange Offer representing (A) it is prohibited by law or the SEC from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) it may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the
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prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales, or (C) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, the Company and the Guarantor shall file, no later than 330 days after the Settlement Date, or, in the case of clause (iii), as soon as practicable after such Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities of such series or tranche by the Holders thereof and to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective no later than 30 days after such Shelf Registration Statement is filed; provided that no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement, until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof.
In the event that the Company and the Guarantor are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof 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 Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offers.
The Company and the Guarantor agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the second anniversary of the Settlement Date or, if earlier, until the Securities 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 commercially reasonable 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 Participating Holders 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, its own attorney fees (except as such fees may be covered by clause (vii) of the definition of Registration Expenses) and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
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(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a), and 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.
If a Registration Default occurs with respect to a series or tranche of Registrable Securities, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities of such series or tranche will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which such Registration Default shall occur and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case to and including the date on which all Registration Defaults end, up to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum. A Registration Default ends when the Securities of such series or tranche cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer for such series or tranche is completed, (2) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there is no Registration Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply as if there occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such Registration Default occurred and ends on such next date that there is no Registration Default. All additional interest with respect to any series or tranche of Registrable Securities will be paid by or on behalf of the Company on the next scheduled regular interest payment date for such series or tranche of Registrable Securities in the same manner as interest is paid on such series or tranche of Registrable Securities.
(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Purchasers and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantor acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantor to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Companys and the Guarantor obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof. The provisions for additional interest set forth in Section 2(d) above shall constitute liquidated damages and will be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to Holders under this Agreement with respect to any Registration Default.
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 in accordance with the terms if this Agreement:
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(i) | use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantor, (B) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (C) 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 commercially reasonable 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 commercially reasonable 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 (other than during any suspension period pursuant to Section 3(d) 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(a)(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, furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for the Purchasers (if any Registrable Securities held by the Purchasers are included in such Registration Statement), to counsel for such Participating 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 Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, 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 Participating Holders 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; |
(v) | use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Participating Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and use their commercially reasonable efforts to do any and all other acts and things that may |
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be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder; provided that neither the Company nor the 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) execute or 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 Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating 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 representations and warranties of the Company or the Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or the 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 of material fact made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue 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 and (6) of any determination by the Company or the 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 appropriate; |
(vii) | use their commercially reasonable 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) under the Securities Act, including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, as promptly as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution; |
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(viii) | in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, 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 reasonably requested), in each case, if such documents are not available via EDGAR; |
(ix) | in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities; |
(x) | upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or 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 Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and the Purchasers and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Company or the Guarantor (in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Purchasers, as applicable, 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; provided that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required to take any action pursuant to this Section 3(a)(x) during any suspension period pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof; |
(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 (excluding 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, provide copies of such document to the |
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Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantor as shall be reasonably requested by the Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and, to the extent that the Company and the Guarantor have been requested to do so, 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 or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus (excluding any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus), of which (A) the Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and, to the extent that the Company and the Guarantor have been requested to do so, their counsel) shall not have been previously advised and furnished a copy or (B) to which the Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object within three (3) Business Days after the receipt thereof; |
(xii) | obtain a CUSIP number for each series or tranche of Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; |
(xiii) | use their commercially reasonable 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 commercially reasonable 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; |
(xiv) | in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Participating Holders (an Inspector), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating Holders and any attorneys 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, the Guarantor and their 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 in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for due diligence examinations in connection with underwritten offerings; provided that if any such information is identified by the |
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Company or the 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) | if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly include or incorporate by reference in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein, based upon a reasonable belief that such information is required to be included therein or is necessary to make the information about such Participating Holder not misleading, 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; |
(xvi) | in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Participating 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, an Underwritten Offering and in connection therewith, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company, the Guarantor and their respective 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 requested, (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 Participating Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain comfort letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantor (and, if necessary, any other registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or the Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating 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 Participating Holders of a |
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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; and |
(xvii) | so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each successor or additional Guarantor upon entry into a Guarantee by such successor or additional Guarantor with respect to any Registrable Securities, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart, together with an opinion of counsel as to the enforceability thereof against such entity, to the Purchasers no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof. |
(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company a Notice and Questionnaire and such other 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 a Holder fails to provide the requested information within 20 Business Days after receiving such request, the Company or the Guarantor may exclude such Holders Registrable Securities from such Shelf Registration Statement; provided further that any failure to provide such information shall not require the Company or the Guarantor to pay any additional interest pursuant to an increase in the applicable interest rate provided for in Section 2 hereof.
(c) Each Participating Holder 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) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Participating Holders 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 Participating Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantor all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holders 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 not be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the period of such suspension, and 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 or notice from the
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Company and the Guarantor that such amendment or supplement is not necessary. The Company and the Guarantor may give any such notice during any 12-month period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 120 days in aggregate and there shall not be more than four suspensions in effect during any 12-month period.
(e) The Participating Holders 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, subject in each case to the approval of the Company and the Guarantor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offers. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offers 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 understand that it is the Staffs 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 commercially reasonable efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantor further agree that, subject to Section 3(c), Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.
(c) The Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.
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5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and each Holder, their affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents of and each other entity or person, if any, who controls any Purchaser or 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 (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (as amended or supplemented), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except, with respect to any Purchaser or any Holder and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to the Company or the Guarantor by such Purchaser or Holder, as the case may be, expressly for the 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, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, 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 Purchasers and the other selling Holders and each of their respective directors and officers and any person controlling the Company, the Guarantor, the Purchasers and the other selling Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantor to the Purchasers and the Holders, with reference to information furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, except to the extent arising from information furnished in writing by the Company or the Guarantor expressly for use therein.
(c) Promptly after receipt by any person of notice of any claim or the institution of any claim, litigation, investigation or proceedings (including any governmental investigation) (Proceedings) in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 5, such person (the indemnified party) shall notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the indemnifying party) in writing and the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it elects (upon notice to the indemnified party), jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense
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thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If the indemnifying party shall not have so elected to assume such defense, then, upon request of the indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such Proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such Proceeding. If the indemnifying party shall so elect to assume such defense, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party pursuant to this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, that any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any Proceeding or related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to local counsel) for all such indemnified parties. Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwithstanding, any reference in this Section 5 to counsel reasonably satisfactory to, or designated by, the indemnified party shall mean (i) in the case of any Purchasers or their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons indemnified pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 5, counsel reasonably satisfactory to, or designated by, the Representatives on behalf of all parties so indemnified pursuant to such paragraphs, (ii) in the case of any Holder or its respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons indemnified pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, counsel reasonably satisfactory to, or designated by, the Majority Holders on behalf of all parties so indemnified pursuant to such paragraph, and (iii) in all other cases, counsel designated by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (A) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (B) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is
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appropriate to reflect the relative benefit received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Purchasers and the Holders on the other from the Exchange Offers, or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefit referred to above, but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and that of such indemnified party on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions, or alleged statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefit received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be deemed to be (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefit 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 benefit 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, or alleged 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 or the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement 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 omissions.
(e) The Company, the Guarantor, the Holders and the Purchasers 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations provided for in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party 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 legal or other reasonable expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending 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. Notwithstanding the provision of this paragraph concerning contribution, no indemnifying party shall be required to make contribution in any circumstances in which such party would not have been required to provide indemnification by the terms of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 5. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by an indemnified party of such partys rights, if any, to receive contribution pursuant to Section 11(f) of the Securities Act or other applicable law, provided that 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.
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(f) The indemnity, reimbursement and contribution obligations of the indemnifying parties under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability which the indemnifying parties may otherwise have to an indemnified party and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the indemnifying parties and any indemnified party.
(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 Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any 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 the Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor the 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.
(b) Guarantor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, the Guarantor shall automatically, irrevocably and unconditionally no longer be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement at such time as such Guarantor ceases to guarantee the Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, General Electric Company shall be automatically, irrevocably and unconditionally no longer bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement upon the consummation of the GE HealthCare Spin-Off (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
(c) 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, in the event such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent adversely affects the interests of Holders, the Company and the Guarantor have obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders; 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 6(c) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.
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(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by e-mail, facsimile transmission, registered first- class mail, telecopier, any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), (i) if to a Holder, (x) 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(d), which address initially is, with respect to the Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, or (y) otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC, and (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantor, initially at the Companys 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(d). All such notices and communications to the Holders delivered in the manner prescribed above shall be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. 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.
(e) 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 Purchasers (in their capacity as 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.
(f) 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 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.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., a pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
(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.
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(i) Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction. 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. The Company, the Guarantor and the Purchasers irrevocably agree to waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim brought by or on behalf of any party related to or arising out of this Agreement or the performance of services hereunder. Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby (1) submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in New York County with respect to any actions and proceedings arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement, (2) agrees that all claims with respect to such actions or proceedings may be heard and determined in such New York State or Federal court, (3) waives the defense of an inconvenient forum and (4) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
(j) 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 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 the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
GE Healthcare Holding LLC | ||
By | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | |
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President and Treasurer | ||
General Electric Company | ||
By | /s/ Michael P. Taets | |
Name: Michael P. Taets | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written on behalf of each of the Purchasers:
BofA Securities, Inc. | ||
By | /s/ Happy Hazelton | |
Name: Happy Hazelton | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | ||
By | /s/ Keren Ehrenfeld | |
Name: Keren Ehrenfeld | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
Annex A
Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement
The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2022 (the Registration Rights Agreement), by and among GE HealthCare Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, General Electric Company, a New York corporation, and BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 9, 2022 to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of , 2022.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | ||
By | ||
Name: Michael P. Taets | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Exhibit 4.4
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BY
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
in favor of
THE HOLDERS,
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee for the Holders of the Notes Specified Below of
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
$1,000,000,000 of 5.550% Senior Notes due 2024
$1,500,000,000 of 5.600% Senior Notes due 2025
$1,750,000,000 of 5.650% Senior Notes due 2027
$1,250,000,000 of 5.857% Senior Notes due 2030
$1,750,000,000 of 5.905% Senior Notes due 2032
$1,000,000,000 of 6.377% Senior Notes due 2052
November 22, 2022
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended from time to time, this Guarantee), made by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the Guarantor), in favor of (a) the Holders (as defined in the Indenture (as defined below)) of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.550% Senior Notes due 2024 of the Company (the 2024 Notes), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.600% Senior Notes due 2025 of the Company (the 2025 Notes), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.650% Senior Notes due 2027 of the Company (the 2027 Notes and, together with the 2024 Notes and 2025 Notes, the New Money Notes), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.857% Senior Notes due 2030 of the Company (the 2030 Notes), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.905% Senior Notes due 2032 of the Company (the 2032 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.377% Senior Notes due 2052 of the Company (the 2052 Notes and, together with the 2030 Notes and 2023 Notes, the SpinCo Debt Securities and, together with the New Money Notes, the Notes), (b) GE Healthcare Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Issuer), which will convert into a corporation and will be renamed GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. prior to the completion of the Spin-Off (as defined below) and (c) The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee) under the Indenture.
WITNESSETH:
SECTION 1. Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to the Holders from time to time of the Notes the full and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each series of Notes, when and as the same become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, as well as all other obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) or the Notes and any other amounts due and owing under the Indenture (the Obligations), according to the terms of the Notes and as set forth in the Indenture dated as of November 22, 2022 (the Base Indenture), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture thereto, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the First Supplemental Indenture), and the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, as each may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time after the date hereof with applicability to the Notes, collectively, the Indenture), between the Issuer and the Trustee, and the Notes, in each case subject to any applicable grace period or notice requirement or both. The guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection.
SECTION 2. Guarantee Absolute.
The Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, regardless of any law,
regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of Holders of the Notes with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall (subject to Section 3 hereof) be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Indenture; or
(c) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Issuer or a guarantor.
The obligation of the Guarantor to make any payment hereunder may be satisfied by causing the Issuer to make such payment. The Guarantor indemnifies the Trustee, jointly and severally with the Company to the same extent as the Companys indemnity for the Trustee in Section 607(3) of the Indenture, which is incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing shall be construed to impose upon the Guarantor any obligations greater than, in addition to, or other than, the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes.
SECTION 3. Termination of Guarantee.
(a) Subject to Section 3(b) hereof, this Guarantee shall terminate, and the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall cease to exist, with respect to a particular series of Notes, upon payment in full of the Obligations with respect to such series of Notes.
(b) Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof, this Guarantee shall automatically and unconditionally terminate, and all obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall cease to exist, at such time as the distribution by the Guarantor to its stockholders of at least 80.1% of the shares of common stock of the Company (the Spin-Off) has been completed. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions in the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee and each Holder of the Notes shall be deemed to consent to the termination of this Guarantee, without any action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, including Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof, the Guarantor shall remain liable for any obligations with respect to a particular series of Notes that have become due and payable by the Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee prior to the effective date of termination of this Guarantee with respect to such series of Notes.
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SECTION 4. Waiver; Subrogation.
(a) The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee, 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 proceeding filed first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to the Notes or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever.
(b) The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Trustee or the Holders of any Notes against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to the Trustee or such Holder by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all Obligations shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 5. No Waiver; Remedies.
No failure on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any series of Notes to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 6. Transfer of Interest.
This Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by any Holder of Notes, the Trustee, and by their respective successors, transferees and assigns, pursuant to the terms hereof. This Guarantee shall not be deemed to create any right in, or to be in whole or in part for the benefit of any other person.
SECTION 7. Amendment.
The Guarantor may without the consent of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes of any series amend this Guarantee at any time to register the Guarantee under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to qualify the Guarantee under the TIA (as defined below), or for any other purpose; provided, however, that if an amendment for such other purpose adversely affects the rights of the Trustee or any Holder of any series of Notes in any material respect, the prior written consent of the Trustee or each Holder affected, as the case may be, shall be required.
SECTION 8. Governing Law.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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SECTION 9. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other owner of the Guarantor, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.
SECTION 10. Reports by Guarantor.
The Guarantor shall file with the Trustee and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as then in effect (the TIA), at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the TIA; provided, however, that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so filed with the Commission. The Guarantor shall be deemed to have complied with the previous sentence to the extent that such information, documents and reports are filed with the Commission via EDGAR (or any successor electronic delivery procedure); provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to the EDGAR system (or its successor).
SECTION 11. Separability.
In case any provision in this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 12. Headings.
The section headings of this Guarantee have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Guarantee and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13. Notices, Etc., to the Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act (as defined in the Indenture) of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Guarantee to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Guarantor addressed to the address last furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Guarantor, or, if no such address has been furnished, to General Electric Company, 5 Necco Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, Attention: General Counsel, (617) 443-3000.
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SECTION 14. Counterparts.
This Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
The exchange of copies of this Guarantee and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Guarantee as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Guarantee for all purposes. The exchange of copies of this Guarantee and of signature pages that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned, photocopied or faxed or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Guarantee for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned, photocopied or faxed or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes of this Guarantee as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original.
SECTION 15. Trustee Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity, adequacy or sufficiency of this Guarantee. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Guarantor and not the Trustee and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same and the Trustee does not make any representation with respect to such matters. The Trustee shall have all of the rights (including indemnification rights), powers, benefits, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities granted to the Trustee under the Indenture, all of which are incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Michael P. Taets | |
Name: Michael P. Taets | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to the Guarantee Agreement]
Agreed and Accepted:
GE HEALTHCARE HOLDING LLC
By: | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | |
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Title: President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to the Guarantee Agreement]
Agreed and Accepted:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Trustee under the Indenture
By: | /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter | |
Name: Stacey B. Poindexter | ||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to the Guarantee Agreement]
Exhibit 99.1
To: | Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of General Electric Company | |
Date: | November 22, 2022 | |
Re: | Notice of Blackout Period to Directors and Executive Officers |
Pursuant to Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) Regulation BTR, General Electric Company (GE) is required to notify you if restrictions are imposed on your trading in GE equity securities (within the meaning of Rule 100(f) of Regulation BTR) due to a blackout period under the GE Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan).
To effectuate GEs previously announced plan for a spin-off (the Spin-Off) of its HealthCare business, GE anticipates making a pro rata distribution of at least 80.1% of the common stock of GE Healthcare Holding LLC (GE HealthCare), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE that will be converted into a corporation and renamed GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off, to holders of record of GE common stock as of a date to be specified by GEs board of directors, including with respect to any shares of GE common stock that are held for participants in the Plan who are invested in the GE common stock investment option under the Plan (the GE Stock Fund). The Spin-Off is expected to occur during the calendar week beginning with January 1, 2023.
GE has been informed of the anticipated need to institute a blackout period that may be more than three consecutive business days in order to facilitate the Spin-Off under the Plan (the Blackout Period).
The Blackout Period is expected to begin during the calendar week beginning with January 1, 2023, and is expected to end during the calendar week beginning with January 8, 2023 (unless the plan administrator for the Plan determines otherwise, in which case GEs directors and executive officers will be notified of the change as soon as reasonably practicable).
During the Blackout Period, subject to the consummation of the Spin-Off, the Plan will be modified to provide for a new investment option with respect to the GE HealthCare common stock received by the Plan in connection with the Spin-Off in addition to the current GE Stock Fund. The Blackout Period will apply with respect to the ability of Plan participants to make investment switches into or out of the GE Stock Fund and to take loans, withdrawals or distributions from the portion of their accounts invested in the GE Stock Fund.
Applicable securities laws require that during the Blackout Period, GEs directors and executive officers (as defined by Rule 100(c) and 100(h) of Regulation BTR) must also be prohibited from transacting in GE equity securities that were acquired by the directors and executive officers as compensation for their services to GE. Accordingly, this notice is intended to inform you that, during the Blackout Period, you may not, directly or indirectly, purchase, sell or otherwise acquire or transfer any GE equity securities that you may acquire or previously acquired in connection with your service or employment as a director or executive officer of GE. These prohibitions apply to you and to members of your immediate family who share your household, as well as by trusts, corporations and other entities whose equity ownership may be attributed to you. Please note that these restrictions do not apply to certain limited trading activities, which include (i) dividend reinvestments pursuant to a broad-based plan, (ii) transactions pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan that is not entered into or modified during the Blackout Period and (iii) certain bona fide gifts.
These Blackout Period restrictions are separate from, and in addition to, any other restrictions on trading GE equity securities currently applicable to GEs directors and executive officers.
If you engage in a transaction that violates the restrictions described above, you may be required to forfeit any profits realized from such transaction, and may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Accordingly, we strongly urge you to refrain from making any trades in GE equity securities during the Blackout Period.
It is possible that the plan administrator for the Plan will be able to complete the necessary modifications to the Plan in connection with the Spin-Off in three consecutive business days or fewer. GEs directors and executive officers will be notified as soon as reasonably practicable if the Blackout Period restrictions described in this notice are not applicable.
This notice will be filed with the SEC as part of a current report on Form 8-K.
During the Blackout Period and for a two-year period after the ending date of the Blackout Period, shareholders or other interested parties may obtain, without charge, the actual beginning and ending dates of the Blackout Period. Any inquiries regarding the Blackout Period (including inquiries regarding whether the Blackout Period has begun or ended) may be directed to:
General Electric Company
5 Necco Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Attention: Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel
Telephone Number: (617) 443-3000
Exhibit 99.2
Press Release
GE Announces Closing of Offering of $8.25 Billion Senior Notes issued by GE HealthCare
BOSTON November 22, 2022 General Electric Company (GE) (NYSE: GE) announced today that GE Healthcare Holding LLC (GE HealthCare), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of GE, has closed its previously announced offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.550% senior notes due 2024 (the 2024 notes), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.600% senior notes due 2025 (the 2025 notes) and $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.650% senior notes due 2027 (the 2027 notes and, together with the 2024 notes and the 2025 notes, the New Money Notes), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.857% senior notes due 2030 (the 2030 notes), $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.905% senior notes due 2032 (the 2032 notes), and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.377% senior notes due 2052 (the 2052 notes and, together with the 2030 notes and the 2032 notes, the SpinCo Debt Securities and, together with the New Money Notes, the Notes).
The Notes were offered as part of the financing for the proposed spin-off of GE HealthCare from GE (the Spin-Off), which is expected to be completed in the first week of January 2023. GE HealthCare has distributed the net proceeds from the offering of the New Money Notes to GE. The SpinCo Debt Securities were initially issued by GE HealthCare to GE and were transferred and delivered by GE to BofA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as selling noteholders in the offering, in satisfaction of certain debt obligations of GE in connection with the Spin-Off. GE HealthCare will not receive any proceeds from the offering of the SpinCo Debt Securities.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of GE HealthCare and are guaranteed by GE until the consummation of the Spin-Off. Upon consummation of the Spin-Off, GE will be automatically and unconditionally released from all obligations under its guarantees. GE HealthCare expects to convert into a corporation and be renamed GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. prior to the completion of the Spin-Off.
The issuances of the Notes by GE HealthCare and the guarantees by GE have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or under any U.S. state securities laws or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. GE HealthCare has agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an exchange registration statement with respect to an exchange offer for the Notes or a shelf registration statement for the resale of the Notes.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that is, statements related to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For details on the uncertainties that may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements, including (1) the expected use of the proceeds from the sale and issuance of the Notes, the conversion of GE HealthCare into a corporation, and the timing and completion of the Spin-Off; (2) our success in executing and completing asset dispositions or other transactions, including the Spin-Off and our planned spin-off of our portfolio of energy businesses that are planned to be combined as GE Vernova (Renewable Energy, Power, Digital and Energy Financial Services), and sales of our equity interests in Baker Hughes Company (Baker Hughes) and AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) and our expected equity interest in GE HealthCare after its spin-off, the timing of closing for such transactions, the ability to satisfy closing conditions, and the expected proceeds, consideration and benefits to GE; (3) changes in macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, including impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions, rising interest rates, the value of securities and other financial assets (including our equity ownership positions in Baker Hughes and AerCap, and expected equity interest in GE HealthCare after the Spin-off), oil, natural gas and other commodity prices and exchange rates, and the impact of such changes and volatility on our business operations, financial results and financial position and (4) our de-leveraging and capital allocation plans, including with respect to actions to reduce our indebtedness, the capital structures of the three public companies that we plan to form from our businesses, the timing and amount of dividends, share repurchases, organic investments, and other priorities, see the Forward-Looking Statements page on our Investor Relations website as well as our annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
About GE
GE (NYSE:GE) rises to the challenge of building a world that works. For more than 130 years, GE has invented the future of industry, and today the companys dedicated team, leading technology, and global reach and capabilities help the world work more safely, efficiently, and reliably. GEs people are diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest level of integrity and focus to fulfill GEs mission and deliver for its customers. www.ge.com
About GE HealthCare
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator. GE HealthCare employs approximately 51,000 people dedicated to creating a world where healthcare has no limits. GE HealthCares products, services, and solutions enable clinicians to make more informed decisions quickly and efficiently, improving patient care from diagnosis to therapy to monitoring. GE HealthCares products are used in more than two billion procedures to care for more than one billion patients annually, with a global installed base of more than four million medical devices and delivered over 100 million doses of imaging agents used in patient procedures in 2021. www.gehealthcare.com
Contact
GE Investor Contact:
Steve Winoker, 617.443.3400
swinoker@ge.com
GE Media Contact:
Whitney Mercer, 857.303.3079
whitney.mercer@ge.com
GE HealthCare Investor Contact:
Carolynne Borders, 631.662.4317
Carolynne.borders@ge.com
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Exhibit 99.3
PRESS RELEASE
GE Announces Early Participation Results in its Debt Tender Offer
Early Participation Date Results:
| A total of approximately $9.3 billion in principal amount of the Securities denominated in U.S. dollars, approximately £629 million in principal amount of the Securities denominated in Pounds Sterling, and approximately 865 million in principal amount of the Securities denominated in Euros, each listed in the table below were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Participation Date |
BOSTON November 23, 2022 GE (NYSE:GE) announces the results as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 22, 2022 (the Early Participation Date), for its previously announced offer to purchase for cash, for its own account and on behalf of the Subsidiary Issuers (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 8, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase) for cash up to $7,000,000,000 (as converted on the basis set forth herein) (excluding the accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities) aggregate purchase price (the Total Maximum Amount) of the securities listed in the table below (such securities, the Securities and, such offer to purchase, the Tender Offer), issued, assumed or guaranteed by GE. Given the aggregate principal amount of the Securities validly tendered in the Tender Offer prior to the Early Participation Date, GE expects the aggregate purchase price of such Securities to exceed the Total Maximum Amount.
The table below outlines the title and identifiers for each series of Securities, the applicable maturity date, the principal amount outstanding as of the Early Participation Date, the Acceptance Priority Level, and the principal amount tendered as of the Early Participation Date as confirmed by the Information and Tender Agent (as defined below).
Title of Security |
Security Identifier(s) | Applicable Maturity Date | Principal Amount Outstanding (thousands) |
Acceptance Priority Level |
Principal Amount Tendered as of the Early Participation Date (thousands) | |||||
4.418% Notes due 2035* |
CUSIPs: 36164NFH3 / 36164PFH8 /36164QNA2 ISINs:
US36164NFH35 / |
November 15, 2035 | $6,962,918 | 1 | $5,833,124 | |||||
6.750% Notes due 2032 |
CUSIP: 36962GXZ2 ISIN: US36962GXZ26 |
March 15, 2032 | $2,452,263 | 2 | $1,128,397 | |||||
4.550% Notes due 2032 |
CUSIP: 36166NAK9 ISIN: US36166NAK90 |
May 15, 2032 | $750,000 | 3 | $607,357 | |||||
7.500% Notes due 2035** |
CUSIP: 36959CAA6 ISIN: US36959CAA62 |
August 21, 2035 | $210,896 | 4 | $112,840 | |||||
6.150% Notes due 2037 |
CUSIP: 36962G3A0 ISIN: US36962G3A02 |
August 7, 2037 | $258,346 | 5 | $59,583 | |||||
5.875% Notes due 2038 |
CUSIP: 36962G3P7 ISIN: US36962G3P70 |
January 14, 2038 | $853,448 | 6 | $291,753 | |||||
6.875% Notes due 2039 |
CUSIP: 36962G4B7 ISIN: US36962G4B75 |
January 10, 2039 | $732,225 | 7 | $269,166 | |||||
6.025% Notes due 2038*** |
CUSIP: ISIN: XS0350890470 |
March 1, 2038 | 484,697 | 8 | 122,639 | |||||
8.000% Notes due 2039*** |
CUSIP: ISIN: XS0408304995 |
January 14, 2039 | £80,222 | 9 | £31,300 | |||||
7.700% Notes due 2028 |
CUSIP: 81413PAG0 ISIN: US81413PAG00 |
June 15, 2028 | $143,379 | 10 | $24,107 | |||||
4.500% Notes due 2044 |
CUSIP: 369604BH5 ISIN: US369604BH58 |
March 11, 2044 | $532,813 | 11 | $164,802 |
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Title of Security 7.500% Notes due 2027 ISIN: US869049AE62 4.350% Notes due 2050 ISIN: US369604BY81 5.625% Notes due 2031**** ISIN: XS0154681737 5.375% Notes due 2040***** ISIN: XS0182703743 4.050% Notes due 2027 ISIN: US36166NAH61 4.250% Notes due 2040 ISIN: US369604BX09 4.125% Notes due 2035*** ISIN: XS0229567440 4.125% Notes due 2042 ISIN: US369604BF92 4.400% Notes due 2030 ISIN: US36166NAJ28 3.450% Notes due 2025 ISIN: US36166NAG88 3.625% Notes due 2030 ISIN: US369604BW26 3.450% Notes due 2027 ISIN: US369604BV43 4.875% Notes due 2037*** ISIN: XS0229561831 Floating Rate Notes due 2036 ISIN: US36962GX743 Floating Rate Notes due 2026 ISIN: US36962GW752 3.373% Notes due 2025** ISINs: US36164NFG51 / 5.550% Notes due 2026 ISIN: US36962GT956 5.250% Notes due 2028***** ISIN: XS0096298822 3.650% Notes due 2032*** ISIN: XS0816246077 5.875% Notes due 2033*** ISIN: XS0340495216 2.125% Notes due 2037* ISIN: XS1612543394 6.250% Notes due 2038*** ISIN: XS0361336356 1.875% Notes due 2027* ISIN: XS1238902057 1.500% Notes due 2029* ISIN: XS1612543121 Floating Rate Notes due 2029****** ISIN: XS0223460592 0.875% Notes due 2025* ISIN: XS1612542826 4.625% Notes due 2027*** ISIN: XS0288429532 Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of Euronext Dublin. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin. 2
Issued by GE Capital International Funding Company Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital International Funding Company).
Originally issued by General Electric Capital Corporation. Issued by GE Capital Funding, LLC. Originally issued by General Electric Capital Services, Inc. Issued by GE Capital European Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital European Funding). Issued by GE Capital UK Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital UK Funding). Issued by Security Capital Group Incorporated. Issued by Security Capital Group Incorporated (as successor to SUSA Partnership, L.P.). Withdrawal rights for the Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 22, 2022, and have not been extended. The Expiration Date for the
Tender Offer is 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 7, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by GE. Consummation of the Tender Offer is subject to certain conditions (as described in the Offer to Purchase). As previously announced, the applicable Reference Yield payable for each series of Fixed Spread Securities (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) per $1,000,
£1,000 or 1,000 principal amount of such series of Fixed Spread Securities included in the Tender Offer will be determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 23,
2022, unless extended by GE in its sole and absolute discretion (the Reference Yield Determination Date). The aggregate purchase price of the Securities (excluding the accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities) for purposes of
determining whether the Total Maximum Amount has been reached, will be calculated based on the applicable exchange rates as reported on the Bloomberg screen page FXIP under the heading FX Rate vs. USD (or, if such screen is
unavailable, a generally recognized source for currency quotations selected by the Lead Dealer Managers with quotes as of a time as close as reasonably possible) on the Reference Yield Determination Date. See the Offer to Purchase for additional
information. The Tender Offer is subject to certain conditions, including the Financing Condition. Subject to GEs right to terminate the Tender Offer, and
subject to all conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by GE, including the Total Maximum Amount, the Acceptance Priority Levels and proration, GE will accept for purchase the Securities that have been validly tendered (and
not subsequently validly withdrawn) at or before the Expiration Date promptly following the Expiration Date (the date of such purchase, which is expected to be the first business day following the Expiration Date, the Final Payment
Date). GE reserves the right, but is not obligated, in its sole and absolute discretion, to purchase the Securities that have been validly tendered (and not subsequently validly withdrawn) at or before the Early Participation Date or following
the Early Participation Date but prior to the Expiration Date, subject to all conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by GE (the date of such purchase, the Early Payment Date and together with the Final Payment
Date, each a Payment Date). GE has retained BofA Securities, Merrill Lynch International and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to act as the Global
Coordinators and along with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs International to act as the Lead Dealer Managers, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, London
Branch, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. to act as the Senior Co-Dealer Managers, and
Blaylock Van, LLC and Mischler Financial Group, Inc. to act as the Co-Dealer Managers in connection with the Tender Offer (collectively, the Dealer Managers). Questions regarding terms and
conditions of the Tender Offer should be directed to BofA Securities at +1 (888) 292-0070 (toll free) or +1 (980) 683-3215 (collect), to Merrill Lynch International at
+44 20 7996 5420 (collect), to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at +1 (800) 624-1808 (toll free), +1 (212) 761-1057 (collect). D.F. King has been appointed the information and tender agent with respect to the Tender Offer (the Information and Tender Agent). The Offer to
Purchase can be accessed at the Tender Offer website: http://www.dfking.com/ge. Questions or requests for assistance in connection with the tendering procedures for the Securities in the Tender Offer or for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase
may be directed to the Information and Tender Agent at +1 (800) 714-3312 (toll free), +1 (212) 269-5550 3
(collect), +44 20 7920 9700 (London) or via e-mail at ge@dfking.com. You may also contact your broker, dealer,
commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Tender Offer. GE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, not to purchase
any Securities or to extend, re-open, withdraw or terminate the Tender Offer and to amend or waive any of the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer in any manner, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Holders are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Tender
Offer. Holders are advised to check with any custodian or nominee, or other intermediary through which they hold Securities, whether such entity would
require the receipt of instructions to participate in, or notice of a revocation of their instruction to participate in, the Tender Offer before the deadlines specified above. The deadlines set by any custodian or nominee, or by the relevant
Clearing System, for the submission and revocation of valid electronic tender and blocking instructions, in the form required by the relevant Clearing System, may be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified above. Unless stated otherwise, announcements in connection with the Tender Offer will be made available on GEs website at www.genewsroom.com. Such announcements may
also be made by (i) the issue of a press release and (ii) the delivery of notices to the Clearing Systems for communication to Direct Participants. Copies of all such announcements, press releases and notices can also be obtained from the
Information and Tender Agent, the corresponding contact details for whom are set out above. Significant delays may be experienced where notices are delivered to the Clearing Systems and Holders are urged to contact the Information and Tender Agent
for the relevant announcements relating to the Tender Offer. In addition, all documentation relating to the Tender Offer, together with any updates, will be available via the Offer Website: http://www.dfking.com/ge. DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase contain important
information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Tender Offer. If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement or the Offer to Purchase or the action you should take, you are recommended to
seek your own financial, legal and tax advice, including as to any tax consequences, immediately from your broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Securities are
held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Tender Offer. None of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the
Information and Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender their Securities in the Tender Offer. None of GE (including as successor of General Electric Capital Corporation and General Electric Capital Services, Inc.), GE Capital International Funding Company
Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital International Funding Company), GE Capital European Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital European Funding), GE Capital UK Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital UK Funding), GE Capital
Funding, LLC, and Security Capital Group Incorporated (for its own account and as successor of SUSA Partnership, L.P.) (collectively, the Subsidiary Issuers), the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning GE, the Securities or the Tender Offer contained in this announcement or in the Offer to
Purchase. None of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates is acting for any Holder, or will be responsible to any Holder for
providing any protections which would be afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Tender Offer, and accordingly none of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for any failure by GE to disclose information 4
with regard to GE or the Securities which is material in the context of the Tender Offer and which is not otherwise
publicly available. General This announcement is for informational
purposes only. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. Neither this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase, or the electronic transmission thereof, constitutes an offer to sell or buy Securities, as applicable, in
any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation under applicable securities laws or otherwise. The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by
law. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Tender Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Managers or any of their respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in any such
jurisdiction, the Tender Offer shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Managers or such affiliate (as the case may be) on behalf of GE in such jurisdiction. No
action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction that would permit the possession, circulation or distribution of either this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any material relating to GE, any subsidiary of GE or the Securities in any
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, none of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the Tender Offer may be distributed or published, in or from
any such country or jurisdiction, except in compliance with any applicable rules or regulations of any such country or jurisdiction. The distribution of this
announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers and the
Information and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This communication has not been approved by an authorized person
for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the FSMA). Accordingly, this communication is not being directed at persons within the United Kingdom save in circumstances where section
21(1) of the FSMA does not apply. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in any Member State of the European Economic Area (a
Relevant State). In any Relevant State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended or superseded) (the
Prospectus Regulation) in that Relevant State. This announcement and information contained herein must not be acted on or relied upon by persons who are not qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus
Regulation. In the United Kingdom, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus
Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, who are also: (i) persons falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the Financial Promotion Order)); or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of
the Financial Promotion Order (such persons together being relevant persons). The Securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Securities will be engaged in
only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. Each Holder participating in
the Tender Offer will give certain representations in respect of the jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out in the Offer to Purchase. Any tender of Securities pursuant to the Tender Offer from a Holder that is unable to make these
representations will 5
not be accepted. Each of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers and the Information and Tender Agent reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any
tender of Securities pursuant to the Tender Offer, whether any such representation given by a Holder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result GE determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such
tender shall not be accepted. Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements that is, statements related to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different
degrees, uncertain. For details on the uncertainties that may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements, including (1) the expected timing, size or other terms of the
Tender Offer and GEs ability to complete the Tender Offer; (2) our success in executing and completing asset dispositions or other transactions, including our planned spin-offs of GE HealthCare and our portfolio of energy businesses that
are planned to be combined as GE Vernova (Renewable Energy, Power, Digital and Energy Financial Services), and sales of our equity interests in Baker Hughes Company (Baker Hughes) and AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) and our expected equity interest in
GE HealthCare after its spin-off, the timing of closing for such transactions, the ability to satisfy closing conditions, and the expected proceeds, consideration and benefits to GE; (3) changes in
macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, including impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions, rising interest rates, the
value of securities and other financial assets (including our equity ownership positions in Baker Hughes and AerCap, and expected equity interest in GE HealthCare after its spin-off), oil, natural gas and
other commodity prices and exchange rates, and the impact of such changes and volatility on our business operations, financial results and financial position and (4) our de-leveraging and capital
allocation plans, including with respect to actions to reduce our indebtedness, the capital structures of the three public companies that we plan to form from our businesses, the timing and amount of dividends, share repurchases, organic
investments, and other priorities, see https://www.ge.com/investor-relations/important-forward-looking-statement-information, as well as our SEC filings. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. About GE GE (NYSE:GE) rises to the challenge of building a world that
works. For more than 130 years, GE has invented the future of industry, and today the companys dedicated team, leading technology, and global reach and capabilities help the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GEs people
are diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest level of integrity and focus to fulfill GEs mission and deliver for its customers. GE Investor
Contact Steve Winoker, 617.443.3400 swinoker@ge.com GE Media Contact Whitney Mercer, 857.303.3079 whitney.mercer@ge.com 6
Security Identifier(s)
Applicable Maturity Date
Principal Amount
Outstanding
(thousands)
Acceptance Priority
Level
Principal Amount Tendered as
of the Early Participation Date
(thousands)
CUSIP: 869049AE6
December 1, 2027
$81,107
12
$1,072
CUSIP: 369604BY8
May 1, 2050
$438,866
13
$111,496
CUSIP:
September 16, 2031
£17,564
14
£16,860
CUSIP:
December 18, 2040
£46,474
15
£24,793
CUSIP: 36166NAH6
May 15, 2027
$127,996
16
$28,961
CUSIP: 369604BX0
May 1, 2040
$82,635
17
$26,373
CUSIP:
September 19, 2035
750,000
18
299,030
CUSIP: 369604BF9
October 9, 2042
$249,604
19
$16,485
CUSIP: 36166NAJ2
May 15, 2030
$94,480
20
$37,936
CUSIP: 36166NAG8
May 15, 2025
$297,434
21
$147,688
CUSIP: 369604BW2
May 1, 2030
$197,655
22
$41,351
CUSIP: 369604BV4
May 1, 2027
$179,937
23
$66,327
CUSIP:
September 18, 2037
£231,637
24
£87,974
CUSIP: 36962GX74
August 15, 2036
$285,787
25
$41,516
CUSIP: 36962GW75
May 5, 2026
$901,687
26
$174,700
CUSIPs: 36164NFG5 /
36164PFG0 /36164Q6M5
US36164PFG00 /US36164Q6M56
November 15, 2025
$321,939
27
$98,442
CUSIP: 36962GT95
January 5, 2026
$35,589
28
$17,328
CUSIP:
December 7, 2028
£91,919
29
£54,952
CUSIP:
August 23, 2032
290,000
30
86,092
CUSIP:
January 18, 2033
£650,000
31
£403,237
CUSIP:
May 17, 2037
560,230
32
42,572
CUSIP:
May 5, 2038
£52,302
33
£10,281
CUSIP:
May 28, 2027
466,901
34
77,052
CUSIP:
May 17, 2029
969,116
35
40,991
CUSIP:
June 29, 2029
104,411
36
2,350
CUSIP:
May 17, 2025
772,822
37
132,866
CUSIP:
February 22, 2027
279,800
38
61,200
*
**
***
****
*****
******
Exhibit 99.4
PRESS RELEASE
GE Announces the Applicable Reference Yield for its Debt Tender Offer
BOSTON November 23, 2022 GE (NYSE:GE) today announced the applicable Reference Yield for each series of Securities (as defined below) for its previously announced offer to purchase for cash, for its own account and on behalf of the Subsidiary Issuers (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 8, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase) for cash up to $7,000,000,000 (as converted on the basis set forth herein) (excluding the accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities) aggregate purchase price (the Total Maximum Amount) of the securities listed in the table below (such securities, the Securities and, such offer to purchase, the Tender Offer), issued by GE or an affiliate (and assumed or guaranteed by GE). Given the aggregate principal amount of the Securities validly tendered in the Tender Offer prior to the Early Participation Date, GE expects the aggregate purchase price of such Securities to exceed the Total Maximum Amount.
The table below outlines the applicable Reference Yield for each series of Securities, as determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase.
1
Title of Security Security Identifier(s)
Fixed Spread Securities Reference 4.350% Notes due 2050 CUSIP: 369604BY8 ISIN: US369604BY81 2.875% UST due May 15, 2052 5.625% Notes due 2031**** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0154681737 UKT 0.250% due July 31, 2031 5.375% Notes due 2040***** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0182703743 UKT 4.250% due December 7, 2040 4.050% Notes due 2027 CUSIP: 36166NAH6 ISIN: US36166NAH61 4.125% UST due October 31, 2027 4.250% Notes due 2040 CUSIP: 369604BX0 ISIN: US369604BX09 3.375% UST due August 15, 2042 4.125% Notes due 2035*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0229567440 September 2035 Interpolated Rate 4.125% Notes due 2042 CUSIP: 369604BF9 ISIN: US369604BF92 3.375% UST due August 15, 2042 4.400% Notes due 2030 CUSIP: 36166NAJ2 ISIN: US36166NAJ28 2.750% UST due August 15, 2032 3.450% Notes due 2025 CUSIP: 36166NAG8 ISIN: US36166NAG88 4.250% UST due October 15, 2025 3.625% Notes due 2030 CUSIP: 369604BW2 ISIN: US369604BW26 2.750% UST due August 15, 2032 3.450% Notes due 2027 CUSIP: 369604BV4 ISIN: US369604BV43 4.125% UST due October 31, 2027 4.875% Notes due 2037*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0229561831 UKT 1.750% due September 7, 2037 Floating Rate Notes due
2036 CUSIP: 36962GX74 ISIN: US36962GX743 Floating Rate Notes due
2026 CUSIP: 36962GW75 ISIN: US36962GW752 3.373% Notes due 2025** CUSIPs: 36164NFG5 / 36164PFG0 / 36164Q6M5 ISINs: US36164NFG51 / US36164PFG00 / US36164Q6M56 4.250% UST due October 15, 2025 5.550% Notes due 2026 CUSIP: 36962GT95 ISIN: US36962GT956 4.125% UST due October 31, 2027 5.250% Notes due 2028***** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0096298822 UKT 1.625% due October 22, 2028 3.650% Notes due 2032*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0816246077 August 2032 Interpolated Rate 5.875% Notes due 2033*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0340495216 UKT 0.875% due July 31, 2033 2.125% Notes due 2037* CUSIP: ISIN: XS1612543394 May 2037 Interpolated Rate 6.250% Notes due 2038*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0361336356 UKT 4.750% due December 7, 2038 1.875% Notes due 2027* CUSIP: ISIN: XS1238902057 May 2027 Interpolated Rate 1.500% Notes due 2029* CUSIP: ISIN: XS1612543121 May 2029 Interpolated Rate Floating Rate Notes due 2029****** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0223460592 0.875% Notes due 2025* CUSIP: ISIN: XS1612542826 May 2025 Interpolated Rate 4.625% Notes due 2027*** CUSIP: ISIN: XS0288429532 February 2027 Interpolated Rate 2
Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of Euronext Dublin. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin. Issued by GE Capital International Funding Company Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital International Funding Company).
Originally issued by General Electric Capital Corporation. Issued by GE Capital Funding, LLC. Originally issued by General Electric Capital Services, Inc. Issued by GE Capital European Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital European Funding). Issued by GE Capital UK Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital UK Funding). Issued by Security Capital Group Incorporated. Issued by Security Capital Group Incorporated (as successor to SUSA Partnership, L.P.). Withdrawal rights for the Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 22, 2022, and have not been extended. The Expiration
Date for the Tender Offer is 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 7, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by GE. Consummation of the Tender Offer is subject to certain conditions (as described in the Offer to Purchase).
Holders who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw such Securities at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 22, 2022 (the
Early Participation Date), once such Securities are accepted for purchase, will be eligible to receive the applicable Total Consideration for their Securities, which includes an early participation amount of $50 per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities denominated in U.S. dollars, £50 per £1,000 principal amount of the Securities denominated in Pounds Sterling, or 50 per 1,000 principal amount of the Securities denominated in Euros, as applicable (the Early Participation Amount). In addition, holders whose Securities are accepted for purchase pursuant to
the Tender Offer will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities from, and including, the most recent interest payment date prior to the applicable Payment Date (as defined below) up to, but not including, the applicable Payment Date
(Accrued Interest). See the Offer to Purchase for additional information. The Total Consideration payable for each series of Fixed Spread
Securities (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) will be calculated by reference to the applicable Reference Yield in the table above, which means (i) for each series of Fixed Spread Dollar Securities and Fixed Spread Sterling
Securities (each, as defined in the Offer to Purchase), a yield to the applicable maturity date of such series of Securities equal to the sum (such sum being annualized in the case of the Fixed Spread Sterling Securities) of (a) the Reference
Yield of the applicable Reference Security outlined in the table above, determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 23, 2022 (the Reference Yield Determination Date), plus (b) the applicable Fixed Spread
(as set forth in the table above), and (ii) for each series of Fixed Spread Euro Securities (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), a yield to the applicable maturity date of such series of Securities equal to the sum of (a) the Reference
Yield (corresponding to the applicable Interpolated Rate for such series listed in the table above) determined at the Reference Yield Determination Date, plus (b) the applicable Fixed Spread for such series of Securities; in each case,
minus accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities from, and including, the most recent interest payment date prior to the applicable Payment Date up to, but not including, such Payment Date. The applicable Total Consideration payable for each series of Fixed Spread Securities (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) per $1,000, £1,000 or 1,000 principal amount of such series of Fixed Spread Securities included in the Tender Offer will be determined based upon the Reference Yield set forth in the table above, upon GEs
acceptance for purchase of any Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and the announcement of the applicable Payment Date. 3
The Total Consideration payable for each series of Fixed Price Securities (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) will be a price per $1,000, £1,000 or 1,000 principal amount of such series of Fixed Price Securities listed in the table above. The Tender Offer is subject to certain conditions, including the Financing Condition. Subject to GEs right to terminate the Tender Offer, and subject to all
conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by GE, including the Total Maximum Amount, the Acceptance Priority Levels and proration, GE will accept for purchase the Securities that have been validly tendered (and not subsequently
validly withdrawn) at or before the Expiration Date promptly following the Expiration Date (the date of such purchase, which is expected to be the first business day following the Expiration Date, the Final Payment Date). GE reserves the
right, but is not obligated, in its sole and absolute discretion, to purchase the Securities that have been validly tendered (and not subsequently validly withdrawn) at or before the Early Participation Date or following the Early Participation Date
but prior to the Expiration Date, subject to all conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by GE (the date of such purchase, the Early Payment Date and together with the Final Payment Date, each a Payment
Date). GE has retained BofA Securities, Merrill Lynch International and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to act as the Global Coordinators
and along with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs International to act as the Lead Dealer Managers, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. to act as the Senior Co-Dealer Managers, and Blaylock Van,
LLC and Mischler Financial Group, Inc. to act as the Co-Dealer Managers in connection with the Tender Offer (collectively, the Dealer Managers). Questions regarding terms and conditions of the
Tender Offer should be directed to BofA Securities at +1 (888) 292-0070 (toll free) or +1 (980) 683-3215 (collect), to Merrill Lynch International at +44 20 7996 5420 (collect), to Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC at +1 (800) 624-1808 (toll free), +1 (212) 761-1057 (collect). D.F. King has been appointed the information and tender agent with respect to the Tender Offer (the Information and Tender Agent). The Offer to
Purchase can be accessed at the Tender Offer website: http://www.dfking.com/ge. Questions or requests for assistance in connection with the tendering procedures for the Securities in the Tender Offer or for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase
may be directed to the Information and Tender Agent at +1 (800) 714-3312 (toll free), +1 (212) 269-5550 (collect), +44 20 7920 9700 (London) or via e-mail at ge@dfking.com. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Tender Offer. GE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, not to purchase any Securities or to extend, re-open, withdraw or terminate
the Tender Offer and to amend or waive any of the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer in any manner, subject to applicable laws and regulations. Holders are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Tender Offer.
Holders are advised to check with any custodian or nominee, or other intermediary through which they hold Securities, whether such entity would require the
receipt of instructions to participate in, or notice of a revocation of their instruction to participate in, the Tender Offer before the deadlines specified in the Offer to Purchase. The deadlines set by any custodian or nominee, or by the relevant
Clearing System, for the submission and revocation of valid electronic tender and blocking instructions, in the form required by the relevant Clearing System, may be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified above. 4
Unless stated otherwise, announcements in connection with the Tender Offer will be made available on GEs
website at www.genewsroom.com. Such announcements may also be made by (i) the issue of a press release and (ii) the delivery of notices to the Clearing Systems for communication to Direct Participants. Copies of all such
announcements, press releases and notices can also be obtained from the Information and Tender Agent, the corresponding contact details for whom are set out above. Significant delays may be experienced where notices are delivered to the Clearing
Systems and Holders are urged to contact the Information and Tender Agent for the relevant announcements relating to the Tender Offer. In addition, all documentation relating to the Tender Offer, together with any updates, will be available via the
Offer Website: http://www.dfking.com/ge. DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and
the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Tender Offer. If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement or the Offer to Purchase or the action
you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial, legal and tax advice, including as to any tax consequences, immediately from your broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any
individual or company whose Securities are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Tender Offer. None of GE, the Subsidiary
Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender their Securities in the Tender Offer.
None of GE (including as successor of General Electric Capital Corporation and General Electric Capital Services, Inc.), GE Capital International Funding Company
Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital International Funding Company), GE Capital European Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital European Funding), GE Capital UK Funding Unlimited Company (formerly GE Capital UK Funding), GE Capital
Funding, LLC, and Security Capital Group Incorporated (for its own account and as successor of SUSA Partnership, L.P.) (collectively, the Subsidiary Issuers), the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning GE, the Securities or the Tender Offer contained in this announcement or in the Offer to
Purchase. None of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates is acting for any Holder, or will be responsible to any Holder for
providing any protections which would be afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Tender Offer, and accordingly none of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers, the Information and Tender Agent or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates assumes any responsibility for any failure by GE to disclose information with regard to GE or the Securities which is material in the context of the Tender Offer and which is not
otherwise publicly available. General This announcement is for
informational purposes only. The Tender Offer was made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. Neither this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase, or the electronic transmission thereof, constitutes an offer to sell or buy Securities, as
applicable, in any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation under applicable securities laws or otherwise. The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions may
be restricted by law. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Tender Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and the Dealer Managers or any of their respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or
dealer in any such jurisdiction, the Tender Offer shall be deemed to have been made by the Dealer Managers or such affiliate (as the case may be) on behalf of GE in such jurisdiction. 5
No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction that would permit the possession, circulation or distribution
of either this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any material relating to GE, any subsidiary of GE or the Securities in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, none of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or
any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the Tender Offer may be distributed or published, in or from any such country or jurisdiction, except in compliance with any applicable rules or regulations of any such country or
jurisdiction. The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this
announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers and the Information and Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. This communication has not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the
FSMA). Accordingly, this communication is not being directed at persons within the United Kingdom save in circumstances where section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply. This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in any Member State of the European Economic Area (a Relevant State). In any
Relevant State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended or superseded) (the Prospectus Regulation) in that
Relevant State. This announcement and information contained herein must not be acted on or relied upon by persons who are not qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation. In the United Kingdom, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation as it forms
part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, who are also: (i) persons falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the Financial Promotion Order)); or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial
Promotion Order (such persons together being relevant persons). The Securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Securities will be engaged in only with,
relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. Each Holder participating in the Tender
Offer will give certain representations in respect of the jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out in the Offer to Purchase. Any tender of Securities pursuant to the Tender Offer from a Holder that is unable to make these
representations will not be accepted. Each of GE, the Subsidiary Issuers, the Dealer Managers and the Information and Tender Agent reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Securities pursuant to
the Tender Offer, whether any such representation given by a Holder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result GE determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such tender shall not be accepted. 6
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements that is, statements related to future events that by their nature address matters that are, to different
degrees, uncertain. For details on the uncertainties that may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements, including (1) the expected timing, size or other terms of the
Tender Offer and GEs ability to complete the Tender Offer; (2) our success in executing and completing asset dispositions or other transactions, including our planned spin-offs of GE HealthCare and our portfolio of energy businesses that
are planned to be combined as GE Vernova (Renewable Energy, Power, Digital and Energy Financial Services), and sales of our equity interests in Baker Hughes Company (Baker Hughes) and AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) and our expected equity interest in
GE HealthCare after its spin-off, the timing of closing for such transactions, the ability to satisfy closing conditions, and the expected proceeds, consideration and benefits to GE; (3) changes in
macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, including impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions, rising interest rates, the
value of securities and other financial assets (including our equity ownership positions in Baker Hughes and AerCap, and expected equity interest in GE HealthCare after its spin-off), oil, natural gas and
other commodity prices and exchange rates, and the impact of such changes and volatility on our business operations, financial results and financial position and (4) our de-leveraging and capital
allocation plans, including with respect to actions to reduce our indebtedness, the capital structures of the three public companies that we plan to form from our businesses, the timing and amount of dividends, share repurchases, organic
investments, and other priorities, see https://www.ge.com/investor-relations/important-forward-looking-statement-information, as well as our SEC filings. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. About GE GE (NYSE:GE) rises to the challenge of building a world that works.
For more than 130 years, GE has invented the future of industry, and today the companys dedicated team, leading technology, and global reach and capabilities help the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GEs people are
diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest level of integrity and focus to fulfill GEs mission and deliver for its customers. GE Investor Contact
Steve Winoker, 617.443.3400 swinoker@ge.com GE Media Contact Whitney Mercer, 857.303.3079 whitney.mercer@ge.com 7
Applicable
Maturity Date
Principal
Amount
Outstanding
(thousands)
Acceptance
Priority Level
Treasury
Security
/
Interpolated Rate
Bloomberg
Reference
Page/Screen
Fixed
Spread
(basis
points)
Reference Yield
May 1, 2050
$438,866
13
FIT1
140
3.848%
September 16, 2031
£17,564
14
FIT GLT0-10
185
3.047%
December 18, 2040
£46,474
15
FIT GLT10-50
230
3.368%
May 15, 2027
$127,996
16
FIT1
100
3.964%
May 1, 2040
$82,635
17
FIT1
125
4.060%
September 19, 2035
750,000
18
ICAE1
65
2.670%
October 9, 2042
$249,604
19
FIT1
125
4.060%
May 15, 2030
$94,480
20
FIT1
120
3.751%
May 15, 2025
$297,434
21
FIT1
65
4.263%
May 1, 2030
$197,655
22
FIT1
120
3.751%
May 1, 2027
$179,937
23
FIT1
100
3.964%
September 18, 2037
£231,637
24
FIT GLT10-50
205
3.334%
August 15, 2036
$285,787
25
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
May 5, 2026
$901,687
26
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
November 15, 2025
$321,939
27
FIT1
65
4.263%
January 5, 2026
$35,589
28
FIT1
95
3.964%
December 7, 2028
£91,919
29
FIT GLT0-10
190
3.109%
August 23, 2032
290,000
30
ICAE1
75
2.654%
January 18, 2033
£650,000
31
FIT GLT10-50
165
3.161%
May 17, 2037
560,230
32
ICAE1
70
2.656%
May 5, 2038
£52,302
33
FIT GLT10-50
220
3.348%
May 28, 2027
466,901
34
ICAE1
30
2.710%
May 17, 2029
969,116
35
ICAE1
35
2.659%
June 29, 2029
104,411
36
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
May 17, 2025
772,822
37
ICAE1
0
2.840%
February 22, 2027
279,800
38
ICAE1
25
2.720%
*
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*****
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