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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 13, 2010
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1 -7685
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95-1492269 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
Pasadena, California
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91103 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code (626) 304-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 8, 2010, Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), entered into
an underwriting agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to a registered public
offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020
(the Notes). The closing of the sale of the Notes occurred on April 13, 2010. The net proceeds
from the offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, were
approximately $247,600,000 and are being used to repay a portion of the indebtedness outstanding
under the term loan credit facility of one of the Companys wholly-owned subsidiaries.
The offering of the Notes was registered under an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-147369).
The Notes are being issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007, as supplemented
by a supplemental indenture, dated as of April 13, 2010 (as supplemented, the Indenture), between
the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. The Notes will bear
interest at a rate of 5.375% per year, payable semiannually in arrears in cash on April 15 and
October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2010. The Notes will mature on April 15, 2020.
The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time, at a price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date and
an applicable make-whole amount as described in the Indenture. If a change of control triggering
event as described in the Indenture occurs, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase the
Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
repurchase date.
The Notes will be the Companys unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The Notes will rank
equal in right of payment to all of the Companys existing and future subordinated indebtedness;
senior in right of payment to all of the Companys existing and future subordinated indebtedness;
effectively junior to all of the Companys future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value
of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all future indebtedness and
other liabilities of the Companys subsidiaries. A copy of the Indenture is attached hereto and
is hereby filed. The descriptions of the Indenture and the Notes in this report are summaries and
are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Indenture and Notes, respectively.
Attached hereto as exhibits are the agreements and opinions relating to the offering. The exhibits
are expressly incorporated into the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any related amendments
thereto, filed by the Company on November 14, 2007.
Item 2.03 Creation of Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The disclosures in Item 1.01 above are incorporated in this section by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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1.1
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Underwriting Agreement dated April 8, 2010, between the Company and the Underwriters named therein. |
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4.1
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Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as
of November 20, 2007 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on November 20, 2007). |
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4.2
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Second Supplemental Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee, dated as of April 13, 2010. |
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4.3
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Form of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
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5.1
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Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP. |
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23.1
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Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: April 13, 2010 |
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
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/s/ Karyn E. Rodriguez
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Name: |
Karyn E. Rodriguez |
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Vice President and Treasurer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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1.1
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Underwriting Agreement dated April 8, 2010, between the Company and the Underwriters named therein. |
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4.1
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Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as
of November 20, 2007 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on November 20, 2007). |
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4.2
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Second Supplemental Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee, dated as of April 13, 2010. |
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4.3
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Form of 5.375% Senior Notes due
2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
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5.1
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Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP. |
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23.1
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Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Exhibit 1.1
$250,000,000
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
5.375% Senior Notes due 2020
Underwriting Agreement
April 8, 2010
Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc
And the other several Underwriters
listed in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell
to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), $250,000,000
principal amount of its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes). The Notes will be issued
pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 20, 2007 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by
the Second Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of April 13, 2010 (the Supplemental Indenture
and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), in each case, between the Company and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee).
Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are acting as representatives
(the Representatives) of the Underwriters.
The Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement are sometimes, collectively, referred to herein as
the Transaction Documents.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Notes, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of
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1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
Securities Act), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-147369), including a
prospectus, relating to the Notes. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes
effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the
Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430
Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; the base prospectus filed as
part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it was most recently filed with the
Commission prior to or on the date of this Agreement, is referred to herein as the Base
Prospectus; the final prospectus supplement to such prospectus (including the Base Prospectus)
relating to the Notes, in the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, is referred to herein as the Prospectus; and any preliminary prospectus
(including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Notes in the form filed or to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is referred to herein as a Preliminary
Prospectus. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus,
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of
the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with
respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Notes were first made (the Time of Sale), the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the Time of Sale Information): a
Preliminary Prospectus dated April 8, 2010, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined
below) listed on Annex C hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information.
2. Purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and
sell the Notes to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on
the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the
respective principal amount of Notes set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1
hereto at a price equal to 99.281% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any,
from April 13, 2010 to the Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will not be obligated to
deliver any of the Notes except upon payment for all the Notes to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Notes as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the
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judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Notes on the terms set
forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and
sell Notes to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and
sell Notes purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for and delivery of the Notes will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
April 13, 2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the
fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing.
The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the Closing Date.
(d) Payment for the Notes shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the
account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The
Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes
representing the Notes (collectively, the Global Note), with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the sale of the Notes duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made
available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the business day prior to the Closing Date.
(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Notes contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and
not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain 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 under which
they were made, not
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misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and
at 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; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information.
No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale
Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is
required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company (including its agents and representatives,
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized,
approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any
written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer
to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes (each such communication by the Company or its
agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and (iii)
below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a
prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities
Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex C
hereto and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in
writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in
all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period
specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby)
and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to
delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at 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; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf
registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with
the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date
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hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been
received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Trust Indenture Act), and did not and will not
contain 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 not misleading; and as of the
date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the
Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain 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 under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and
warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement
of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii)
any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they became effective or were
filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange
Act and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further
documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and the changes in their
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cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be
stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects
the information shown thereby.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than
upon exercise of outstanding options and stock appreciation rights) or long-term debt (except in
the ordinary course of business and not in excess of $10 million) of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or
made by the Company on any class of capital stock (other than the dividend payment declared in
January 2010 and made in March 2010), or any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management,
financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement
that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of
any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its significant subsidiaries have
been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in
which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such
power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes (a Material Adverse
Effect). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant
subsidiaries of the Company.
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(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading
Capitalization and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares and
except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien,
charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any
third party.
(j) The Indenture. The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or
by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions);
the Base Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and the Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in
accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute, a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(k) The Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein,
will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(m) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(n) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in
the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or
to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or
(iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or
arbitrator or governmental or
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regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or
violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(o) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the
Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance by the Company with the
terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar
organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation
of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority.
(p) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction
Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the
registration of the Notes under the Securities Act and the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act (which have been made or obtained) and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable
state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the
Underwriters.
(q) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be
a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject
that if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in
the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the best knowledge of the Company, contemplated
by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current
or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under
the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii)
there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus
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that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(r) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have
certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(s) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate
rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of
their respective businesses does not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of
others, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of
infringement or conflict with any such rights of others, in each case except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that
is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.
(u) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an investment company or
an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(v) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at
all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human
health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws); (y) have received and are in
compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have
not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental
Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or
condition
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that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or
liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries,
except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to
receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as
described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x)
there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is
also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary
sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware
of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations
under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital
expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of
the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any
Environmental Laws.
(w) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective 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 Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures
designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys
management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and
its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and
procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(x) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply
with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of,
their respective 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 internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action
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is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses or significant
deficiencies in the Companys internal controls.
(y) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment, in each case except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
are and, at all times relevant to the offering of the Notes, have been conducted in compliance with
applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of governmental or
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company and its subsidiaries, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agencies or regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action,
suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(aa) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC); and the Company will not directly
or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Notes hereunder, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
(bb) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization
or manipulation of the price of the Notes.
(cc) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act)
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contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus has been
made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(dd) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has
caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived
from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ee) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith
(the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related
to certifications.
(ff) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a
well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the
times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Notes.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within
the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act,
will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Annex D
hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the
Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below); and the Company will furnish copies of the
Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the
Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably
request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period
required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso
therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery
Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Notes as in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Notes is required by law
to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in
connection with sales of the Notes by any Underwriter or dealer.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative,
two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and
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each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and
documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of
the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including
all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many
copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents
incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives
may reasonably request.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and
before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for
review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and
confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for
any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the
receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other
request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of
any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence
of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of
Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus 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 existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company
of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of
the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the
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 the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the
Notes and, if any such order is
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issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply
with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith
prepare and, subject to Section 4(c) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish to the
Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time
of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be
misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with applicable law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will
immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(c)
hereof, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the
Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary
so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of
the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so
that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. To the extent required, the Company will qualify the Notes for offer
and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall
reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Notes; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify
as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (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 otherwise so subject.
(h) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months
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beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date (as
defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through the completion of the
offering of the Notes, as notified to the Company by the Representatives (but in no event later
than seven days after the Closing Date), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of
the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities
issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the
heading Use of proceeds.
(k) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(l) DTC. The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Notes to be eligible
for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company (DTC).
(m) Registration Statement Renewal Deadline. If immediately prior to the third anniversary
(the Renewal Deadline) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the
Notes remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it
has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement
relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is no longer
eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal
Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the
Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the Renewal Deadline.
The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and
sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the
Notes. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf
registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(n) Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form. If at any time
during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant
to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration
statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new
registration statement or post effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Notes, in a
form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement of post effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the
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Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or
appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the
registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company
has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include
such new registration statement or post effective amendment, as the case may be.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer
to, or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the
Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any
press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a
result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing
prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed
on Annex C or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) hereof (including any electronic
road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the
Company in advance in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a term
sheet substantially in the form of, or consistent with, Annex D hereto without the consent of the
Company.
6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase Notes on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company
of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened
by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely
filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with
Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing
Date; the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date; and the Company shall have
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder prior to or at the Closing Date.
