8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): March 22, 2022

 

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35166   62-1411546

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

847-484-4400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock   FBHS   New York Stock Exchange

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

Emerging growth company  

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 22, 2022, Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, acting for themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the offer and sale of (i) $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and (ii) $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes” and together with the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”).

The Underwriting Agreement contains representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification and contribution rights and obligations of the parties, termination provisions and other terms and conditions in each case that are customary in agreements of this type.

On March 25, 2022, the Company (i) entered into a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 25, 2022 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), supplementing the Indenture dated as of June 15, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”) with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Citibank, N.A., as securities agent (the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, together, the “Indenture”), and (ii) issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

The 2032 Notes will mature on March 25, 2032 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.000% per annum. The 2052 Notes will mature on March 25, 2052 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.500% per annum. Interest on the Notes will accrue from March 25, 2022 and be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 25 and September 25 of each year, commencing September 25, 2022. The Notes constitute senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness from time to time outstanding and rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to time.

Prior to December 25, 2031, in the case of the 2032 Notes, or prior to September 25, 2051, in the case of the 2052 Notes (in each case, as applicable, the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the applicable series of Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, for cash, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes of the series to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date for the Notes of such series) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) plus 25 basis points, in the case of the 2032 Notes, and 35 basis points, in the case of the 2052 Notes, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and (2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

On and after the applicable Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the applicable series of Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, for cash, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

The Indenture contains covenants that require the Company to satisfy certain conditions in order to incur debt secured by liens, engage in sale and leaseback transactions or merge or consolidate with another entity or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise convey all or substantially all of its assets to another person. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default and other customary provisions.

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) occurs, the Company will be required to make an offer on the terms set forth in the Supplemental Indenture to each holder of the Notes to repurchase, for cash, all or any part of that holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to but not including the date of repurchase, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes.


The preceding descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are qualified by reference to the full texts of the Underwriting Agreement, the Supplemental Indenture, form of the Note (with respect to 2032 Notes) and form of the Note (with respect to the 2052 Notes), which are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11, respectively.

The Notes were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to its automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-255730), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2021, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated March 22, 2022 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2022.

The aggregate net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $880,132,500, after deducting the price discount, underwriting fees and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repay indebtedness outstanding under its $1,100,000,000 term loan.

From time to time in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings with the Company or its affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. An affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC serves as administrative agent and is a lender on the Company’s revolving credit facility and the term loan facility. An affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc. serves as syndication agent and is a lender under the Company’s revolving credit facility and term loan facility. An affiliate of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is a lender under the Company’s term loan facility. In addition, affiliates of BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are dealers under our commercial paper program. Accordingly, affiliates of BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and other underwriters which are lenders under the Company’s term loan will receive their pro rata portions of the borrowings repaid thereunder. Because the amount received by such affiliates through the repayment of those borrowings may exceed 5% of the net proceeds of the Offering, the Offering will be conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121.

 

Item 2.03.

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

On March 25, 2022, the Company completed the Offering and sale of the Notes, and the Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture.

The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

In connection with the offering and sale of the Notes, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 hereto an opinion of counsel with respect to the Notes. Such opinion is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-255730), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2021, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated March 22, 2022, between Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule l thereto.
  4.9    Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2022, by and among Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., as Securities Agent.
  4.10    Form of global certificate for the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (contained in Exhibit 4.9).
  4.11    Form of global certificate for the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (contained in Exhibit 4.9).
  5.1    Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP.
23.1    Consent of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURE

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

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
  (Registrant)
By:  

/s/ Patrick D. Hallinan

Name:   Patrick D. Hallinan
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 25, 2022

EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

$900,000,000

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

$450,000,000 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032

$450,000,000 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052

Underwriting Agreement

March 22, 2022

BofA Securities, Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Eleven Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $450,000,000 principal amount of its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $450,000,000 principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes” and, collectively with the 2032 Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to the indenture dated as of June 15, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”) by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Citibank, N.A., as securities agent (the “Securities Agent”), as amended by a supplemental indenture to be dated as of March 25, 2022 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).


The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 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. 333-255730), including a prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), relating to debt securities to be issued from time to time by the Company. Such registration statement, 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”; and as used herein, the term “Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities together with the Base Prospectus; and the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act together with the Base Prospectus. References herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the 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 Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the 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 4:25 P.M., New York City time, on March 22, 2022, the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated March 22, 2022, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities 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 Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a purchase price equal to 99.252% of the principal amount of the 2032 Notes and 96.933% of the principal amount of the 2052 Notes, in each case, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 25, 2022 to the Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

 

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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, 787 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on March 25, 2022, 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 Securities 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 (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities 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 each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities 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 neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the 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 (other than Rule 430 Information) 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 or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 7).

 

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(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 or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter 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 Prospectus. 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 Securities (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 B hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications identified in Annex D hereto (each, a “Company Additional Written Communication”), in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies 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, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time of Sale, 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 or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Information.

(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 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, to the knowledge of the Company, 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,

 

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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 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 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 or 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 the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Information.

(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, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents, as of the date they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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; 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, as of the date such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, 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.

(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries 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 consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of their operations and the consolidated changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (subject to normal year-end adjustments) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as disclosed therein). Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included in any of the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(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 material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the business, properties, 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 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 loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or governmental action, order or decree that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, 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 (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have the corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, 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 likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.

(i) Capitalization. All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each significant subsidiary of the Company other than directors’ qualifying shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are (in the case of capital stock) fully paid and non-assessable (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 similar claim of any third party (collectively, “Liens”) other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws or organizational documents, for taxes not yet due and payable or that may thereafter be paid without penalty or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising by operation of law.

(j) Due Authorization. The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

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(k) The Indenture. The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act 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, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles relating to enforceability, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”), and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and at the Closing Date will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and when executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the other 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.

(l) The Securities. The Securities 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.

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

(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. The Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained under the headings “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the Notes” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, respectively.

(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its significant 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 it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets 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 regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it, 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 likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms of the Securities and the consummation by the Company 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 asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or

 

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similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except in each case for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable securities laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigations, pending to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is or is reasonably likely to be a party or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is or is reasonably likely to be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries, proceedings or investigations are threatened or 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, 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 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.

(s) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is 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.

(t) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its significant subsidiaries own, lease or have the right to use all of their real and personal property that are necessary to conduct the operations of the Company and its significant subsidiaries as presently conducted, except where the failure to own, lease or have a right to use such properties would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(u) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities 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” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(v) Taxes. The Company and its significant subsidiaries have (i) paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid, other than those being contested in good faith or for which reserves considered adequate by Company management have been provided, and (ii) filed (or requested extensions to file) all tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or where such failure to pay or file would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its significant subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Compliance With Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its significant subsidiaries (x) are 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 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 significant subsidiaries.

(y) 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 Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company 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.

 

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(z) 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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

(aa) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its significant subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries has (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. No part of the proceeds of this offering will be used, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its subsidiaries in violation of the FCPA, as may be amended, or the rules or regulations thereunder. The Company and its significant subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance in all material respects with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(bb) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its significant subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(cc) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent, or affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic or so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and Crimea region of Ukraine or any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(dd) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No significant subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such significant subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such significant subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such significant subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(ee) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, 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 Securities.

(ff) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, 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.

(gg) 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 Securities.

 

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(hh) Cybersecurity. (i)(x) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of each of clause (i) or (ii) above, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices.

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 and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheets referred to in Annex B hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; the Company 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 subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; 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.

(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, to each Underwriter (i) upon request, 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 (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), 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. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities 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 Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.

 

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(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 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. The Company’s obligations under this paragraph shall expire after the final day of the Prospectus Delivery Period.

(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 Securities 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 Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. The Company’s obligations under this paragraph shall expire after the final day of the Prospectus Delivery Period.

(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 any of 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 under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale

 

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Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with 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 law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, 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 (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference) 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 law.

(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will take such actions as the Representatives reasonably request to qualify the Securities 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 Securities; 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 or take any action that would constitute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself or any of its affiliates 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 reasonably 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 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 and including the date that is one day after the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, 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 Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

 

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(k) DTC. The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l) No Stabilization. The Company 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 Securities.

(m) 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.

(n) Delivery of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers. The Company shall deliver to the Underwriters, no later than the date of execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of any required supporting documentation, and the Company undertakes to provide such additional supporting documentation as the Representatives request in connection with the verification of the foregoing certification.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees 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 B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheets referred to in Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company.

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities 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 a 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.

 

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(b) Representations and Warranties. 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; and 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.

(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 Securities or any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review with possible negative implications, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(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), 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 Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of this Section 6.

(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 of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries 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.

 

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(g) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. On the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a certificate, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(h) Opinion and Negative Assurance Statement of Counsel for the Company. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date (i) an opinion and negative assurance statement of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto, and (ii) an opinion of the general counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.

(i) Opinion and Negative Assurance Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance statement of Sidley Austin 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 Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(k) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) of the Company and its significant subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) 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 Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(m) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Agent, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Securities Agent.

(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further customary certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

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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, reasonable 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, to which they may become subject insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities 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 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 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 Underwriter Information.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and 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 paragraph (a) above, 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 Underwriter Information in the Registration Statement, 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 information in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”): the names of the Underwriters set forth on the cover page; the names of the Underwriters set forth in the table appearing after the first paragraph under the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)”; the statements with respect to the market making activities of the Underwriters set forth in the third and fourth sentences in the seventh paragraph under the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)”; the statements with respect to the offering set forth in the third and eighth paragraphs under the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)”; and the second paragraph under the heading “Conflicts of Interest” under the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)”.

 

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(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 paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Person promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Person, to assume the defense thereof, with 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 this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but upon receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Person to such Indemnified Person of such Indemnifying Person’s election to assume the defense of such action and approval by the Indemnified Person of counsel as set forth above, the Indemnifying Person will not be liable to such Indemnified Person under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and 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 judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional

 

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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.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities. 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 paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim under this Section 7. 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 Securities 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 that 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 on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on the New York Stock 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 (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 Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Underwriters or the Company, except that the Company and the Underwriters will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

10. Defaulting Underwriter.

(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons reasonably 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 Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons reasonably satisfactory to the non-defaulting Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter within such time periods, 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, the Time of Sale Information 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, the Time of Sale Information 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 Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

 

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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities 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 Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company, except that the Company and the Underwriters 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 agrees to 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 Securities 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 Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such Blue Sky Memorandum, not to exceed $10,000); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

 

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(b) If (i) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters (other than pursuant to Section 10) or (ii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities 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. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10(c), the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for any of the costs, fees or expenses 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, in the case of Section 7 hereof, each Indemnified Person. 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 Securities 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, and this Section 13 and Section 16(c), shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities 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. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

16. Miscellaneous.

(a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.

 

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(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 BofA Securities, Inc., 1540 Broadway, NY8-540-26-02, New York, New York 10036, Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal; c/o Credit Suisse (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, Facsimile: (212) 325-4296, Attention IBCM Legal; and c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Facsimile: (212) 834-6081, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (fax: 847-484-4490), Attention: General Counsel.

(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(d) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which it is subject by a suit upon such judgment.

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

(f) 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. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or in any instruments, agreements, certificates, legal opinions, negative assurance letters or other documents entered into or delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf”, “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

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

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

For purposes of this Section 16(g), a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Rights” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(h) 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.

(i) 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.

 

Very truly yours,
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Patrick Hallinan

  Name: Patrick Hallinan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the date first

above written.

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters

listed in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Keith Harman

  Name: Keith Harman
  Title: Managing Director
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
By:  

/s/ Christopher Murphy

  Name: Christopher Murphy
  Title: Managing Director
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

  Name: Som Bhattacharyya
  Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

   Principal
Amount of 2032
Notes
     Principal
Amount of 2052
Notes
 

BofA Securities, Inc.

   $ 90,000,000      $ 90,000,000  

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     90,000,000        90,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     90,000,000        90,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     45,000,000        45,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     45,000,000        45,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     13,500,000        13,500,000  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     13,500,000        13,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     13,500,000        13,500,000  

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.

     10,800,000        10,800,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     10,800,000        10,800,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     10,800,000        10,800,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     10,800,000        10,800,000  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     6,300,000        6,300,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 450,000,000      $ 450,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Schedule 1-1


Schedule 2

List of Significant Subsidiaries

Fortune Brands Outdoors & Security, LLC

Fortune Brands Doors, Inc.

Therma-Tru Corp.

Fiberon Holding Company LLC

Fiber Composites, LLC

Larson Manufacturing of South Dakota LLC

Larson Manufacturing Company LLC

MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.

Fortune Brands Global Plumbing Group LLC

Fortune Brands Global Plumbing Group Holdings II LLC

Fortune Brands Global Plumbing Group Holdings III LLC

Global Plumbing Group Holdings LLC

Moen Incorporated

Schedule 2-1

 


Annex A-1

Form of Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

(1) 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 of this Agreement; the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act specified in such opinion on the date specified therein; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, 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 and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the Commission.

(2) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial, statistical or ratings data included or incorporated therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act; and the Indenture complies as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act (other than, in each case in this clause (2), Form T-1, as to which such counsel need express no opinion).

(3) The Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(4) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental or regulatory authority of the State of New York or the United States of America is required under the laws of the State of New York or the United States of America, or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, respectively, applicable to the Company that, in such counsel’s experience, is generally applicable to transactions of the nature of those contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities for the issue and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the Indenture, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable securities laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(5) The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations”, to the extent that they purport to describe the provisions of the laws or regulations referred to therein, fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects.

 

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(6) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities 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” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

(7) The documents filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act prior to the Closing Date and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial, statistical or ratings data included or incorporated therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants of the Company and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto were discussed and, although such counsel have not verified and are not passing on, and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly provided in clauses (3) and (5) above), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at the time of its effective date, 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 not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of this Agreement), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Prospectus as of its date and the Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than, in each case, the financial statements and related schedules and other financial, statistical or rating data contained or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief).

 

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Annex A-2

Form of Opinion of General Counsel of the Company

(1) The Company and each of its significant subsidiaries are validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have the corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, 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 or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(2) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each significant subsidiary of the Company other than directors’ qualifying shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are (in the case of capital stock) fully paid and non-assessable (except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus).

(3) The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken by it for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(4) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee and Securities Agent, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(5) The Securities 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 in this Agreement, 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.

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

(7) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities 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

 

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lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its significant 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 significant 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 having jurisdiction over it, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(8) To the knowledge of such general counsel, 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 significant subsidiaries is or is reasonably likely to be a party or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is or is reasonably likely to be the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of such counsel, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.

(9) To the best knowledge of such general counsel, there are no statutes, regulations or contracts and other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that have not been so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

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Annex B

Time of Sale Information

 

   

Pricing Term Sheet, dated March 22, 2022, substantially in the form of Annex C.

 

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Annex C

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-255730

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

Pricing Term Sheet

$450,000,000 4.000% Senior Notes Due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”)

$450,000,000 4.500% Senior Notes Due 2052 (the “2052 Notes”)

 

Issuer:    Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.
Securities:   

4.000% Senior Notes Due 2032

 

4.500% Senior Notes Due 2052

Principal Amount:   

2032 Notes: $450,000,000

 

2052 Notes: $450,000,000

Maturity Date:   

2032 Notes: March 25, 2032

 

2052 Notes: March 25, 2052

Coupon:   

2032 Notes: 4.000%

 

2052 Notes: 4.500%

Price to Public:   

2032 Notes: 99.902% of principal amount

 

2052 Notes: 97.808% of principal amount

Yield to Maturity:   

2032 Notes: 4.012%

 

2052 Notes: 4.636%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:   

2032 Notes: T+165 bps

 

2052 Notes: T+203 bps

Benchmark Treasury:   

2032 Notes: 1.875% due February 15, 2032

 

2052 Notes: 1.875% due November 15, 2051

 

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Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:   

2032 Notes: 95-23 / 2.362%

 

2052 Notes: 84-31 / 2.606%

Interest Payment Dates:   

2032 Notes: March 25 and September 25 of each year, commencing on September 25, 2022

 

2052 Notes: March 25 and September 25 of each year, commencing on September 25, 2022

Optional Redemption Provisions:   
    Make-Whole Call:   

2032 Notes: T+25 bps (at any time before December 25, 2031)

 

2052 Notes: T+35 bps (at any time before September 25, 2051)

    Par Call:   

2032 Notes: At any time on or after December 25, 2031

 

2052 Notes: At any time on or after September 25, 2051

Trade Date:    March 22, 2022
Settlement Date:    T+3; March 25, 2022; under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to that trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes before the second business day prior to the Settlement Date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle on a delayed basis, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement, and should consult their own advisors with respect to these matters.
Net Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer:   

2032 Notes: $446,634,000 (99.252% of the principal amount)

 

2052 Notes: $436,198,500 (96.933% of the principal amount)

CUSIP/ISIN:   

2032 Notes: 34964C AF3 / US34964CAF32

 

2052 Notes: 34964C AG1 / US34964CAG15

 

 

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Minimum Denomination:    $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Co-Managers:   

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-294-1322, by calling Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at 1-800-221-1037 or by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary prospectus supplement issued by Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. on March 22, 2022 relating to its prospectus dated May 3, 2021.

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.

 

 

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Annex D

Company Additional Written Communications

Investor presentation of the Company made available on March 21, 2022-March 22, 2022.

Electronic (Netroadshow) road show of the Company relating to the offering of the Notes made available on March 22, 2022.

 

 

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EX-4.9

Exhibit 4.9

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 25, 2022

Supplementing that Certain

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 15, 2015

Among

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee

and

CITIBANK, N.A.,

Securities Agent

4.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

4.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2052


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

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SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture

     1  

SECTION 1.2. Definitions

     2  

ARTICLE II. FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

     9  

SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating

     9  

SECTION 2.2. Certain Terms of the Notes

     11  

SECTION 2.3. Optional Redemption

     12  

SECTION 2.4. Change of Control

     13  

SECTION 2.5. Limitations on Liens

     15  

SECTION 2.6. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     15  

SECTION 2.7. Defeasance

     15  

ARTICLE III. MISCELLANEOUS

     16  

SECTION 3.1. Relationship with Indenture

     16  

SECTION 3.2. Trust Indenture Act Controls

     16  

SECTION 3.3. Governing Law

     16  

SECTION 3.4. Multiple Counterparts

     16  

SECTION 3.5. Severability

     16  

SECTION 3.6. Ratification

     16  

SECTION 3.7. Headings

     17  

SECTION 3.8. Effectiveness

     17  

EXHIBIT A – Form of 4.000% Senior Note due 2032

     A-1  

EXHIBIT B – Form of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052

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FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2022 (this “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), among FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal office at 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL 60015, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (hereinafter called the “Trustee”) having a corporate trust office at Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19890 and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association (hereinafter called the “Securities Agent”) having a corporate trust office at 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10013, supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2015, among the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Agent (the “Indenture”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Securities shall be in the form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or as may be established in one or more supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company has determined to issue and deliver, and the Securities Agent shall authenticate, (i) a series of Securities designated as the Company’s “4.000% Senior Notes due 2032” (hereinafter called the “2032 Notes”) and (ii) a series of Securities designated as the Company’s “4.500% Senior Notes due 2052” (hereinafter called the “2052 Notes” and together with the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to the terms of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form as herein set forth, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the parties hereto hereby enter into this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture.

For purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture, as amended and supplemented hereby.


SECTION 1.2. Definitions.

For the benefit of the Holders of the each series of the Notes, Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall be amended by adding or substituting, as applicable, the following new definitions:

Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the obligations of the lessee under such lease for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the Company’s option, be extended).

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the rating on either series of the Notes is lowered and either such series of Notes is rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of such series of Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade below investment grade by any of the Rating Agencies); provided, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase 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 and the Securities Agent in writing at the request of the Company that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).

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

Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the Company sells, assigns, transfers, leases or otherwise conveys (other than by way of merger or consolidation) all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

(2) the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) 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 outstanding Voting Stock of the Company;

 

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(3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company (or any other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed) is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company (or any other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed) outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or

(4) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company that has agreed to be bound by the terms of each series of the Notes and (ii) the holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are the holders of at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to that transaction.

Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the excess over current liabilities of all assets as determined by the Company and set forth in a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as of a date within 90 days of the date of such determination, after deducting goodwill, trademarks, patents, other like intangibles and the minority interest of others.

Fitch” means Fitch, Inc.

Funded Debt” means debt for borrowed money which by its terms matures more than one year from the date of creation, or which is extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor so that it may become payable more than one year from such date or which is classified, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet for the most-recently ended fiscal quarter (or if incurred subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, would have been so classified) of the person for which the determination is being made. Funded Debt does not include (1) obligations created pursuant to leases, (2) any debt or portion thereof maturing by its terms within one year from the time of any computation of the amount of outstanding Funded Debt unless such debt shall be extendable or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from such time, (3) any debt for which money in the amount necessary for the payment or redemption of such debt is deposited in trust either at or before the maturity date thereof, (4) endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection, deposit or negotiation, or (5) guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary arising in connection with the sale, discount, guarantee or pledge of notes,

 

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chattel mortgages, leases, accounts receivable, trade acceptances and other paper arising, in the ordinary course of business, out of installment or conditional sales to or by, or transactions involving title retention with, distributors, dealers or other customers, of merchandise, equipment or services. The Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to have assumed any Funded Debt secured by any mortgage upon any of its property or assets whether or not it has actually done so.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) in respect of bankers’ acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; or

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and Fitch, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

Lien” means, with respect to Principal Property, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, lien, encumbrance or other security arrangement of any kind or nature on or with respect to such property or assets.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Par Call Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(b).

Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens (other than Liens created or imposed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet subject to penalties for non timely payment or Liens for taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been established (and as to which the property or assets subject to any such Lien is not yet subject to foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof);

(2) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business, provided that any such Liens which are material secure only amounts not yet due and

 

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payable or, if due and payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been established (and as to which the property or assets subject to any such Lien is not yet subject to foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof);

(3) Liens (other than Liens created or imposed under ERISA) incurred or deposits made by the Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, laws or regulations, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, trade or government contracts, surety, indemnification, appeal, performance and return-of-money bonds, letters of credit, bankers acceptances and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money), or as security for customs or import duties and related amounts;

(4) Liens in connection with attachments or judgments (including judgment or appeal bonds), provided that the judgments secured shall, within 30 days after the entry thereof, have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall have been discharged within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;

(5) Liens securing Indebtedness (including capital leases) incurred to finance the purchase price or cost of construction of property or assets (or additions, repairs, alterations or improvements thereto), provided that such Liens 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;

(6) Liens securing industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or similar types of tax-exempt bonds;

(7) 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;

(8) encumbrances, covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, reservations and rights of way or zoning, building code or other restrictions, (including defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real property, or Liens incidental to conduct of the business or to the ownership of our or our subsidiaries’ properties not securing Indebtedness that does not in the aggregate materially impair the use of said properties in the operation of our business, including our subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(9) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others not interfering in any material respect with our business, including our Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(10) Liens on property or assets at the time such property or assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition of property or assets acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(11) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary;

(12) Liens on receivables from customers sold to third parties pursuant to credit arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(13) Liens existing on the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or any extensions, amendments, renewals, refinancings, replacements or other modifications thereto; provided that (a) such extension, renewal or replacement Lien is limited to the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to such property) and (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien (other than any Indebtedness incurred from transaction costs) is not greater than the Indebtedness secured by the Lien that is extended, renewed or replaced;

(14) Liens on any property or assets created, assumed or otherwise brought into existence in contemplation of the sale, assignment, transfer, lease or other conveyance of the underlying property or assets, whether directly or indirectly, by way of share disposition, merger, consolidation or otherwise;

(15) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments;

(16) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution;

(17) Liens arising from financing statement filings regarding operating leases;

(18) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities to secure custom duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(19) Liens securing the financing of insurance premiums payable on insurance policies; provided, that such Liens shall only encumber unearned premiums with respect to such insurance, interests in any state guarantee fund relating to such insurance and subject and subordinate to the rights and interests of any loss payee, loss payments which shall reduce such unearned premiums;

(20) Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not constitute Indebtedness), or arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods and contractual rights of set-off relating to purchase orders and other similar arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and

 

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(21) Liens on any property or assets of any Subsidiaries organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries (but not Indebtedness of the Company).

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

Principal Property” means any building, structure or other facility, together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures (other than machinery or equipment) comprising a part thereof, owned or leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, used primarily for manufacturing and located in the United States, the gross book value on the books of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (without deduction of any depreciation reserve) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, other than any such building, structure or other facility or any portion thereof or any such fixture (together with the land upon which it is erected and any such fixtures comprising a part thereof) (i) which is financed by industrial development bonds which are tax exempt pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or which receive similar tax treatment under any subsequent amendments thereto or successor laws thereof), or (ii) which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

Rating Agencies” means (i) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (ii) if Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate either series of the Notes or fails to make a rating of either series of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of our 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 Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or any of them, as the case may be.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than (i) each Subsidiary organized and existing under laws other than the laws of the United States or a state thereof, (ii) each Subsidiary substantially all of the physical properties of which are located, or substantially all of the business of which is carried on, outside of the United States, (iii) each Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of finance, banking, credit, leasing, insurance, financial services, or similar operations or any combination thereof, (iv) each Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of the ownership, construction, management, operation, sale or leasing of real property or improvements thereon, or similar operations or any combination thereof, (v) each Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of the exploration for, or the extraction, production, transporting, or marketing of, petroleum or gas or other extracted substances, or similar operations or any combination thereof, (vi) each Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of the ownership or operation of one or more transportation businesses or facilities or equipment related thereto or similar operations or any combination thereof, (vii) each Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of obtaining funds with which to make investments outside of the United States, (viii) each Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of the ownership directly or indirectly of the capital stock of one or more Subsidiaries covered by the preceding clauses (i) through (vii), (ix) each Subsidiary which the Company or any Subsidiary is, by the terms of the final order of any court of competent jurisdiction from which no further appeal

 

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may be taken, required to dispose of and which shall by Board Resolution be determined not to be a Restricted Subsidiary, effective as of the date specified in such resolution and (x) any corporation a majority of the voting shares of which shall at the time be owned directly or indirectly by one or more corporations specified in the preceding clauses (i) through (ix); provided, however, that the Board of Directors may by Board Resolution declare any such Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary, effective as of the date such resolution is adopted.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc. and its successors.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs:

The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date for the Notes of such series (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date.

If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date for the Notes of such series, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on such Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from such Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding such Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following such Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding such Par Call Date. If there are two or more

 

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United States Treasury securities maturing on such Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

ARTICLE II.

FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES

SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating.

The 2032 Notes and the Securities Agent’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The 2052 Notes and the Securities Agent’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two of the officers of the Company specified in Section 3.03 of the Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and the Company, the Trustee and the Securities Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby; provided that, to the extent of any inconsistency between the terms and provisions in the Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and those contained in the Notes, the Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, shall govern.

(a) Global Notes. The Notes designated herein shall be issued initially in the form of one or more fully-registered permanent global Securities, which shall be held by the Securities Agent as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the “Depositary”), and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the Depositary’s nominee, duly executed by the Company, authenticated by the Securities Agent. The aggregate principal amount of each series of outstanding Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Securities Agent and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

Unless and until the Global Notes are exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Notes represented thereby pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Indenture, such Global Notes may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to its nominee or by its nominee to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any of its nominees to a successor depositary or any nominee of such successor depositary. Upon the occurrence of the

 

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events specified in Section 3.05 of the Indenture in relation thereto for any series of the Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Securities Agent shall, upon receipt of a Company Order for authentication, authenticate and deliver, Notes for such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Notes in exchange for such Global Note.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to the Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

The Company shall execute and the Securities Agent shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b), authenticate and deliver the Global Notes that shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and shall be held by the Securities Agent as custodian for the Depositary.

Participants of the Depositary shall have no rights either under the Indenture or with respect to any Global Notes. The Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Securities Agent, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Securities Agent or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Securities Agent or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its participants, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in the Global Notes.

(c) Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes issued in physical, certificated form, registered in the name of the beneficial owner thereof, shall be substantially in the forms of Exhibit A and Exhibit B attached hereto, but without including the text referred to therein as applying only to Global Notes. Except as provided above in subsection (a), owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of the Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the Indenture and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Global Notes.

(e) Paying Agent. The Company appoints the Securities Agent as the initial agent of the Company for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, and the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Agent, be and hereby is, designated as the office or agency where the Notes may be presented for payment and where notices to or demands upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued may be made.

 

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SECTION 2.2. Certain Terms of the Notes.

The following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established:

(a) Title. The 2032 Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “4.000% Senior Notes due 2032.” The 2052 Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “4.500% Senior Notes due 2052.”

(b) Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 or 11.07 of the Indenture) shall be (i) in the case of the 2032 Notes, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($450,000,000) and (ii) in the case of the 2052 Notes, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($450,000,000). The Company may, from time to time, without notice to, or the consent of, the Holders of the Notes, issue and sell additional Securities (“Additional Securities”) ranking equally and ratably with the relevant series of Notes in all respects (other than the issue date, and to the extent applicable, issue price, initial date of interest accrual and initial interest payment date of such Additional Securities), provided that such Additional Securities are fungible with the previously issued series of Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such Additional Securities shall be consolidated and form a single series with the relevant Notes for such series for all purposes under the Indenture, including voting.

(c) Maturity Date. The entire outstanding principal of the 2032 Notes shall be payable on March 25, 2032. The entire outstanding principal of the 2052 Notes shall be payable on March 25, 2052.

(d) Interest Rate. The rate at which the 2032 Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.000% per annum, and the rate at which the 2052 Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.500% per annum, in each case, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months; the date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be March 25, 2022, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be the 25th day of March and September of each year, commencing on September 25, 2022; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the 10th day of March and September (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the respective Holders on such Regular Record Date, and such defaulted interest may be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Securities Agent, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with 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 principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be made at the applicable Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Agent or such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated for such purpose, 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; provided, however, that each installment of interest, premium, if any, and principal on, the Notes may at the Company’s option be paid in immediately available funds by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at its address on the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.

 

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(e) Currency. The currency of denomination of the Notes is United States dollars. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, the Notes will be made in United States dollars.

SECTION 2.3. Optional Redemption.

(a) Applicability of Article Eleven. The provisions of Article Eleven of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes, as supplemented by Sections 2.3(a) and (b) and Section 2.4 below.

(b) Redemption Price. Prior to December 25, 2031, in the case of the 2032 Notes, or prior to September 25, 2051, in the case of the 2052 Notes (in each case, as applicable, the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the applicable series of Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time for cash, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(1)(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes of the series to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date for the Notes of such series) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, in the case of the 2032 Notes, and 35 basis points, in the case of the 2052 Notes, less (b) interest accrued to the Redemption Date; and

(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes of such series to be redeemed,

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

On or after the applicable Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the applicable series of Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time for cash, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

In addition, the Company may at any time purchase Notes by tender, in the open market or by private agreement, subject to applicable law.

The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Interest Payable. On and after any Redemption Date for the Notes, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

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SECTION 2.4. Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 2.3, the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase, in cash, all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but not including the date of repurchase, subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall, by first class mail (or use such electronic means as are acceptable to the applicable Depositary for any Notes), send a notice to Holders of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee and the Securities Agent) describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event, stating:

 

  (1)

that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 2.4 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

 

  (2)

the repurchase price and the repurchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

 

  (3)

that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

 

  (4)

that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

  (5)

that Holders electing to have any Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice or transfer such Notes to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

  (6)

that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, no later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes delivered for repurchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes repurchased;

 

  (7)

that Holders whose Notes are being repurchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof; and

 

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  (8)

if such notice is mailed prior to the consummation of the Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 2.4, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.4 by virtue of such compliance.

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful,

 

  (1)

accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

  (2)

deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes accepted for payment; and

 

  (3)

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Securities Agent the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased by the Company.

(d) The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes accepted for payment the Change of Control Payment for such Notes deposited pursuant to (c)(2) above, and the Securities Agent will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture does not contain provisions that permit Holders of the Notes to require the Company to repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.4 and repurchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer; or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Indenture, unless and until there is a default in the payment of the applicable Redemption Price.

(f) Except as set forth in Section 2.4(a), the Company has no obligation to redeem, repay, prepay or purchase Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of any Holder of Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.5. Limitations on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any Principal Property or on any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, whether owned on the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or thereafter acquired), without making effective provision to secure all of the Outstanding Notes, equally and ratably with any and all other debt for borrowed money thereby secured, so long as any of such debt shall be so secured, unless the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding debt for borrowed money of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on any Principal Property or upon the capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, whether owned on the date of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or thereafter acquired) plus the amount of all outstanding Attributable Debt incurred in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions involving any Principal Properties would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence of the Lien.

SECTION 2.6. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any property or assets that have been or are to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to such Person, with the intention of taking back a lease of such property or assets (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless either:

(a) within 12 months after the receipt of the proceeds of the sale or transfer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company applies an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer or the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) of such property or assets at the time of such sale or transfer to the prepayment or retirement (other than any mandatory prepayment or retirement) of Funded Debt which ranks equally with or senior to the Notes; or

(b) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company would be entitled, at the effective date of the sale or transfer, to incur debt for borrowed money secured by a Lien on such property or assets in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 2.5.

The foregoing restriction in the paragraph above shall not apply to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (i) for a term of not more than three years including renewals; (ii) between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, provided that the lessor is the Company or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (iii) entered into within 120 days after the later of the acquisition or completion of construction of the subject property or assets.

SECTION 2.7. Defeasance. Section 4.03 (including subparagraph (4) thereof and clause (B), but not clause (A), of such subparagraph) and Section 10.06 (including subparagraph (5) thereof) of the Indenture will apply to the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE III.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 3.1. Relationship with Indenture.

The terms and provisions contained in the Indenture will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision of the Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling.

SECTION 3.2. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required provision shall control. If any provision of this Fourth 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 Fourth Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 3.3. Governing Law.

This Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles of such State other than New York General Obligations Law Section 5-1401.

SECTION 3.4. Multiple Counterparts.

The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of them together represent one and the same Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 3.5. Severability.

Each provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be considered separable and if for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto.

SECTION 3.6. Ratification.

The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Indenture unless not permitted by law. The parties hereto accept the trusts created by the Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and agree to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture, as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

 

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SECTION 3.7. Headings.

The Section headings in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.

SECTION 3.8. Effectiveness.

The provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Patrick D. Hallinan

Name:  

Patrick D. Hallinan

Title:  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Christopher Spinelli

Name:  

Christopher Spinelli

Title:  

Vice President

CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Agent
By:  

/s/ Keri-anne Marshall

Name:  

Keri-anne Marshall

Title:  

Senior Trust Officer

 

[Signature page to Fourth Supplemental Trust Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 4.000% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2032

 

Exh. A-1


[FACE OF NOTE]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITARY”) OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY 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 OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY) MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

 

REGISTERED

   REGISTERED

Number

   U.S.$

R-

  

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

4.000% Senior Notes due 2032

   CUSIP 34964C AF3

 

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of             DOLLARS on March 25, 2032, and to pay interest, semiannually in arrears in cash on March 25 and September 25 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing September 25, 2022, on said principal sum at the rate of 4.000% per annum from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Security to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Security, or unless no interest has been paid on the Securities, in which case from March 25, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after a March 10 or September 10, as the case may be, and before the following Interest Payment Date, this Security shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date; provided,

 

Exh. A-2


however, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date then this Security shall bear interest from the next preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from March 25, 2022. The interest so payable on any March 25 or September 25 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture dated as of June 15, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 25, 2022 (as so supplemented, the “Supplemental Indenture”, and as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof by any other indenture supplemental thereto with respect to the Securities of this series, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of this series), and Citibank, N.A., as securities agent (the “Securities Agent,” which term includes any successor securities agent under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of this series), be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the March 10 or September 10, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of 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; provided; however; that each installment of interest, premium, if any, and principal on this Security may be paid, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at its address on the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Persons entitled thereto located in the United States. Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in said Indenture.

 

Exh. A-3


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

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Attest:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Exh. A-4


SECURITIES AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

 

Exh. A-5


[REVERSE OF NOTE]

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

4.000% Senior Notes due 2032

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (Securities of such series being hereinafter called the “Securities”), initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 (but subject to additional issuances from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Indenture), issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Agent and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. Capitalized terms which are used and not otherwise defined in this Security have the meanings given to those terms in the Indenture.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien or engage in Sale and Leaseback Transactions, in each case, subject to exceptions as set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to consolidate with or merge into any other person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise convey all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other person, subject to exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, this Security will be issued in global form only and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. This Security will not be issued in definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of this Security shall be maintained in book-entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of participating organizations of the Depositary.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Security may be registered for transfer on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Agent in Jersey City, New Jersey, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Securities Agent and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the registered Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Exh. A-6


The Company may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), in which case any additional Securities so issued will have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the date from which interest thereon will begin to accrue), and will carry the same right to receive principal and accrued and unpaid interest, as the Securities previously issued, and such additional Securities will form a single series with the Securities previously issued; provided that such additional Securities are fungible with the Securities previously issued for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Securities Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.

The Company, the Trustee, the Securities Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Securities Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Securities Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option as provided in the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities, the Indenture contains provisions for the Company to make an offer to each Holder to repurchase, in cash, all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of each Holder’s Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities repurchased, to but not including the date of repurchase (subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to the Securities shall occur, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

Exh. A-7


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

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto with respect to the Securities of this series, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor Person, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

This Security is not subject to any sinking fund.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

Exh. A-8


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF 4.500% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2052

 

Exh. B-1


[FACE OF NOTE]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE “DEPOSITARY”) OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY 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 OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY) MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

 

REGISTERED

   REGISTERED

Number

   U.S.$

R-

  

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2052

   CUSIP 34964C AG1

 

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of             DOLLARS on March 25, 2052, and to pay interest, semiannually in arrears in cash on March 25 and September 25 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing September 25, 2022, on said principal sum at the rate of 4.500% per annum from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Security to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Security, or unless no interest has been paid on the Securities, in which case from March 25, 2022, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after a March 10 or September 10, as the case may be, and before the following Interest Payment Date, this Security shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment

 

Exh. B-2


Date then this Security shall bear interest from the next preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from March 25, 2022. The interest so payable on any March 25 or September 25 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture dated as of June 15, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 25, 2022 (as so supplemented, the “Supplemental Indenture”, and as amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof by any other indenture supplemental thereto with respect to the Securities of this series, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of this series), and Citibank, N.A., as securities agent (the “Securities Agent,” which term includes any successor securities agent under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of this series), be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the March 10 or September 10, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of 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; provided; however; that each installment of interest, premium, if any, and principal on this Security may be paid, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at its address on the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Persons entitled thereto located in the United States. Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided in said Indenture.

 

Exh. B-3


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

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Attest:

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Exh. B-4


SECURITIES AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Dated: March 25, 2022

 

CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

 

Exh. B-5


[REVERSE OF NOTE]

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2052

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (Securities of such series being hereinafter called the “Securities”), initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 (but subject to additional issuances from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Indenture), issued and to be issued under the Indenture, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the Securities Agent and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. Capitalized terms which are used and not otherwise defined in this Security have the meanings given to those terms in the Indenture.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any debt for borrowed money of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien or engage in Sale and Leaseback Transactions, in each case, subject to exceptions as set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to consolidate with or merge into any other person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise convey all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other person, subject to exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, this Security will be issued in global form only and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. This Security will not be issued in definitive form, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of this Security shall be maintained in book-entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of participating organizations of the Depositary.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Security may be registered for transfer on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Agent in Jersey City, New Jersey, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Securities Agent and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the registered Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Exh. B-6


The Company may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture and issue such increased principal amount (or any portion thereof), in which case any additional Securities so issued will have the same form and terms (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the date from which interest thereon will begin to accrue), and will carry the same right to receive principal and accrued and unpaid interest, as the Securities previously issued, and such additional Securities will form a single series with the Securities previously issued; provided that such additional Securities are fungible with the Securities previously issued for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Securities Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Indenture.

The Company, the Trustee, the Securities Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Securities Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Securities Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Securities of this series are subject to redemption at the Company’s option as provided in the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities, the Indenture contains provisions for the Company to make an offer to each Holder to repurchase, in cash, all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of each Holder’s Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities repurchased, to but not including the date of repurchase (subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to the Securities shall occur, the principal of all the Securities may be declared 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 Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of this series and of

 

Exh. B-7


each other series issued under the Indenture and affected by such amendment or modification. The Indenture also permits the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture with respect to the Securities and their consequences if all amounts due to the Trustee and the Securities Agent have been paid in full. Any such consent or waiver shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder of this Security and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not a notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto with respect to the Securities of this series, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor Person, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

This Security is not subject to any sinking fund.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under said Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

Exh. B-8

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.   United States

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale of $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes”) and together with the 2032 Notes, the “Securities”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of March 22, 2022 among the Company and the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”) and the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-255730) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The Securities are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2015, among the Company, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Citibank, N.A., as Securities Agent, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated March 25, 2022 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”).

In connection with our opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Securities and such other documents, corporate records and instruments and have examined such laws and regulations, as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the legal capacity of all natural persons. As to matters of fact material to our opinion in this letter, we have relied on certificates and statements from officers and other employees of the Company, public officials and other appropriate persons.

In rendering the opinion in this letter we have assumed, without independent investigation or verification, that each of such documents is the legal, valid and binding obligation of, and enforceable against, each party thereto, other than the Company. We make no representation that we have independently investigated or verified any of the matters that we have assumed for the purposes of this opinion letter.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, when any applicable state securities laws or Blue Sky laws have been complied with, the Securities, when authenticated, issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, will be validly issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.    LOGO
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We do not express any opinion herein with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

The opinion is as of the date of this opinion letter only and as to laws covered hereby only as they are in effect on that date, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that may come to our attention after that date or any changes in law that may occur or become effective after that date. The opinion is limited to the matters expressly set forth in this opinion letter, and no opinion or representation is given or may be inferred beyond the opinion expressly set forth in this opinion letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company. We also hereby consent to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement dated March 22, 2022 with respect to the Securities. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter and may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP