EX-1.2 3 d603190dex12.htm EX-1.2 EX-1.2

Exhibit 1.2

EXECUTION

APTIV PLC

$500,000,000 6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054

Underwriting Agreement

September 9, 2024

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Standard Chartered Bank

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Truist Securities, Inc.

UniCredit Capital Markets LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

and

c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Aptiv PLC, a Jersey public limited company (the “Issuer”), and Aptiv Global Financing DAC, a designated activity company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and indirect subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Co-Obligor” and, together with the Issuer, the “Issuers”) propose to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters” and, each, an “Underwriter”), for whom J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “Base Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Co-Obligor, Aptiv Corporation, an indirect subsidiary of the Issuer (the “Guarantor”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and authenticating agent (the “Agent”), as amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) and will be guaranteed on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”).


Substantially concurrently with the commencement of the offering of the Securities, the Issuers have agreed to issue and sell up to (i) $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 4.650% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Senior Notes”), (ii) $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Senior Notes”) and (iii) $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.750% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Senior Notes” and, together with the 2029 Senior Notes and the 2034 Senior Notes, the “Concurrent Offering Securities”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Concurrent Offering”). The completion of the Offering and the completion of the Concurrent Offering are not conditional on each other.

The Issuers and the Guarantor hereby confirm their agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement. The Issuers have 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-3ASR (File No. 333-281182), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), insofar as it relates to the issuance and sale of the Securities, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) at the time it became effective, and any prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form 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. Any reference in this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Issuers had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated September 9, 2024 (including the base prospectus included therein), and each “free writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

 

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2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Underwriters; Reimbursement of Issuer Expenses.

(a) The Issuers agree 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 Issuers the respective principal amounts of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from September 13, 2024 to the Closing Date. The Issuers will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

(b) The Issuers understand 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 to initially offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Issuers acknowledge and agree 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 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on September 13, 2024, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Issuers 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 Issuers 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 Notes”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Issuers. The Global Notes will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

(e) The Issuers and the Guarantor acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers, the Guarantor or any other person. Additionally, no Underwriter is advising the Issuers, the Guarantor or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Issuers and the Guarantor shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Issuers or the Guarantor with respect thereto. Any review by any Underwriter of the Issuers, the Guarantor, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Issuers, the Guarantor or any other person.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantor. The Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuers and the Guarantor make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuers and the Guarantor in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(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 Issuers and the Guarantor make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuers and the Guarantor in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuers and the Guarantor (including their agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) have 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 Issuers or the Guarantor or their 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 A hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, including the investor presentation listed on Annex C hereto (the “investor presentation”), in each case approved 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

 

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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 Issuers and the Guarantor make 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 information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuers and the Guarantor in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(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 Issuer. 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 Issuer or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuers and the Guarantor make 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 reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuers in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary 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 prior to the Closing Date, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of 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 the financial position of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Issuer and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Issuer included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined below), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Issuer on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or material interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, including, without limitation, changes in capital stock resulting from repurchases under the Issuer’s share repurchase program.

(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Issuers and each of their significant subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the

 

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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, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Issuers and the Guarantor of their obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Issuers do not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only “significant subsidiaries” of the Issuers.

(i) Capitalization. All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, other than as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Due Authorization. The Issuers and the Guarantor have full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (including the Guarantee set forth therein) (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) to which each is a party and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(k) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Issuers and the Guarantor and upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement was duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Issuers and the Guarantor enforceable against the Issuers and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

(l) The Securities and the Guarantee. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Issuers 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 Issuers enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Guarantor and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

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

(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(o) No Violation or Default. Neither (i) the Issuers nor any of their significant subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents; (ii) the Issuers nor any of their subsidiaries is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuers or any of their subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) the Issuers nor any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuers and the Guarantor of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Guarantee and compliance by the Issuers and the Guarantor with the terms thereof, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the Concurrent Offering, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, 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, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuers and the Guarantor of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantee) and compliance by the Issuers and the Guarantor with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958 and the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 or other applicable foreign or state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Underwriters.

 

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(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor, would reasonably be expected to be, a party or to which any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.

(s) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Issuer and its subsidiaries are independent public accountants with respect to the Issuer 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 Intellectual Property. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and (ii) the conduct of the Issuer’s and its subsidiaries’ respective businesses will not conflict with any such rights of others, and the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Investment Company Act. Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantor is, or after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the Concurrent Offering Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(v) Taxes. The Issuer and each of its subsidiaries have timely paid all material U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes (including any interest, additions to tax and related penalties) and filed all material tax returns required to be filed by them (including as a withholding agent) through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

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(w) Licenses and Permits. The Issuer and its subsidiaries possess all 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 described in each of 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, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation, modification or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor, is contemplated or threatened and the Issuers and the Guarantor are not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Issuer’s or any of the Issuer’s subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Compliance with Environmental Laws. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety as such relates to exposure to hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, the environment, natural resources, or the release, discharge, storage, treatment, generation, use, transportation, recycling or disposal of 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 Issuer or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability (whether accrued, contingent, fixed, determinable, determined or otherwise), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party and (y) the Issuer and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.

 

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(z) Disclosure Controls. The Issuer maintains 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 Issuer 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 Issuer’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Issuer has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(aa) Accounting Controls. The Issuer maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and is maintained under the supervision of the principal executive and principal financial officers of the Issuer, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Issuer maintains internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Issuer’s internal controls.

(bb) Insurance. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Issuers believe are adequate to protect the Issuer and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, except in the cases referenced in (i) and (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

 

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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 law (such laws and regulations, the “Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws”); or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. To the best of the Issuer’s knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against the Issuer or its subsidiaries, or any of their directors, officers or employees or anyone acting on their behalf in relation to an alleged breach of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have instituted and will maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Issuer and its subsidiaries with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.

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

(ee) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Issuers, the Guarantor, any of their subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Issuers, Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is (i) 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 (including, without limitation, the Ukraine-/Russia-related/Sectoral Sanctions Identification List sanctions program), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”) or (ii) owned 50% or more by or otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of one or more persons or entities that are subject to Sanctions, nor is the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea regions of Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (each, a “Sanctioned Country”)); and the Issuers and the Guarantor 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) for the purpose of any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such use, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would reasonably be expected, by the Issuers, to result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction, whether as Underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise, of Sanctions. Since the later of (i) April 24, 2019 and (ii) the date that is ten years prior to the date hereof, to the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor, the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not engaged in, and are not now engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of relevant Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

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(ff) Cybersecurity. To the knowledge of the Issuers and the Guarantor, (i)(x) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Issuer’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 Issuer 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 Issuer 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; and (iii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices, except as would not, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) No Stabilization. Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantor has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(hh) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Issuers as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(ii) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(jj) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Issuers or the Guarantor that has caused either Issuer or the Guarantor to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(kk) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply 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.

(ll) Status under the Securities Act. Each Issuer 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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4. Further Agreements of the Issuers and the Guarantor. The Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Issuers and the Guarantor will file the 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 Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; the Issuer will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer 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 Issuers will deliver, without charge, (i) to each Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) as the Underwriters 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 and prior to nine months after the Closing Date 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.

(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, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Issuers 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, distribute or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.

(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Issuers 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

 

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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 Issuer 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 Issuers 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 Issuers will use their 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 use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as practicable the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which 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 any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Issuers will as soon as practicable 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 such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale 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 Issuers will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters 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.

 

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(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Issuers will 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 the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that neither the Issuers nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(h) Earning Statement. The Issuer will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Issuer 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 Closing Date, the Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers or the Guarantor and having a tenor of more than one year, except for the Concurrent Offering Securities.

(j) Use of Proceeds. The Issuers will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

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

(l) No Stabilization. Neither the Issuers nor the Guarantor will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(m) Record Retention. The Issuers 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) Exchange Listing. The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be listed for trading on the NYSE within 30 days after the Closing Date.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) 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 Issuer and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Issuer) 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

 

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to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A hereto 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 Issuers in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Securities (and will promptly notify the Issuer if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

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 Issuers and the Guarantor of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantor contained herein shall be true and correct as of the Time of Sale and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Issuers, the Guarantor and their respective 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 Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, the Securities or any other debt or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries (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 each of 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.

 

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(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an officer of the Issuers (i) confirming that, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(c) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantor in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Issuers and the Guarantor have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their 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) above.

(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuer, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantor. (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantor, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuers, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, (ii) Carey Olsen Jersey LLP, local counsel to the Issuer in Jersey, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuers, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and (iii) Arthur Cox LLP, local counsel to the Issuer and the Co-Obligor in Ireland, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuers, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cravath, Swaine & Moore 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.

(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance or Sale. 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 or the issuance of the Guarantee; 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 or the issuance of the Guarantee.

(j) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Issuers and the Guarantor in their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 

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(k) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Issuers, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Agent, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Issuer and duly authenticated by the Agent.

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

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree 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 incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or 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 any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.

(b) Indemnification of the Issuers. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantor each of their respective directors, each of their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls each Issuer and the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in each case, 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

 

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made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Issuers in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use 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 under the heading “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the third paragraph, the fifth sentence of the seventh paragraph and the eighth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth paragraphs.

(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 retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), 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 the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to one local counsel per jurisdiction) 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 such Underwriter and any such separate firm for the Issuers, the Guarantor, their respective directors and their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of each Issuer and the Guarantor shall be designated in writing by the Issuers. 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

 

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written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(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 Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers 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 Issuers and the Guarantor 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 Issuers or the Guarantor 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 Issuers, the Guarantor 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 incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the 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. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Issuers, 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; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuers or the Guarantor shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (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.

9. 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 satisfactory to the Issuers 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 Issuers shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Issuers 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 Issuers 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 Issuers agree 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 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(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 Issuers 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 Issuers 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.

 

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(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 Issuers 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 Issuers 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. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Issuers or the Guarantor, 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 Issuers, the Guarantor or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

10. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective 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 and printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information, and the Prospectus (including any exhibit, amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Issuers’ and the Guarantor’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 designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in an amount 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 the 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; (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of Securities on the NYSE; and (x) all expenses incurred by the Issuers in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, including the investor presentation.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 8, (ii) the Issuers for any reason fail to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters, or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement other than pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 8 or Section 9, the Issuers and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Underwriters for all documented out-of-pocket costs and

 

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expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Underwriter agrees, at its own expense, to pay the portion of all expenses not reimbursed by the Issuers and the Guarantor pursuant to Section 10 hereof represented by such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities.

11. 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 any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuers, the Guarantor and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Issuers, the Guarantor or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto 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 Issuers, the Guarantor or the Underwriters.

13. 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” means, collectively, any “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act listed on Schedule 2 hereto, including the Guarantor.

14. 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 Issuers and the Guarantor, 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.

15. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, 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.

 

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(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights 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 15:

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

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

16. Contractual Recognition of UK Bail-In. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between the parties hereto, each party acknowledges and accepts that a UK Bail-in Liability arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of UK Bail-in Powers by the Relevant UK Resolution Authority, and acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to be bound by:

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

 

  i.

the reduction of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-in Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;

 

  ii.

the conversion of all, or a portion, of the UK Bail-in Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Underwriters or another person, and the issue to or conferral on the other parties of such shares, securities or obligations;

 

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  iii.

the cancellation of the UK Bail-in Liability;

 

  iv.

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

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

For purposes of this Section 16:

Relevant UK Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any UK Bail-in Powers in relation to the Underwriters.

UK Bail-in Legislation” means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

UK Bail-in Liability” means a liability in respect of which the UK Bail-in Powers may be exercised.

UK Bail-in Powers” means any powers under the UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

17. 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.

(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 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk - 3rd Floor (Fax: (212) 834- 6081) and c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282 -2198 (Tel: 1-866-471-2526), Attention: Registration Department. Notices to the Issuers and the Guarantor shall be given to them at Aptiv PLC, 5 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 Ireland, Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to Aptiv PLC, 5 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 Ireland, Attention: Chief Legal Officer.

 

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

(d) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each of the Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth in paragraph (b) above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that any party hereto has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each such party irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantor hereby designates and appoints Katherine Ramundo (the “Process Agent”) as its authorized agent, upon whom process may be served in any such legal suit, action or proceeding, it being understood that the designation and appointment of Katherine Ramundo as such authorized agent shall become effective immediately without any further action on the part of the Issuers and the Guarantor. Such appointment shall be irrevocable to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the appointment of a successor agent in the United States on terms substantially similar to those contained herein and reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. If the Process Agent shall cease to act as agent for services of process, the Issuers and the Guarantor shall appoint, without unreasonable delay, another such agent, and notify the Underwriters of such appointment. Each Issuer and the Guarantor represents to the Underwriters that it has notified the Process Agent of such designation and appointment and that the Process Agent has accepted the same in writing. Each Issuer and the Guarantor further agrees that service of process upon the Process Agent and written notice of said service to such party shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Issuer or the Guarantor in any such legal suit, action or proceeding brought in any New York Court. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Underwriters or the person controlling the Underwriters to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

(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) Currency. Any payment on account of an amount that is payable to any of the Underwriters in a particular currency (the “Required Currency”) that is paid to or for the account of such Underwriter in the lawful currency of any other jurisdiction (the “Other Currency”), whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of either

 

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Issuer or for any other reason shall constitute a discharge of the obligation of such Issuer only to the extent of the amount of the Required Currency which the recipient could purchase in the New York or London foreign exchange markets with the amount of the Other Currency in accordance with normal banking procedures at the rate of exchange prevailing on the first day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York or London are generally open for business following receipt of the payment first referred to above. If the amount of the Required Currency that could be so purchased (net of all premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the conversion) is less than the amount of the Required Currency originally due to the recipient, then such Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient from and against all loss or damage arising out of or as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations of the Issuers, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any person owed such obligation from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or any judgment or order.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby 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.

(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.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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Very truly yours,

APTIV PLC

By:  

/s/ Robert S. Hoeppner

  Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
  Title: Treasurer
APTIV GLOBAL FINANCING DAC
By:  

/s/ Darren Michael Byrka

  Name: Darren Michael Byrka
  Title: Director and Authorized Signatory
APTIV CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Katherine H. Ramundo

  Name: Katherine H. Ramundo
  Title: Director and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

  Name: Som Bhattacharyya
  Title: Executive Director
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Zwart

  Name: Jonathan Zwart
  Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE 1

 

Underwriters    Principal
Amount

of the Securities
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 125,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     125,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     30,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     30,000,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     30,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     30,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     30,000,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     12,500,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     12,500,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

     12,500,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     12,500,000  

Truist Securities, Inc.

     12,500,000  

UniCredit Capital Markets LLC

     12,500,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     12,500,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     12,500,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 500,000,000  


SCHEDULE 2

Significant Subsidiaries

Aptiv Corporation

Aptiv Financial Services (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.

Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company

Aptiv Global Holdings Limited (Ireland)

Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP

Aptiv Holdings Asia Pacific (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.

Aptiv Holdings (US), LLC

Aptiv Holdings US Limited

Aptiv International Holdings UK Two LLP

Aptiv Latin America Holdings (UK) LLP

Aptiv Malta Holdings Limited

Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services S.à r.l.

Aptiv Services US, LLC

Aptiv Technologies AG

Wind River Systems, Inc.


ANNEX A

Additional Time of Sale Information

 

1.

Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.


ANNEX B

[See Attached]


Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement

No. 333-281182

Pricing Term Sheet

September 9, 2024

 

LOGO

Aptiv PLC                 Aptiv Global Financing DAC

$500,000,000 6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054

 

 

Pricing Supplement dated September 9, 2024 (this “Pricing Term Sheet”) to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated September 9, 2024 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) of Aptiv PLC (“the Issuer”) and Aptiv Global Financing DAC (the “Co-Obligor” and, together with Aptiv PLC, the “Issuers”).

This Pricing Term Sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The information in this Pricing Term Sheet supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Capitalized terms used in this Pricing Term Sheet but not defined have the meanings given them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

Issuers:    Aptiv PLC and Aptiv Global Financing DAC
Guarantor:    Aptiv Corporation (the “Guarantor”)
Legal Format:    SEC Registered
Security:    6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes, due 2054 (the “Notes”)
Principal Amount:    $500,000,000


Maturity Date:    December 15, 2054
Interest Payment Dates:    June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2025
Regular Record Dates    June 1 and December 1 of each year, immediately preceding any June 15 and December 15 interest payment date, as the case may be.
Ranking:    The Notes and the guarantee will be the Issuers’ and the Guarantor’s respective general unsecured and subordinated obligations and will:
  

•  rank junior and subordinate in right of payment with all of the Issuers’ and the Guarantor’s existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), including all of Aptiv’s outstanding notes, which are also issued or guaranteed by the Co-Obligor and the Guarantor, and borrowings under Aptiv’s credit facilities;

  

•  rank equal in right of payment to all of their respective future unsecured indebtedness that may be incurred from time to time if the terms of such indebtedness provide that it ranks equally with the Notes in right of payment;

  

•  be effectively subordinated in right of payment to any of the Issuers’ and the Guarantor’s respective future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness; and

  

•  be structurally subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness and other liabilities of each of the Issuers’ existing and future subsidiaries who do not guarantee the Notes.

   See “Description of Notes—Ranking” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. For the definition of the term “Senior Indebtedness,” see “Description of Notes—Certain Definitions” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
First Reset Date:    December 15, 2029 (the “First Reset Date”)
Interest Rate:    The Notes will bear interest (i) from and including September 13, 2024 to, but excluding, the First Reset Date at rate of 6.875% and (ii) from and including the First Reset Date during each Interest Reset Period (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) at rate equal to the Five-Year Treasury Rate (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), plus 3.385%.


Reset Period:    The period from and including the First Reset Date to but excluding the next following Reset Date and thereafter each period from and including a Reset Date to but excluding the next following Reset Date, or the maturity date, or the date of redemption or repayment, as the case may be.
Reset Date:    The First Reset Date and December 15 of every fifth year after 2029
Optional Interest Deferral:    Cumulative deferral for one or more deferral periods of up to 20 consecutive semi-annual interest payment periods (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
Optional Redemption Terms
Par Call:    In whole or in part on one or more occasions at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (i) on any day in the period commencing on the date falling 90 days prior to the First Reset Date and ending on and including the First Reset Date and (ii) after the First Reset Date, on any interest payment date.
Tax Call:    In whole, but not in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, in the event (i) that there is more than an insubstantial risk that interest payable by the Issuers on the Notes is not deductible, or within 90 days would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Issuers for tax purposes in a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or (ii) of certain changes in tax law that would require the Issuers or the Guarantor, as applicable, to pay Additional Amounts to holders of the Notes in respect of withholding taxes that cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to the Issuers or the Guarantor, as applicable.
Rating Agency Event Call:    In whole, but not in part, at 102% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, at any time within 120 days after the occurrence of a rating agency event with respect to the Notes.
Concurrent Offering:    Concurrently with this offering of the Notes, under a separate prospectus supplement, we are offering $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”) and $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes” and,


   together with the 2029 Notes and the 2034 Notes, the “Senior Notes”) (the “Concurrent Offering”). The closing of this offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Concurrent Offering, and the closing of the Concurrent Offering is not conditioned on the closing of this offering, and we may sell the Notes or the Senior Notes, or both.
CUSIP/ISIN:    03837AAD2 / US03837AAD28
Par Amount:    $1,000
Minimum Denominations:    $ 200,000 and integral multiples of $ 1,000 in excess thereof
Trade Date:    September 9, 2024
Settlement Date:    September 13, 2024 (T+4)
   We expect that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment therefor on or about the fourth business day following the date of pricing of the Notes (this settlement cycle being referred to as “T+4”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Notes prior to the date that is more than one business day preceding the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in T+4, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisors.
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Senior Co-Managers:    Barclays Capital Inc.
   BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
   BofA Securities, Inc.
   Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.


Co-Managers:    SG Americas Securities, LLC
   SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
   Standard Chartered Bank
   TD Securities (USA) LLC
   Truist Securities, Inc.
   UniCredit Capital Markets LLC
   U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
   Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

 

 

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ANNEX C

Electronic road show or other written communications

 

1.

Electronic (Netroadshow) investor presentation of the Issuers made available on September 6, 2024.