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(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the
Companys debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such
term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii)
no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with
possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Companys debt securities.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g)
hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of
Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any
amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes
on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date a certificate of a senior executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the
Companys financial matters and is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives confirming (i)
that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus and (ii) to the effect set forth in Section 6(a), 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) hereof.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the
Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
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.
(g) Opinion of Associate General Counsel of the Company. Richard P. Randall, Esq., Vice
President Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company,
shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, his written opinion,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.
(h) Opinion and Disclosure Letter of Counsel for the Company. Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their
written opinions and disclosure letter, dated the
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Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex B hereto.
(i) Opinion and Disclosure Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall
have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and disclosure letter of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or
sale of the Notes; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court having
jurisdiction over the Company shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent
the issuance or sale of the Notes.
(k) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date
satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its significant subsidiaries in their
respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(l) DTC. The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several,
that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged
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omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale
Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use therein.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
Section 7(a), but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out
of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information consists of the following: (i) the names of the
Underwriters on the cover pages of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; (ii) the names of
the Underwriters in the table in the first paragraph under the caption Underwriting in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; and (iii) the first paragraph under the caption
Underwriting Commissions and Discounts, the third and fourth sentences of the first paragraph
under the caption Underwriting New Issue of Notes, and the first paragraph under the caption
Underwriting Stabilization and Short Positions in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either Section 7(a) or 7(b), such person
(the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may
be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 7
except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive
rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to
notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an
Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or
asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof,
the Indemnifying Person
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shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the
consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the
Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 7 that the
Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred.
In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i)
the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii)
the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition
to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person
and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying
Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred against presentation or written invoices or statements therefore. Any such
separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons
of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who
signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in
writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a
final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested
that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person 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 Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person
shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date
of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified
Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought
hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release
of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (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 Person.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) and 7(b) is unavailable
to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters 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 Notes and the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith,
in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate
offering price of the Notes. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in Section 7(d). The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of
the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter
with respect to the offering of the Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant
to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and
not joint.
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(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, 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 or the Nasdaq Global Market or the over-the-counter market; (ii)
trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance; 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 the judgment of the
Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on
its obligation to purchase the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting
Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Notes by other persons
satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after
any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the
purchase of such Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within
which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such
Notes on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a
defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the
Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion
of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to
promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that
effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all
purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule
1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Notes that a defaulting Underwriter agreed
but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in
Section 10(a), the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that
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remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the
Notes, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase
the principal amount of Notes that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such
Underwriters pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes that such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in
Section 10(a), the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, or if the Company shall not
exercise the right described in Section 10(b), then this Agreement shall terminate without
liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the
Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof
and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid
all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without
limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery
of the Notes and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation,
printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
(including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii)
the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and
expenses of the Companys counsel and independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of
eligibility for investment of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including
the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating
agencies for rating the Notes; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent
(including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) any expenses and
application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Notes for book-entry transfer by
DTC; (ix) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and
clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Association, Inc.; and (x) all
expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential
investors.
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(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
fails to tender the Notes for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to
purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse
the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their
counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering
contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and the affiliates of each
Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Notes from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary has the meaning set forth
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by Banc of America Securities LLC and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o Banc of
America Securities LLC, One Bryant Park, NY1-100-18-03, New York, New York 10036 (fax:
212-901-7881); Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal and J.P.
Morgan
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Securities Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-834-6081); Attention:
Investment Grade Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Avery Dennison
Corporation, 150 North Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91103 (fax: 626-304-2251);
Attention: Richard P. Randall, Esq., Vice President Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary, with a copy to Scott Hodgkins, Esq., Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, 355
South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071 (fax: 213-891-8763).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) 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.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
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Very truly yours,
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
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Vice President and Treasurer |
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Accepted as of the date first above written
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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Authorized Signatory |
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
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Schedule 1
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Principal Amount |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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100,000,000 |
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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100,000,000 |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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25,000,000 |
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
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25,000,000 |
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250,000,000 |
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Schedule 2
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
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Avery Dennison Office Products Company
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AD Materials Europe Gmbh
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AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION,
as Issuer
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of April 13, 2010
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 20, 2007
5.375% Senior Notes due 2020
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (as hereinafter defined, the Second Supplemental Indenture),
dated as of April 13, 2010, between AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as
Trustee (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of November
20, 2007 (the Base Indenture and, together with the Second Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture), to provide for the issuance by the Company of unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness in an unlimited amount to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as provided in the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Board Resolution, dated April 8, 2010, the Company authorized the
creation and issuance of a series of its debt securities under the Indenture, designated as the
5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 in the initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the
Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, from time to time and at any time, may enter into one or more
supplemental indentures to establish the forms and terms of Securities as permitted in Section 3.01
of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes in accordance with
Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has determined that this Second Supplemental Indenture is authorized and
permitted by Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture and has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to that effect and an Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture
to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the Trustees
execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been complied with;
WHEREAS, the Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been
performed, and the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) a term defined in the Base Indenture and not otherwise defined herein has the
same meaning when used in this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
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(b) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(b) and
shall have the meaning set forth below for purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture and the
Base Indenture as it relates to the Notes created hereby:
Additional Notes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.
