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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 29, 2024

 

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-442   91-0425694

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

file number)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

929 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, VA   22202
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(703) 465-3500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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, $5.00 Par Value   BA   New York Stock Exchange

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

Emerging growth company ☐

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 1, 2024, The Boeing Company (the “Company”) issued $10,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of senior notes consisting of (1) $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 6.259% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), (2) $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 6.298% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (3) $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 6.388% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), (4) $2,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 6.528% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2034 (the “2034 Notes”), (5) $2,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 6.858% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2054 (the “2054 Notes”) and (6) $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount that bear interest at the rate of 7.008% per annum and will mature on May 1, 2064 (the “2064 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes and the 2054 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were issued in a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and outside the United States to certain non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2024. The respective interest rates payable on the Notes are subject to adjustment based on certain rating events. The Notes are unsecured and have the same rank as the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 1, 2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The sale of the Notes was made pursuant to the terms of a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated April 29, 2024, by and among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the purchasers named therein.

The above description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the terms of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by the Forms of Note for the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes, the 2054 Notes and the 2064 Notes, filed as Exhibits 4.2 through 4.7 hereto, and the Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

The holders of the Notes are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2024 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the representatives of the initial purchasers under the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an offer to exchange the Notes for a new issuance of substantially identical notes registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Offer”) and to cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated within 365 days after May 1, 2024. The Company may be required to provide a shelf registration statement to cover resales of the Notes under certain circumstances. If the Company fails to satisfy its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, it may be required to pay additional interest on the Notes.


The above description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.8 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03

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

The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

A copy of the Company’s press release related to the closing of the offering of the Notes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated April 29, 2024, among The Boeing Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the purchasers named therein
4.1    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 between The Boeing Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
4.2    Form of Note for the 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.3    Form of Note for the 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.4    Form of Note for the 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.5    Form of Note for the 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.6    Form of Note for the 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.7    Form of Note for the 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.8    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2024, among The Boeing Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the purchasers named therein
99.1    Press Release issued by The Boeing Company dated May 1, 2024
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURE

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

 

   

THE BOEING COMPANY

    (Registrant)
May 3, 2024  

 

 

/s/ John C. Demers

(Date)  

 

  John C. Demers
    Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

THE BOEING COMPANY

Unsecured Debt Securities

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

April 29, 2024

The Boeing Company

929 Long Bridge Drive

Arlington, Virginia 22202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Unsecured Debt Securities of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) covered by the preliminary offering memorandum dated April 29, 2024. Such preliminary offering memorandum, including all documents incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter called the “Preliminary Memorandum.” The final offering memorandum, dated April 29, 2024, relating to the Purchased Notes, including all documents incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter called the “Final Memorandum.” For purposes of this Purchase Agreement, “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document” means any offer relating to the Purchased Notes that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and “Disclosure Package” means the Preliminary Memorandum together with the term sheet (the “Term Sheet”), a copy of which is attached as Schedule B hereto. “Time of Sale” means 2:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date of this Purchase Agreement. Any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Purchase Agreement, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “Purchasers”) agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, and the Company agrees to sell to the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, the respective principal amounts of the Company’s 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”), 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes”) and 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064 (the “2064 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes and the 2054 Notes, the “Purchased Notes”) set forth opposite the name of each Purchaser on Schedule A hereto. The Purchased Notes will have the terms set forth in the Term Sheet.


The price at which the Purchased Notes shall be purchased from the Company by the Purchasers shall be 99.750% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes, 99.650% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes, 99.600% of the principal amount of the 2031 Notes, 99.550% of the principal amount of the 2034 Notes, 99.125% of the principal amount of the 2054 Notes and 99.075% of the principal amount of the 2064 Notes, plus, in each case, accrued interest, if any, from May 1, 2024 to the date of delivery. The offering price of the Purchased Notes shall be as set forth in the Term Sheet. The Purchased Notes will be offered by the Purchasers as set forth in the Disclosure Package relating to the Purchased Notes.

The Company understands that the Purchasers intend to offer the Purchased Notes (i) in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (ii) to certain non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, in each case as soon after the effectiveness of this Purchase Agreement as in the judgment of the Purchasers is advisable, and initially to offer the Purchased Notes on the terms set forth in the Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers may offer and sell Purchased Notes to or through any affiliate of a Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Purchased Notes purchased by it to or through any Purchaser.

If we are acting as Representatives (as defined on the signature pages hereto) for the several Purchasers named in Schedule A hereto, we represent that we are authorized to act for such several Purchasers in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Purchase Agreement, and that, if there is more than one of us, any action under this Purchase Agreement taken by any of us will be binding upon all the Purchasers.

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “The Boeing Company Standard Purchase Provisions,” a copy of which is attached hereto, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Purchase Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein, except that references in Section 9 of “The Boeing Company Standard Purchase Provisions,” with respect to this Purchase Agreement only, are references to the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes, the 2054 Notes and the 2064 Notes, separately, and Section 9 shall apply to each such series separately and not to all such series together.

Each Purchaser that is not a U.S. registered broker-dealer represents that if it sells Purchased Notes in the United States it will do so through one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority regulations.

Each Purchaser hereby agrees that it will not offer, sell or deliver any of the Purchased Notes in any jurisdiction outside the United States except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable laws thereof, and that it will take at its own expense whatever action is required to permit its resale of the Purchased Notes in such jurisdictions. Each Purchaser understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action would be required for such purpose. Each Purchaser agrees not to cause any advertisement of the Purchased Notes to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and not to issue any circular relating to the Purchased Notes, except in any such case with the prior express written consent of the Company and the Representatives acting on behalf of the Purchasers, and then only at its own risk and expense.

 

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The Company authorizes the Purchasers to make such public disclosure of information relating to stabilization of the Purchased Notes as is required by applicable law and regulation.

The Purchased Notes will be issued under the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2003 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), between the Company and the Trustee.

The Purchased Notes will have the benefit of a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and the Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company will agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed with the Commission, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to debt securities of the Company with terms substantially identical to the Purchased Notes (the “Exchange Notes”) (except that the Exchange Notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions and the payment of additional interest), to be offered in exchange for the Purchased Notes and/or (ii) a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Purchased Notes.

Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Purchase Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between the Company and the Purchasers, the Company acknowledges and accepts that a BRRD Liability arising under this Purchase Agreement may be subject to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority, and acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to be bound by:

a. the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of the Purchasers to the Company under this Purchase Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:

i. the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;

ii. the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Purchasers or another person, and the issue to or conferral on the Company of such shares, securities or obligations;

iii. the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; or

iv. the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and

b. the terms of this Purchase Agreement may be varied, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.

 

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For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

Bail-in Legislation” means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time.

Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule, in relation to the relevant Bail-in Legislation.

BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.

BRRD Liability” means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write Down and Conversion Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised.

EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/pages.aspx?p=499.

Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Purchasers. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

a. In the event that any Purchaser that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Purchaser of this Purchase Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Purchase Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Purchase Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Purchase Agreement, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

b. In the event that any Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Purchase Agreement that may be exercised against such Purchaser are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Purchase Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

i. a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

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ii. a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

iii. a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

The “Closing Date” shall be: May 1, 2024.

The place to which the Purchased Notes may be checked, packaged and delivered shall be:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

333 West Wolf Point Plaza

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attention: Robert M. Hayward

Michael P. Keeley

Notices to the Purchasers shall be sent to the Representatives at the following addresses or telecopier numbers:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (646) 291-1469

  

BofA Securities, Inc.

114 West 47th Street

NY8-114-07-01

New York, New York 10036

Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets

Transaction Management/Legal

Facsimile: (212) 901-7881

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk

Facsimile: (212) 834-6081

  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Transaction Management

Facsimile: (704) 410-0326

With a copy to:

Mayer Brown LLP

71 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention: Edward S. Best

John R. Ablan

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

Very truly yours,

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
BY: CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Adam D. Bordner

  Name: Adam D. Bordner
  Title: Managing Director
BY: BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Chris Cote

  Name: Chris Cote
  Title: Managing Director
BY: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

  Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
  Title: Executive Director
BY: WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

  Name: Carolyn Hurley
  Title: Managing Director
For themselves and the other several
Purchasers named in Schedule A to the
foregoing Purchase Agreement

[Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement]


The foregoing Purchase

Agreement is hereby confirmed

as of the date first above written

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

By:  

/s/ David R. Whitehouse

  Name: David R. Whitehouse
  Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2027 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 125,000,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     104,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     104,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     104,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     50,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     50,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     50,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     50,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     50,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     50,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     50,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     35,000,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     35,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     35,000,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     35,000,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     18,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     18,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     5,000,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     5,000,000  

PJT Partners LP

     5,000,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     5,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     5,000,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     5,000,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     3,500,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     2,500,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     1,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,000,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

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Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2029 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 187,500,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     156,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     156,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     156,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     75,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     75,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     75,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     75,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     75,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     75,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     75,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     52,500,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     52,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     52,500,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     52,500,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     27,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     27,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     7,500,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     7,500,000  

PJT Partners LP

     7,500,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     7,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     7,500,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     7,500,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     5,250,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     3,750,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     1,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,500,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

A-2


Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2031 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 125,000,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     104,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     104,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     104,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     50,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     50,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     50,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     50,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     50,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     50,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     50,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     35,000,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     35,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     35,000,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     35,000,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     18,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     18,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     5,000,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     5,000,000  

PJT Partners LP

     5,000,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     5,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     5,000,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     5,000,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     3,500,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     2,500,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     1,000,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,000,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

A-3


Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2034 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 312,500,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     260,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     260,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     260,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     125,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     125,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     125,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     125,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     125,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     125,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     125,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     87,500,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     87,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     87,500,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     87,500,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     45,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     45,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     12,500,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     12,500,000  

PJT Partners LP

     12,500,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     12,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     12,500,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     12,500,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     8,750,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     6,250,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     2,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,500,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

A-4


Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2054 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 312,500,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     260,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     260,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     260,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     125,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     125,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     125,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     125,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     125,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     125,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     125,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     87,500,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     87,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     87,500,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     87,500,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     45,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     45,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     12,500,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     12,500,000  

PJT Partners LP

     12,500,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     12,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     12,500,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     12,500,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     8,750,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     6,250,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     2,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,500,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

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Name of Purchaser

   Principal Amount
of 2064 Notes
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 187,500,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     156,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     156,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     156,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     75,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     75,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     75,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     75,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     75,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     75,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     75,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     52,500,000  

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     52,500,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     52,500,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     52,500,000  

Commerz Markets LLC

     27,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

     27,000,000  

ANZ Securities Inc.

     7,500,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

     7,500,000  

PJT Partners LP

     7,500,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     7,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     7,500,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

     7,500,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     5,250,000  

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     3,750,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     1,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,500,000,000  
  

 

 

 

 

A-6


SCHEDULE B

The Boeing Company

Term Sheet

$1,000,000,000 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $1,000,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2027
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.500% due April 15, 2027
Treasury Price / Yield    99-05 / 4.809%
Spread to Treasury    +145 bps
Yield to Maturity    6.259%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    6.259%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+25 bps at any time prior to April 1, 2027;

par call at any time on or after April 1, 2027

CUSIP   

097023DH5 (Rule 144A)

U77434AA3 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US097023DH56 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AA39 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

B-1


$1,500,000,000 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $1,500,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2029
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.625% due April 30, 2029
Treasury Price / Yield    99-28 34 / 4.648%
Spread to Treasury    +165 bps
Yield to Maturity    6.298%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    6.298%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+25 bps at any time prior to April 1, 2029;

par call at any time on or after April 1, 2029

CUSIP   

097023DJ1 (Rule 144A)

U77434AB1 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US097023DJ13 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AB12 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

B-2


$1,000,000,000 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $1,000,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2031
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.625% due April 30, 2031
Treasury Price / Yield    99-29+ / 4.638%
Spread to Treasury    +175 bps
Yield to Maturity    6.388%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    6.388%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+30 bps at any time prior to March 1, 2031;

par call at any time on or after March 1, 2031

CUSIP   

097023DK8 (Rule 144A)

U77434AC9 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US097023DK85 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AC94 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

B-3


$2,500,000,000 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $2,500,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2034
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.000% due February 15, 2034
Treasury Price / Yield    95-03 / 4.628%
Spread to Treasury    +190 bps
Yield to Maturity    6.528%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    6.528%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+30 bps at any time prior to February 1, 2034;

par call at any time on or after February 1, 2034

CUSIP   

097023DL6 (Rule 144A)

U77434AD7 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US097023DL68 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AD77 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

B-4


$2,500,000,000 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $2,500,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2054
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.750% due November 15, 2053
Treasury Price / Yield    99-28 / 4.758%
Spread to Treasury    +210 bps
Yield to Maturity    6.858%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    6.858%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+35 bps at any time prior to November 1, 2053;

par call at any time on or after November 1, 2053

CUSIP   

097023DM4 (Rule 144A)

U77434AE5 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US97023DM42 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AE50 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

B-5


$1,500,000,000 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064

Summary of Final Terms

Dated April 29, 2024

 

Issuer    The Boeing Company
Expected Ratings*    [Intentionally Omitted]
Type of Offering    Rule 144A / Regulation S (with registration rights)
Principal Amount    $1,500,000,000
Trade Date    April 29, 2024
Settlement Date (T+2)    May 1, 2024
Maturity Date    May 1, 2064s
Treasury Benchmark    UST 4.750% due November 15, 2053
Treasury Price / Yield    99-28 / 4.758%
Spread to Treasury    +225 bps
Yield to Maturity    7.008%
Offering Price**    100.000%
Coupon (Interest Rate)    7.008%
Interest Payment Dates    May 1 and November 1
First Interest Payment Date    November 1, 2024
Call Provision   

MWC @ T+35 bps at any time prior to November 1, 2063;

par call at any time on or after November 1, 2063

CUSIP   

097023DN2 (Rule 144A)

U77434AF2 (Regulation S)

ISIN   

US097023DN25 (Rule 144A)

USU77434AF26 (Regulation S)

Joint Book-Running Managers   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Senior Co-Managers   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Junior Co-Managers   

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

 

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Notes:

 

*

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

**

Plus accrued interest, if any, from May 1, 2024.

This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the sender.

The notes have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered and sold in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and outside the United States to certain non U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The information in this final term sheet supplements the Company’s preliminary offering memorandum, dated April 29, 2024 (the “Preliminary Memorandum”) and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Memorandum. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Memorandum.

ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

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SCHEDULE C

Company Supplemental Disclosure Document

Term sheet, dated April 29, 2024

 

C-1


THE BOEING COMPANY

STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS

From time to time, The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), may enter into purchase agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the purchaser or purchasers named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”). The Purchase Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as “this Agreement.” Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

1. Introductory. The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Unsecured Debt Securities (“Notes”) in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated thereunder. The Notes will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee, as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes will be sold to the Purchasers (as defined below) for resale in accordance with the terms of the offering determined at the time of the sale. The Notes involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Notes,” and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the “Purchasers” of such Purchased Notes. The terms “you” and “your” refer to those Purchasers who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each Purchaser that:

(a) Except for the Company Supplemental Disclosure Documents, if any, identified in Schedule C to the Purchase Agreement, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Documents. Each Company Supplemental Disclosure Document that the Company has distributed, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offer and sale of the Purchased Notes or until any earlier date that the Company notifies the Purchasers as described in the next sentence, will not contain any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum and any amendment or supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document that the Company has distributed there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Purchasers so that any use of such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document may cease until it is amended or supplemented. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein.

 

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(b) At the Time of Sale, the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The Final Memorandum, as of its date, does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, and as of the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements or omissions in such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser specifically for use therein. The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum, at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Any additional documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (“Affiliates”), as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”), or any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security under the Securities Act, that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Purchased Notes in a manner that would require the registration of the Purchased Notes under the Securities Act.

(d) None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf has: (i) engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Purchased Notes or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) with respect to the Purchased Notes; and each of the Company, its Affiliates and each person acting on its or their behalf has complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(e) The Purchased Notes satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act.

(f) No registration under the Securities Act of the Purchased Notes and no qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), is required for the offer and sale of the Purchased Notes to or by the Purchasers in the manner contemplated herein, in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum.

 

S-2


(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and corporate authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where failure to so qualify would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the Company’s ability to perform its obligations under the Purchased Notes and the Indenture in any material respect (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(h) Each “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) of the Company, if any, (each a “Material Subsidiary” and together the “Material Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum; and each Material Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or ownership interests of each Material Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock or ownership interests of each Material Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens and encumbrances except for such liens or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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

(j) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchasers) will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(k) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(l) The Purchased Notes have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(m) The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in exchange for the Purchased Notes, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture) will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(n) The Purchased Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum.

(o) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Indenture in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes by the Company, except such as may be required under state securities laws.

(p) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Purchased Notes and the Exchange Notes, and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and as of the date hereof, do not and as of the Closing Date, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary under (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any Material Subsidiary of the Company (provided however that enforcement of rights to indemnity and contribution in this

 

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Agreement may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy), or any of their properties, (ii) any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such Material Subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such Material Subsidiary except in the case of (i) and (ii) where such breach or violation or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and good title to all other properties and assets owned by them that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated as a single enterprise, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with such exceptions that are not material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated as a single enterprise and that would not materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

(r) Neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or bylaws or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of them or their properties may be bound or to which any of their properties may be subject, except in the case of (ii) where such default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries (i) possess adequate certificates, authorities, licenses, permits, orders or approvals issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, including, without limitation, from the Federal Aviation Administration, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, no strike, lockout, or work stoppage involving the employees of the Company or any Material Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that

 

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is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

(v) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, in their capacity as such, or any of their respective properties that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Purchased Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Purchased Notes or Exchange Notes; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or, contemplated.

(w) The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments), and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis (except as otherwise noted therein) and the schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.

(x) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(y) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Purchased Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum, will not be required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(z) To the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, the accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum are an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

(aa) The capitalization of the Company has not materially changed since the date of the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum.

 

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(bb) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Purchased Notes.

(cc) The Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2024, as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(dd) The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any subsidiary and delivered to the Purchasers or to counsel for the Purchasers shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company and not the officer in its individual capacity to the Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.

3. Delivery and Payment. The Company will deliver the Purchased Notes to you for the accounts of the Purchasers at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer to an account specified by the Company or by certified or official bank check or checks in same day or New York or Chicago Clearing House funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the office of the Company, 929 Long Bridge Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Purchased Notes to be delivered will be in definitive fully registered form registered in such minimum denominations, of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereof, and in such names as you request in writing not later than 3:00 p.m., New York Time, on the second full business day prior

 

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to the Closing Date, or, if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Purchasers in the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall make the Purchased Notes available for checking and packaging at the offices of the Trustee (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement) prior to the Closing Date and, unless prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond its control, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York Time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date. If you request that any Purchased Notes be issued in a name or names other than that of the Purchasers agreeing to purchase such Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting therefrom. The Purchased Notes may also be represented by a permanent global Note or Notes, registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the “Depositary”), or a nominee of the Depositary (each such Note represented by a permanent global Note being referred to herein as a “Book-Entry Note”). Beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes will only be evidenced by, and transfers thereof will only be effected through, records maintained by the Depositary’s participants.

4. Offering by the Purchasers. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Purchased Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that:

(a) It will furnish to each Purchaser a copy of each proposed Company Supplemental Disclosure Document to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed Company Supplemental Disclosure Document to which the Purchasers reasonably object.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, if any event relating to or affecting the Company or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Purchasers shall occur which, which in the opinion of the Company or your counsel, would require the making of any change in the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum so that as thereafter delivered to the Purchasers such Disclosure Package or Final Memorandum will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum by preparing supplement(s) or amendment(s) to the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum so that, as supplemented or amended, the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum when the Disclosure Package or the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not distribute any amendment or supplement without first providing the Purchasers with such amendment or supplement and having obtained the Purchasers’ consent to the distribution, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(c) The Company will furnish to you copies of the following documents, in such quantities as you reasonably request (i) the Preliminary Memorandum; (ii) the Disclosure Package; (iii) the Final Memorandum; and (iv) any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, including all amendments or supplements thereto. 

(d) None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf will, directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Purchased Notes under the Securities Act.

(e) Whether or not any sale of the Purchased Notes is consummated, the Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (a) the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Memorandum, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits) and of each amendment thereto, (b) the preparation, and distribution of the Purchased Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture, (c) the delivery of the certificates for the Purchased Notes to the Purchasers, (d) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (e) the delivery to the Purchasers of copies of the Preliminary Memorandum, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum and the printing and delivery of each amendment or supplement thereto, (f) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Purchased Notes, (g) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties), (h) any registration of the Exchange Notes under the Exchange Act, and (i) any registration or qualification of the Purchased Notes or the Exchange Notes for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Purchasers relating to such registration and qualification).

If this Agreement is terminated by the Purchasers in accordance with the provisions of Section 7, the Company shall reimburse the Purchasers for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers.

(f) The Company will not offer or sell any of its other debt securities which are substantially similar to the Purchased Notes prior to thirty days after the Closing Date, without the consent of the Representatives.

(g) The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Purchased Notes, containing only the information set forth in Schedule B to the Purchase Agreement.

(h) The Company will advise the Purchasers promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, of the occurrence of any event during the period from the date hereof until the Closing Date as a result of which the Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances

 

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existing when the Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document is delivered to a Purchaser, not misleading; and of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Purchased Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending any such qualification of the Purchased Notes and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(i) The Company will qualify the Purchased Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate in consultation with the Company and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than a year from the date of the Final Memorandum; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Purchased Notes have been qualified as above provided. The Company will also supply you with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Purchased Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as you may request.

(j) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts in cooperation with you to permit the Purchased Notes offered and sold in transactions by you to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

(k) The Company will apply the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Purchased Notes in the manner specified in the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

6. Covenants of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company that:

(a) It has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, any Purchased Notes within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (x) as part of their distribution at any time or (y) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the date of the closing of the offering except:

 

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in the case of sales to those it reasonably believes to be “qualified institutional buyers” as permitted by Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or

 

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in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S.

(b) Neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has made or will make offers or sales of the Purchased Notes in the United States by means of general solicitation or general advertising (withing the meaning of Regulation D).

 

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(c) In connection with each sale pursuant to Section 6(a)(i), it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of such Purchased Notes is aware that such sale may be made in reliance on Rule 144A.

(d) Neither it, nor any of its Affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Purchased Notes.

(e) It is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D).

(f) It has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(g) At or prior to the confirmation of sale of Purchased Notes (other than a sale of Purchased Notes pursuant to Section 6(a)(i) of this Agreement), it shall have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases the Purchased Notes from it during the distribution compliance period (within the meaning of Regulation S) a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Purchased Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the date of closing of the offering, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligations of the Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Purchased Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) On the date of execution of the Purchase Agreement and on the Closing Date, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, a letter, dated such a date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to initial purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Subsequent to the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (A) any change or any development involving a prospective change not contemplated by the Disclosure Package as of the date of this Agreement in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Purchasers including you, materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Notes, and (B) (i) any downgrading in the rating of the Purchased Notes or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (registered under Section 15E of the Exchange Act) or (ii) any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Purchased Notes or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook.

(c) You shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of a counsel for the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company and representatives of the Purchasers at which the contents of the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum and related matters were discussed; and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum (except as to the matters referred to in their opinion), on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to matters of fact to a large extent upon the opinions of officers, counsel and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that (a) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (b) the Final Memorandum, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need make no comment with respect to the financial statements and other financial data included in the Disclosure Package or Final Memorandum or incorporated by reference therein).

(d) The Purchasers shall have received from counsel for the Purchasers, an opinion dated the Closing Date, with respect to the matters as the Purchasers shall reasonably request and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass on such matters.

(e) You shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such officers shall state, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, (ii) the Company has complied

 

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with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements set forth or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or Final Memorandum, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package or Final Memorandum.

(f) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have executed and delivered the Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.

(g) The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably request.

In case any such condition shall not have been satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by you upon notice in writing to the Company without liability or obligation on the part of the Company or any Purchaser, except as set forth in Section 11 hereof.

8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act (each, an “Affiliate”), each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser, Affiliate or such controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse each Purchaser, Affiliate and each such controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser, Affiliate or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser, Affiliate or controlling person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

 

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(b) Each Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. 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 each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such request and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement unless the request is being disputed in good faith. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the Securities Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of the Purchased Notes (taking into account the portion of the proceeds of the offering realized by each), the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Purchased Notes and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers in connection therewith, in each case as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Purchased Notes. The Company and the Purchasers and such controlling persons agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Purchasers and such controlling persons were treated as one entity for such purpose). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser or controlling person shall be required to make contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the total public offering price of the Purchased Notes, purchased by the Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages which such Purchaser or such controlling person has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Purchasers’ obligations to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

9. Default of Purchasers. If any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase is 10% of the principal amount of Purchased Notes or less, the non-defaulting Purchasers may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons, including any of the Purchasers, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date the non-defaulting Purchasers shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Purchased Notes which such defaulting Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase. If any Purchaser or Purchasers so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Notes with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than the above percentage and arrangements reasonably satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Notes by other persons are not made within seventy-two hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. In the event that any Purchaser or Purchasers default in their obligation to purchase Purchased Notes hereunder, the Company may, by prompt written notice to the non-defaulting Purchasers, postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven full business days in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Final Memorandum or in any other documents. As used in this Agreement, the term “Purchaser” includes any person substituted for a Purchaser under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.

 

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10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement clearance services in the United States; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in each case in the reasonable judgment of the Purchasers, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Purchased Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Memorandum.

11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or the Company or any of its officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Purchased Notes. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7, 9 or 10 or if for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Notes by the Purchasers is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5(f). In addition, in such event the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect; provided, however, that each Purchaser will use its best efforts to promptly notify each other Purchaser and each dealer and prospective customer to whom such Purchaser has delivered the Final Memorandum for the Purchased Notes by telephone or telegraph, confirmed by letter in either case, of such termination or failure to consummate, including in such notice instructions regarding the continued use of the Disclosure Package, Final Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing, and, if sent to the Purchasers will be delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the address furnished in writing for the purpose of such communications hereunder, or, if sent to the Company, will be delivered and confirmed to it, attention of Treasurer, at The Boeing Company, 100 N. Riverside, MC 5003-3648, Chicago, IL 60606-1596, with a copy to Corporate Secretary at the same address.

13. Successors. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

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14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Purchased Notes, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the preparation of the Disclosure Package and Final Memorandum, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Notes.

(a) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes: (i) the Purchasers have acted at arm’s-length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Purchased Notes.

16. Construction. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions that would apply the laws of another jurisdiction.

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

18. Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

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EXHIBIT A

[Circulated separately]

 

EX-A-1

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

THE BOEING COMPANY

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

$1,000,000,000 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027

$1,500,000,000 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029

$1,000,000,000 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031

$2,500,000,000 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034

$2,500,000,000 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054

$1,500,000,000 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (the “Base Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities pursuant to the Base Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, by the Holders thereof from time to time on or after the date hereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of all series of Securities, that the Base Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent and for the purposes expressed herein, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.1. RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE.

This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.


SECTION 1.2. DEFINITIONS.

For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section.

“2027 Notes” means the Company’s 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027.

“2029 Notes” means the Company’s 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029.

“2031 Notes” means the Company’s 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031.

“2034 Notes” means the Company’s 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034.

“2054 Notes” means the Company’s 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054.

“2064 Notes” means the Company’s 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064.

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

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

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

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

“Exchange Notes” means the Notes of the Company issued in exchange for Initial Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.

“Global Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(e).

“Initial Notes” means the Rule 144A Notes and the Regulation S Notes.

“Notes” means, collectively the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes, the 2054 Notes and the 2064 Notes.

“Participant” means members of, or participants in, the Depositary.

“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated April 29, 2024, among the Company and the Representatives.

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

 

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“Representatives” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement.

“Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 1, 2024, among the Company and the Representatives.

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

“Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.

“Restricted Period” means (i) with respect to any Rule 144A Notes, the period of one year after the later of May 1, 2024, the issue date of any additional Notes and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Rule 144A Note; and (ii) with respect to any Regulation S Notes, the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (A) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (B) May 1, 2024.

“Restricted Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(d).

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

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

“Rule 144A Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold to persons reasonably believed to be QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.

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

“Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Initial Notes pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Registration Rights Agreement.

SECTION 1.3. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Base Indenture;

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture;

 

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(c) the terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(d) in the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture, the definitions in this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

ARTICLE TWO

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.1. Issue of Notes

(a) There is hereby established, pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture, six series of Securities, which shall be designated the: (i) 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027; (ii) 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029; (iii) 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031; (iv) 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034; (v) 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054; and (vi) 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064.

(b) The aggregate principal amount to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture on the date hereof shall be $1,000,000,000 for the 2027 Notes, $1,500,000,000 for the 2029 Notes, $1,000,000,000 for the 2031 Notes, $2,500,000,000 for the 2034 Notes, $2,500,000,000 for the 2054 Notes; and $1,500,000,000 for the 2064 Notes (except for the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture or pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture). The principal amounts of the Notes that may be issued from time to time after the date hereof is otherwise unlimited.

(c) The 2027 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and the terms of the 2027 Notes set forth in Exhibit A are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture. The 2029 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and the terms of the 2029 Notes set forth in Exhibit B are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture. The 2031 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto and the terms of the 2031 Notes set forth in Exhibit C are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture. The 2034 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto and the terms of the 2034 Notes set forth in Exhibit D are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture. The 2054 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto and the terms of the 2054 Notes set forth in Exhibit E are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture. The 2064 Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto and the terms of the 2064 Notes set forth in Exhibit F are herein incorporated by reference and part of the terms of this Supplemental Indenture.

(d) Each of the 2027 Notes, 2029 Notes, 2031 Notes, 2034 Notes, 2054 Notes and 2064 Notes, shall be represented by one or more Global Notes as set forth in Section 2.2(b).

 

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(e) The Notes shall be issued as Registered Securities only.

(f) Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon payment or by deposit with the Trustee of a sum sufficient to pay (i) any overdue interest so declared due and payable, (ii) the amount of principal so declared due and payable, (iii) the amount of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) and (iii) the occurrence of certain other events as set forth in the Indenture, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes shall terminate.

(g) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or any document to be signed in connection with this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, including by the Trustee, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.1(g) shall be deemed to amend the (1) first paragraph of Section 303 of the Base Indenture (i) to permit electronic signatures of the Notes by the officers specified therein (ii) to remove the requirement that the corporate seal be affixed to the signature page of the Notes and attested by the Company’s Secretary or Assistant Secretary and (2) to amend the last paragraph of Section 303 of the Base Indenture to permit a certificate of authentication by the Trustee to be executed by manual, electronic or facsimile signature and that any Note executed, authenticated and delivered in such manner shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes under the Indenture and entitled to the benefits thereunder.

(h) The Notes shall be subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 2.2. Form and Dating.

(a) General. The 2027 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The 2029 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The 2031 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The 2034 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto. The 2054 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto. The 2064 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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The Initial Notes issued on the date of this Supplemental Indenture have been (i) offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) resold initially only to (A) persons reasonably believed to be QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A; and (B) outside the United States, to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S.

The Company hereby designates The Depository Trust Company as the initial Depositary for the Global Notes.

(b) Global Notes. The Rule 144A Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Note”) and the Regulation S Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Notes (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Note”), in each case without interest coupons and bearing the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Base Indenture. The Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes are each referred to herein as a “Global Note” and are collectively referred to herein as “Global Notes.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.2(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 2.2(c) and pursuant to a Company Order, authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions or held by the Trustee.

Participants shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee 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 effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants, 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) Restrictive Legend. Unless and until (i) a Note that is a Rule 144A Note or Regulation S Note, as the case may be, is sold under an effective registration statement or (ii) the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to it stating that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Rule 144A Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

 

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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 [IN THE CASE OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE BOEING COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE BOEING COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATIONS], ONLY (A) TO THE BOEING COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (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 (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES OF $250,000 OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE BOEING COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (C), (D), (E) OR (F) 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. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 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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BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY (INCLUDING ANY INTEREST THEREIN), THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) SUCH HOLDER IS NOT ACQUIRING OR HOLDING THE NOTES OR AN INTEREST THEREIN WITH THE ASSETS OF (A) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, (C) ANY ENTITY OR ACCOUNT DEEMED TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY OR (D) A NON-U.S. PLAN, GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR CHURCH PLAN SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF NON-U.S., STATE, LOCAL OR OTHER FEDERAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, “SIMILAR LAWS”); OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE NOTES OR AN INTEREST THEREIN BY SUCH HOLDER, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT SUCH HOLDER HOLDS SUCH NOTES AND THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH NOTES OR AN INTEREST THEREIN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR GIVE RISE TO A VIOLATION OF THE FIDUCIARY REQUIREMENTS UNDER ERISA OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAW.

(e) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE BOEING 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), 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 NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM AND TRANSFERS IN PART OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

 

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(f) Definitive Notes. Individual certificates in respect of the Notes will not be issued in exchange for the Global Notes, except in the circumstances set forth in this Section 2.3(f). If the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a clearing system in connection with the Global Notes, or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor clearing system is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice from the Depositary, or upon the Company’s becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered, or if the Company determines not to have the Notes of a series represented by one or more Global Notes and notifies the Trustee of the Company’s decision, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued individual certificates in registered form on registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, book-entry interests in such Notes represented by such Global Notes upon delivery of such Global Notes for cancellation. In the event that individual certificates are issued, holders of the Notes represented by such certificates will be able to receive payments (including principal and interest) on such Notes and effect transfer of such Notes at the offices of the Company’s Paying Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

SECTION 2.3. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.

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

(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the 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 Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

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(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Rule 144A Global Note.

(i) During the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in a Rule 144A Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (C) for so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (D) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, (E) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act that is not a QIB and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of securities of $250,000 or (F) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to the Company’s and the Trustee’s right prior to any such offer, sale or transfer pursuant to clauses (C), (D), (E) or (F) to require the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Restricted Period, shall be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S or (if available) Rule 144 under the Securities Act and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the interest transferred shall be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream.

(ii) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in a Rule 144A Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of the Indenture.

(c) Restrictions on Transfer of a Regulation S Global Note.

(i) Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may only be held through Euroclear or Clearstream. During the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Global Note may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear or Clearstream in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (C) for so long as such security is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person whom the selling holder reasonably believes is a QIB that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (D) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, (E) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or

 

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(13) under the Securities Act that is not a QIB and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of securities of $250,000 or (F) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to the Company’s and the Trustee’s right prior to any such offer, sale or transfer pursuant to clauses (C), (D), (E) or (F) to require the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Rule 144A Global Note shall be made only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest in the form provided on the reverse of the Initial Note to the effect that such transfer is being made to (i) a person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. Such written certification shall no longer be required after the expiration of the Restricted Period. Beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Global Note shall not be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Note or any other Note without a Restricted Notes Legend until the expiration of the Restricted Period.

(ii) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Global Note shall be transferable in accordance with applicable law and the other terms of the Indenture.

(d) Legends for Securities.

(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) or (iv), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear the Global Notes Legend and Restricted Notes Legend .

(ii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such Initial Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

(iii) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Note pursuant to which Holders of such Initial Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes that Initial 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 in such Registered Exchange Offer.

(iv) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear the Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

 

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(e) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have been transferred, 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 transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

(f) 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, Global Notes at the Security Registrar’s 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 exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 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 of 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) The Company shall not be required to make and the Security Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed.

(v) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Supplemental 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.

(g) 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

 

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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 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 rely and shall be fully protected in 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 this Supplemental 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 this Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

SECTION 2.4. Available Information; No Resale of Notes by the Company.

So long as the Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 and the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to any Holder of any Note or of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or to any prospective purchaser designated by such a Holder, upon the request of such Holder, the business and financial information concerning the Company required under paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates to, resell any Notes that constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144.

ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1. Ratification.

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

SECTION 3.2. Counterparts.

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

 

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SECTION 3.3. Governing Law.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE VENUE AND JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES AND THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH A NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT.

SECTION 3.4. Trustee.

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee assumes no duties, responsibilities or liabilities by reason of this Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the Base Indenture, and this Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all terms and conditions of its acceptance of the trust under the Base Indenture, as fully as if said terms and conditions were herein set forth at length. The recitals herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.

SECTION 3.5 Electronic Communication.

In no event, shall the Trustee, Security Registrar or the Paying Agent be liable for any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, cash expenses, and judgments (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arising to it from receiving or transmitting any data from the Company or its authorized officer via any non-secure method of transmission or communication, such as, but without limitation, by facsimile or email. The Company accepts that some methods of communication are not secure, and neither the Trustee, the Security Registrar nor the Paying Agent shall incur any liability for receiving instructions via any such nonsecure method. The Trustee is authorized to comply with and rely upon any such notice, instructions or other communications believed by it to have been sent by an authorized officer of the Company. The Company shall use all commercially reasonable endeavors to ensure that instructions transmitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture are completed and correct. Any instructions given by the Company to the Trustee under this Supplemental Indenture shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Company to the Trustee for the purposes of this Supplemental Indenture.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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

 

BY: THE BOEING COMPANY
By:  

 /s/ David R. Whitehouse

  Name: David R. Whitehouse
  Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
BY: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
By:  

 /s/ Marie A. Hattinger

  Name: Marie A. Hattinger
  Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

Form of 6.259% Notes due 2027

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DH5 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AA3 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US097023DH56 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AA39 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

6.259% Senior Notes due 2027

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2027 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 6.259% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit A-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

Exhibit A-2


   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, April 1, 2027 (one month prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit A-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit A-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit A-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit A-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit A-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Exhibit A-8


10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit A-9


16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit A-10


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

 

    THE BOEING COMPANY
Dated:          , 2024     By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

Exhibit A-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Dated:         , 2024

********************************

 

Exhibit A-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $         principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by              (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)       to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(2)       pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)       inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)       outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)       to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
(6)       pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit A-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

Dated:         

By:            

 

Exhibit A-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Principal Amount of
this Note following
such decrease (or
increase)

  

Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit A-15


EXHIBIT B

Form of 6.298% Notes due 2029

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DJ1 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AB1 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US097023DJ13 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AB12 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

6.298% Senior Notes due 2029

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 6.298% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit B-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

 

Exhibit B-2


5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, April 1, 2029 (one month prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit B-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit B-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*

   Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit B-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit B-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit B-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior

 

Exhibit B-8


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

10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit B-9


16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit B-10


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

 

    THE BOEING COMPANY
Dated:           , 2024     By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

Exhibit B-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Dated:      , 2024

********************************

 

Exhibit B-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $       principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by       (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

      (1)       to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
   (2)       pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
   (3)       inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
   (4)       outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
   (5)       to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
   (6)       pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit B-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

Dated:            

By:            

 

Exhibit B-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
of this Note
   Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Note
   Principal Amount of
this Note following
such decrease (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit B-15


EXHIBIT C

Form of 6.388% Notes due 2031

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DK8 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AC9 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US09723DK85 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AC94 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

6.388% Senior Notes due 2031

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2031 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 6.388% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit C-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

 

Exhibit C-2


5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, March 1, 2031 (two months prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit C-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit C-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit C-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage interest rate increase
on the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit C-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit C-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Exhibit C-8


10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit C-9


16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit C-10


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

 

   

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

Dated:        , 2024     By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

Exhibit C-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Dated:        , 2024

********************************

 

Exhibit C-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $      principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by         (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)       to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(2)       pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)       inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)       outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)       to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
(6)       pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit C-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

 

Dated:          
 

By:

 

 

 

Exhibit C-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Principal Amount of

this Note following

such decrease (or

increase)

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit C-15


EXHIBIT D

Form of 6.528% Notes due 2034

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DL6 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AD7 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US097023DL68 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AD77 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

6.528% Senior Notes due 2034

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2034 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 6.528% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit D-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $2,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

Exhibit D-2


   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, February 1, 2034 (three months prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit D-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit D-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit D-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage interest rate increase
on the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit D-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit D-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

 

Exhibit D-8


9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

Exhibit D-9


15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit D-10


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

 

    THE BOEING COMPANY
Dated:         , 2024     By:  

  

      Name:
      Title:

 

Exhibit D-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

Dated:         , 2024

********************************

 

Exhibit D-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $          principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by                       (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)       to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(2)       pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)       inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)       outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)       to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
(6)       pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit D-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

Dated:      

By:             

 

Exhibit D-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Note

 

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this Note

 

Principal Amount of this Note
following such decrease (or
increase)

 

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit D-15


EXHIBIT E

Form of 6.858% Notes due 2054

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DM4 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AE5 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US97023DM42 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AE50 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

6.858% Senior Notes due 2054

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2054 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 6.858% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit E-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $2,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

 

Exhibit E-2


5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, November 1, 2053 (six months prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit E-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit E-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit E-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit E-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit E-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior

 

Exhibit E-8


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

10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit E-9


16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit E-10


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

 

    THE BOEING COMPANY
Dated:         , 2024     By:  

 

      Name:
      Title:

 

Exhibit E-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Dated:        , 2024

********************************

 

 

Exhibit E-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $       principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by ____________ (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)      to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(2)      pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)      inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)      outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)      to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
(6)      pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit E-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

Dated:           

By: __________________________

 

Exhibit E-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this Note

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this Note

  

Principal Amount of
this Note following
such decrease (or
increase)

  

Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit E-15


EXHIBIT F

Form of 7.008% Notes due 2064

[Insert Global Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

[Insert Restricted Notes Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture]

 

Registered    Principal Amount: $[•]
No. [144A / REGS]-[•]    CUSIP No.: [097023DN2 (Rule 144A)] / [U77434AF2 (REG S)]
   ISIN No.: [US097023DN25 (Rule 144A)] / [USU77434AF26 (REG S)]

THE BOEING COMPANY

7.008% Senior Notes due 2064

1. Principal and Interest. THE BOEING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of [•] MILLION dollars ($[•]) on May 1, 2064 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed, and to pay interest and Additional Interest, if any, as defined in and payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below, thereon from May 1, 2024, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest and Additional Interest, if any, has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 1, 2024 at the rate of 7.008% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest and Additional Interest, if any, will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. The interest and Additional Interest, if any, so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on April 16 or October 17 (each “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. Any such interest and Additional Interest, if any, not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee under the Indenture, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Exhibit F-1


Interest and Additional Interest, if any, payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest and Additional Interest, if any, accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including May 1, 2024, in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date the payment was due, and no interest and Additional Interest, if any, will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be. A “Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by applicable law or regulation to close in the place in which payment on the Notes is required, as the case may be.

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

2. Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture, dated as of February 1, 2003 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 1, 2024 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

This Note is one of the series designated as the 7.008% Senior Notes due 2064 of the Company, which series is initially limited to $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. The Company may issue additional notes of the same series. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with all unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

3. Method of Payment. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York; provided, however, that such payments may be made, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as of the Regular Record Date and as shown on the Security Register. Such payments shall be payable in Dollars.

4. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Security Registrar and Paying Agent shall be initially the Trustee.

 

Exhibit F-2


5. Optional Redemption. At any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of

 

   

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the redemption date, and

 

   

100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, such redemption date.

At any time and from time to time on or after, the Par Call Date, the series will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

“Par Call Date” means, November 1, 2063 (six months prior to the Maturity Date of the Notes).

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

The Treasury Rate shall be 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall 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.

 

Exhibit F-3


If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM 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. 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.

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date, to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Notice of any redemption of Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be given subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of a corporate transaction that is pending (such as an equity or equity-linked offering, an incurrence of indebtedness or an acquisition or other strategic transaction involving a change of control in the Company or another entity). If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date.

The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after the Company determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions precedent, in each case subject to policies and procedures of the Depositary. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall provide such notice to each Holder of the Notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given. Once notice of redemption is mailed or sent, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent provided in the notice of redemption, the notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the applicable redemption price determined as set forth herein.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption and all rights under such notes will terminate. On or prior to any redemption date, the Company is required to deposit with a paying agent funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. The notice of redemption need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof as described above.

 

Exhibit F-4


If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes or portions of the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, if the Notes are in definitive form, the Notes for redemption will be made by lot and for so long as the notes are held by DTC (or another Depositary), the redemption of such Notes shall be done, in accordance with the customary policies and procedures of the Depositary, which may be made on a pro rata pass-through distribution of principal basis. Such Notes may be selected in amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (provided that the unredeemed portion of any Note to be redeemed in part will not be less than $2,000), and the Trustee shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of Notes to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date applicable to such Interest Payment Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

6. Interest Rate Adjustment Based on Certain Rating Events.

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

If the rating from Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately following paragraph.

 

Moody’s Rating*    Percentage
interest rate
increase on
the Notes
 

Ba1

     0.250

Ba2

     0.500

Ba3

     0.750

B1 or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s.

In addition, if the rating from S&P (or any substitute rating agency therefor) of the Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes shall increase such that it shall equal the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance, plus the percentage set forth opposite the ratings from the table below, plus any applicable percentage from the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

Exhibit F-5


S&P Rating*    Percentage interest rate increase
on the Notes
 

BB+

     0.250

BB

     0.500

BB-

     0.750

B+ or below

     1.000

 

*

Including the equivalent ratings, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate on the Notes, the following rules of interpretation will apply:

 

  (i)

if at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the increase in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently increases its rating of the Notes to Baa3 or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) increases its rating to BBB- or higher (or its respective equivalent, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of S&P), the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance;

 

  (ii)

interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both rating agencies) if the Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or the equivalent of either such rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Notes are only rated by one Rating Agency (as defined below)), and thereafter the initial interest rates on the Notes shall apply until maturity;

 

  (iii)

each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above (or an equivalent rating, in either case of any Substitute Rating Agency or under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be), whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments; provided, however, in no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Notes be reduced to below the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Notes exceed 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, any increases to the interest rate on the Notes as a result of the provisions described in this paragraph 6 shall be in addition to Additional Interest applicable to the Notes as a result of the provisions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

Exhibit F-6


  (iv)

except as provided in this clause (iv) and clause (v) below, no adjustments in the interest rate of the Notes shall be made solely as a result of a Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Notes. If at any time fewer than two Rating Agencies provide a rating of the Notes for any reason beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above:

A. such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Rating Agency to provide a rating of the Notes, but which has since ceased to provide such rating;

B. the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table; and

C. the interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of subclause (B) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Rating Agency);

 

  (v)

for so long as only one Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the Rating Agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.000% above the interest rate payable on the Notes on the date of their initial issuance. If Moody’s or S&P either ceases to rate the Notes for reasons within the Company’s control or ceases to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, it will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Rating Agency provides a rating of the Notes;

 

Exhibit F-7


  (vi)

any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period commencing after the date on which a rating change occurs that requires an adjustment in the interest rate. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next interest payment date following the date on which the rating change occurs. If Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last change by such Rating Agency will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above relating to such Rating Agency’s action; and

 

  (vii)

if the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

The interest rate and the amount of interest payable on the Notes will be determined and calculated by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor any ratings of the Notes, or to determine if an adjustment to any interest rate is to be made or what an interest rate should be, or make any other determinations or calculations in respect of any interest amounts due on the Notes.

The Company shall deliver notice of an interest rate adjustment, no later than the first Business Day of the interest period for which such adjusted interest rate shall be effective, to each holder of the Notes and the Trustee.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc. and its successors.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a Substitute Rating Agency.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors or authorized committee thereof) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

7. Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no sinking fund or analogous obligations in respect of the Notes.

8. Discharge and Defeasance. The Notes will be subject to satisfaction, discharge and defeasance as set forth in Section 403 of the Base Indenture.

9. Denominations; Transfers; Exchange. The Notes are in fully registered form, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register transfers of or exchange securities in accordance with the Indenture. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior

 

Exhibit F-8


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

10. Events of Default; Remedies. The Events of Default are as set forth in Section 501 of the Base Indenture. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Base Indenture. Upon a declaration of acceleration of the Notes, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, and with the effect, provided in the Indenture.

11. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, that with the written consent of the Holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be adversely affected thereby, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures thereto to add any provisions or to change or eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or any other indenture supplemental thereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of each such series. The Indenture also provides, with certain exceptions therein provided, that the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series a past default, or Event of Default arising therefrom, with respect to that series and its consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

13. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

14. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

Exhibit F-9


15. Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

16. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company in the Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in the Indenture shall bind its successor.

17. Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent, by manual, electronic or facsimile signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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

19. 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, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

Exhibit F-10


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

 

      THE BOEING COMPANY
Dated:      , 2024       By:  

 

        Name:
           Title:

 

Exhibit F-11


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

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

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer

Dated:      , 2024

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Exhibit F-12


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

This Certificate relates to $            principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) ___ book-entry form by              (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor (check one box below):

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security held by the Depositary a Security of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.

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

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)       to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(2)       pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(3)       inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer 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 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)       outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)       to an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) under the Securities Act) that is not a qualified institutional buyer and that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, in each case in a minimum principal amount of notes of $250,000; or
(6)       pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit F-13


Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, 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 (3), (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee 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 of 1933.

 

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]

Dated:      

By:                  

 

Exhibit F-14


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES

The following exchanges of a part of this Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Note

  

Principal Amount of

this Note following

such decrease (or
increase)

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee

 

 

Exhibit F-15

Exhibit 4.8

Execution Version

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into on May 1, 2024, among The Boeing Company (the “Company”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, acting as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several initial purchasers listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”).

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated April 29, 2024, among the Company and the Representatives on behalf of the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its 6.259% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 principal amount of its 6.298% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its 6.388% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”), $2,500,000,000 principal amount of its 6.528% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”), $2,500,000,000 principal amount of its 6.858% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes”) and $1,500,000,000 principal amount of its 7.008% Notes due 2064 (the “2064 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 2034 Notes and 2054 Notes, the “Securities”).

In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

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

1. Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

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

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

Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

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

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

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 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 all material incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities” shall mean notes of a series issued by the Company under the Indenture containing terms identical to the applicable series of Securities (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities or, if no such interest has been paid, from May 1, 2024 and (ii) the Exchange Securities will not contain restrictions on transfer) and to be offered to Holders of Securities of such series in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer for such series.

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

Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 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.

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

Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated February 1, 2003, as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, each between the Company and the Trustee.

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

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) (other than the Initial Purchasers or subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities if such subsequent holders are deemed to be affiliates of the Company solely by reason of their holding of such Registrable Securities) 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 debt securities of the same class as any of the Securities, other than Securities issued in transactions registered under the 1933 Act, under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional debt securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

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

 

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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 1933 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 all material incorporated or deemed by the securities laws to be incorporated by reference therein.

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

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities are exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, (ii) when a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (iii) when such Securities have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act or (iv) when such Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all properly documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and 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, if applicable, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel and any depositary for book-entry Securities, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and reasonably satisfactory to the Company (which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers)) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company, or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement), including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, 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 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 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, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated or deemed by securities laws to be incorporated by reference therein.

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

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 pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of this Agreement which covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by the Holders whose Registrable Securities are covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 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, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated or deemed by securities laws to be incorporated by reference therein.

Staff” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

TIA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

Target Registration Date” shall mean May 1, 2025.

Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, or any successor thereto.

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

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a registration in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the 1933 Act.

(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC (the “Staff”), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering the offer by the Company to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and to have such Registration Statement remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer. The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer for each series promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC and use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Exchange Offer for such series consummated not later than 90 days after such effective date. The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer for each series by sending the related exchange offer Prospectus and accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law:

 

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(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Registration Rights Agreement and that all Registrable Securities of such series validly tendered and not validly 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 sent, or longer if required by applicable law) (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 Registration Rights Agreement;

(iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Security of a series exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for such series will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address 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 (the “Withdrawal Deadline”); provided, however, that, if any of the Registrable Securities are in book-entry form, such Prospectus and accompanying documents shall also specify how the surrender of such Securities is to be effected in accordance with applicable book-entry procedures; and

(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election, not later than the Withdrawal Deadline, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, such other information as may reasonably be required to identify such Securities to be withdrawn and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date with respect to an Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities of a series, the Company shall:

(1) accept for exchange Registrable Securities of such series or portions thereof validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

(2) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities of such series or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder, an Exchange Security of such series equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such series surrendered by such Holder; provided that if any of the Registrable Securities are in book-entry form, the Company shall, in cooperation with the Trustee, effect the exchange of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable book-entry procedures.

 

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The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC.

Each Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, as a condition to participation in the Exchange Offer, will be required to represent to the Company in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that at the time of consummation of the Exchange Offer: (i) any Exchange Securities received in exchange for Registrable Securities tendered are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the Person receiving such Exchange Securities; (ii) such Holder has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the 1933 Act; (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) of the Company; (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Securities; and (v) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Holder will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder).

(b) In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be consummated as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate applicable law or the applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not, for any other reason, consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date or (iii) any Holder of Registrable Securities of the applicable series notifies the Company prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) it is prohibited by law or SEC policy 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 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, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or notice is given to the Company, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities of such series (other than those who fail to comply with the immediately preceding paragraph and Section 3(b) hereof) and to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC promptly. In the event the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a result of the matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer. The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of one year from the Closing Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement

 

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have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be Registrable Securities within the meaning of this Agreement (the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company further agrees to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement 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 1933 Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement or Free Writing Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after such supplement or amendment is used or filed with the SEC; provided that the Company shall be deemed to have furnished such amendment or supplement if the Company shall have made such amendment or supplement available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

(c) The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b). Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any other expenses incurred by it that are not Registration Expenses.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or 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 become effective automatically upon filing; provided, however, that if after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the period of such interference until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. In the event (1) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (2) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b), is not declared effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date, or (3) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, it becomes effective and thereafter ceases to be effective or usable (x) at any time during the Shelf Registration Period and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period or (y) on more than two occasions in any 12-month period during the Shelf Registration Period (each such event referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3), a “Registration Default”) then with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities of the applicable series will be increased by 0.250% per annum and will increase by an additional 0.250% per annum on the principal amount of Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum amount of additional interest of 0.500% per annum (“Additional Interest”). Additional Interest, if any, will be paid by the Company on each interest payment date to Holders in the same manner as payments of interest on the Securities. A Registration Default ends when the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (i) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (1) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer for such series is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities becomes

 

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effective, (ii) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (2) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (iii) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (3) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective and 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 on which there is no Registration Default. A Holder of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities who is not entitled to the benefits of the Shelf Registration Statement (including because such Holder has failed to comply with the paragraph immediately preceding paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 3(b) hereof) shall not be entitled to Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Additional Interest is the sole and exclusive remedy available to Holders due to a Registration Default, so long as the Company is acting in good faith hereunder, including, without limitation, with respect to satisfying its obligations.

(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial 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 Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

3. Registration Procedures.

(a) In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall:

(i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii) 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 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 1933 Act; to keep each Prospectus current during the period described under Section 4(a)(3) and Rule 174 under the 1933 Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

 

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

(iv) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, to cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity (or otherwise qualify to do business) or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(a)(iv), (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(v) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders and counsel for the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested by any such counsel, confirm such notice in writing (A) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, or when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (B) 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, (C) 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 Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g) under the 1933 Act, (D) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of securities under the Shelf Registration Statement cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company receives any notification

 

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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, (E) of the happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (F) of any determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be required;

(vi) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g) under the 1933 Act as promptly as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested); provided, that the Company shall be deemed to have furnished such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment if it shall have made such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment available on EDGAR;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities 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 in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders may reasonably request at least three business days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(ix) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(v)(E) hereof, use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, the related Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus 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. The Company agrees to notify the Holders and any Participating Broker-Dealers and to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as applicable, as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and the Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;

 

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(x) at 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 Free Writing Prospectus (other than any document which 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 Initial Purchasers and their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their counsel) and consistent with past practice of the Company, available for discussion of such document, and shall not at any time file or make any amendment to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement, a Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (if the Initial Purchasers hold any Registrable Securities) (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their counsel) shall object, except for any amendment or supplement or document (a copy of which has been previously furnished to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel)) which counsel to the Company shall advise the Company in writing is required in order to comply with applicable law;

(xi) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities of each series or Registrable Securities of each series, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xii) if applicable, cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), 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 TIA and execute, and use its 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;

(xiii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the Majority Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all financial and other records, pertinent documents and properties of the Company relevant thereto, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all information, in each case, reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant to conduct reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the 1933 Act in connection with a Shelf Registration

 

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Statement; provided that the foregoing investigation and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of such parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such parties; and provided, further, that if any such information is identified by the Company as being confidential or proprietary (it being understood that the Company will not provide any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material non-public information concerning the Company), each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information.

(xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which the Securities are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;

(xv) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, to be rated by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act), to the extent such agencies rate the Securities;

(xvi) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (ii) 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 incorporated in such filing;

(xvii) 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 with the SEC in accordance with the 1933 Act and to retain (in accordance with the requirements of the 1933 Act) any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed; and

(xviii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested or required (including those requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus, 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 the Company and its predecessors in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) obtain customary opinions and negative assurance statements of counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective

 

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counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company, or of any business acquired or to be acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder 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, and (iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing. No Holder of Registrable Securities may include its Registrable Securities in such Shelf Registration Statement unless and until such Holder furnishes such information to the Company. Each Holder including Registrable Securities in a Shelf Registration Statement shall agree to furnish promptly to the Company all information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities required to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(C), Section 3(a)(v)(E) or Section 3(a)(v)(F) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give any notice in accordance with this Agreement to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period during which the 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 shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company may give any such notice only upon reasonable determination that such suspension is appropriate in light of the event giving rise to such suspension and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file such amendments or supplements or take other steps necessary to resume dispositions as soon as reasonably practicable, in the Company’s determination.

 

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(d) The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the “Underwriters”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

(e) No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

(a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the 1933 Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company agrees 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(c)), if requested by one or more Participating Broker-Dealer, 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 further agrees that 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 Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

 

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5. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and Holder, their respective affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”), each of their respective directors and officers and each Person who controls any Initial Purchaser or Holder within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Initial Purchaser, Holder, Affiliate or such controlling person may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act, Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or that arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each such Initial Purchaser, Holder, Affiliate and each such controlling person, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser, Holder, Affiliate and each such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable to such Initial Purchaser, Holder, Affiliate and each such controlling person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser or any selling Holder specifically for inclusion therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Initial Purchasers and their respective Affiliates, the other selling Holders, each of the Company’s directors and each of the Company’s officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each Person who controls the Company, any Initial Purchaser or any selling Holder within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Initial Purchaser and Holder contained in paragraph (a) above, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Holder may otherwise have.

 

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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under (a) and (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 5, except to the extent the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such omission. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who may, with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party) and who shall not be counsel to any other indemnified party who may have interests conflicting with those of such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. 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 each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such request and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement unless the request is being disputed in good faith. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions of this Section 5, for any reason other than as specified therein, the parties entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses, except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall be considered the relative benefits received by the Company from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving the Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the 1933 Act on the other hand, the parties’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission and any other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Holder shall be required to make

 

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contribution hereunder which in the aggregate exceeds the respective principal amount of Registrable Securities of such Holder that were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement, less the aggregate amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same claim or any substantially similar claim. The Holders’ respective obligations to contribute are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Registrable Securities of such Holder that were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement and not joint. For purposes of this Section 5, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of a Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each Person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

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

6. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company represents and agrees that (i) it has not entered into, and on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof; and (ii) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way materially conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided, however, 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; provided, further, however, that the foregoing consent requirement shall not apply for such changes that the Company determines to make, which are for the benefit of the Holders, do not have any impact on the Holders or are otherwise of a ministerial nature.

 

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(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail with return receipt requested, telex, fax, electronic mail or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the Company, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c).

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; on the date the return receipt is executed, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged or proof of receipt is obtained, if faxed or emailed; and on the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement. 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 of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company 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.

(e) Purchases and Sales of Securities. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Securities.

(f) Third-Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third-party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of 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. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

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

(i) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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

 

Very truly yours,
THE BOEING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ David R. Whitehouse

  Name: David R. Whitehouse
  Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED AS OF THE DATE

HEREOF

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

ACTING ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER

SEVERAL INITIAL PURCHASERS NAMED IN

SCHEDULE I HERETO.

 

By:   CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Adam D. Bordner

  Name: Adam D. Bordner
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED AS OF THE DATE

HEREOF

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

ACTING ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER

SEVERAL INITIAL PURCHASERS NAMED IN

SCHEDULE I HERETO.

 

By:   BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Chris Cote

  Name: Chris Cote
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED AS OF THE DATE

HEREOF

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

ACTING ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER

SEVERAL INITIAL PURCHASERS NAMED IN

SCHEDULE I HERETO.

 

By:   J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

  Name: Stephen L. Sheiner
  Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED AS OF THE DATE

HEREOF

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

ACTING ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER

SEVERAL INITIAL PURCHASERS NAMED IN

SCHEDULE I HERETO.

 

By:   WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

  Name: Carolyn Hurley
  Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

INITIAL PURCHASERS

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Barclays Capital Inc.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

Commerz Markets LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

ANZ Securities Inc.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

PJT Partners LP

Standard Chartered Bank

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

Academy Securities, Inc.

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Boeing Announces Closing of Senior Notes Offering

ARLINGTON, Va., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today it closed an offering of $10.0 billion aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate senior unsecured notes (the “notes”), consisting of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.259% senior notes due 2027, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.298% senior notes due 2029, $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.388% senior notes due 2031, $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.528% senior notes due 2034, $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its 6.858% senior notes due 2054 and $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its 7.008% senior notes due 2064. Boeing intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

The notes were offered and sold in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and outside the United States to certain non U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Contact: Investor Relations: BoeingInvestorRelations@boeing.com

Communications: media@boeing.com