Attributable Debt means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time
liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of
rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining primary term thereof,
discounted from the respective due dates to such date at the actual percentage rate inherent in
such arrangement as the Company has determined in good faith. The net amount of rent required to be
paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by
the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of
maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges. In the
case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount
shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be
paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the Companys assets and the Companys Subsidiaries assets, taken as a whole, to any
person, other than the Company or one of the Companys Subsidiaries;
(b) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
Companys outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Companys Voting Stock is
reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of
shares; or
(c) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys Board of Directors are
not Continuing Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control
if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and
(b)(1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately
following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys Voting Stock
immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no person
(other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The
term person, as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act.
Change of Control Offer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
Change of Control Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
Change of Control Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event.
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Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of
the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of
four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) less (i) all liabilities, other than deferred income
taxes and Funded Debt, and (ii) goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, organizational expenses
and other like intangibles owned by the Company as well as the Companys consolidated Subsidiaries
and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Companys
Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were
issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at
the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of
the Companys proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director, without objection to such nomination).
Debt means debt issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a Subsidiary for money
borrowed.
Funded Debt means (i) all indebtedness for money borrowed having a maturity of more than 12
months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or
less but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option
of the borrower and (ii) rental obligations payable more than 12 months from such date under leases
which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (such rental
obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized and to be included for the
purposes of the definition of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets both as an asset and as Funded Debt
at the amount so capitalized).
Holder means the Person in whose name a Registered Security is registered in the Register.
Interest Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof.
Investment Grade means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys
and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any
replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by us.
Lien means any lien, mortgage or pledge.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
Optional Redemption Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) hereof.
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Quotation Agent means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Principal Property means any real property the Company or any Subsidiaries own or hereafter
acquire (including related land and improvements thereon and all machinery and equipment included
therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the
determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets other than (i) any
property which in the Companys determination is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety or (ii) any portion of a particular
property which is similarly found not to be of material importance to the use or operation of such
property.
Prospectus Supplement means the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes filed by the
Company with the SEC on April 12, 2010.
Rating Agencies means (a) each of Moodys and S&P; and (b) if either of Moodys or S&P
ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within
the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a
resolution of the Companys Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both
of them, as the case may be.
Rating Event means the rating on the notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the
Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day
period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly
announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier
of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of
Control or our intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event
otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred
in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for
purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the
reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly
confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Companys or its request that the reduction was the
result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of,
or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control
has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).
Reference Treasury Dealer means (a) each of Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers
in New York City (each, a Primary Treasury Dealer)) and their respective successors and (b) two
other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company in good faith; provided, however, that if
any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another
Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Regular Record Date means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the April 1 and
October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such
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redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date,
the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
S&P means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.
Treasury Rate means, as determined by the Quotation Agent, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated
maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
Voting Stock means, with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
ARTICLE 2
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount. The Notes may be issued from time to time upon
written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Sections
3.01 and 3.03 of the Base Indenture. There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated
as the 5.375% Notes due 2020, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000
(except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant
to Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 4.06, 14.05 of the Base Indenture).
Section 2.2 Stated Maturity. The date upon which the Notes shall become due and payable at
final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, shall be April 15, 2020.
Section 2.3 Interest.
(a) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.375% per annum. The date from
which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be April 13, 2010. Interest on the Notes shall be
payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15,
2010, to the Persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.3(d) hereof.
(b) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or, if
applicable, any Redemption Date or otherwise at Maturity shall be the amount of interest accrued
from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest
has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of April 13,
2010, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) to, but
excluding, such Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or, if applicable, Redemption Date or other
Maturity, as the case may be (each, an Interest Period).
(c) The amount of interest payable for any full semi-annual Interest Period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest
payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Interest Period for which interest is
computed shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on
the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled
Interest Payment Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of
interest payable on such Interest Payment
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Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and no interest on
such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date).
(d) In the event that the Stated Maturity, any Redemption Date or other Maturity
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any,
and interest may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional
interest shall accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after the Stated Maturity
or any Redemption Date or other Maturity). Interest due on the Stated Maturity or any Redemption
Date or other Maturity (in each case, whether or not an Interest Payment Date) on any of the Notes
shall be paid to the Person to whom principal of the Notes is payable.
Section 2.4 Place of Payment and Appointment. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes shall be payable, the transfer of the Notes shall be registrable, and the Notes shall be
exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be a corporate trust
office of the Trustee or its affiliate; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at
the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall
appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the
Person entitled to payment; and provided, further, the Company shall pay principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on, the Notes in global form registered in the name of or held by The Depository
Trust Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time
designate, or its respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such Depositary or
its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Notes in global form.
The Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee.
Section 2.5 Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Article XII
of the Base Indenture apply to the Notes.
Section 2.6 Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in minimum denominations of
$2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.7 Global Securities. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of a permanent
Global Security in registered form deposited with or for the account of The Depository Trust
Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate.
Unless and until each such Global Security is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be made
only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or
approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
Section 2.8 Form of the Notes. The form of the Notes and the Trustees Certificate of
Authentication to be endorsed thereon shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or
facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution
thereof.
Section 2.9 No Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES
Section 3.1 Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Notes shall be redeemable in whole or
in part, at the Companys option, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price (the
Optional Redemption Price) equal to the greater of:
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and
(ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued interest
thereon to the Redemption Date. The Optional Redemption Price shall be determined by the
Company.
(b) Notice of any redemption shall be mailed not less than 20 days and not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.
(c) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Optional Redemption Price, from
and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed
shall be selected by the Trustee by a method that the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate and
may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of Notes held by
a Holder equal to an authorized denomination. If the Company redeems less than all of the Notes and
the Notes are then held in book-entry form, the redemption will be made in accordance with the
Depositarys customary procedures.
Section 3.2 Change of Control Triggering Event.
(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised
its option to redeem the Notes as described in Section 3.1 hereof, the Company shall be required to
make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any
part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes
on the terms set forth in the Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to
offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase
date (a Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering
Event or, at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of
the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed
to Holders of the Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of
Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the repurchase date specified in
the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from
the date on which such notice is mailed (a Change of Control Payment Date).
(b) The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of
Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering
Event occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the
notice.
(c) On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful:
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(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the
applicable Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable
Change of Control Offer; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or
portions of Notes being repurchased.
(d) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the
Company, and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its
offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is
continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other
than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering
Event.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with
those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Companys
obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such
conflict.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Restriction on Secured Debt. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall incur,
issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien on any Principal Property of the Company or
any Subsidiary or any shares of capital stock of or Debt of any Subsidiary, without effectively
providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the
Company, prior to) such secured Debt; provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to:
(a) any Lien existing on the date of this Indenture;
(b) Liens on property of, or on any shares of capital stock of or Debt of, any
Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or
any Subsidiary or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary;
(c) Liens in the Companys favor or in favor of any Subsidiary;
(d) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other
payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;
(e) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or
any Subsidiary;
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(f) any Lien securing indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase price or cost of
construction of property (or additions, substantial repairs, alterations or substantial
improvements thereto), provided that such Lien and the indebtedness secured thereby are incurred
within twelve months of the later of acquisition or completion of construction (or addition,
repair, alteration or improvement) and full operation thereof;
(g) Liens securing industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or similar
types of bonds;
(h) mechanics and similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in
respect of obligations not due or being contested in good faith;
(i) Liens arising from deposits with, or the giving of any form of security to, any
governmental agency required as a condition to the transaction of business or exercise of any
privilege, franchise or license;
(j) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies which are not
then delinquent or, if delinquent, are being contested in good faith;
(k) Liens put on any property in contemplation of its disposition, provided the
Company has a binding agreement to sell at the time the Lien is imposed and the Company disposes of
the property within one year after the creation of the Liens and that any indebtedness secured by
the Liens is without recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(l) Liens (including judgment liens) arising from legal proceedings being contested
in good faith (and, in the case of judgment liens, execution thereof is stayed); and
(m) any extension, renewal or replacement of any Liens referred to in the foregoing
clauses (a) through (l) inclusive or any Debt secured thereby, provided that such extension,
renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or part of the same property, shares of capital
stock or Debt that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee Debt
secured by a Lien which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions described above, provided
that the aggregate amount of all such secured Debt, together with all the Companys and its
Subsidiaries Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal
Properties (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded as described in clauses (a)
through (e) of Section 4.2), may not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 4.2 Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall enter into any arrangement with any Person (other than the Company or a
Subsidiary), or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a
Subsidiary of any Principal Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company
or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary),
to which the funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased
property (a sale and leaseback transaction), provided, however, this limitation shall not apply
if:
(a) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;
(b) the sale or transfer of the Principal Property is made at the time of, or within
120 days after, the later of its acquisition or completion of construction;
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(c) the lease secures or relates to industrial revenue bonds, pollution control
bonds or other similar types of bonds;
(d) the transaction is between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries;
(e) the Company or a Subsidiary, within 120 days after the Company or a Subsidiary
makes a sale or transfer, applies an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale of
the Principal Property leased pursuant to such arrangement or the fair market value of the
Principal Property so leased at the time of entering into such arrangement (as determined in any
manner approved by the board of directors) to:
(i) the retirement of the Notes or the Companys other Funded Debt ranking on
a parity with or senior to the Notes, or the retirement of the securities or other Funded
Debt of a Subsidiary; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of
the Companys Funded Debt or a Subsidiarys Funded Debt shall be reduced by (x) the
principal amount of any Notes (or other notes or debentures constituting such Funded Debt)
delivered within such 120-day period to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (y)
the principal amount of such Funded Debt, other than items referred to in the preceding
clause (x), voluntarily retired by the Company or a Subsidiary within 120 days after such
sale; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in
this subclause (A) may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory
sinking fund payment or any mandatory prepayment provision, or
(ii) the purchase of other property which shall constitute a Principal
Property having a fair market value, in the Companys determination, at least equal to the
fair market value of the Principal Property leased in such sale and leaseback transaction;
or
(f) after giving effect to the transaction, the aggregate amount of all Attributable
Debt with respect to such transactions plus all Debt secured by Liens on Principal Properties, or
on shares of capital stock or Debt of Subsidiaries (with the exception of secured Debt which is
excluded as described in Section 4.1), would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 4.3 Restriction on the Payment of Dividends and Other Payments. The Company shall not
declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions on its capital stock (except in shares of,
or warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, its capital stock), nor may the
Company or any Subsidiary make any payment to retire or acquire shares of such stock, at a time
when a payment default described in Section 5.1(1) or Section 5.1(2) has occurred and is
continuing.
Section 4.4 Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture,
the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its existence as a corporation or other Person.
ARTICLE 5
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 5.1 Events of Default. The following Events of Default shall apply with respect to
the Notes (notwithstanding Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and
restated, and superseded, by the following):
Event of Default means, with respect to the Notes, any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
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or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative
or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon the Notes when due and payable
and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) default in the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, on the
Notes when due and payable at Maturity, upon required repurchase, upon acceleration,
by call for redemption or otherwise;
(3) the failure of the Company for 90 days (or 120 days in the case of a breach
of Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture) to comply with any of its agreements
contained in the Notes or the Indenture after written notice of such Default from
the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then
Outstanding has been received by the Company;
(4) the Company fails to pay at maturity or the acceleration of any of its or
its Subsidiaries indebtedness, other than non-recourse indebtedness, at any one
time in an amount in excess of $50 million, if the indebtedness is not discharged or
the acceleration is not annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company
by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes;
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by either the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to
the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the
Company, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent
by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the authorization of any such action by the Board of Directors
of the Company.
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Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity Upon Certain Events of Default. The following provision
shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 7.02(a) of the Base Indenture, which
shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):
If any one or more of the above-described Events of Default shall happen (other than an
Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or (6) above) with respect to the Notes at the
time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such
Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Notes
then Outstanding may (and upon the written request of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of such Notes then Outstanding, the Trustee shall) declare the principal of and all
accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes then Outstanding, if not then due and payable,
to be due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and be
immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in Notes contained to the
contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or (6) above
occurs, then the principal of and all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes then
Outstanding will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Upon payment of such
amounts in the Currency in which the Notes are denominated (except as otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture), all obligations of the Company in respect
of the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes shall terminate.
ARTICLE 6
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Section 6.1 Additional Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the
Company may from time to time, without the consent of the existing Holders of the Notes, create and
issue additional notes (the Additional Notes) ranking equally and ratably with the Notes in all
respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional
Notes or except, in some cases, for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such
Additional Notes). Any such Additional Notes, at the Companys determination and in accordance
with provisions of the Indenture, shall be consolidated with and form a single series with the
previously outstanding Notes for all purposes of the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of
any Additional Notes shall be unlimited.
Section 6.2 Additional Notes Terms. With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall
set forth in a Board Resolution and in an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be
delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture; and
(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes
and the amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto.
For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to the Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall also
receive an Opinion of Counsel regarding the enforceability of the Additional Notes, together with
the Opinion of Counsel required under Sections 14.01 and 16.01 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE 7
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 7.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The following provisions
relating to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section
14.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the
following):
The Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any one or more of or all the
following purposes:
(1) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company to be observed
thereafter and during the period, if any, in such supplemental indenture or
indentures expressed, and to add Events of Defaults, in each case for the protection
or benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company;
(2) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on
the Notes; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders in any material respect, or to permit or facilitate the issue of the
Notes in uncertificated form;
(3) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or
successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and
obligations of the Company contained in the Notes and in this Indenture or any
supplemental indenture;
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a
successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 11.06(c) of the Base Indenture;
(5) to secure the Notes;
(6) to evidence any changes to this Indenture pursuant to Sections 11.05, 11.06
or 11.07 of the Base Indenture as permitted by the terms thereof;
(7) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained
herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental
indenture;
(8) to comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder in order to effect or maintain the qualification
of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by this Indenture
or otherwise;
(9) to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to the Notes;
(10) to make any change in the Notes that does not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the Holders; provided that no such change shall be
deemed to adversely effect the Holders if such change is made to conform the terms
of the Notes to the terms described in the Prospectus Supplement;
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(11) to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional series of Notes; or
(12) to establish the form and terms of the Notes as permitted in this
Indenture or to authorize the issuance of additional debt securities previously
authorized or to add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication or delivery of the
Notes, as set forth in this Indenture, or other conditions, limitations or
restrictions thereafter to be observed.
Section 7.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. The following provisions relating
to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 14.02 of
the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Notes, the Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and
the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture
or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of each Holder:
(1) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
interest on, the Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest
thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Currency in
which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is denominated or
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on
or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of any right to
convert or exchange the Notes as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01(r) of the
Base Indenture;
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Notes, the consent of
whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
Indenture;
(3) modify any provisions of this Section or Section 6.06 or 7.06 of the Base
Indenture, except to increase any of the respective percentages referred to therein
or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder affected thereby; provided, however, that
this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes or the deletion
of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 11.06 and 14.01(f)
of the Base Indenture; or
(4) modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or
immunities of the Trustee; it being understood that in no event shall the Trustee be
obligated to enter into any amendment or supplemental indenture that affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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It will not be necessary for any act of Holders under the preceding paragraph to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be
sufficient if such act will approve the substance thereof.
Section 7.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. A supplemental indenture which changes or
eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to the Notes or which
modifies the rights of the Holders with respect to such covenant or other provision, will be deemed
not to affect the rights under the Indenture of Holders of other series of Securities. A
supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture
with respect to Securities of any other series or which modifies the rights of the Holders of
Securities of any other series with respect to such covenant or other provision, will be deemed not
to affect the rights under the Indenture of Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 8
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1 Confirmation of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this
Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Second
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent
herein and therein provided.
Section 8.2 Responsibility of Recitals, Etc. The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the recitals. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or the
sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.
Section 8.3 Concerning the Trustee. The Trustee does not assume any duties, responsibility or
liabilities by reason of this Second Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the
Indenture and, in carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the
rights, powers, privileges, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture. In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of
whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the
form of action.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this
Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic
methods (including pdf files). If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile
instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion
elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustees understanding of such instructions shall be
deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising
directly or indirectly from the Trustees reliance upon and compliance with such instructions
notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written
instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of
the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including
without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or
interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 8.4 Governing Law. This Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 8.5 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Second
Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or
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in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, or of
the Notes, but this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such
invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 8.6 Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required to be a part of and govern
this Second Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any
provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply
to this Second Supplemental Indenture, as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 8.8 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 8.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.
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EXHIBIT A
[To be included in Global Securities THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER
OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED
HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
5.375% Senior Notes due 2020
CUSIP: 053611AF6
ISIN: US053611AF60
Avery Dennison Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered
assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS ($ ) on April 15, 2020 and to pay
interest thereon from April 13, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year,
beginning on October 15, 2010, at the rate of 5.375% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be, as the case may be, the April 1 or October 1
(whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this 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, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Notes not more than 30 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note shall be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts; and provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register; and provided, further, the Company shall
pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note in global form registered in the name
of or held by The Depository Trust Company
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or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate, or its
respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, as the Holder of this Note in global form.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date
first written above.
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This is one of the Securities issued referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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[Reverse of Note]
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the
Note or the Notes, as the case may be), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an
Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007 (herein called the Base Indenture), between the Company
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as amended and supplemented by the Second
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2010 (the Second Supplemental Indenture and,
together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee). Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture 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.
The Notes shall be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Companys option, at any time and
from time to time at a redemption price (the Optional Redemption Price) equal to the greater of:
(1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes Outstanding to be redeemed; and (2) the sum of the
present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury
Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on
the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. Notice
of any such redemption shall be mailed not less than 20 days and not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed.
For purposes of the redemption provisions, the following terms are applicable:
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of
the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of
four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation.
Quotation Agent means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means (a) each of Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. (or their respective affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers
in New York City (each, a Primary Treasury Dealer)) and their respective successors and (b) two
other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company in good faith; provided, however, that if
any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another
Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted
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in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for
such redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date,
the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, as determined by the Quotation Agent, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated
maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
In the event of redemption of the Notes in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed
portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem the Notes as described above, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the Change of
Control Offer) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes on the terms set forth
herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal
to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, on the Note repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase date (the Change of Control
Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Companys
option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that
constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of Notes
describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering
Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the repurchase date specified in the applicable
notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date on
which such notice is mailed (the Change of Control Payment Date) pursuant to the procedures
described in such notice and in conformity with the Indenture.
The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control,
state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.
On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: (a)
accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer; (b) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment
in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of
Control Offer; and (c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted
together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions
of Notes being repurchased.
The Company shall not be required to make the Change of Control Offer upon the Change of
Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and the third party
repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company
shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control
Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the
Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
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The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control
Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Companys obligations
under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.
For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions, the following terms are applicable:
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the Companys assets and the Companys Subsidiaries assets, taken as a whole, to any
person, other than the Company or one of the Companys Subsidiaries;
(b) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
Companys outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Companys Voting Stock is
reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of
shares; or
(c) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Companys Board of Directors are
not Continuing Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of
Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding
company and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company
immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys
Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no
person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding
company. The term person, as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Rating Event.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Companys
Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were
issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at
the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of
the Companys proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director, without objection to such nomination).
Investment Grade means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys
and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any
replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
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Person means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a
joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Rating Agencies means (a) each of Moodys and S&P; and (b) if either of Moodys or S&P
ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons
outside of the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within
the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a
resolution of the Companys Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both
of them, as the case may be.
Rating Event means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the
Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day
period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly
announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier
of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of
Control or the Companys intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating
Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have
occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event
for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making
the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly
confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Companys or its request that the reduction was the
result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of,
or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control
has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).
S&P means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,
and its successors.
Voting Stock means, with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in Section
13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge at any time of (1) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect
to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal
of the Notes may be declared or shall become due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Notes to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of
any Notes issued upon the registration
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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.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder shall have any right
to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the execution of any trust
under the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each
case with respect to an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, unless such Holder previously
shall have given to the Trustee written notice of the happening of one or more of the Events of
Default, and unless also the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Notes than Outstanding shall
have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and
unless also there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for
60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or
refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and such notification, request and offer
of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action,
suit or proceeding by any Holder; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the
Holders shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his, her, its or their action to enforce
any right under the Indenture, except in the manner therein provided, and that every action, suit
or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner provided in
the Indenture and for the equal benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Notes.
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, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of the Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of the Notes for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes are payable, duly endorsed by or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of
U.S. $2,000 and integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of the Notes for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Notes are
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not the Notes be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All capitalized terms used, but not defined, in the Notes shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
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Exhibit 5.1
355 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071-1560
Tel: +1.213.485.1234 Fax: +1.213.891.8763
www.lw.com
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company), in connection with the issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes) under an indenture, dated November 20, 2007 (the
Base Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
(the Trustee), as supplemented by a second supplemental indenture, dated the date hereof, between
the Company and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture,
the Indenture) and pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission)
on November 14, 2007 (Registration No. 333-147369) (as amended, the Registration Statement).
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the
Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect
to the issue of the Notes. As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of
law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have
relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual
matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to
the internal laws of the State of New York, and, the general corporation law of the state of
Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect
thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware, any other laws, or as
to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of
the date hereof, the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
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Company, and when duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and delivered against payment therefore in the circumstances contemplated by the form of
underwriting agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, the Notes
will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms.
Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or
injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the
discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain
circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or
contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is
contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated
damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic
remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or
restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief,
(c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture; (d) any
provision requiring the payment of attorneys fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public
policy; (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of the Notes, collection of that portion of
the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest
thereon; and (f) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.
With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Indenture and the Notes (collectively, the
Documents) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto other than
the Company, (b) that the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties
thereto other than the Company, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their
respective terms, and (c) that the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations
of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or
instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or
(iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required
registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be
relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of
the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Form 8-K dated April
13, 2010 and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading Legal
Matters. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
April 13, 2010
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Very truly yours,
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP