0000950123-11-025036.txt : 20110314 0000950123-11-025036.hdr.sgml : 20110314 20110314103548 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-025036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POSASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110314 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110314 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110314 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TA I LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076532 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-08 FILM NUMBER: 11684150 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO STREET 2: 9 WEST 57TH ST SUITE 4200 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRINITY ACQUISITION LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001226360 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-01 FILM NUMBER: 11684149 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TEN TRINITY SQUARE STREET 2: LONDON ENGLAND CITY: UNITED KINGOM EC3P 3AX STATE: X0 ZIP: 0000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS GROUP LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081009 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 621761909 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-04 FILM NUMBER: 11684148 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TEN TRINITY SQUARE CITY: LONDON ENGLAND MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS CORROON GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: TEN TRINITY SQUARE CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS CORROON GROUP LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990302 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081003 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 135654526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-02 FILM NUMBER: 11684147 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 CENTURY BOULEVARD STREET 2: P O BOX 305026 CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37214 BUSINESS PHONE: 6158723000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26 CENTURY BOULEVARD STREET 2: P O BOX 305026 CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37214 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS CORROON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990302 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001140536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129 FILM NUMBER: 11684145 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ BUSINESS PHONE: 44-20-3124-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON ENGLAND STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010514 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Willis Investment UK Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001466169 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-03 FILM NUMBER: 11684151 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ BUSINESS PHONE: 001442031247146 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001479066 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POSASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160129-09 FILM NUMBER: 11684146 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ BUSINESS PHONE: 011 44 203 124 6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WILLIS GROUP LIMITED STREET 2: 51 LIME STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC3M 7DQ POSASR 1 y89256posasr.htm POSASR posasr
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2011
Registration Statement No. 333-160129
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
 
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
To
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
 
 
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS B.V.
WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
TA I LIMITED
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
WILLIS GROUP LIMITED
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Ireland
Netherlands
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
England & Wales
Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  98-0352587
98-0644532
98-0596489
98-0351629
98-0198190
98-0199005
13-5654526

(I.R.S. Employee Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
     
c/o Willis Group Limited
The Willis Building
51 Lime Street
London EC3M 7DQ, England
011 44 203 124 6000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
  Adam G. Ciongoli
Group General Counsel
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
One World Financial
200 Liberty Street, 7(th) Floor
New York, New York 10281
(212) 915-8899

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
 
 
 
 
Copies to:
 
Matthew D. Bloch
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(212) 310-8000
 
 
 
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
 
 
 
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  o
 
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  þ
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  þ


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If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
             
Large accelerated filer þ
       Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)     
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
                         
            Proposed Maximum
    Proposed Maximum
    Amount of
Title of Each Class of
    Amount to be
    Offering
    Aggregate
    Registration
Securities to be Registered     Registered(1)     Price Per Unit(1)     Offering Price(1)     Fee(1)
Debt Securities(2)(3)
                       
Guarantees(2)
                       
Preferred Shares, nominal value US$0.000115 per share(2)(4)
                       
Ordinary Shares, nominal value US$0.000115 per share(2)(5)
                       
Warrants(2)(6)
                       
Warrant Units(2)(7)
                       
Stock Purchase Contracts(2)(8)
                       
Stock Purchase Units(2)(8)
                       
Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts(2)(8)
                       
                         
 
 
(1) An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of the securities of each class identified above is being registered as may from time to time be offered, reoffered or sold, at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units. In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company is deferring payment of all of the related registration fees. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, where the securities to be offered are guarantees of other securities which are being registered concurrently, no separate fee for the guarantees shall be payable.
 
(2) This Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number of senior debt securities, subordinated debt securities, preferred shares, ordinary shares, warrants, warrant units, share purchase contracts, share purchase units and prepaid share purchase contracts of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities of Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis North America Inc. and the related guarantees of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., that may be reoffered and resold on an ongoing basis after their initial sale in remarketing or other resale transactions by the registrants or affiliates of the registrants.
 
(3) Debt securities may be issued separately or upon exercise of warrants to purchase debt securities which are registered hereby. Debt securities may be issued by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Trinity Acquisition plc or Willis North America Inc. Debt securities issued by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company may be guaranteed by certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc.. Debt securities issued by Trinity Acquisition plc or Willis North America Inc. may be guaranteed by certain of their respective direct and indirect parent entities and direct and indirect subsidiaries.
 
(4) An indeterminate number of preferred shares of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company are covered by this Registration Statement. Preferred shares may be issued (a) separately or (b) upon exercise of warrants to purchase preferred shares which are registered hereby.
 
(5) An indeterminate number of ordinary shares of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company are covered by this Registration Statement. Ordinary shares may be issued (a) separately, (b) upon the conversion of either the debt securities or the preferred shares, each of which are registered hereby or (c) upon exercise of warrants to purchase ordinary shares. Ordinary shares issued upon conversion of the debt securities and the preferred shares will be issued without the payment of additional consideration.
 
(6) An indeterminate number of warrants of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, each representing the right to purchase an indeterminate number of preferred shares or ordinary shares or amount of debt securities, each of which are registered hereby, are covered by this Registration Statement.
 
(7) An indeterminate number of warrant units of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company are covered by this registration statement. Each warrant unit consists of a warrant under which the holder, upon exercise, will purchase an indeterminate number of ordinary shares or preferred shares or amount of debt securities.
 
(8) An indeterminate number of share purchase contracts, share purchase units and prepaid share purchase contracts of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, each representing the obligation to purchase an indeterminate number of ordinary shares, which are registered hereby, are covered by this Registration Statement.
 
 
 
 
This Registration Statement contains a prospectus relating to both the offering of newly issued securities and remarketing or other resale transactions, as well as re-sales by selling securityholders, that occur on an ongoing basis in securities that have been previously or will be issued under this Registration Statement.
 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”), filed by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland having company number 475616 (the “Company”), is being filed pursuant to Rule 413 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the purpose of amending the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-160129) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on June 19, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”) to (i) remove TA II Limited, TA III Limited and TA IV Limited as registrants to reflect the fact that they were liquidated and their corporate existence was terminated pursuant to the Internal Liquidations, as described below, (ii) register the guarantees by Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc. of debt securities issued by the Company, (iii) amend the base prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement to describe the additional guarantees and (iv) amend certain exhibits, file certain additional exhibits and amend the signature pages to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective immediately upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act.
 
On December 22, 2010, TA II Limited and TA III Limited transferred their respective properties and assets each substantially as an entirety to TA I Limited, and TA IV Limited (together with TA II Limited and TA III Limited, the “Transferring Guarantors”) transferred its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to Trinity Acquisition plc (together with TA I Limited, the “Assuming Guarantors”), and the Assuming Guarantors assumed all the obligations of each of the applicable Transferring Guarantors under the indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005, as amended and supplemented, among Willis North America Inc., as issuer, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto and the trustee, and the securities issued thereunder. Following these transfers the Transferring Guarantors were liquidated. The aforementioned transactions are referred to as the “Internal Liquidations”.


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PROSPECTUS
 
(WILLIS LOGO)
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Debt Securities
Preferred Shares
Ordinary Shares
Warrants
Warrant Units
Share Purchase Contracts
Share Purchase Units
Prepaid Share Purchase Contracts
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
Debt Securities
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.
Debt Securities
Guarantees of Debt Securities of
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company,
Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis North America Inc.
 
 
 
 
We or either of our indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries named above (the “Subsidiary Issuers”) may offer the securities listed above, or any combination thereof, from time to time in amounts, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of the offering. We or either of the Subsidiary Issuers may sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis. In addition, selling securityholders may sell these securities, from time to time, on terms described in the applicable prospectus supplement. This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. The specific terms of any securities to be offered, and the specific manner in which they may be offered, will be described in supplements to this prospectus.
 
See “Risk Factors” on page 4 for a discussion of matters that you should consider before investing in these securities.
 
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WSH”.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
This prospectus and applicable prospectus supplement may be used in the initial sale of the securities or in resales by selling securityholders. In addition, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, either of the Subsidiary Issuers or any of their respective affiliates may use this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in a remarketing or other resale transaction involving the securities after their initial sale. These transactions may be executed at negotiated prices that are related to market prices at the time of purchase or sale, or at other prices, as determined from time to time.
 
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the “SEC”, utilizing a shelf registration or continuous offering process. Under this shelf registration or continuous offering process, we or either of the Subsidiary Issuers may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. In this section, “we” refers only to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company.
 
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to the securities that we or either of the Subsidiary Issuers may offer and the general manner in which the securities may be offered. Each time we or the Subsidiary Issuers sell securities, we or the Subsidiary Issuers will provide a prospectus supplement containing specific information about the terms of the securities being offered and the manner in which they may be offered. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, the Subsidiary Issuers and any underwriter or agent that we may from time to time retain may also provide you with other information relating to an offering, which we refer to as “other offering material”. A prospectus supplement or any such other offering material provided to you may include a discussion of any risk factors or other special considerations applicable to those securities or to us and may also include, if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations and considerations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, which we refer to as “ERISA”. A prospectus supplement or such other offering material may also add, update or change information in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering material, you must rely on the information in the prospectus supplement or other offering material. Throughout this prospectus, where we indicate that information may be supplemented in an applicable prospectus supplement or supplements, that information may also be supplemented in other offering material provided to you. You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or other offering material together with the additional information described under the heading “Incorporation By Reference”.
 
The registration statement containing this prospectus, including exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional information about us and the securities offered under this prospectus. The registration statement can be read at the SEC’s web site or at the SEC’s public reference room mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information About Us”.
 
You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement, including the information incorporated by reference, and in other offering material, if any, provided by us or any underwriter or agent that we may from time to time retain. Reference to a prospectus supplement means the prospectus supplement describing the specific terms of the securities you purchase. The terms used in your prospectus supplement will have the meanings described in this prospectus, unless otherwise specified. Neither we nor the Subsidiary Issuers, nor any underwriters or agents whom we may from time to time retain, have authorized anyone to provide you with different information. Neither we nor the Subsidiary Issuers are offering the securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is prohibited. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any document incorporated by reference, or any other offering material is truthful or complete at any date other than the date mentioned on the cover page of these documents.
 
We or the Subsidiary Issuers may sell securities to underwriters who will sell the securities to the public on terms fixed at the time of sale. In addition, the securities may be sold by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company or the Subsidiary Issuers directly or through dealers or agents designated from time to time. If Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company or the Subsidiary Issuers, directly or through agents, solicit offers to purchase the securities, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and the Subsidiary Issuers reserve the sole right to accept and, together with any agents, to reject, in whole or in part, any of those offers. In addition, selling securityholders may sell securities on terms described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
Any prospectus supplement will contain the names of the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, together with the terms of the offering, the compensation of those underwriters and the net proceeds to us. Any underwriters, dealers or agents participating in the offering may be deemed “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the “Securities Act”.


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Unless otherwise stated, references in this prospectus to the “Company”, “Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company” and “Holdings”, refer to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company only and do not include its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise stated, references to “we”, “us”, “our” and “Willis Group” refer to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
 
Unless otherwise stated, currency amounts in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement are stated in United States dollars, or “$”.
 
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND CERTAIN RISKS
 
We have included in this document “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which we refer to as the “Exchange Act” which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created by those laws. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our operations. All statements, other than statements of historical facts that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate may occur in the future including such things as our outlook, future capital expenditures, growth in commissions and fees, business strategies, competitive strengths, goals, the benefits of new initiatives, growth of our business and operations, plans and references to future successes are forward-looking statements. Also, when we use the words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “probably”, or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements.
 
There are important uncertainties, events and factors that could cause our actual results or performance to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, including the following:
 
  •  the impact of any regional, national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market, environmental and regulatory conditions on our global business operations;
 
  •  the impact of current financial market conditions on our results of operations and financial condition, including as a result of any insolvencies of or other difficulties experienced by our clients, insurance companies or financial institutions;
 
  •  our ability to continue to manage our significant indebtedness;
 
  •  our ability to compete effectively in our industry;
 
  •  our ability to implement and realize anticipated benefits of the 2011 operational review, the Willis Cause or any other initiative we pursue;
 
  •  material changes in commercial property and casualty markets generally or the and availability of insurance products or changes in premiums resulting from a catastrophic event, such as a hurricane or otherwise;
 
  •  the volatility or declines in other insurance markets and the premiums on which our commissions are based, but which we do not control;
 
  •  our ability to retain key employees and clients and attract new business;
 
  •  the timing or ability to carry out share repurchases, refinancings or take other steps to manage our capital and limitations in our long-term debt agreements that may restrict our ability to take these actions;
 
  •  any fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could affect expenses and revenue;
 
  •  rating agency actions that could inhibit ability to borrow funds or the pricing thereof;
 
  •  a significant decline in the value of investments that fund our pension plans or changes in our pension plan funding obligations;
 
  •  our ability to achieve the expected strategic benefits of transactions;
 
  •  our ability to receive dividends or other distributions in needed amounts from our subsidiaries;
 
  •  changes in the tax or accounting treatment of our operations;


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  •  any potential impact from the US healthcare reform legislation;
 
  •  the potential costs and difficulties in complying with a wide variety of foreign laws and regulations and any related changes, given the global scope of our operations;
 
  •  our involvement in and the results of regulatory investigations, legal proceedings and other contingencies;
 
  •  risks associated with non-core operations including underwriting, advisory or reputational;
 
  •  our exposure to potential liabilities arising from errors and omissions and other potential claims against us; and
 
  •  the interruption or loss of our information processing systems or failure to maintain secure information systems.
 
The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and new factors may emerge from time to time that could also affect actual performance and results. For additional factors see also the section entitled “Risk Factors”.
 
Although we believe that the assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of these assumptions, and therefore also the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions, could themselves prove to be inaccurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this document, our inclusion of this information is not a representation or guarantee by us that our objectives and plans will be achieved. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and we will not update these forward-looking statements unless the securities laws require us to do so. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document may not occur, and we caution you against unduly relying on these forward-looking statements.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov and through the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which our common stock is listed.
 
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document of the Company, the reference is only a summary and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s Internet site referred to above.
 
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
The SEC’s rules allow us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document. Any information referred to in this way is considered part of this prospectus from the date we file that document. Any reports filed by us with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and before the date that the offering of the securities by means of this prospectus is terminated will automatically update and, where applicable, supersede any information contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until we sell all of the securities registered by the registration statements of which this prospectus is a part:
 
  •  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed on February 28, 2011;
 
  •  Our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on March 11, 2011;
 
  •  Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 14, 2011;


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  •  The description of the Company’s share capital contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2010.
 
The Company makes available, free of charge through our website at www.willis.com, our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 filed on behalf of directors and executive officers, as well as any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished to but not filed with the SEC. Unless specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus, information on our website is not a part of the registration statement. You may also request a copy of any documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (including any exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference in them), at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address or telephone number:
 
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
One World Financial
200 Liberty Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Attention: Investor Relations
Telephone: (212) 915-8084


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SUMMARY
 
This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. To understand the terms of our securities, you should carefully read this document with the applicable prospectus supplement. Together, these documents will give the specific terms of the securities we are offering. You should also read the documents we have incorporated by reference in this prospectus described above under “Incorporation By Reference”.
 
The Securities We May Offer
 
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC utilizing a “shelf” registration or continuous offering process. Under the shelf registration process, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company may offer from time to time any of the following securities, either separately or in units with other securities:
 
  •  unsecured senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt securities;
 
  •  preferred stock;
 
  •  common stock;
 
  •  warrants and warrant units;
 
  •  stock purchase contracts and prepaid stock purchase contracts; and
 
  •  stock purchase units.
 
In addition, Trinity Acquisition plc or Willis North America Inc. may offer unsecured senior, senior subordinated or subordinated debt securities. Debt securities issued by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company may be guaranteed by certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc. Debt securities issued by Trinity Acquisition plc or Willis North America Inc. may be guaranteed by certain of their respective direct and indirect parent entities and direct and indirect subsidiaries.
 
In addition, certain selling shareholders identified in a prospectus supplement may offer and sell these securities, from time to time, on terms described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
Our Business
 
We trace our history to 1828 and are one of the largest insurance brokers in the world. For several years, we have focused on our core retail and specialist broking operations. Prior to 2008, we made a number of smaller acquisitions around the world and increased our ownership in several of our associates and existing subsidiaries, which were not wholly-owned, where doing so strengthened our retail network and our specialty businesses.
 
On October 1, 2008, we completed the acquisition of HRH, the eighth largest insurance and risk management intermediary in the United States, at that time. The acquisition doubled our North America revenues and the combined Willis HRH operation has critical mass in key markets including California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, New York, Boston, New Jersey and Philadelphia.
 
On December 31, 2009, pursuant to a scheme of arrangement under Bermuda Law, the Company became the publicly held holding company and indirect parent of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, TA IV Limited, Willis Group Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis North America Inc. All of the previously outstanding shares of Willis Bermuda (as defined below) were cancelled and the common shareholders received, on a one-for-one basis, new ordinary shares of the Company for the purpose of changing the place of incorporation of the parent company of the Willis Group from Bermuda to Ireland (the “Transaction”). As a result of the Transaction, Willis Group Holdings Limited (“Willis Bermuda”) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Also on December 31, 2009 Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V. became the direct subsidiary of the


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Company and the direct or indirect parent of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc. In connection with the Transaction, the Company assumed all of Willis Bermuda’s obligations under its outstanding Securities.
 
On December 22, 2010, TA II Limited and TA III Limited transferred their respective properties and assets each substantially as an entirety to TA I Limited, and TA IV Limited transferred its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to Trinity Acquisition plc, and the Assuming Guarantors assumed all the obligations of each of the applicable Transferring Guarantors under the indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005, as amended and supplemented, among Willis North America Inc., as issuer, the Company, the other guarantors party thereto and the trustee, and the securities issued thereunder. Following these transfers the Transferring Guarantors were liquidated.
 
We provide a broad range of insurance brokerage, reinsurance and risk management consulting services to our clients worldwide. We have significant market positions in the United States, in the United Kingdom and, directly and through our associates, in many other countries. We are a recognized leader in providing specialized risk management advisory and other services on a global basis to clients in various industries including aerospace, marine, construction and energy.
 
In our capacity as an advisor and insurance broker, we act as an intermediary between our clients and insurance carriers by advising our clients on their risk management requirements, helping clients determine the best means of managing risk, and negotiating and placing insurance risk with insurance carriers through our global distribution network.
 
We assist clients in the assessment of their risks, advise on the best ways of transferring suitable risk to the global insurance and reinsurance markets and then execute the transactions at the most appropriate available price, terms and conditions for our clients. Our global distribution network enables us to place the risk in the most appropriate insurance or reinsurance market worldwide.
 
We also offer clients a broad range of services to help them to identify and control their risks. These services range from strategic risk consulting (including providing actuarial analyses), to a variety of due diligence services, to the provision of practical on-site risk control services (such as health and safety or property loss control consulting) as well as analytical and advisory services (such as hazard modeling and reinsurance optimization studies). We assist clients in planning how to manage incidents or crises when they occur. These services include contingency planning, security audits and product tampering plans. We are not an insurance company and therefore we do not underwrite insurable risks for our own account.
 
We and our associates serve a diverse base of clients including major multinational and middle-market companies in a variety of industries, as well as public institutions and individual clients. Many of our client relationships span decades. We have approximately 20,000 employees around the world (including approximately 3,000 at our associate companies) and a network in excess of 400 offices in some 100 countries.
 
We believe we are one of only a few insurance brokers in the world possessing the global operating presence, broad product expertise and extensive distribution network necessary to meet effectively the global risk management needs of many of our clients.
 
For more information regarding our business, including our financial information, please read the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
 
The Registrants
 
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company is the ultimate holding company for the Willis Group. Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company was incorporated in Ireland on September 24, 2009, as a public limited company, for the sole purpose of redomiciling the ultimate parent company from Bermuda to Ireland.
 
Each of Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc. are direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company that act as holding companies of each other or other subsidiaries. Each one has been organized under the laws of the United Kingdom except for Willis


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Netherlands Holdings B.V., which was organized in the Netherlands on November 27, 2009 and Willis North America Inc., which was incorporated in Delaware on December 20, 1928.
 
For administrative convenience, we utilize the offices of Willis Group Limited as our principal executive offices, located at The Willis Building, 51 Lime Street, London EC3M 7DQ, England. The telephone number is (44) 203 124 6000. Our web site address is www.willis.com. The information on our website is not a part of this prospectus. Willis North America Inc.’s principal executive offices are located at One World Financial, 200 Liberty Street, New York New York 10281, and its telephone number is (212) 915-8000.


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RISK FACTORS
 
Before you invest in these securities, you should carefully consider the risks involved. These risks include, but are not limited to:
 
  •  the risks described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC on February 28, 2011, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus; and
 
  •  any risks that may be described in other filings we make with the SEC or in the prospectus supplements relating to specific offerings of securities.
 
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED SHARE DIVIDENDS
 
The following table shows the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges and of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred share dividends of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for each of the five most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2010.
 
                                         
    Year Ended December 31,
    2006   2007   2008   2009   2010
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    8.9 x     6.3 x     3.7 x     3.4x       3.9x  
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends
    8.9 x     6.3 x     3.7 x     3.4x       3.9x  
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, we will use the net proceeds that we receive from the sale of the securities offered by this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include using the funds for working capital, repayment of debt, capital expenditures, possible acquisitions and any other purposes that may be stated in any prospectus supplement. The net proceeds may be invested temporarily or applied to repay short-term debt until they are used for their stated purpose.
 
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
 
This section explains the provisions of the debt securities that we may offer and sell by this prospectus. The particular terms of the debt securities offered, including any changes from these terms, will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to those debt securities. In addition, the prospectus supplement relating to any series of subordinated or senior subordinated securities will disclose the amount of debt that will be senior to such securities.
 
Overview
 
The debt securities will be governed by the applicable indentures. The indentures give us broad authority to set the particular terms of each series of debt securities, including the right to modify certain of the terms contained in the indentures. The applicable indentures contain the full legal text of the matters described in this section. Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every provision of the debt securities or the indentures. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of the applicable indenture, including definitions of terms used in such indenture. You should read the applicable indenture, including the defined terms, and the particular terms of the debt securities for provisions that may be important to you. You should read the prospectus supplement relating to a series of debt securities for more information about the terms of a particular series of debt securities, including variations from the terms described in this prospectus. This summary is subject to and qualified by reference to the description of the particular terms of the debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.


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Holdings Debt Securities
 
In this prospectus, we refer to the senior debt securities, the senior subordinated debt securities and the subordinated debt securities of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company as the “Holdings debt securities”. The Holdings debt securities will be general unsecured obligations of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. The Holdings senior debt securities will be senior to all subordinated debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. The Holdings senior debt securities will rank equally with other unsecured, unsubordinated debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company.
 
The Holdings senior subordinated debt securities will be subordinate to any Holdings senior debt securities and to certain other debt obligations of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company that may be outstanding. The Holdings senior subordinated debt securities will rank equally with certain other senior subordinated debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company that may be outstanding and senior to certain subordinated debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company that may be outstanding, including any Holdings subordinated debt securities.
 
The Holdings subordinated debt securities will be subordinate in right of payment to any Holdings senior debt, to Holdings senior subordinated debt securities and to certain other obligations of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and will rank equally with certain other subordinated debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company.
 
The Holdings debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc.
 
Trinity Debt Securities
 
In this prospectus, we refer to the senior debt securities, the senior subordinated debt securities and the subordinated debt securities of Trinity Acquisition plc as the “Trinity debt securities”. The Trinity debt securities will be general unsecured obligations of Trinity Acquisition plc. The Trinity senior debt securities will be senior to all subordinated debt of Trinity Acquisition plc, including any outstanding Trinity senior subordinated debt securities and Trinity subordinated debt securities. The Trinity senior debt securities will rank equally with other unsecured, unsubordinated debt of Trinity Acquisition plc, including its existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
The Trinity senior subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to any Trinity senior debt securities and to other certain debt obligations of Trinity Acquisition plc that may be outstanding, including its existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016, guarantees outstanding under our revolving credit facility. The Trinity senior subordinated debt securities will rank equally with certain other senior subordinated debt of Trinity Acquisition plc that may be outstanding and senior to certain subordinated debt of Trinity Acquisition plc that may be outstanding, including any Trinity subordinated debt securities.
 
The Trinity subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to any Trinity senior debt securities, including its existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016, guarantees outstanding under our revolving credit facility, its guarantees of Willis North America Inc.’s 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010, 5.625% Senior Notes due 2015, 6.200% Senior Notes due 2017 and 7.00% Senior Notes due 2019 and Trinity senior subordinated debt securities and to certain other obligations of Trinity Acquisition plc and will rank equally with certain other subordinated debt of Trinity Acquisition plc.
 
The Trinity debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B. V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited and TA I Limited.
 
Willis North America Debt Securities
 
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North America Inc. The Willis North America senior debt securities will be senior to all subordinated debt of Willis North America Inc., including any outstanding Willis North America senior subordinated debt securities and any Willis North America subordinated debt securities. The Willis North America senior debt securities will rank equally with other unsecured, unsubordinated debt of Willis North America Inc., including its guarantee of Trinity Acquisition plc’s existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
The Willis North America senior subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to any Willis North America senior debt securities and to other certain debt obligations of Willis North America Inc. that may be outstanding, including its guarantee of Trinity Acquisition plc’s existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016, amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility. The Willis North America senior subordinated debt securities will rank equally with certain other senior subordinated debt of Willis North America Inc. that may be outstanding and senior to certain subordinated debt of Willis North America Inc. that may be outstanding, including any Willis North America subordinated debt securities.
 
The Willis North America subordinated debt securities will be subordinated in right of payment to any Willis North America senior debt securities, including its guarantee of Trinity Acquisition plc’s existing 12.875% Senior Notes due 2016, amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility, and Willis North America senior subordinated debt securities and to certain other obligations of Willis North America Inc. and will rank equally with certain other subordinated debt of Willis North America Inc.
 
The Willis North America debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B. V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis Group Limited, which collectively comprise all of the direct and indirect parent entities of Willis North America Inc.
 
Each of the debt securities will be issued under an indenture between the applicable issuer of the debt securities, the guarantors of the applicable debt securities and a trustee. The indentures are substantially identical, except for provisions relating to guarantees, conversion and subordination. For purposes of the summaries below, the term “issuer” shall refer to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company in the case of Holdings debt securities, Trinity Acquisition plc in the case of Trinity debt securities and Willis North America Inc. in the case of Willis North America debt securities.
 
General
 
The indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities which may be issued. The indentures also provide that debt securities may be issued in one or more series, in such form or forms, with such terms and up to the amount authorized by the applicable issuer, in each case as established from time to time in or pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors, and set forth in an officers’ certificate of the issuer and each guarantor or established in one or more supplemental indentures. All debt securities of one series need not be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, any series may be reopened, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of that series, for issuances of additional debt securities of that series.
 
Reference is made to the prospectus supplement for the following terms of any offered debt securities:
 
  •  the identity of the issuer and the guarantors, if applicable;
 
  •  the designation (including whether they are senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities or subordinated debt securities and whether such debt securities are convertible), aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations of the offered debt securities;
 
  •  the percentage of their principal amount at which such offered debt securities will be issued;
 
  •  any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;
 
  •  the date or dates on which the offered debt securities will mature or the method of determination thereof;
 
  •  the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the offered debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, any reset features of the rates and the date or dates from which such interest will accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined;


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  •  the dates on which any such interest will be payable and the regular record dates for such interest payment dates;
 
  •  any mandatory or optional sinking fund or purchase fund or similar provisions;
 
  •  if applicable, the period or periods within which and the price or prices at which the offered debt securities may be redeemed at the option of the applicable issuer pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions or may be repurchased at the option of the holder of the offered debt securities, and the other redemption or repurchase terms;
 
  •  if applicable, the terms and conditions upon which the offered debt securities may be convertible into common stock, including the initial conversion rate, the conversion period and any other provision;
 
  •  if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, the denominations in which debt securities of the series shall be issuable;
 
  •  if other than the principal amount of the offered debt securities, the portion of the principal amount which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity of the offered securities;
 
  •  whether such offered debt securities shall be subject to defeasance and under what terms;
 
  •  any events of default provided with respect to the offered debt securities that are in addition to or different from those explained here;
 
  •  any subordination terms that are in addition to or different from those explained here;
 
  •  any guarantee terms that are in addition to or different from those explained here; and
 
  •  any other terms of the offered debt securities.
 
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the principal of, premium and interest on the offered debt securities will be payable, and exchanges and transfers of the debt securities will be handled, at the applicable trustee’s corporate trust office. The applicable issuer will have the option to pay interest by check mailed to the holder’s address as it appears in the security register.
 
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the offered debt securities, but the applicable issuer or the trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with an exchange or transfer.
 
Debt securities may be issued under an indenture as original issue discount securities to be offered and sold at a substantial discount from the principal amount thereof. Special federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to any such original issue discount securities will be described in the prospectus supplement.
 
Ranking
 
The payment of the principal of premium, if any, and interest on, the senior subordinated debt securities and the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated, as set forth in the senior subordinated or subordinated indentures, in right of payment, to the prior payment in full of all senior indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of the applicable indenture or thereafter incurred.
 
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securities would be entitled shall be made to the holders of senior indebtedness, except that holders of the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities may receive:
 
(1) shares of capital stock and any securities representing indebtedness that are subordinated at least to the same extent as the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities to
 
  •  senior indebtedness and
 
  •  any securities issued in exchange for senior indebtedness and
 
(2) payments made from the trust referred to under “Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance”.
 
An issuer or a guarantor also may not make any payment upon or in respect of the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities, except in such subordinated securities or from the trust referred to under “Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance”, if
 
(1) a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or of unreimbursed amounts under drawn letters of credit or in respect of bankers’ acceptances or fees relating to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances constituting designated senior indebtedness occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable period of grace (a “payment default”), or
 
(2) any other default occurs and is continuing with respect to designated senior indebtedness that permits holders of the designated senior indebtedness as to which such default relates to accelerate its maturity without further notice, except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration (a “non-payment default”), and the applicable trustee receives a payment blockage notice with respect to such default from a representative of holders of such designated senior indebtedness.
 
Payments on the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities, as the case may be, including any missed payments, may and shall be resumed:
 
(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist or such designated senior indebtedness shall have been discharged or paid in full in cash or cash equivalents and all outstanding letter of credit obligations shall have been fully cash collateralized; and
 
(2) in case of a non-payment default, the earlier of
 
  •  the date on which such non-payment default is cured or waived,
 
  •  179 days after the date on which the applicable payment blockage notice is received (each such period, the “payment blockage period”), or
 
  •  the date such payment blockage period shall be terminated by written notice to the applicable trustee from the requisite holders of such designated senior indebtedness necessary to terminate such period or from their representative.
 
No new payment blockage period may be commenced until 365 days have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately preceding payment blockage notice. However, if any payment blockage notice within such 365-day period is given by or on behalf of any holders of designated senior indebtedness, other than the agent under our revolving credit facility, the agent under our revolving credit facility may give another payment blockage notice within such period. In no event, however, may the total number of days during which any payment blockage period or periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 365 consecutive day period. No non-payment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any payment blockage notice to the applicable trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent payment blockage notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 days.
 
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indenture and would enable the holders of the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities to accelerate the maturity of such debt securities.
 
The applicable indenture will further require that an issuer or a guarantor promptly notify holders of senior indebtedness if payment of the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities is accelerated because of an event of default.
 
“Designated senior indebtedness” means:
 
  •  senior indebtedness under our revolving credit facility (including any amendments, replacements or refinancings thereof); and
 
  •  any other senior indebtedness permitted under the applicable indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been designated by an issuer as designated senior indebtedness.
 
“Senior indebtedness” means:
 
(1) the obligations under our revolving credit facility and outstanding senior notes of Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis North America Inc.; and
 
(2) the obligations under any other indebtedness permitted to be incurred by an issuer under the terms of the applicable indenture, unless the instrument under which such indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the senior subordinated debt securities or the subordinated debt securities, as the case may be, including, with respect to clauses (1) and (2), interest accruing subsequent to the filing of, or which would have accrued but for the filing of, a petition for bankruptcy or liquidation, in accordance with and at the rate specified in the documents evidencing or governing such senior indebtedness, whether or not such interest is an allowable claim in such bankruptcy proceeding or liquidation.
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, senior indebtedness will not include:
 
  •  any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by an issuer;
 
  •  any obligation of an issuer to its direct or indirect parent corporations or to any of its subsidiaries;
 
  •  any accounts payable or trade liabilities, including obligations in respect of funds held for the account of third parties, arising in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities, other than obligations in respect of letters of credit under our revolving credit facility;
 
  •  any indebtedness that is incurred in violation of the applicable indenture;
 
  •  indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to an issuer;
 
  •  in the case of the senior subordinated debt securities and the subordinated debt securities, any indebtedness, guarantee or obligation of an issuer which is subordinate or junior to any other indebtedness, guarantee or obligation of such issuer;
 
  •  indebtedness evidenced by the senior subordinated debt securities and, in the case of the senior subordinated debt securities, indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities; and
 
  •  capital stock of an issuer.
 
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Conversion Rights
 
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redeemed by Willis Group Holdings Limited or Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company as applicable, to convert such debt security at the principal amount (or, if such debt security is an original issue discount security, such portion of the principal amount thereof as is specified in the terms of such debt security) into ordinary shares at the conversion price or conversion rate set forth in the prospectus supplement, subject to adjustment. The holder of a convertible debt security may convert a portion of the debt security which is $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. In the case of debt securities called for redemption, conversion rights will expire at the close of business on the date fixed for the redemption as may be specified in the prospectus supplement, except that in the case of redemption at the option of the holder, if applicable, such right will terminate upon receipt of written notice of the exercise of the option.
 
In certain events, the conversion rate will be subject to adjustment as set forth in the applicable indenture. Such events may include:
 
  •  the issuance of ordinary shares of any class of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company as a dividend on the ordinary shares into which the debt securities of such series are convertible;
 
  •  subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications of the ordinary shares into which debt securities of such series are convertible;
 
  •  the issuance to all holders of ordinary shares into which debt securities of such series are convertible of rights or warrants entitling the holders (for a period not exceeding 45 days) to subscribe for or purchase ordinary shares at a price per share less than the current market price per ordinary share (as defined in the indentures); and
 
  •  the distribution to all holders of ordinary shares of evidences of debt of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company or of assets (excluding cash dividends paid from retained earnings and dividends payable in ordinary shares for which adjustment is made as referred to above) or subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).
 
No adjustment of the conversion price or conversion rate will be required unless an adjustment would require a cumulative increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price or rate. Fractional ordinary shares will not be issued upon conversion, but Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company will pay a cash adjustment for it. Convertible debt securities surrendered for conversion between the record date for an interest payment, if any, and the interest payment date (except convertible debt securities called for redemption on a redemption date during such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest which the registered holder is to receive.
 
Defaults, Notice and Waiver
 
The following are events of default under the indentures with respect to debt securities of any series issued thereunder:
 
  •  default in the payment of interest on any debt security of that series when due and continued for 30 days (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions, if any, of the indenture);
 
  •  default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any on) any debt security of that series at its maturity (whether or not payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions, if any, of the indenture);
 
  •  default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when due by the terms of any debt security of that series (whether or not payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions, if any, of the indenture);
 
  •  default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of the applicable issuer, any of its significant subsidiaries or any guarantor, as applicable, specified in the indenture or any debt security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere dealt with or which has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of debt securities other than that series), continued for 90 days after written notice from the trustee or the holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the debt securities of such series outstanding;
 
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  •  if applicable, any guarantee shall for any reason cease to exist or shall not be in full force and effect enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
 
  •  any other event of default provided with respect to debt securities of that series.
 
If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series at the time outstanding shall occur and be continuing, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the unpaid principal balance immediately due and payable, by a written notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an event of default arising from the events described in the fifth bullet above, all outstanding debt securities of the applicable series will become due and payable without further action or notice. However, any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of that series may, by written notice rescind and annul such acceleration under certain circumstances. For information as to waiver of defaults, see “Modification and Waiver” below.
 
Reference is made to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of offered debt securities which are original issue discount securities for the particular provision relating to acceleration of the maturity of a portion of the principal amount of such original issue discount securities upon the occurrence of an event of default and the continuation thereof.
 
The applicable issuer must file annually with each trustee an officers’ certificate stating whether or not the issuer is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the respective indenture and, if so, specifying the nature and status of the default.
 
Each indenture provides that the trustee, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default, will give by mail to all holders of debt securities of any series notice of all defaults with respect to such series known to it, unless such default has been cured or waived; but, in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any debt security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund or similar obligation installment with respect to debt securities of such series, the trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if the Board of Directors or such committee of directors as designated in such indenture or responsible officer of the trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of such holders.
 
Each indenture contains a provision entitling the trustee to be indemnified by holders of debt securities before proceeding to exercise any right or power under such indenture at the request of any such holders. Each indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of any series may, subject to certain exceptions, direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the trustee regarding the debt securities of such series. The right of a holder to institute a proceeding with respect to each indenture is subject to certain conditions precedent including notice and indemnity to the trustee, but the holder has an absolute right to receipt of principal and interest when due and to institute suit for payment of principal and interest.
 
Covenants
 
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
 
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement relating to offered debt securities, the applicable issuer and any of the applicable guarantors, without the consent of any holder of outstanding debt securities, may consolidate with or merge into any other person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, any person, provided that the person formed by such consolidation or into which the applicable issuer or the applicable guarantors, is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or which leases the properties and assets of the applicable issuer or guarantor, as the case may be, substantially as an entirety is, in the case of Willis North America Inc., organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, in the case of any guarantor other than Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company or Willis North America Inc., under the laws of England and Wales, and in the case of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, under the laws of any United States jurisdiction, any state thereof, Bermuda, England and Wales or any country that is a member of the European Monetary Union and was such member on January 1, 2004, as the case may be, and expressly assumes the applicable issuer’s or guarantor’s obligations, as the case may be, on the debt


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securities and under the indenture, that after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default shall have happened and be continuing, and that certain other conditions are met.
 
Other Covenants
 
The prospectus supplement relating to offered debt securities will describe any other material covenants in respect of a series of debt securities. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, any covenants applicable to the Holdings debt securities will be binding on Holdings and its significant subsidiaries and any covenants applicable to the Trinity debt securities or the Willis North America debt securities will be binding on Trinity Acquisition plc and its significant subsidiaries, with the exception of any covenant regarding filing reports under the Exchange Act, as amended, which will be binding on Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. Other than the covenant included in the indentures described under “Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets” above or any covenant described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not have the benefit of any covenants that limit or restrict our business or operations or the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the applicable issuer or any guarantor, and there are no covenants or other provisions in the indenture providing for a put or increased interest or otherwise that would afford holders of debt securities additional protection in the event of a recapitalization transaction, a change of control transaction or a highly leveraged transaction.
 
Modification and Waiver
 
Modification and amendments of the indentures may be made by the applicable issuer, if applicable, any guarantor, and the trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of each series affected provided, that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected:
 
  •  change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any debt security;
 
  •  reduce the principal amount of, or any premium or interest, on any debt security;
 
  •  reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;
 
  •  adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the holder of any security, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation of the holder or modify the payment terms of any sinking fund or similar obligation;
 
  •  impair the right to commence suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity thereof with respect to any debt security; or
 
  •  reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series, the consent of the holders of which is required for modification or amendment of the indenture or for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or for waiver of certain defaults.
 
Without the consent of any holder of outstanding debt securities, the applicable issuer, any guarantor, and the trustee may amend or supplement the indentures and each series of debt securities to evidence the succession of another person to the applicable issuer or a guarantor and the assumption of such successor to the obligations thereof to add to the covenants of the applicable issuer or a guarantor for the benefit of the holders of all or any series, to surrender any right or power conferred upon such issuer or guarantor, to add any additional events of default, to secure the debt securities, to establish the form or terms of any series of debt securities, to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency or to provide for debt securities in bearer form in addition to or in place of registered debt securities or to make any other provisions that do not adversely affect the rights of any holder of outstanding debt securities, including adding guarantees.
 
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any debt


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security of that series or in respect of a provision which under such indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security of that series.
 
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
 
The applicable indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series may be discharged, subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement when:
 
  •  all debt securities, with the exceptions provided for in the applicable indenture, of that series have been delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation;
 
  •  all debt securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation:
 
  •  have become due and payable; or
 
  •  will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year; or
 
  •  are to be called for redemption within one year; or
 
  •  certain events or conditions occur as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer can terminate all of its obligations under the indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series, other than the obligation to pay interest on, premium, if any, and the principal of the debt securities of such series and certain other obligations, known as “covenant defeasance”, at any time by:
 
  •  depositing money or U.S. government obligations with the trustee in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the debt securities of such series to their maturity; and
 
  •  complying with certain other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that holders of debt securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance.
 
In addition, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer can terminate all of its obligations under the indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series, including the obligation to pay interest on, premium, if any, and the principal of the debt securities of such series, known as “legal defeasance”, at any time by:
 
  •  depositing money or U.S. government obligations with the trustee in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the debt securities of such series to their maturity, and
 
  •  complying with certain other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel stating that there has been a change in the federal tax law since the date of the indenture to the effect that holders of debt securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance or the delivery to the trustee of a ruling or other formal statement or action by the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect.
 
Guarantees
 
The Holdings debt securities may be guaranteed as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement by Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Trinity debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited and TA I Limited. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Willis North America debt securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc and Willis Group Limited, which collectively comprise all of its direct and indirect parent entities. The guarantees will be made on a senior, senior subordinated or subordinated basis corresponding to the relative ranking of the underlying debt securities.


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The obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee will be limited so as not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws under applicable U.S. Federal or state laws. Each guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its guarantee will be entitled to a contribution from any other guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each guarantor determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
A guarantee issued by any guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon any sale, exchange or transfer to any person not an affiliate of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company of all of the Willis Group’s capital stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such guarantor.
 
Trustees
 
The Bank of New York Mellon is the current trustee under the senior indentures, the senior subordinated indentures and the subordinated indentures. The trustees may perform certain services for and transact other banking business with Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis North America Inc. or, if applicable, any guarantor from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL
 
The following description of our share capital is a summary. This summary is subject to the Irish Companies Acts 1963-2009 (the “Irish Companies Acts”) and the complete text of our memorandum and articles of association filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference. In this section, the “Company,” “we” and “our” refers to Willis Group Holdings Public Company Limited only.
 
Capital Structure
 
Authorized Share Capital.  Our authorized share capital is €40,000 divided into 40,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €1 per share and US$575,000 divided into 4,000,000,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of US$0.000115 per share and 1,000,000,000 preferred shares with a nominal value of US$0.000115 per share. The authorized share capital includes 40,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €1 per share in order to satisfy statutory requirements for all Irish public limited companies commencing operations.
 
We may issue shares subject to the maximum prescribed by our authorized share capital contained in our memorandum and articles of association. The authorized share capital may be increased or reduced by way of an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. The shares comprising our authorized share capital may be divided into shares of such nominal value as the resolution shall prescribe. As a matter of Irish company law, the directors of a company may issue new ordinary or preferred shares without shareholder approval once authorized to do so by the articles of association of the Company or by an ordinary resolution adopted by the shareholders at a general meeting. An ordinary resolution requires the approval of over 50% of the votes of a company’s shareholders cast at a general meeting. The authority conferred can be granted for a maximum period of five years, at which point it must be renewed by the shareholders of the company by an ordinary resolution. Because of this requirement of Irish law, our articles of association authorize our board of directors to issue new ordinary or preferred shares without shareholder approval for a period of five years from the date of adoption of such articles of association, which were effective on December 31, 2009.
 
The rights and restrictions to which the ordinary shares will be subject are prescribed in our articles of association. Our articles of association entitle the board of directors, without shareholder approval, to determine the terms of the preferred shares we may issue. Our board of directors is authorized, without obtaining any vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of shares, unless expressly provided by the terms of that class or series or shares, to provide from time to time for the issuance of other classes or series of preferred shares and to establish the characteristics of each class or series, including the number of shares, designations, relative voting rights, dividend rights, liquidation and other rights, redemption, repurchase or exchange rights and any other preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights and limitations not inconsistent with applicable law.


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Irish law does not recognize fractional shares held of record. Accordingly, our articles of association do not provide for the issuance of fractional shares, and our official Irish register will not reflect any fractional shares.
 
Issued Share Capital.  Immediately prior to the Transaction, the issued share capital of the Company was €40,000, comprised of 40,000 ordinary shares, with nominal value of €1 per share (the “Euro Share Capital”). In connection with the consummation of the Transaction the Euro Share Capital was acquired by the Company. The Company then issued approximately 168,661,172 ordinary shares having a nominal value of US$0.000115 each. All shares issued on completion of the Transaction were issued and fully paid.
 
Pre-emption Rights, Share Warrants and Share Options
 
Under Irish law certain statutory pre-emption rights apply automatically in favor of shareholders where shares are to be issued for cash. However, we have opted out of these pre-emption rights in our articles of association as permitted under Irish company law.
 
Our articles of association provide that, subject to any shareholder approval requirement under any laws, regulations or the rules of any stock exchange to which we are subject, our board of directors is authorized, from time to time, in its discretion, to grant such persons, for such periods and upon such terms as the board deems advisable, options to purchase such number of shares of any class or classes or of any series of any class as the board may deem advisable, and to cause warrants or other appropriate instruments evidencing such options to be issued. The Irish Companies Acts provide that directors may issue share warrants or options without shareholder approval once authorized to do so by the articles of association or an ordinary resolution of shareholders. Our board of directors may issue shares upon exercise of warrants or options without shareholder approval or authorization (up to the relevant authorized share capital limit). In connection with the Transaction, we assumed, on a one-for-one basis, Willis Bermuda’s existing obligations to deliver shares under our equity incentive plans, warrants or other rights pursuant to the terms thereof.
 
The Irish Companies Acts prohibit an Irish company from allotting shares for “nil” or no consideration. Accordingly, the nominal value of the shares issued upon the lapse of restrictions or the vesting of any restricted stock unit, performance shares awards, bonus shares or any other share-based grants must be paid pursuant to the Irish Companies Acts.
 
We are subject to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that require shareholder approval of certain equity plan and share issuances.
 
Dividends
 
Under Irish law, dividends and distributions may only be made from distributable reserves. Distributable reserves generally means our accumulated realized profits less accumulated realized losses and includes reserves created by way of capital reduction. In addition, no distribution or dividend may be made unless our net assets are equal to, or in excess of, the aggregate of our called up share capital plus undistributable reserves and the distribution does not reduce our net assets below such aggregate. Undistributable reserves include the share premium account, the capital redemption reserve fund and the amount by which our accumulated unrealized profits, so far as not previously utilized by any capitalization, exceed our accumulated unrealized losses, so far as not previously written off in a reduction or reorganization of capital.
 
The determination as to whether or not we have sufficient distributable reserves to fund a dividend must be made by reference to “relevant accounts” of the Company. The “relevant accounts” will be either the last set of unconsolidated annual audited financial statements or other financial statements properly prepared in accordance with the Irish Companies Acts, which give a “true and fair view” of our unconsolidated financial position and accord with accepted accounting practice. The relevant accounts must be filed in the Companies Registration Office (the official public registry for companies in Ireland).
 
The mechanism as to who declares a dividend and when a dividend shall become payable is governed by our articles of association. Our articles of association authorize the directors to declare interim dividends as appear justified from our profits without the approval of the shareholders at a general meeting. The board of directors may also recommend a final dividend to be approved and declared by the shareholders at a general meeting. The board of


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directors may direct that the payment be made by distribution of assets, shares or cash and no dividend issued may exceed the amount recommended by the directors. The dividends can be declared and paid in the form of cash or non-cash assets.
 
Our directors may deduct from any dividend payable to any member all sums of money (if any) payable by such member to the Company in relation to shares of the Company.
 
Our directors are also entitled to issue shares with preferred rights to participate in dividends we declare. The holders of such preferred shares may, depending on their terms, rank senior to our ordinary shares in terms of dividend rights and/or be entitled to claim arrears of a declared dividend out of subsequently declared dividends in priority to ordinary shareholders.
 
Share Repurchases, Redemptions and Conversions
 
Overview
 
Our articles of association provide that any ordinary share which we acquire or agree to acquire shall be converted into a redeemable share. Accordingly, for Irish company law purposes, our repurchase of ordinary shares can technically be effected as a redemption of those shares as described below under “— Repurchases and Redemptions.”
 
Except where otherwise noted, when we refer elsewhere in this prospectus to repurchasing or buying back ordinary shares of the Company, we are also referring to the redemption of ordinary shares by the Company pursuant to such provision of our articles of association or the purchase of our ordinary shares by us or our subsidiaries, in each case in accordance with our articles of association and Irish company law as described below.
 
Repurchases and Redemptions
 
Under Irish law, a company can issue redeemable shares and redeem them out of distributable reserves (which are described above under “Dividends”) or, subject to certain restrictions, the proceeds of a new issue of shares for that purpose. We may only issue redeemable shares where the nominal value of the issued share capital that is not redeemable is at least 10% of the nominal value of our total issued share capital. All redeemable shares must also be fully-paid and the terms of redemption of the shares must provide for payment on redemption. Redeemable shares may, upon redemption, be cancelled or held in treasury. Based on the provision of our articles described above, shareholder approval will not be required to redeem our shares.
 
Under Irish law, it is permissible for the Company to purchase its shares either on-market or off-market. A general authority of our shareholders (by way of ordinary resolution) is required to allow the Company or a subsidiary of the Company to make on-market purchases of our shares. As long as this general authority has been granted, no specific shareholder authority for a particular on-market purchase by the Company or a subsidiary of shares of the Company is required. The shareholders of the Company have authorized the purchase of our shares by the Company and subsidiaries of the Company, such that together, the Company and its subsidiaries were authorized to purchase shares in an aggregate maximum amount approximately equal to the remaining authorization under the former Willis Bermuda share repurchase program. This authority will expire on 30 June 2011 unless varied, revoked or renewed by an ordinary resolution in accordance with Irish law. We expect that we will seek shareholder approval to renew this authorization at future annual general meetings.
 
In any event, on-market purchases of Company shares may also be affected as a redemption (as described above) without shareholder approval.
 
Any off-market purchases of Company shares by the Company will be effected as a redemption as described above.
 
Our board of directors will also be entitled to issue preferred shares which may be redeemed at our option or our shareholders’, depending on the terms of such preferred shares. Please see “Capital Structure — Authorized Share Capital” above for additional information on preferred shares.


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Repurchased and redeemed shares may be cancelled or held as treasury shares. The nominal value of treasury shares held by us at any time must not exceed 10% of the nominal value of our issued share capital. We cannot exercise any voting rights in respect of shares held as treasury shares. Treasury shares may be cancelled by us or re-issued subject to certain conditions.
 
Purchases by Subsidiaries
 
The shareholders of the Company have given a general authority to any subsidiaries of the Company to purchase our own shares on-market on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as applicable to on-market purchases by the Company as described above.
 
For an off-market purchase by a subsidiary of ours, the proposed purchase contract must be authorized by special resolution of our shareholders before the contract is entered into. The person whose shares are to be bought back cannot vote in favor of the special resolution and, for at least 21 days prior to the meeting at which the special resolution is voted on, the purchase contract must be on display or must be available for inspection by our shareholders at our registered office. The purchase contract must also be available for inspection at that meeting.
 
The number of shares held by our subsidiaries at any time will count as treasury shares and will be included in any calculation of the permitted treasury share threshold of 10% of the nominal value of our issued share capital. While a subsidiary holds shares of the Company, it cannot exercise any voting rights in respect of those shares. The acquisition of the shares of the Company by a subsidiary must be funded out of distributable reserves of the subsidiary.
 
Existing Share Repurchase Program
 
The board of directors of Willis Bermuda has previously authorized a program to repurchase up to one billion dollars of its common shares. Our board of directors authorized the repurchase of our shares by the Company and our subsidiaries and Willis Bermuda and the nominee shareholders of the Company authorized the purchase of our shares by our subsidiaries, such that the Company and its subsidiaries are authorized to purchase shares up to an aggregate amount approximately equal to the remaining authorization under the former Willis Bermuda share repurchase program.
 
Bonus Shares
 
Under our articles of association, we may by ordinary resolution capitalize any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any of our reserves (including any capital redemption reserve fund or share premium account) or to the credit of profit and loss account for issuance and distribution to shareholders as fully-paid up bonus shares on the same basis of entitlement as would apply in respect of a dividend distribution.
 
Consolidation and Division; Subdivision
 
Under our articles of association, we may by ordinary resolution consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger nominal value than its existing shares or subdivide our shares into smaller amounts than is fixed by our articles of association.
 
Reduction of Share Capital
 
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Annual Meetings of Shareholders
 
We are required to hold an annual general meeting at intervals of no more than 15 months, provided that an annual general meeting is held in each calendar year and no more than nine months after our fiscal year-end. An annual general meeting may be held outside Ireland if a resolution so authorizing has been passed at the preceding annual general meeting. We intend to hold annual general meetings in Ireland. Because of the fifteen-month


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requirement described in this paragraph, our articles of association include a provision reflecting this requirement of Irish law.
 
Notice of an annual general meeting must be given to all of our shareholders and to our auditors. Our articles of association provide for a minimum notice period of 21 days, which is the minimum permitted under Irish law.
 
The only matters which must, as a matter of Irish company law, be transacted at an annual general meeting are the presentation of the annual accounts, balance sheet and reports of the directors and auditors, the appointment of auditors and the fixing of the auditor’s remuneration (or delegation of same). An auditor is deemed to be reappointed at an annual general meeting without any resolution being passed unless a resolution is passed that the auditor shall not be reappointed (or appointing another auditor) or the auditor is not qualified for reappointment or the auditor is unwilling to be reappointed.
 
Directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders at an annual general meeting and serve until the next following general meeting. Any nominee for director who does not receive a majority of the votes cast is not elected to the board.
 
Special Meetings of Shareholders
 
Extraordinary general meetings may be convened by (i) the chairman of the board of directors, (ii) the board of directors, (iii) on requisition of shareholders holding not less than 10% of our paid up share capital carrying voting rights or (iv) on requisition of our auditors. Extraordinary general meetings are generally held for the purposes of approving shareholder resolutions as may be required from time to time. At any extraordinary general meeting only such business shall be conducted as is set forth in the notice thereof.
 
Notice of an extraordinary general meeting must be given to all of our shareholders and to our auditors. Under Irish law, the minimum notice periods are 21 days notice in writing for an extraordinary general meeting to approve a special resolution and 14 days notice in writing for any other extraordinary general meeting. Because of the 21 day and 14 day requirements described in this paragraph, our articles of association include provisions reflecting these requirements of Irish law.
 
In the case of an extraordinary general meeting convened by our shareholders, the proposed purpose of the meeting must be set out in the requisition notice. Upon receipt of this requisition notice, the board of directors has 21 days to convene a meeting of our shareholders to vote on the matters set out in the requisition notice. This meeting must be held within two months of the receipt of the requisition notice. If the board of directors does not convene the meeting within such 21 day period, the requisitioning shareholders, or any of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a meeting, which meeting must be held within three months of the receipt of the requisition notice.
 
If the board of directors becomes aware that our net assets are half or less of the amount of our called-up share capital, the directors of the Company must convene an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders not later than 28 days from the date that one of the directors learns of this fact. This meeting must be convened for the purposes of considering whether any, and if so what, measures should be taken to address the situation.
 
Quorum for General Meetings
 
The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of at least 50% of our ordinary shares outstanding constitutes a quorum for the conduct of business. No business may take place at a general meeting if a quorum is not present in person or by proxy. The board of directors has no authority to waive quorum requirements stipulated in our articles of association. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as present for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum in respect of the proposals. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a nominee (such as a broker) holding shares for a beneficial owner abstains from voting on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power for that proposal and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner on how to vote those shares.


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Voting
 
Our articles of association provide that all resolutions shall be decided by a poll. Every shareholder shall have one vote for each ordinary share that he or she holds as of the record date for the meeting. Voting rights may be exercised by shareholders registered in our share register as of the record date for the meeting or by a duly appointed proxy of such a registered shareholder, which proxy need not be a shareholder. Where interests in shares are held by a nominee trust company this company may exercise the rights of the beneficial holders on their behalf as their proxy. All proxies must be appointed in the manner prescribed by our articles of association. Our articles of association permit the appointment of proxies by the shareholders to be notified to us electronically in such manner as may be approved by the board of directors.
 
In accordance with our articles of association, the directors of the Company may from time to time cause us to issue preferred shares. These preferred shares may have such voting rights as may be specified in the terms of such preferred shares (e.g., they may carry more votes per share than ordinary shares or may entitle their holders to a class vote on such matters as may be specified in the terms of the preferred shares).
 
Treasury shares will not be entitled to be voted at general meetings of shareholders.
 
Irish company law requires “special resolutions” of the shareholders at a general meeting to approve certain matters. A special resolution requires the approval of not less than 75% of the votes of our shareholders cast at a general meeting where a quorum is present. This may be contrasted with “ordinary resolutions,” which require a simple majority of the votes of our shareholders cast at a general meeting.
 
Examples of matters requiring special resolutions include:
 
  •  amending the objects of the Company;
 
  •  amending the articles of association of the Company;
 
  •  approving the change of name of the Company;
 
  •  authorizing the entering into of a guarantee or provision of security in connection with a loan, quasi-loan or credit transaction to a director or connected person;
 
  •  opting out of pre-emption rights on the issuance of new shares;
 
  •  re-registration of the Company from a public limited company as a private company;
 
  •  variation of class rights attaching to classes of shares (where the articles of association do not provide otherwise, which special resolution would be of the class concerned);
 
  •  purchase of own shares off-market;
 
  •  the reduction of share capital;
 
  •  sanctioning a compromise/scheme of arrangement;
 
  •  resolving that the Company be wound up by the Irish courts;
 
  •  resolving in favor of a shareholders’ voluntary winding-up; and
 
  •  setting the re-issue price of treasury shares.
 
Variation of Rights Attaching to a Class or Series of Shares
 
Any variation of class or series rights attaching to the issued shares of the Company is addressed in our articles of association as well as the Irish Companies Acts and must in accordance with the articles of association be approved by ordinary resolution of the class or series affected.
 
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Company; (ii) inspect and obtain copies of the minutes of general meetings and resolutions of the Company; (iii) inspect and receive a copy of the register of shareholders, register of directors and secretaries, register of directors’ interests and other statutory registers maintained by the Company; and (iv) receive copies of balance sheets and directors’ and auditors’ reports which have previously been sent to shareholders prior to an annual general meeting. Our auditors will also have the right to inspect all books, records and vouchers of the Company. The auditors’ report must be circulated to the shareholders with our financial statements prepared in accordance with Irish law 21 days before the annual general meeting and must be read to the shareholders at our annual general meeting.
 
Acquisitions
 
There are a number of mechanisms for acquiring an Irish public limited company, including:
 
(a) a court-approved scheme of arrangement under the Irish Companies Acts. A scheme of arrangement with shareholders requires a court order from the Irish High Court and the approval of:
 
(i) 75% of the voting shareholders by value; and (ii) 50% in number of the voting shareholders, at a meeting called to approve the scheme;
 
(b) through a tender offer by a third party for all of the shares of the Company. Where the holders of 80% or more of our shares have accepted an offer for their shares in the Company, the remaining shareholders may be statutorily required to also transfer their shares. If the bidder does not exercise its “squeeze out” right, then the non-accepting shareholders also have a statutory right to require the bidder to acquire their shares on the same terms. If shares of the Company were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange or another regulated stock exchange in the European Union (“EU”), this threshold would be increased to 90%; and
 
(c) it is also possible for us to be acquired by way of a merger with an EU-incorporated public company under the EU Cross-Border Merger Directive 2005/56. Such a merger must be approved by a special resolution. If we are being merged with another EU public company under the EU Cross-Border Merger Directive 2005/56 (implemented in Ireland by the European Communities (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2008) and the consideration payable to our shareholders is not all in cash, the directive and regulations allow for an amendment of the exchange rate applied in the merger in certain circumstances.
 
Under Irish law, there is no requirement for a company’s shareholders to approve a sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of a company’s property and assets.
 
Appraisal Rights
 
Generally, under Irish law, shareholders of an Irish company do not have dissenters or appraisal rights. Under the European Communities (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2008 governing the merger of an Irish public limited company and a company incorporated in the European Economic Area, a shareholder (i) who voted against the special resolution approving the merger or (ii) of a company in which 90% of the voting shares is held by the other company the party to the merger of the transferor company has the right to request that the other company acquire its shares for cash.
 
Disclosure of Interests in Shares
 
Under the Irish Companies Acts, there is a notification requirement for shareholders who acquire or cease to be interested in five percent of the shares of an Irish public limited company. A shareholder of the Company must therefore make such a notification to us if as a result of a transaction the shareholder will be interested in five percent or more of the shares of the Company; or if as a result of a transaction a shareholder who was interested in more than five percent of the shares of the Company ceases to be so interested. Where a shareholder is interested in more than five percent of the shares of the Company, any alteration of his or her interest that brings his or her total holding through the nearest whole percentage number, whether an increase or a reduction, must be notified to us. The relevant percentage figure is calculated by reference to the aggregate nominal value of the shares in which the shareholder is interested as a proportion of the entire nominal value of our issued share capital. Where the percentage level of the shareholder’s interest does not amount to a whole percentage this figure may be rounded


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down to the next whole number. All such disclosures should be notified to us within five business days of the transaction or alteration of the shareholder’s interests that gave rise to the requirement to notify. Where a person fails to comply with the notification requirements described above no right or interest of any kind whatsoever in respect of any shares in the Company concerned, held by such person, shall be enforceable by such person, whether directly or indirectly, by action or legal proceeding. However, such person may apply to the court to have the rights attaching to the shares concerned reinstated.
 
In addition to the above disclosure requirement, the Company, under the Irish Companies Acts, may by notice in writing require a person whom we know or have reasonable cause to believe to be, or at any time during the three years immediately preceding the date on which such notice is issued, to have been interested in shares comprised in our relevant share capital to: (i) indicate whether or not it is the case; and (ii) where such person holds or has during that time held an interest in the shares of the Company, to give such further information as may be required by us including particulars of such person’s own past or present interests in shares of the Company within such three year period. Any information given in response to the notice is required to be given in writing within such reasonable time as may be specified in the notice.
 
Where such a notice is served by us on a person who is or was interested in shares of the Company and that person fails to give us any information required within the reasonable time specified, we may apply to court for an order directing that the affected shares be subject to certain restrictions. Under the Irish Companies Acts, the restrictions that may be placed on the shares by the court are as follows:
 
(a) any transfer of those shares, or in the case of unissued shares any transfer of the right to be issued with shares and any issue of shares, shall be void;
 
(b) no voting rights shall be exercisable in respect of those shares;
 
(c) no further shares shall be issued in right of those shares or in pursuance of any offer made to the holder of those shares; and
 
(d) no payment shall be made of any sums due from the Company on those shares, whether in respect of capital or otherwise.
 
Where the shares in the Company are subject to these restrictions, the court may order the shares to be sold and may also direct that the shares shall cease to be subject to these restrictions.
 
Anti-Takeover Provisions
 
Irish Takeover Rules and Substantial Acquisition Rules
 
A transaction by virtue of which a third party is seeking to acquire 30% or more of the voting rights of the Company will be governed by the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 and the Irish Takeover Rules made thereunder and will be regulated by the Irish Takeover Panel. The “General Principles” of the Irish Takeover Rules and certain important aspects of the Irish Takeover Rules are described below.
 
General Principles
 
The Irish Takeover Rules are built on the following General Principles which will apply to any transaction regulated by the Irish Takeover Panel:
 
  •  in the event of an offer, all classes of shareholders of the target company should be afforded equivalent treatment and, if a person acquires control of a company, the other holders of securities must be protected;
 
  •  the holders of securities in the target company must have sufficient time to allow them to make an informed decision regarding the offer;
 
  •  the board of a company must act in the interests of the company as a whole. If the board of the target company advises the holders of securities as regards the offer it must advise on the effects of the implementation of the offer on employment, employment conditions and the locations of the target company’s place of business;


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  •  false markets in the securities of the target company or any other company concerned by the offer must not be created;
 
  •  a bidder can only announce an offer after ensuring that he or she can fulfill in full the consideration offered;
 
  •  a target company may not be hindered longer than is reasonable by an offer for its securities. This is a recognition that an offer will disrupt the day-to-day running of a target company particularly if the offer is hostile and the board of the target company must divert its attention to resist the offer; and
 
  •  a “substantial acquisition” of securities (whether such acquisition is to be effected by one transaction or a series of transactions) will only be allowed to take place at an acceptable speed and shall be subject to adequate and timely disclosure.
 
Mandatory Bid
 
If an acquisition of shares were to increase the aggregate holding of an acquirer and its concert parties to shares carrying 30% or more of the voting rights in the Company, the acquirer and, depending on the circumstances, its concert parties would be required (except with the consent of the Irish Takeover Panel) to make a cash offer for the remaining outstanding shares at a price not less than the highest price paid for the shares by the acquirer or its concert parties during the previous 12 months. This requirement would also be triggered by an acquisition of shares by a person holding (together with its concert parties) shares carrying between 30% and 50% of the voting rights in the Company if the effect of such acquisition were to increase the percentage of the voting rights held by that person (together with its concert parties) by 0.05% within a twelve-month period. A single holder (that is, a holder excluding any parties acting in concert with the holder) holding more than 50% of the voting rights of a company is not subject to this rule.
 
Voluntary Bid; Requirements to Make a Cash Offer and Minimum Price Requirements
 
A voluntary offer is an offer that is not a mandatory offer. If a bidder or any of its concert parties acquire ordinary shares of the Company within the period of three months prior to the commencement of the offer period, the offer price must be not less than the highest price paid for the Company’s ordinary shares by the bidder or its concert parties during that period. The Irish Takeover Panel has the power to extend the “look back” period to 12 months if the Irish Takeover Panel, having regard to the General Principles, believes it is appropriate to do so. If the bidder or any of its concert parties has acquired ordinary shares of the Company (i) during the period of 12 months prior to the commencement of the offer period which represent more than 10% of the total ordinary shares of the Company or (ii) at any time after the commencement of the offer period, the offer shall be in cash (or accompanied by a full cash alternative) and the price per the Company’s ordinary share shall be not less than the highest price paid by the bidder or its concert parties during, in the case of (i), the period of 12 months prior to the commencement of the offer period and, in the case of (ii), the offer period. The Irish Takeover Panel may apply this rule to a bidder who, together with its concert parties, has acquired less than 10% of the total ordinary shares of the Company in the 12 month period prior to the commencement of the offer period if the Irish Takeover Panel, having regard to the General Principles, considers it just and proper to do so.
 
An offer period will generally commence from the date of the first announcement of the offer or proposed offer.
 
Substantial Acquisition Rules
 
The Irish Takeover Rules also contain rules governing substantial acquisitions of shares which restrict the speed at which a person may increase his or her holding of shares and rights over shares to an aggregate of between 15% and 30% of the voting rights of the Company. Except in certain circumstances, an acquisition or series of acquisitions of shares or rights over shares representing 10% or more of the voting rights of the Company is prohibited, if such acquisition(s), when aggregated with shares or rights already held, would result in the acquirer holding 15% or more but less than 30% of the voting rights of the Company and such acquisitions are made within a period of seven days. These rules also require accelerated disclosure of acquisitions of shares or rights over shares relating to such holdings.


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Frustrating Action
 
Under the Irish Takeover Rules, the board of directors of the Company are not permitted to take any action which might frustrate an offer for the shares of the Company once the board of directors has received an approach which may lead to an offer or has reason to believe an offer is imminent except as noted below. Potentially frustrating actions such as (i) the issue of shares, options or convertible securities, (ii) material disposals, (iii) entering into contracts other than in the ordinary course of business or (iv) any action, other than seeking alternative offers, which may result in frustration of an offer, are prohibited during the course of an offer or at any time during which the board has reason to believe an offer is imminent. Exceptions to this prohibition are available where:
 
(a) the action is approved by our shareholders at a general meeting; or
 
(b) with the consent of the Irish Takeover Panel where:
 
(i) the Irish Takeover Panel is satisfied the action would not constitute a frustrating action;
 
(ii) the holders of 50% of the voting rights state in writing that they approve the proposed action and would vote in favor of it at a general meeting;
 
(iii) the relevant action is pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the announcement of the offer; or
 
(iv) the decision to take such action was made before the announcement of the offer and either has been at least partially implemented or is in the ordinary course of business.
 
For other provisions that could be considered to have an anti-takeover effect, please see above at “— Authorized Share Capital” (regarding issuance of preferred shares), “Pre-emption Rights, Share Warrants and Share Options” and “Disclosure of Interests in Shares,” in addition to “Corporate Governance” below.
 
Corporate Governance
 
The articles of association of the Company allocate authority over the management of the Company to the board of directors. The board of directors may then delegate the management of the Company to committees (consisting of members of the board or other persons) or executives, but regardless, the directors will remain responsible, as a matter of Irish law, for the proper management of the affairs of the Company. The Company has replicated the existing committees that were previously in place for Willis Bermuda, which include an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. We also adopted, with certain amendments, Willis Bermuda’s Corporate Governance Guidelines Code of Ethics and Insider Trading Policy. In addition, we adopted a new Regulation FD Corporate Communications Policy.
 
Legal Name; Formation; Fiscal Year; Registered Office
 
The legal and commercial name of the Company is Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. The Company was incorporated in Ireland, as a public limited company on September 24, 2009 with company registration number 475616. Our fiscal year ends on December 31 and our registered address is Grand Mill Quay, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
 
Duration; Dissolution; Rights upon Liquidation
 
Our duration will be unlimited. The Company may be dissolved and wound up at any time by way of a shareholders’ voluntary winding up or a creditors’ winding up. In the case of a shareholders’ voluntary winding-up, a special resolution of shareholders is required. The Company may also be dissolved by way of court order on the application of a creditor, or by the Companies Registration Office as an enforcement measure where the Company has failed to file certain returns. The articles of association of the Company also provide for a voluntary winding up to be effected by way of a unanimous vote of the shareholders.


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The rights of the shareholders to a return of the Company’s assets on dissolution or winding up, following the settlement of all claims of creditors, may be prescribed in the Company’s articles of association or the terms of any preferred shares issued by the directors of the Company from time to time.
 
The holders of preferred shares in particular may have the right to priority in a dissolution or winding up of the Company. If the articles of association contain no specific provisions in respect of a dissolution or winding up then, subject to the priorities or any creditors, the assets will be distributed to shareholders in proportion to the paid-up nominal value of the shares held. Our articles of association provide that the ordinary shareholders of the Company are entitled to participate pro rata in a winding up, but their right to do so may be subject to the rights of any preferred shareholders to participate under the terms of any series or class of preferred shares.
 
Uncertificated Shares
 
Holders of ordinary shares of the Company will not have the right to require the Company to issue certificates for their shares. The Company will only issue uncertificated ordinary shares.
 
Stock Exchange Listing
 
Our ordinary shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol “WSH,” the same symbol under which the Willis Bermuda common shares were previously listed. We do not plan for our ordinary shares to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange at the present time.
 
No Sinking Fund
 
The Company’s ordinary shares have no sinking fund provisions.
 
No Liability for Further Calls or Assessments
 
The shares to be issued in the Transaction were duly and validly issued and fully-paid.
 
Transfer and Registration of Shares
 
Our share register will be maintained by our transfer agent. Registration in this share register will be determinative of membership in the Company. A shareholder of the Company who holds shares beneficially will not be the holder of record of such shares. Instead, the depository (for example, Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC (as defined below)) or other nominee will be the holder of record of such shares. Accordingly, a transfer of shares from a person who holds such shares beneficially to a person who also holds such shares beneficially through a depository or other nominee will not be registered in our official share register, as the depository or other nominee will remain the record holder of such shares.
 
A written instrument of transfer is required under Irish law in order to register on our official share register any transfer of shares (i) from a person who holds such shares directly to any other person, (ii) from a person who holds such shares beneficially to a person who holds such shares directly, or (iii) from a person who holds such shares beneficially to another person who holds such shares beneficially where the transfer involves a change in the depository or other nominee that is the record owner of the transferred shares. An instrument of transfer also is required for a shareholder who directly holds shares to transfer those shares into his or her own broker account (or vice versa). Such instruments of transfer may give rise to Irish stamp duty, which must be paid prior to registration of the transfer on our official Irish share register. However, a shareholder who directly holds shares may transfer those shares into his or her own broker account (or vice versa) without giving rise to Irish stamp duty provided there is no change in the ultimate beneficial ownership of the shares as a result of the transfer and the transfer is not made in contemplation of a sale of the shares.
 
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future dividends payable to the buyer or seller (at its discretion), and (iii) claim a lien against the the Company’s shares on which it has paid stamp duty.
 
Parties to a share transfer may assume that any stamp duty arising in respect of a transaction in the Company’s shares has been paid unless one or both of such parties is otherwise notified by us.
 
Our articles of association delegate to our Secretary the authority to execute an instrument of transfer on behalf of a transferring party.
 
In order to help ensure that the official share register is regularly updated to reflect trading of the Company’s shares occurring through normal electronic systems, we intend to regularly produce any required instruments of transfer in connection with any transactions for which we pay stamp duty (subject to the reimbursement and set-off rights described above). In the event that we notify one or both of the parties to a share transfer that we believe stamp duty is required to be paid in connection with such transfer and that we will not pay such stamp duty, such parties may either themselves arrange for the execution of the required instrument of transfer (and may request a form of instrument of transfer from us for this purpose) or request that the Company execute an instrument of transfer on behalf of the transferring party in a form determined by the Company. In either event, if the parties to the share transfer have the instrument of transfer duly stamped (to the extent required) and then provide it to our transfer agent, the buyer will be registered as the legal owner of the relevant shares on the Company’s official Irish share register (subject to the matters described below).
 
If we are under a contractual obligation to register or to refuse to register the transfer of a share to any person, the board of directors shall act in accordance with such obligation and register or refuse to register the transfer of a share to such person, whether or not it is a fully-paid share or a share on which we have a lien. Subject to the previous sentence, our directors have general discretion to decline to register an instrument of transfer of a share whether or not it is a fully-paid share or a share on which we have a lien.
 
The registration of transfers may be suspended by our directors at such times and for such period, not exceeding in the whole 30 days in each year, as the directors may from time to time determine.
 
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
 
We may issue warrants to purchase ordinary shares or preferred shares or debt securities of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. We may issue warrants independently of, or together with, any other securities, including as part of a warrant unit, and warrants may be attached to or separate from those securities.
 
Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with a series of warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants. The following describes the general terms and provisions of the warrants offered by this prospectus. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe any other terms of the warrant and the applicable warrant agreement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrants, including the following:
 
  •  the title and aggregate number of the warrants;
 
  •  any offering price of the warrants;
 
  •  the designation and terms of any securities that are purchasable upon exercise of the warrants;
 
  •  the number of shares or aggregate principal amount of the securities purchasable upon exercise of a warrant and the price of such securities;
 
  •  if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of the warrants issued with each security;
 
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  •  the time or period when the warrants are exercisable and the final date on which the warrants may be exercised and terms regarding any right of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company to accelerate this final date;
 
  •  if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants exercisable at any one time;
 
  •  any currency or currency units in which the offering price and the exercise price are payable;
 
  •  any applicable anti-dilution provisions of the warrants;
 
  •  any applicable redemption or call provisions; and
 
  •  any additional terms of the warrants not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrant agreement.
 
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms and other provisions of any warrant units.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SHARE PURCHASE CONTRACTS, SHARE PURCHASE UNITS
AND PREPAID SHARE PURCHASE CONTRACTS
 
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company may issue share purchase contracts representing contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a specified number of ordinary shares of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company at a future date or dates. The price per ordinary share may be fixed at the time the share purchase contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the share purchase contracts. The share purchase contracts may be issued separately or as a part of share purchase units, consisting of a share purchase contract and debt securities or debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury securities, securing the holders’ obligations to purchase the ordinary shares under the share purchase contracts. The share purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the share purchase units or vice-versa. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The share purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations in a specified manner and in certain circumstances we may deliver newly issued prepaid share purchase contracts upon release to a holder of any collateral securing each holder’s obligation under the original share purchase contract.
 
The prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any share purchase contracts or share purchase units, and, if applicable, prepaid share purchase contracts.
 
BOOK ENTRY PROCEDURES AND SETTLEMENT
 
Most offered securities will be book-entry (global) securities. Upon issuance, all book-entry securities will be represented by one or more fully registered global securities, without coupons. Each global security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), a securities depository, and will be registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC. DTC will thus be the only registered holder of these securities.
 
Purchasers of securities may only hold interests in book-entry securities through DTC if they are participants in the DTC system. Purchasers may also hold interests through a securities intermediary — banks, brokerage houses and other institutions that maintain securities accounts for customers that have an account with DTC or its nominee. DTC will maintain accounts showing the security holdings of its participants, and these participants will in turn maintain accounts showing the security holdings of their customers. Some of these customers may themselves be securities intermediaries holding securities for their customers. Thus, each beneficial owner of a book-entry security will hold that security indirectly through a hierarchy of intermediaries, with DTC at the “top” and the beneficial owner’s own securities intermediary at the “bottom.”
 
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the need for physical movement of certificates and is the system through which most publicly traded common stock is held in the United States. However, the laws of some jurisdictions require some purchasers of securities to take physical delivery of their securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer book-entry securities.
 
A beneficial owner of book-entry securities represented by a global security may exchange the securities for definitive (paper) securities only if:
 
  •  DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such global security and we do not appoint a qualified replacement for DTC within 90 days;
 
  •  We in our sole discretion decide to allow some or all book-entry securities to be exchangeable for definitive securities in registered form; or
 
  •  In the case of debt securities, an event of default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such book-entry debt securities and, in exchange for any such securities, we decide to, or upon the request of the applicable trustee we shall, deliver new debt securities of that series in definitive registered form in the same aggregate principal amount as the global debt securities being exchanged.
 
Unless we indicate otherwise, any global security that is exchangeable will be exchangeable in whole for definitive securities in registered form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount. Definitive securities will be registered in the name or names of the person or persons specified by DTC in a written instruction to the registrar of the securities. DTC may base its written instruction upon directions that it receives from its participants.
 
In this prospectus, for book-entry securities, references to actions taken by security holders will mean actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its participants, and references to payments and notices of redemption to security holders will mean payments and notices of redemption to DTC as the registered holder of the securities for distribution to participants in accordance with DTC’s procedures.
 
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered under section 17A of the Exchange Act. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.
 
We will not have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interest in the book-entry securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to the beneficial ownership interests.
 
Clearstream and Euroclear
 
Links have been established among DTC, Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, Luxembourg (“Clearstream Banking SA”) and Euroclear (two international clearing systems that perform functions similar to those that DTC performs in the U.S.), to facilitate the initial issuance of book-entry securities and cross-market transfers of book-entry securities associated with secondary market trading.
 
Although DTC, Clearstream Banking SA and Euroclear have agreed to the procedures provided below in order to facilitate transfers, they are under no obligation to perform such procedures, and the procedures may be modified or discontinued at any time.
 
Clearstream Banking SA and Euroclear will record the ownership interests of their participants in much the same way as DTC, and DTC will record the aggregate ownership of each of the U.S. agents of Clearstream Banking SA and Euroclear, as participants in DTC.
 
When book-entry securities are to be transferred from the account of a DTC participant to the account of a Clearstream Banking SA participant or a Euroclear participant, the purchaser must send instructions to Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear through a participant at least one business day prior to settlement. Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear, as the case may be, will instruct its U.S. agent to receive book-entry securities against payment.


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After settlement, Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear will credit its participant’s account. Credit for the book-entry securities will appear on the next day (European time).
 
Because settlement is taking place during New York business hours, DTC participants can employ their usual procedures for sending book-entry securities to the relevant U.S. agent acting for the benefit of Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear participants. The sale proceeds will be available to the DTC seller on the settlement date. Thus, to the DTC participant, a cross market transaction will settle no differently than a trade between two DTC participants.
 
When a Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear participant wishes to transfer book-entry securities to a DTC participant, the seller must send instructions to Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear through a participant at least one business day prior to settlement. In these cases, Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear will instruct its U.S. agent to transfer the book-entry securities against payment. The payment will then be reflected in the account of the Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear participant the following day, with the proceeds back-valued to the value date (which would be the preceding day, when settlement occurs in New York). If settlement is not completed on the intended value date (i.e., the trade fails), proceeds credited to the Clearstream Banking SA or Euroclear participant’s account would instead be valued as of the actual settlement date.
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
Initial Offering and Sale of Securities
 
In this section, “we” refers only to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company. We and the Subsidiary Issuers may offer and sell the securities from time to time as follows:
 
  •  to or through underwriters or dealers for resale;
 
  •  directly to other purchasers;
 
  •  through designated agents; or
 
  •  through a combination of any of these methods of sale.
 
In addition, we may issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing securityholders. In some cases, we or dealers acting with us or on our behalf may also purchase securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above. This prospectus may be used in connection with any offering of our securities or debt securities of the Subsidiary Issuers through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
If we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing securityholders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription rights offering for us.
 
Any underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of the securities will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
In some cases, we and any Subsidiary Issuer may also repurchase the securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above. This prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement may be used in connection with any offering of securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus supplement. In addition, we, either of the Subsidiary Issuers or any of their or our respective affiliates may use this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement in a remarketing or other resale transaction involving the securities after the initial sale. These transactions may be executed at negotiated prices that are related to market prices at the time of purchase or sale, or at other prices.
 
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securities to underwriters or their affiliates on a delayed or contingent basis, that we and any Subsidiary Issuer distribute by any of these methods may be sold to the public, in one or more transactions, at:
 
  •  a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
 
  •  market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
 
  •  prices related to prevailing market prices; or
 
  •  negotiated prices.
 
This prospectus may be delivered by underwriters and dealers in connection with short sales undertaken to hedge exposures under commitments to acquire securities of us or the Subsidiary Issuers to be issued on a delayed or contingent basis.
 
We and the Subsidiary Issuers may solicit, or may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit, offers to purchase securities directly from the public from time to time, including pursuant to contracts that provide for payment and delivery on future dates. We and the Subsidiary Issuers may also designate agents from time to time to solicit offers to purchase securities from the public on our or the Subsidiary Issuers’ behalf. The prospectus supplement relating to any particular offering of securities will name any agents designated to solicit offers, and will include information about any commissions we or the Subsidiary Issuers may pay the agents and will describe the material terms of any such delayed delivery arrangements, in that offering. Agents may be deemed to be “underwriters” as that term is defined in the Securities Act.
 
In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters may receive compensation from us or the Subsidiary Issuers or from purchasers of the securities, for whom they may act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell the securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions they receive from us or the Subsidiary Issuers, and any profit on the resale of the securities they realize may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any such underwriter, dealer or agent will be identified, and any such compensation received will be described, in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
We or the Subsidiary Issuers may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or the Subsidiary Issuers or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from us or the Subsidiary Issuers in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement or a post-effective amendment.
 
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each series of the securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than the common stock. Any common stock sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance. We and the Subsidiary Issuers may elect to list any of the other securities on an exchange, but are not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a series of the securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.
 
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We and the Subsidiary Issuers may enter into agreements with underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of the securities which may entitle these persons to indemnification by us and any Subsidiary Issuer against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make. Any agreement in which we or the Subsidiary Issuers agree to indemnify underwriters, dealers and agents against civil liabilities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
 
In connection with an offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell securities in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of securities than they are required to purchase in an offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the securities while an offering is in progress.
 
The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriters have repurchased securities sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short-covering transactions.
 
These activities by the underwriters may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities. As a result, the price of the securities may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected on an exchange or automated quotation system, if the securities are listed on that exchange or admitted for trading on that automated quotation system, or in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.
 
If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as our agents to solicit offers by certain purchasers to purchase the securities from us at the public offering price stated in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. These contracts will be subject to only those conditions stated in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will state the commission payable to the solicitor of such offers.
 
We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other person to give any information or represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or solicit an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
Underwriters, dealers and agents, and their respective affiliates and associates, may engage in transactions with or perform services for us or the Subsidiary Issuers, or be customers of ours or the Subsidiary Issuers, in the ordinary course of business.
 
Remarketing Transactions and Other Resales
 
We, the Subsidiary Issuers or any of their or our respective affiliates may use this prospectus in connection with offers and sales of the securities in remarketing transactions and other resales. In a remarketing transaction, we or the Subsidiary Issuers may resell a security acquired from other holders, after the original offering and sale of the security. Resales may occur in the open market or may be privately negotiated, at prevailing market prices at the time of resale or at related or negotiated prices. In these transactions, our affiliates or affiliates of either of the Subsidiary Issuers may act as principal or agent, including as agent for the counterparty in a transaction in which the affiliate acts as principal, or as agent for both counterparties in a transaction in which the affiliate does not act as principal. Our affiliates and affiliates of any of the Subsidiary Issuers may receive compensation in the form of discounts and commissions, including from both counterparties in some cases.
 
In connection with a remarketing transaction, one or more firms, referred to as “remarketing firms”, may also offer or sell the securities, if the prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with a remarketing arrangement upon their purchase. Remarketing firms will act as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us or the Subsidiary Issuers. These remarketing firms will offer or sell the securities pursuant to the terms of the securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and the terms of its agreement, if any, with us or the Subsidiary Issuers and will describe the remarketing firm’s compensation. Remarketing firms may be


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deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they remarket. Remarketing firms may be entitled to indemnification by us or the Subsidiary Issuers under agreements that may be entered into with us or the Subsidiary Issuers against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us and the Subsidiary Issuers in the ordinary course of business.
 
Sales by Selling Securityholders
 
Selling securityholders may use this prospectus in connection with resales of the securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will identify the selling securityholders and the terms of the securities. Selling securityholders may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they resell and any profits on the sales may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. The selling securityholders will receive all the proceeds from the sale of the securities. We will not receive any proceeds from sales by selling securityholders.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2011 and the effectiveness of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
VALIDITY OF SECURITIES
 
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities under Irish law will be passed upon for us by Matheson Ormsby Prentice. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, certain matters of New York law will be passed upon for us by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Any underwriters, dealers or agents may be advised about other issues relating to any offering by their own legal counsel.


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(WILLIS LOGO)
 
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
 
Debt Securities
Preferred Shares
Ordinary Shares
Warrants
Warrant Units
Share Purchase Contracts
Share Purchase Units
Prepaid Share Purchase Contracts
 
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
 
Debt Securities
 
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.
 
Debt Securities
 
Guarantees of Debt Securities of
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company,
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 14.   Other Expenses Of Issuance And Distribution
 
The following is an itemization of all fees and expenses incurred or expected to be incurred by the registrants in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All but the SEC registration fee are estimates and remain subject to future contingencies.
 
         
SEC registration fee*
  $   **  
Blue sky filings
    **  
Legal fees and expenses
    **  
Accounting fees and expenses
    **  
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    **  
Printing and engraving fees
    **  
Rating Agency fees and expenses
    **  
Miscellaneous expenses
    **  
         
Total
  $ **  
 
 
Applicable SEC registration fees have been deferred in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act and are not estimated at this time.
 
** These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
 
Item 15.   Indemnification Of Directors And Officers
 
The Company’s articles of association (“Articles”) provide that, subject to applicable law, the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers against all liabilities, loss, damage or expense incurred or suffered by such person as a director or officer. The Articles further provide that such indemnified persons shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities incurred or suffered in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in a director’s or officer’s favour, he is acquitted, or in respect of any application under the Irish Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him. The Articles also require the Company, subject to applicable law, to pay expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil or criminal action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding, provided that the indemnified person undertakes to repay the Company such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person was not entitled to indemnification. With regard to the Company’s indemnification of its directors and its secretary, the Irish Companies Acts prescribe that an Irish company may only indemnify an officer for liability attaching to that officer which does not involve negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust and any liability incurred by an officer in respect of proceedings in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or where the court has granted relief, wholly or partially, on the basis that he has acted honestly and reasonably and, having regard to the circumstances of the case, ought fairly be excused. These restrictions in the Irish Companies Acts do not apply to executives who are not directors or the secretary of an Irish company. Any provision which seeks to indemnify a director or secretary of an Irish company over and above this shall be void under Irish law, whether contained in its articles of association or in any contract between the director or secretary and the Irish company.
 
Irish companies may take out directors and officers liability insurance, as well as other types of insurance, for their directors and officers. The Company has purchased and maintains a directors’ and officers’ liability policy.
 
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to, the indemnitee by such registrant, respectively, to the fullest extent permitted by law and include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee’s receipt of such benefits.
 
Item 16.   Exhibits
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
 
         
Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  1 .1   Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
  2 .1   Scheme of Arrangement between Willis Group Holdings Limited and the Scheme Shareholders (incorporated by reference to Annex A to Willis Group Holdings Limited’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on November 2, 2009).
  3 .1   Memorandum and Articles of Association of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company filed on January 4, 2010 the “Ireland Form 8-K”).
  3 .2   Certificate of Incorporation of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  3 .3   Incorporation Deed of Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V. adopted November 27, 2009.***
  3 .4   Memorandum of Association dated August 19, 2008 of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited and Articles of Association adopted August 19, 2008 of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited.***
  3 .5   Memorandum of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of TA I Limited and Articles of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of TA I Limited.***
  3 .6   Memorandum of Association (as amended April 2, 2009) of Trinity Acquisition plc and Articles of Association (as amended April 2, 2009) of Trinity Acquisition plc.***
  3 .7   Memorandum of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of Willis Group Limited and Articles of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of Willis Group Limited.***
  3 .8   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Willis North America Inc., dated July 19, 1984 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registration No. 333-74483).
  3 .9   Certificate of Merger of Willis Partners into Willis North America Inc., dated June 31, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.11 to the Registration Statement No. 333-135176).
  3 .10   By-Laws of Willis North America Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration No. 333- 74483).
  3 .11   Amendment to By-laws of Willis North America (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.13 to the Registration Statement No. 333-135176).
  4 .1   Form of Senior Indenture among Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, as issuer, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.**
  4 .2   Form of Senior Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .3   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .4   Form of Subordinated Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .5   Form of Senior Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .6   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***


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Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  4 .7   Form of Subordinated Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .8   Senior Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005, and First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005, among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon (a successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as Trustee; for the issuance of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010 and the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2005).
  4 .9   Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 28, 2007 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee; for the issuance of the 6.20% Senior Notes Due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2007).
  4 .10   Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2008 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee to the Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 2008).
  4 .11   Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 29, 2009 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee; for the issuance of the 7.00% Senior Notes Due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2009).
  4 .12   Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 31, 2009 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  4 .13   Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2010, among Willis North America Inc., as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011).
  4 .14   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture among Willis North America Inc., Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited, and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .15   Form of Subordinated Indenture among Willis North America Inc., Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .16   Form of Warrant Agreement.*
  4 .17   Form of Warrant Unit.*
  4 .18   Form of Share Purchase Contract Agreement.*
  4 .19   Form of Share Purchase Unit.*
  4 .20   Form of Prepaid Share Purchase Contract.*
  4 .21   Form of Guarantee.*
  5 .1   Opinion of Matheson Ormsby Prentice, dated January 4, 2010.***
  5 .2   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, dated June 19, 2009.***

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Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  5 .3   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, dated January 4, 2010.***
  5 .4   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (US).**
  10 .1   Form of Deed of Indemnity of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  10 .2   Form of Indemnification Agreement of Willis North America Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  12 .1   Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.**
  23 .1   Consent of Matheson Ormsby Prentice (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).***
  23 .2   Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. (included as part of Exhibit 5.2 and 5.3).***
  23 .3   Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (US). (included as part of Exhibit 5.4).**
  23 .7   Consent of Deloitte LLP.**
  24 .1   Power of Attorney of the Registrants.***
  25 .1   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Indenture, among Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, as issuer, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.**
  25 .2   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Indenture.***
  25 .3   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .4   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .5   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Senior Indenture.***
  25 .6   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .7   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .8   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Senior Indenture.***
  25 .9   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .10   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Subordinated Indenture.***
 
 
* To be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
** Filed herewith.
 
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Item 17.   Undertakings
 
(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
 
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
 
provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
 
(i) Each prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
 
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.


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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of a Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, each undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
 
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of an undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of an undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned Registrant;
 
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about an undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of an undersigned Registrant; and
 
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by an undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
 
(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Joseph J. Plumeri
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 14, 2011
         
*

William W. Bradley
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Anna C. Catalano
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Sir Roy Gardner
  Director   March 14, 2011


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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Sir Jeremy Hanley
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Robyn S. Kravit
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Jeffrey B. Lane
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Wendy E. Lane
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

James F. McCann
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Douglas B. Roberts
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Michael J. Somers

Michael J. Somers
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Michael K. Neborak

Michael K. Neborak
  Group Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS B.V.
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Adriaan Cornelis Konijnendijk
  Managing Director A   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Sarah Turvill

Sarah Turvill
  Managing Director B   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  William Mooney

William Mooney
  Managing Director B   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Paul van Duuren

Paul van Duuren
  Managing Director A   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Dennis Beets

Dennis Beets
  Managing Director A   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Grahame Millwater
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. CiongoliAttorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
TA I LIMITED
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Joseph J. Plumeri
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Grahame Millwater
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Congoli

Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
/s/  Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Grahame Millwater
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
WILLIS GROUP LIMITED
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Group General Counsel
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Joseph J. Plumeri
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Director   March 14, 2011
         
*

Grahame Millwater
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Stephen Wood

Stephen Wood
  Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Authorized U.S. Representative   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 14, 2011.
 
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.
 
  By: 
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli
Name:     Adam G. Ciongoli
  Title:  Secretary, Executive Vice President and Director
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Adam G. Ciongoli, Adam Rosman, Nicole Napolitano and Debra Enderle and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
             
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
         
*

Victor P. Krauze
  Chief Executive Officer and Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Sharon Edwards

Sharon Edwards
  Chief Financial Officer   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Todd J. Jones

Todd J. Jones
  President and Director   March 14, 2011
         
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
  Secretary, Executive Vice President and Director   March 14, 2011
             
*By:  
/s/  Adam G. Ciongoli

Adam G. Ciongoli
Attorney in Fact
      March 14, 2011


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
 
         
Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  1 .1   Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
  2 .1   Scheme of Arrangement between Willis Group Holdings Limited and the Scheme Shareholders (incorporated by reference to Annex A to Willis Group Holdings Limited’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on November 2, 2009).
  3 .1   Memorandum and Articles of Association of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company filed on January 4, 2010 the “Ireland Form 8-K”).
  3 .2   Certificate of Incorporation of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  3 .3   Incorporation Deed of Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V. adopted November 27, 2009.***
  3 .4   Memorandum of Association dated August 19, 2008 of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited and Articles of Association adopted August 19, 2008 of Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited.***
  3 .5   Memorandum of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of TA I Limited and Articles of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of TA I Limited.***
  3 .6   Memorandum of Association (as amended April 2, 2009) of Trinity Acquisition plc and Articles of Association (as amended April 2, 2009) of Trinity Acquisition plc.***
  3 .7   Memorandum of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of Willis Group Limited and Articles of Association (as amended October 1, 2008) of Willis Group Limited.***
  3 .8   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Willis North America Inc., dated July 19, 1984 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registration No. 333-74483).
  3 .9   Certificate of Merger of Willis Partners into Willis North America Inc., dated June 31, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.11 to the Registration Statement No. 333-135176).
  3 .10   By-Laws of Willis North America Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration No. 333- 74483).
  3 .11   Amendment to By-laws of Willis North America (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.13 to the Registration Statement No. 333-135176).
  4 .1   Form of Senior Indenture among Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, as issuer, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.**
  4 .2   Form of Senior Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .3   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .4   Form of Subordinated Indenture between Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .5   Form of Senior Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .6   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***


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Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  4 .7   Form of Subordinated Indenture among Trinity Acquisition plc, as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .8   Senior Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005, and First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005, among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon (a successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as Trustee; for the issuance of the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010 and the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2005).
  4 .9   Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 28, 2007 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee; for the issuance of the 6.20% Senior Notes Due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on March 30, 2007).
  4 .10   Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2008 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee to the Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 2008).
  4 .11   Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 29, 2009 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee; for the issuance of the 7.00% Senior Notes Due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2009).
  4 .12   Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 31, 2009 among Willis North America Inc., as Issuer; Willis Group Holdings Limited, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as Guarantors; and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  4 .13   Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2010, among Willis North America Inc., as issuer, Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2011).
  4 .14   Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture among Willis North America Inc., Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited, and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .15   Form of Subordinated Indenture among Willis North America Inc., Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, TA II Limited, TA III Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, TA IV Limited and Willis Group Limited, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.***
  4 .16   Form of Warrant Agreement.*
  4 .17   Form of Warrant Unit.*
  4 .18   Form of Share Purchase Contract Agreement.*
  4 .19   Form of Share Purchase Unit.*
  4 .20   Form of Prepaid Share Purchase Contract.*
  4 .21   Form of Guarantee.*
  5 .1   Opinion of Matheson Ormsby Prentice, dated January 4, 2010.***
  5 .2   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, dated June 19, 2009.***

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Exhibit
   
No.
 
Description
 
  5 .3   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, dated January 4, 2010.***
  5 .4   Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (US).**
  10 .1   Form of Deed of Indemnity of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  10 .2   Form of Indemnification Agreement of Willis North America Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Ireland Form 8-K).
  12 .1   Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.**
  23 .1   Consent of Matheson Ormsby Prentice (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).***
  23 .2   Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. (included as part of Exhibit 5.2 and 5.3).***
  23 .3   Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (US). (included as part of Exhibit 5.4).**
  23 .7   Consent of Deloitte LLP.**
  24 .1   Power of Attorney of the Registrants.***
  25 .1   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Indenture, among Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, as issuer, Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, TA I Limited, Trinity Acquisition plc, Willis Group Limited and Willis North America Inc., as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.**
  25 .2   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Indenture.***
  25 .3   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .4   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .5   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Senior Indenture.***
  25 .6   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .7   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Trinity Acquisition plc Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .8   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Senior Indenture.***
  25 .9   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Senior Subordinated Indenture.***
  25 .10   Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, to act as trustee under the Willis North America Inc. Subordinated Indenture.***
 
 
* To be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
** Filed herewith.
 
*** Previously filed as an exhibit to this registration statement.

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EX-4.1 2 y89256exv4w1.htm EX-4.1 exv4w1
Exhibit 4.1
 
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY,
Issuer
WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS B.V.
WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
TA I LIMITED
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
WILLIS GROUP LIMITED
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.,
Guarantors
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
Trustee
 
Indenture
Dated as of
 
Senior Debt Securities
 

 


 

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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
 
 
       
SECTION 1.01 Definitions
    6  
SECTION 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
    12  
SECTION 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
    12  
SECTION 1.04 Acts of Holders
    12  
SECTION 1.05 Notices, etc. to Trustee and Issuer
    13  
SECTION 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver
    14  
SECTION 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
    14  
SECTION 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
    14  
SECTION 1.09 Successors and Assigns
    14  
SECTION 1.10 Separability Clause
    14  
SECTION 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
    14  
SECTION 1.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury
    14  
SECTION 1.13 Legal Holidays
    15  
SECTION 1.14 Submission to Jurisdiction
    15  
SECTION 1.15 Appointment of Agent for Service of Process
    15  
SECTION 1.16 Indemnification of Judgment Currency
    16  
 
       
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
 
       
SECTION 2.01 Forms Generally
    16  
SECTION 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
    16  
SECTION 2.03 Securities in Global Form
    17  
 
       
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
 
       
SECTION 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
    17  
SECTION 3.02 Denominations
    19  
SECTION 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
    19  
SECTION 3.04 Temporary Securities
    20  
SECTION 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange Global Securities Representing the Securities
    21  
SECTION 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
    23  
SECTION 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
    24  
SECTION 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners
    24  
SECTION 3.09 Cancellation
    25  
SECTION 3.10 Computation of Interest
    25  
SECTION 3.11 CUSIP Numbers
    25  
 
       
ARTICLE FOUR
[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
 
       
ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
 
       
SECTION 5.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series
    25  
SECTION 5.02 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    26  
SECTION 5.03 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
    26  
SECTION 5.04 Covenant Defeasance
    27  
SECTION 5.05 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    27  
SECTION 5.06 Survival of Certain Obligations
    28  
SECTION 5.07 Application of Trust Money
    28  
SECTION 5.08 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent
    29  
SECTION 5.09 Reinstatement
    29  
 
       
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
 
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default
    29  
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
    30  
SECTION 6.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
    31  
SECTION 6.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    32  
SECTION 6.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities
    32  
SECTION 6.06 Application of Money Collected
    32  
SECTION 6.07 Limitation on Suits
    33  
SECTION 6.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
    33  
SECTION 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
    33  
SECTION 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
    34  
SECTION 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
    34  
SECTION 6.12 Control by Holders
    34  
SECTION 6.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
    34  

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SECTION 6.14 Undertaking for Costs
    35  
SECTION 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
    35  
 
       
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE TRUSTEE
 
       
SECTION 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
    35  
SECTION 7.02 Notice of Defaults
    36  
SECTION 7.03 Certain Rights of Trustee
    36  
SECTION 7.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
    38  
SECTION 7.05 May Hold Securities
    38  
SECTION 7.06 Money Held in Trust
    38  
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Reimbursement
    38  
SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
    39  
SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
    39  
SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
    39  
SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
    40  
SECTION 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
    41  
SECTION 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
    41  
 
       
ARTICLE EIGHT
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER
 
       
SECTION 8.01 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
    41  
SECTION 8.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
    42  
SECTION 8.03 Reports by Trustee to Holders
    42  
 
       
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
 
       
SECTION 9.01 Merger, Consolidation, etc. Only on Certain Terms
    42  
SECTION 9.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
    43  
 
       
ARTICLE TEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
 
       
SECTION 10.01 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders
    43  
SECTION 10.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
    44  
SECTION 10.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
    45  
SECTION 10.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
    45  
SECTION 10.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
    45  
SECTION 10.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
    45  
SECTION 10.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture
    45  
 
       
ARTICLE ELEVEN
COVENANTS
 
       
SECTION 11.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
    46  
SECTION 11.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
    46  
SECTION 11.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
    46  
SECTION 11.04 Corporate Existence
    47  
SECTION 11.05 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
    47  
SECTION 11.06 Maintenance of Properties
    47  
SECTION 11.07 Waiver of Certain Covenants
    48  
SECTION 11.08 Statement by Officers as to Default
    48  
SECTION 11.09 Reports by the Issuer
    48  
SECTION 11.10 Further Assurances
    49  

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ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
 
       
SECTION 12.01 Applicability of Article
    49  
SECTION 12.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
    49  
SECTION 12.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
    49  
SECTION 12.04 Notice of Redemption
    50  
SECTION 12.05 Deposit of Redemption Price
    50  
SECTION 12.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date
    50  
SECTION 12.07 Securities Redeemed in Part
    51  
SECTION 12.08 Securities No Longer Outstanding After Notice to Trustee and Deposit of Cash
    51  
 
       
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
 
       
SECTION 13.01 Applicability of Article
    51  
SECTION 13.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
    51  
SECTION 13.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
    52  
 
       
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
       
SECTION 14.01 Exemption from Individual Liability
    52  
 
       
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
 
       
SECTION 15.01 Purposes of Meetings
    52  
SECTION 15.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee
    53  
SECTION 15.03 Call of Meetings by Issuer or Holders
    53  
SECTION 15.04 Qualification for Voting
    53  
SECTION 15.05 Quorum; Adjourned Meetings
    53  
SECTION 15.06 Regulations
    54  
SECTION 15.07 Voting Procedure
    54  
SECTION 15.08 Written Consent in Lieu of Meetings
    55  
SECTION 15.09 No Delay of Rights by Meeting
    55  
 
       
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
 
       
SECTION 16.01 Guarantee
    55  
SECTION 16.02 Limitation on Liability
    57  
SECTION 16.03 Benefits Acknowledged
    57  
SECTION 16.04 Successors and Assigns
    57  
SECTION 16.05 No Waiver
    57  
SECTION 16.06 Modification
    57  
 
       
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
 
       
SECTION 17.01 Counterparts
    58  

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Reconciliation and Tie of this Indenture,
relating to Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
     
Trust Indenture Act Section   Indenture Section
310 (a)(1)
  7.09  
(a)(2)
  7.09  
(a)(3)
  Not applicable  
(a)(4)
  Not applicable  
(b)
  7.08, 7.10  
311 (a)
  7.13  
(b)
  7.13  
312 (a)
  8.01, 8.02(a)  
(b)
  8.02(b)  
(c)
  8.02(c)  
313 (a)
  8.03  
(b)
  8.03  
(c)
  8.03  
(d)
  8.03  
314 (a)
  11.09  
(a)(4)
  11.08  
(b)
  Not applicable  
(c)(1)
  1.02  
(c)(2)
  1.02  
(c)(3)
  Not applicable  
(d)
  Not applicable  
(e)
  1.02  
315 (a)
  7.01(a)  
(b)
  7.02  
(c)
  7.01(b)  
(d)(3)
  7.01  
(e)
  6.14  
316 (a)(1)(A)
  6.12  
(a)(1)(B)
  6.13  
(a)(2)
  Not applicable  
(b)
  6.08  
317 (a)(1)
  6.03  
(a)(2)
  6.04  
(b)
  11.03  
318 (a)
  1.07  
 
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
     INDENTURE, dated as of            , 2011, among WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, a company organized and existing under the laws of Ireland, as issuer, (the “Issuer”), WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS, B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, TA I LIMITED, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, WILLIS GROUP LIMITED, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales and WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC., a Delaware corporation, as guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
     The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

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     NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
     For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
     (a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
     (b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
     (c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
     (d) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
     Certain terms, used principally in Article Seven, are defined in that Article.
     “Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
     “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
     “Authorized Newspaper” shall mean a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and customarily published on each Business Day, currently expected to be The Wall Street Journal (National Edition). Where successive publications are required to be made in an Authorized Newspaper, the successive publications may be made in the same or different newspapers meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
     “Bankruptcy Law” means (i) any and all relevant provisions of the Companies Act of 1963-2009 of Ireland, including but not limited to Part IV of the Companies Act 1963 of Ireland and Section 2 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 of Ireland, as supplemented or amended, together will all rules, regulations and instruments made thereunder and applicable Irish law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, court protection, administration, receivership or other similar matters, (ii) any and all relevant

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provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the Netherlands (“Faillissementswet”), as supplemented or amended, together will all rules, regulations and instruments made thereunder and applicable Dutch law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, administration, receivership or other similar matters, (iii) the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986, as supplemented or amended, together with all rules, regulations and instruments made thereunder and applicable laws of England and Wales relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, administration, receivership and other similar matters and (iv) Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978 as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
     “Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee of that board duly appointed by the board of directors and authorized to act hereunder.
     “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution or resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
     “Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
     “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any shares or other equivalents (however designated) of any class of corporate stock or partnership interests or any other participations, rights, warrants, options or other interests in the nature of an equity interest in such Person, including, without limitation, preferred stock and any debt security convertible or exchangeable into such equity interest.
     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 8W, New York, New York 10286.
     “Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
     “Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
     “Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
     “Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
     “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession as in effect from time to time.

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     “Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
     “Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s Indenture obligations.
     “Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 16.01.
     “Guarantor” means each of Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., a company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, TA I Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, Trinity Acquisition plc, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, Willis Group Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, Willis North America Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any other subsidiary of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company which becomes a guarantor of the Issuer’s Indenture obligations.
     “Hedging Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (i) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of any obligation of such Person for money borrowed, and any obligation evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable; (b) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under GAAP and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and leaseback transaction entered into by such Person; (c) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of any property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable or similar obligations to a trade creditor arising in the ordinary course of business); (d) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction; (e) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); (f) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (d) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person); and (g) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition Hedging Obligations of such Person.
     “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the form and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
     “Interest” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
     “Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
     “Issuer” means Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, a company organized and existing under the laws of Ireland, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

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     “Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer or a Member of the Sealing Committee and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03.
     “Lien” means, with respect to any property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property (including any capital lease obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing or any sale and leaseback transaction).
     “Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
     “Obligation” means any principal, premium, interest (including interest accruing subsequent to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding whether or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the Issuer in a bankruptcy case under Federal Bankruptcy Law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or a Member of the Sealing Committee, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer or any Guarantor, as applicable, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
     “Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
     “Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
     (i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
     (ii) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption money or, as provided in Section 5.05 hereof, U.S. Government Obligations, in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) in trust or, except for purposes of Section 5.01, set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
     (iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that

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such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (i) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause); and (iii) Securities owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, or upon such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.
     “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Issuer.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
     “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
     “Principal” of a debt security, including any Security, on any day and for any purpose means the amount (including, without limitation, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, any accrued original issue discount, but excluding interest) that is payable with respect to such debt security as of such date and for such purpose (including, without limitation, in connection with any sinking fund, upon any redemption at the option of the Issuer, upon any purchase or exchange at the option of the Issuer or the holder of such debt security and upon any acceleration of the maturity of such debt security).
     “Principal Amount” of a debt security, including any Security, means the principal amount as set forth on the face of such debt security.
     “Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
     “Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price (exclusive of accrued interest, if any) at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

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     “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
     “Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to and working in the corporate trust department of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
     “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
     “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
     “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
     “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and (ii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise and (y) such Person or any wholly owned Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
     “Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
     “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 10.05; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issued after such date, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
     “U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 5.05.
     “Vice President” when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

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SECTION 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
     Upon any application or request by the Issuer or any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and all such conditions precedent (including any covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than annual certificates provided pursuant to Section 11.08) shall include:
     (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or Opinion of Counsel, or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel or representation by counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or such Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer or such Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
     Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04 Acts of Holders.
     (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in

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writing or by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or any such record is delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer or any Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments or such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or voting at such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Issuer and any Guarantor if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 15.07 and the record so proved shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Issuer and any Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
     (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or may be proved in such other manner as shall be deemed sufficient by the Trustee. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
    (c)The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
     (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
     (e) The Issuer or the Trustee, as applicable, may set a date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities entitled to consent, vote or take any other action referred to in this Section 1.04, which date shall be not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the taking of the consent, vote or other action.
SECTION 1.05 Notices, etc. to Trustee and Issuer.
     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of the Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, attention: Corporate Trust Department, and, unless otherwise herein expressly provided, any such document shall be deemed to be sufficiently made, given, furnished or filed upon its receipt by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, or
     (2) the Issuer or any Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to it at:
c/o Willis Group Limited
51 Lime Street
London, EC3M 7DQ
England

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     or at any other address or addresses previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Issuer or such Guarantor.
SECTION 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c), such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
     The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.09 Successors and Assigns.
     All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer or any Guarantor shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10 Separability Clause.
     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.
     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
     This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law. Each of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all

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right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 1.13 Legal Holidays.
     Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a series, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no additional interest shall accrue with respect to the payment due on such date for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.14 Submission to Jurisdiction.
     For the benefit of the Holders, the Issuer and each Guarantor hereby (i) irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York solely for purposes of any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture and (ii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any legal action or proceeding in any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, and any claim that any such action or proceedings brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Issuer and each Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such legal action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
     To the extent that the Issuer or any Guarantor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity (to the extent that any immunity may now or hereafter exist) from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process (whether through service or notice or otherwise), and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), the Issuer and each Guarantor irrevocably agree not to claim, and irrevocably waive, such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.
SECTION 1.15 Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.
     By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer and each Guarantor (except for Willis North America, Inc.) hereby designates and appoints Willis North America Inc. (or any successor corporation) as its agent to accept and acknowledge on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any legal action or proceeding which may be instituted in any Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, arising out of or relating to the Securities or the Guarantees or this Indenture, but for that purpose only. Service of process upon such agent at the office of Willis North America Inc. at One World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281, attention of the General Counsel, and written notice of said service to the Issuer or such Guarantor by the Person servicing the same addressed as provided by Section 1.05, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or such Guarantor, respectively, in any such legal action or proceeding, and the Issuer and such Guarantor hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in which any such legal action or proceeding is so instituted. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as the Holders of Securities or the Trustee shall have any rights pursuant to the terms thereof or of this Indenture until the appointment of a successor by the Issuer or such Guarantor with the consent of the Trustee and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. The Issuer and each such Guarantor further agree to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent or successor.

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SECTION 1.16 Indemnification of Judgment Currency.
     To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors shall indemnify each Holder against any loss incurred by such Holder as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under any Security or Guarantee and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”), which is other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The City of New York at which the Holder on the date of payment of such judgment is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such Holder. This indemnification will constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Issuer or each of the Guarantors, as the case may be, and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01 Forms Generally.
     The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form established from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution or record of such action shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Board Resolution.
     The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
     The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

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  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
AS TRUSTEE  
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 
SECTION 2.03 Securities in Global Form
     If any Security of a series is issuable in global form (a “Global Security”), such Global Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Security. Any instructions by the Issuer with respect to a Global Security, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.
     Global Securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Securities will be issued in definitive form.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, of the Issuer or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
     (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
     (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.06 or 12.07);
     (3) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
     (4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the method of determination thereof, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, including the rate of interest applicable on overdue payments of principal or interest, if different from the rate of interest stated in the title of the Security, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method of determination thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
     (5) the Paying Agent or Paying Agents for the Securities of the series if other than the Trustee;
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     (7) if other than U.S. Dollars, the foreign currency or currencies in which Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01 and, if applicable, the amount of the Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 15.06;
     (8) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem the Securities of such series and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer;
     (9) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
     (10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
     (11) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the depositary (the “Depositary”) for such Global Security or Securities; and the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Securities representing Securities of the series may be exchanged for Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.05(b);
     (12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
     (13) if the provisions of Section 5.03 or 5.04 of this Indenture are to apply to the Securities of the series, a statement indicating the same;
     (14) any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 pertaining to the Securities of the series;
     (15) the form of the Securities of the series; and
     (16) any other terms of a particular series and any other provisions expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of that series are to be issued, (which terms and provisions are not in conflict with the provisions of this Indenture or do not adversely affect the rights of Holders of any other series of Securities then Outstanding); provided, however, that the addition to or subtraction from or variation of Articles Five, Six, Nine, Eleven, Thirteen and Sixteen (and Section 1.01 insofar as it relates to the definition of certain terms as used in such Articles) with regard to the Securities of a particular series shall not be deemed to constitute a conflict with the provisions of those Articles.
     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Securities of such series without the consent of the Holders thereof.
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     Except as modified in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing a series of Securities, the Securities shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each Guarantor as provided in Article Sixteen.
     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 3.02 Denominations.
     The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
     The Securities shall be executed under the common seal of the Issuer reproduced thereon and the affixing of such seal to the Securities shall be signed and countersigned by any two directors of the Issuer, or by a director and the Secretary of the Issuer or by any director of the Issuer and any other officer of the Issuer authorized by the Board of Directors to sign or countersign the affixing of such seal. The signature of any of these directors or officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
     Securities bearing the signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Issuer shall bind such Person notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of issuance of such Securities.
     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global Security.
     In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon the documents specified in Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, and, in addition:
     (1) a Board Resolution relating thereto, and if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such Board Resolution, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Issuer, if applicable;
     (2)an executed supplemental indenture, if any; and
     (3)an Opinion of Counsel which shall state:

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     (A) that the form and terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolutions, by a supplemental indenture or by both such resolution or resolutions and such supplemental indenture in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
     (B) that the supplemental indenture, if any, when executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors;
     (C) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and
     (D) that the Guarantees, when the Securities to which they relate shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Board Resolution and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to this Section 3.03 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
     No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
     The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
SECTION 3.04 Temporary Securities.
     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Issuer may execute, and upon Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, reproduced or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor

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of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
     SECTION 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange Global Securities Representing the Securities.
     (a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
The Security Registrar shall maintain on behalf of the Issuer a full and complete list of names and addresses of all Holders of Securities issued by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto, and the principal amount of Securities held by such Holder.
     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity.
     Except as otherwise provided in this Article Three, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
     All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer and each Guarantor evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or by a member of a national securities exchange.
     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuer or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 10.06 or 12.07 not involving any transfer.

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     The Issuer shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 12.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
     (b) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Issuer Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee or delivered or held pursuant to such Depositary’s instruction, and (iv) unless otherwise provided for with respect to the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01, shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form.”
     Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other applicable statute or regulation.
     If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation (as required by this Section 3.05), the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible under this Section 3.05 with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
     The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
     If the Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Securities and if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Issuer may, and upon the request of the Trustee shall, promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

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     The Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:
     (i) to each Person specified by the Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
     (ii) to the Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered to holders thereof.
     Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
     None of the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
SECTION 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
     If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
     If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
     Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
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SECTION 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
     Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
     At the option of the Issuer, interest on the Securities of any series that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
     (1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
     (2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners.
     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer, any Guarantor, or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes

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whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer, any Guarantor, or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09 Cancellation.
     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, conversion, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and promptly shall be cancelled by it and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Issuer or any Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer or any Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered promptly shall be cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s customary procedures unless directed by an Issuer Order. The acquisition of any Securities by the Issuer or any Guarantor shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Securities are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Permanent Global Securities shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.
SECTION 3.10 Computation of Interest.
     Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 3.11 CUSIP Numbers.
     The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 5.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series.
     The Issuer shall be deemed to have satisfied and discharged the entire Indebtedness on all the Securities of any particular series (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Issuer Request and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute such instruments as may be requested by the Issuer acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such Indebtedness, when
     (a) either
     (1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii)

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Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
     (2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
     (A) have become due and payable, or
     (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
     (C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
and the Issuer or any Guarantor, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06), for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
     (b) the Issuer or any Guarantor, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer or any Guarantor; and
     (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire Indebtedness on all Securities of such series have been complied with.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer and each Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 7.07 or to any Authenticating Agent under Section 3.03 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (2) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 5.07 and the last paragraph of Section 11.03 shall survive.
SECTION 5.02 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
     The Issuer may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a supplemental indenture or, at any time, by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the Securities of any series, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a particular series of Securities, elect to have either Section 5.03 or 5.04 be applied to all of the Outstanding Securities of that series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Five.
SECTION 5.03 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
     Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 5.02 of the option applicable to this Section 5.03, the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of the particular series and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the Outstanding Securities of that series, including any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Securities of that series, including any coupons appertaining thereto, shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 5.06 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in this Section 5.03, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture and cured all then existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense

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of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations, as the case may be, with respect to Securities of such series under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 11.02 and 11.03, (ii) rights of Holders to receive payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series as they shall become due from time to time and other rights, duties and obligations of Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts so deposited with the Trustee, (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (for which purposes the Securities of such series shall be deemed outstanding), (iv) this Article Five and the obligations set forth in Section 5.06 hereof and (v) the obligations of the Issuer and each Guarantor under Section 7.07 hereof.
     Subject to compliance with this Article Five, the Issuer may exercise its option under Section 5.03 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 5.04 with respect to the Securities of a particular series and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 5.04 Covenant Defeasance.
     Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 5.02 of the option applicable to this Section 5.04, the Issuer shall be released from any obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 11.04, 11.05 and 11.06 hereof or established pursuant to Section 3.01 or 10.01 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Securities of the particular series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of that series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of that series and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or Event of Default under Section 6.01(4) or any Event of Default specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 10.01 but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of that series shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 5.05 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
     The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 5.03 or Section 5.04 to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series:
     (a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit, or cause to be irrevocably deposited, with the Trustee for the Securities of that series, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, cash in the currency or currency unit in which the Securities of that series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of that series) sufficient or U.S. Government Obligations the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient or a combination thereof sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, due on the Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons to and including the date of Stated Maturity, or the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons;
     (b) in the case of Legal Defeasance only, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series (1) an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, since the date on which Securities of such series were originally issued, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred or (2) a copy

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of a ruling or other formal statement or action to that effect received from or published by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service;
     (c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance only, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
     (d) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series (other than any event resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
     (e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement (other than this Indenture) or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound; and
     (f) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion of counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
     As used in this Article Five, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and will also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specified payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
SECTION 5.06 Survival of Certain Obligations.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of a particular series referred to in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.04, or 5.05, the respective obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series under Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.09, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09 and 6.08, Article 7, and Sections 8.01, 8.02, 11.02, 11.03 and 11.04, shall survive with respect to Securities of that series until the Securities of that series are cancelled, and thereafter the obligations of the Issuer and the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series with respect to that series under Sections 5.08 and 7.07 shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article Five shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the Trustee of any series of Securities under this Indenture.
SECTION 5.07 Application of Trust Money.
     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.05 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this

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Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer or any Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 5.08 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.
     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent remaining unclaimed by the Holders of any Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest on such Securities shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or any such other Paying Agent and such Holders shall thereafter be entitled to look to the Issuer only as general creditors for payment thereof (unless otherwise provided by law); provided, however, that, before the Trustee or any such other Paying Agent is required to make any such payment to the Issuer, the Trustee may, upon the written request of the Issuer and at the expense of the Issuer, cause to be published once in an Authorized Newspaper a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after the date set forth in said notice, the balance of such money then unclaimed will be returned to the Issuer.
SECTION 5.09 Reinstatement.
     If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 5.07, by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s and each Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 5.01 or 5.05, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 5.07 provided that, if the Issuer or any Guarantor has made payment of principal of, or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee.
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.
     “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (1) default in the payment of interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
     (2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
     (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or
     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in this Indenture or any Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt

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with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer or such Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Issuer or such Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
     (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
     (6) the commencement by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action, or the taking of any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or
     (7) any Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be asserted in writing by any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent contemplated by the Indenture and any such Guarantee; or
     (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding (other than of a type specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6)) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer or a Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in any of the Securities of such series to the contrary notwithstanding.
     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Issuer or a Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

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     (1) the Issuer or a Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
     (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
     (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
     (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
     (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof;
     and
     (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under Section 6.01(5) or (6), all outstanding Securities shall IPSO FACTO become due and payable without further action or notice.
SECTION 6.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
     The Issuer covenants that if
     (1) default is made in the payment of interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
     (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or, premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
     (3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of any Security,
the Issuer, upon demand of the Trustee, will pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof.
     If the Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable

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in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 6.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
     In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Issuer or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
     (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents and take such other actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
     (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same;
     and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
     Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person or to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, on any committee of creditors.
SECTION 6.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities.
     All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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     Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07;
     SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
     THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer, its successors or assigns, or to whomever may be so lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 6.07 Limitation on Suits.
     No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
     (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
     (2) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
     (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
     (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
     (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SECTION 6.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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     If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, any Guarantor the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
     No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.12 Control by Holders.
     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
     (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
     (2) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of the Securities of such series not taking part in such direction, or to the Holders of the Securities of any other series or would involve the Trustee in personal liability, and
     (3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
     Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
     (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or
     (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Ten cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

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     Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.
     All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 6.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
     The Issuer and each Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
     (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
     (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
     (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture but need not verify the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or the contents thereof or whether procedures specified by or pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture have been followed in the preparation thereof.
     (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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     (c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
     (1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
     (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
     (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, as provided in Section 6.12, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series;
     (4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and
     (5) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 7.02 Notice of Defaults.
     Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 6.01(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 7.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
     (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
     (b) any request or direction of the Issuer or any Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Issuer Request or Issuer Order or similar document and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
     (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other

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evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
     (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
     (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
     (f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer or any Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney;
     (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
     (h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter unless a Responsible Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s corporate trust department has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice thereof is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Securities generally, the Issuer, a Guarantor or this Indenture. Whenever reference is made in this Indenture to an Event of Default, such reference shall, insofar as determining any liability on the part of the Trustee is concerned, be construed to refer only to an Event of Default of which the Trustee is deemed to have actual knowledge in accordance with this paragraph; and
     (i) the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty;
     (j) in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
     (k) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services;
     (l) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and
     (m) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

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SECTION 7.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
     The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer or the Guarantors, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer or the Guarantors of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 7.05 May Hold Securities.
     The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 7.08 and 7.13, may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 7.06 Money Held in Trust.
     Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.
     The Issuer agrees,
     (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
     (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
     (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
     As security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuer under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
     Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, if the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Bankruptcy Law.
     The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or termination of this Indenture.

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SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
     The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded this Indenture with respect to Securities of any particular series of Securities other than that series of Securities. Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
     SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
     There shall at all times be a corporate Trustee hereunder which complies with the requirements of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
     (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.11.
     (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 7.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 10 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
     (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.
     (d) If at any time:
     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
     (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer, any Guarantor or by any such Holder, or
     (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 6.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at

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least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
     (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 7.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 7.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
     (f) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
     (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
     (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or

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trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer, any Guarantor or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
     (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
     (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
     Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor trustee hereunder without any further act. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
     The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE EIGHT
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
     The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
     (a) semi-annually, either (i) not later than June 1 and November 1 in each year in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of any series which by their terms do not bear interest prior to Maturity, or (ii) not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in the case of Securities of any other series, a list, each in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding June 1 or November 1 or as of such Regular Record Date, as the case may be; and
     (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
     provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar with respect to Securities of any series, no such lists need be furnished.

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SECTION 8.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
     (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 8.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 8.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
     (b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee shall be provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
     (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure or information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.03 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
     Within 60 days after each May 1 beginning with the May 1 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee shall (at the expense of the Issuer) mail to the Holders of the Securities a brief report dated as of such May 1 that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but if no event described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within the twelve months preceding such May 1, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Securities shall be mailed to the Issuer and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 9.01 Merger, Consolidation, etc. Only on Certain Terms.
     Neither the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
     (1) if the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, substantially as an entirety shall, (i) in the case of the Issuer or any Guarantor that is not Willis North America Inc., be a Person organized and existing under the laws of any United States jurisdiction, any state thereof, Bermuda, England and Wales, Ireland, the Netherlands or any country that is a member of the European Monetary Union, or (ii) in the case of Willis North America Inc., be a person organized and existing under the laws of any United States jurisdiction and any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors, as the case may be, under this

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Indenture and the Securities and immediately after such transaction no Event of Default shall have happened or be continuing; and
     (2) the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (a) such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and (b) in the case of a consolidation with or merger by the Issuer into a Person organized other than under the laws of Ireland or the conveyance, transfer or lease by the Issuer of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a Person organized other than under the laws of Ireland, Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease had not occurred.
SECTION 9.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
     Upon any consolidation by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors, as the case may be, with or merger by the Issuer or such Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer or such Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or such Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 10.01 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
     Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer and each Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, in the case of the Issuer, and a resolution of the board of directors of such Guarantor or a committee thereof in the case of such Guarantor (which shall be certified in the same manner as a Board Resolution), and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
     (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or any Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or any Guarantor herein and in the Securities (pursuant to Article Nine, if applicable); or
     (2) to add to the covenants of the Issuer or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor; or
     (3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or

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     (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to provide for uncertificated Securities (so long as any “registration-required obligation” within the meaning of section 163(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is in registered form for purposes of such section); or
     (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
     (6) to secure the Securities; or
     (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
     (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.11(b); or
     (9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, to eliminate any conflict between the terms hereof and the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
SECTION 10.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
     With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Issuer and each Guarantor each, when authorized by a Board Resolution, in the case of the Issuer, and a resolution of the board of directors of such Guarantor or a committee thereof in the case of such Guarantor (which shall be certified in the same manner as a Board Resolution), and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provision to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
     (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), in each case other than the amendment or waiver in accordance with the terms of this Indenture of any covenant or related definition included pursuant to Section 3.01 that provides for an offer to repurchase any Securities of a series upon a sale of assets or change of control transaction, or
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Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
     (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 6.13 or Section 11.07, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
     It shall not be necessary for any Act of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 10.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
     In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 1.02 hereof, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 10.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 10.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
     Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 10.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 10.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
     Promptly after the execution by the Issuer, each Guarantor and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.02, the Issuer shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. The failure to give such notice to all Holders of

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Securities of such series, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 11.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
     The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of that series and this Indenture.
SECTION 11.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where the Securities may be presented for payment. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
     The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 11.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
     If the Issuer or any Guarantor shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act or of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of that series) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable.
     Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, at or prior to the opening of business on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     If the Issuer shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee for any series of Securities, it will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

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     (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
     (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and
     (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
     The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder or for any other reason, pay or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer, any Guarantor or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer, any Guarantor or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer or any Guarantor on Issuer Request subject to applicable abandoned property and escheat law, or (if then held by the Issuer or any Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer or any Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer or any Guarantor as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks (in each case on any day of the week) in an Authorized Newspaper notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.
SECTION 11.04 Corporate Existence.
     Subject to Article Nine, the Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
SECTION 11.05 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
     The Issuer will, and will cause each Significant Subsidiary to, pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Issuer or any such Significant Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Issuer or any such Significant Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Issuer or any such Significant Subsidiary; provided, however, that none of the Issuer nor any Significant Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 11.06 Maintenance of Properties.
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all as in the judgment of the Issuer may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Issuer from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Issuer desirable in the conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities of any series.
SECTION 11.07 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
     The Issuer may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 11.04, 11.05 and 11.06 or established pursuant to Section 3.01 or 10.01, with respect to the Securities of any series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 11.08 Statement by Officers as to Default.
     The Issuer will, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, commencing with the first fiscal year ending after the issuance of Securities of any series under this Indenture, file with the Trustee a certificate of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, covering the period from the date of issuance of such Securities to the end of the fiscal year in which such Securities were issued, in the case of the first such certificate, and covering the preceding fiscal year in the case of each subsequent certificate, and stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants on its part contained in this Indenture, and, if the signer has obtained knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default and the nature thereof. For the purpose of this Section 11.08, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 11.09 Reports by the Issuer.
     The Issuer shall:
     (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Issuer is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
     (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
     (3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents

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and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
     Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
SECTION 11.10 Further Assurances.
     From time to time whenever reasonably demanded by the Trustee, the Issuer and each Guarantor will make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered any and all such further and other instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or facilitate the performance of the terms of this Indenture.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.01 Applicability of Article.
     Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 12.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
     The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of all or less than all the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 12.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
     If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided, however, that Securities of such series registered in the name of the Issuer shall be excluded from any such selection for redemption until all Securities of such series not so registered shall have been previously selected for redemption.
     The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

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SECTION 12.04 Notice of Redemption.
     Notice of redemption shall be given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers) and shall state:
     (1) the Redemption Date,
     (2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof,
     (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
     (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
     (5) that interest, if any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice,
     (6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
     (7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 12.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
     On or prior to 10 a.m. New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or any Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 11.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 12.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date: provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.

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     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 12.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.
     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the security so surrendered. Securities in denominations larger than the minimum authorized denomination therefor may be redeemed in part, but only in whole multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 12.08 Securities No Longer Outstanding After Notice to Trustee and Deposit of Cash.
     If the Issuer, having given notice to the Trustee as provided in Section 12.02, shall have deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption in whole or in part cash or other form of payment if permitted by the terms of such Securities, in the amount necessary so to redeem all such Securities or portions thereof on the Redemption Date and provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of notice of such redemption, such Securities or portions thereof, shall thereupon, for all purposes of this Indenture, be deemed to be no longer Outstanding, and the Holders thereof shall be entitled to no rights thereunder or hereunder, except the right to receive payment of the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to the Redemption Date, on or after the Redemption Date of such Securities or portions thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01 Applicability of Article.
     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 13.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
     The Issuer (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited pursuant to the terms of such Securities. Such Securities

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shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 13.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
     Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 13.02 and the basis for such credit and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 12.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer in the manner provided in Section 12.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 12.06 and 12.07.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 14.01 Exemption from Individual Liability.
     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer, any Guarantor or of any successor Person, either directly or through the Issuer or any Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Issuer, any Guarantor or of any successor Person, or any of them, because of the creation of the Indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of the creation of the Indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01 Purposes of Meetings.
     A meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article for any of the following purposes:
     (1) to give any notice to the Issuer, any Guarantor or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to waive any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by the Holders of Securities pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Six;

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     (2) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven;
     (3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or
     (4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all or any series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
SECTION 15.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee.
     The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series to take any action specified in Section 15.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of Securities of all or any series, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to all Holders of Securities of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting by publication at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper prior to the date fixed for the meeting, the first publication to be not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, and the last publication to be not more than five days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, or such notice may be given to Holders by mailing the same by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities at the time Outstanding, at their addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Failure to receive such notice or any defect therein shall in no case affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting. Any meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all such Securities Outstanding, the Issuer and the Trustee are present in person or by proxy or shall have waived notice thereof before or after the meeting.
SECTION 15.03 Call of Meetings by Issuer or Holders.
     In case at any time the Issuer by Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at the meeting shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders of Securities of all series that may be so affected to take any action authorized in Section 15.01 by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request, then the Issuer or the Holders in the amount above specified may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting by mailing or publishing notice thereof as provided in Section 15.02.
SECTION 15.04 Qualification for Voting.
     To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities of a series affected by the action proposed to be taken, or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by the Holder of one or more such Securities. The right of Holders to have their votes counted shall be subject to the proviso in the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Issuer and its counsel.
SECTION 15.05 Quorum; Adjourned Meetings.
     At any meeting of Holders, the presence of Persons holding or representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action on the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. No business shall be transacted in the absence of a quorum

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unless a quorum is represented when the meeting is called to order. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of the Holders of Securities (as provided in Section 15.03), be dissolved. In any other case the Persons holding or representing a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting may adjourn such a meeting for a period of not less than 10 days with the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as though a quorum had been present. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be similarly further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 15.02 except that, in the case of publication, such notice need be published only once but must be given not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened, and in the case of mailing, such notice may be mailed not less than five days prior to such date.
     Any Holder of a Security who has executed an instrument in writing complying with the provisions of Section 1.04 shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining a quorum and be deemed to have voted; provided, however, that such Holder shall be considered as present or voting only with respect to the matters covered by such instrument in writing.
     Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of the Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all Holders of such series of Securities whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 15.06 Regulations.
     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
     The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.03, in which case the Issuer or the Holders of Securities calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting.
     At any meeting each Holder of a Security of a series entitled to vote at such meeting, or proxy therefor, shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such principal amount to be determined as provided in the definition of “Outstanding”) of Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote except as a Holder of Securities of such series or proxy therefor. Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.02 or 15.03 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 15.07 Voting Procedure.
     The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities entitled to vote at such meeting, or proxies therefor, and on which shall be inscribed an identifying number or numbers or to which shall be attached a list of identifying numbers of the Securities so held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in

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duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed or published as provided in Section 15.02 and, if applicable, Section 15.05. The record shall be signed and verified by the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Issuer and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
     Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 15.08 Written Consent in Lieu of Meetings.
     The written authorization or consent by the Holders of the requisite percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series herein provided, entitled to vote at any such meeting, evidenced as provided in Section 1.04 and filed with the Trustee, shall be effective in lieu of a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series, with respect to any matter provided for in this Article Fifteen.
SECTION 15.09 No Delay of Rights by Meeting.
     Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of Securities of any or all series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders of Securities of any or all such series under any provisions of this Indenture or the Securities.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 16.01 Guarantee
     Except as otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing a series of Securities and subject to the provisions of this Article Sixteen, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether on the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise; and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including all obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under this Indenture) and the Securities and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article Sixteen notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
     Each Guarantor, waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) (a) presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) notice of protest for nonpayment and (c) notice of any default under Securities of any series or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the

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Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any other agreement relating to this Indenture or the Securities; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 16.02(b).
     Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) (x) any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed, (y) any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder and (z) any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
     Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
     Except as expressly set forth in Article Five and Section 16.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities of any series or any other agreement relating to this Indenture or the Securities, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
     Each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
     In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders and the Trustee.
     Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be

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accelerated as provided in Article Six for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article Six, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 16.01.
     Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 16.01.
SECTION 16.02 Limitation on Liability.
     (a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum, aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
     (b) This Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article Sixteen and Section 9.02 upon (i) the merger or consolidation of such Guarantor with or into any Person other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Issuer where such Guarantor is not the surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) the sale, exchange or transfer to any Person not an Affiliate of the Issuer of all the Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the assets of, such Guarantor; provided however, that in the case of (i) and (ii) above, such merger, consolidation, sale, exchange or transfer is made in accordance with Section 9.01 and the successor Person or transferee has assumed all of the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and the Securities. This Guarantee also shall be automatically released upon the release or discharge of the Indebtedness that results in the creation of such Guarantee, as the case may be. At the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release.
SECTION 16.03 Benefits Acknowledged.
     Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 16.04 Successors and Assigns.
     This Article Sixteen shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities of any series shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 16.05 No Waiver.
     Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article Sixteen shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article Sixteen at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
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     No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article Sixteen, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 17.01 Counterparts.
     This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
     THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
SIGNATURES
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
     
The COMMON SEAL
   
of WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC
   
LIMITED COMPANY
   
was hereto affixed and this DEED was
   
DELIVERED in the presence of:
   
             
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
             
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        

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    WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS B.V.    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    TA I LIMITED    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    WILLIS GROUP LIMITED    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
 
           
    THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE    
 
           
 
  By:    
 
   
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        

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EX-5.4 3 y89256exv5w4.htm EX-5.4 exv5w4
Exhibit 5.4
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
March 14, 2011
Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company
51 Lime Street
London EC3M 7DQ, England
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company, a company organized and existing under the laws of Ireland (the “Issuer”), and to Willis Netherlands Holdings B.V., a company organized and existing under the laws of the Netherlands, Willis Investment UK Holdings Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, TA I Limited, a company with limited liability organized under the laws of England and Wales, Trinity Acquisition plc, a company with limited liability organized and existing under the laws of England and Wales, Willis Group Limited, organized under the laws of England and Wales, and Willis North America, a Delaware corporation (each individually, a “Guarantor,” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, dated the date hereof, (the “Amendment”) to the Issuer’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the registration of the guarantees of the Guarantors to be issued in connection with the Holdings Debt Securities (the “New Guarantees”). The New Guarantees may be issued and sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus (the “Prospectus Supplements”) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act.
The New Guarantees will be issued under an Indenture (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Prospectus; and (iii) such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Issuer, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as

 


 

originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives the Guarantors. We have also assumed (i) the valid existence of each of the Guarantors and (ii) that each of the Guarantors has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform, as applicable, the Indenture and the New Guarantees.
Further, we have assumed (i) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws and no stop order suspending the Registration Statement’s effectiveness will have been issued and remain in effect, in each case, at the time the New Guarantees are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement, (ii) a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the New Guarantees offered thereby and will at all relevant times comply with all applicable laws, (iii) the Issuer has timely filed all necessary reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference, (iv) all New Guarantees will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate prospectus supplement, (v) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement and any other necessary agreement with respect to any New Guarantees will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Issuer and the other party or parties thereto, (vi) any New Guarantees issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any New Guarantees being offered or issued will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exercise or exchange and (vii) the issuance of any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authority.
Based on and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
     New Guarantees. Assuming that the issuance and terms of any New Guarantees and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized, when (i) the Indenture substantially in the form so filed, and the New Guarantees have been duly executed, authorized and delivered by all parties thereto, (ii) the terms of the New Guarantees to be issued under the Indenture and of their issuance have been duly established in conformity with the Indenture so as not to violate any applicable law, affect the enforceability of such New Guarantees or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding on Guarantors party thereto, and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Guarantors party thereto and (iii) the New Guarantees have been duly executed in accordance with the applicable indenture and the related Notes issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating

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thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement, such New Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of the applicable Guarantors, enforceable against the applicable Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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EX-12.1 4 y89256exv12w1.htm EX-12.1 exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
     The following table contains our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated. You should read these ratios in connection with our consolidated financial statements, including the Notes to those statements, incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
                     
    For the Year Ended December 31,
    2010   2009   2008   2007   2006
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)
  3.9x   3.4x   3.7x   6.3x   8.9x
 
(1)   For the purposes of calculating the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, “earnings” are defined as income before income taxes, interest in earnings of associates and minority interest plus “fixed charges” and dividends from associates, less capitalized interest. Fixed charges comprise interest paid and payable, including the amortization of interest, and an estimate of the interest expense element of lease rentals.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                                         
    Year ended  
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
            (millions except ratios)          
Income before income taxes, equity in net income of associates and noncontrolling interest
  $ 587     $ 522     $ 399     $ 554     $ 514  
Add back fixed charges:
                                       
Total fixed charges
    205       220       150       106       66  
Dividends from associates
    5       12       9       6       5  
Less:
                                       
Capitalized interest
    (1 )           (1 )     (2 )      
 
                             
Income as adjusted
  $ 796     $ 754     $ 557     $ 664     $ 585  
 
                             
Fixed charges
                                       
Interest expense
  $ 166     $ 174     $ 105     $ 66     $ 38  
Portions of rents representative of interest factor
    39       46       45       40       28  
 
                             
Total fixed charges
  $ 205     $ 220     $ 150     $ 106     $ 66  
 
                             
 
 
                             
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    3.9       3.4       3.7       6.3       8.9  
 
                             
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
                                         
    Year ended  
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
            (millions except ratios)          
Income before income taxes, equity in net income of associates and noncontrolling interest
  $ 587     $ 522     $ 399     $ 554     $ 514  
Add back fixed charges:
                                       
Total fixed charges
    205       220       150       106       66  
Dividends from associates
    5       12       9       6       5  
Less:
                                       
Capitalized interest
    (1 )           (1 )     (2 )      
 
                             
Income as adjusted
  $ 796     $ 754     $ 557     $ 664     $ 585  
 
                             
Fixed charges
                                       
Interest expense
  $ 166     $ 174     $ 105     $ 66     $ 38  
Portions of rents representative of interest factor
    39       46       45       40       28  
 
                             
Total fixed charges
  $ 205     $ 220     $ 150     $ 106     $ 66  
 
                             
Preferred stock dividends
                             
 
                             
Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividends
  $ 205     $ 220     $ 150     $ 106     $ 66  
 
                             
 
 
                             
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends
    3.9       3.4       3.7       6.3       8.9  
 
                             
 
(1)   For the purposes of calculating the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, “earnings” are defined as income before income taxes, interest in earnings of associates and minority interest plus “fixed charges” and dividends from associates, less capitalized interest. Fixed charges comprise interest paid and payable, including the amortization of interest, and an estimate of the interest expense element of lease rentals.

 

EX-23.7 5 y89256exv23w7.htm EX-23.7 exv23w7
Exhibit 23.7
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-160129 on Form S-3 of our report dated February 25, 2011 (March 14, 2011 as to Note 30) relating to the consolidated financial statements of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company dated March 14, 2011 and of our report dated February 25, 2011 on the effectiveness of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company for the year ended December 31, 2010 and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte LLP
London, United Kingdom
March 14, 2011

EX-25.1 6 y89256exv25w1.htm EX-25.1 exv25w1
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)          |     |
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
     
New York
  13-5160382 
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
  (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.
  10286 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
 
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Ireland
  98-0352587 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

 


 

WILLIS NETHERLANDS HOLDINGS, B.V.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Netherlands
  98-0644532 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
WILLIS INVESTMENT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
England & Wales
  98-0596489 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
TA I LIMITED
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
England & Wales
  98-0351629 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
England & Wales
  98-0198190 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)

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WILLIS GROUP LIMITED
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
England & Wales
  98-0199005 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-5654526 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
     
c/o Willis Group Limited
   
The Willis Building
   
51 Lime Street
   
London EC3M 7DQ, England
   
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
 
Senior Debt Securities
and Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
 
 

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1.   General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:
  (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
     
Name   Address
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York
  One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
 
   
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
 
   
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Washington, D.C. 20429
 
   
New York Clearing House Association
  New York, N.Y. 10005
  (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
    Yes.
 
2.   Affiliations with Obligor.
 
    If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
 
    None.
 
16.   List of Exhibits.
 
    Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
  1.   A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

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4.   A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-154173).
 
6.   The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).
 
7.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 10th day of March, 2011.
         
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
 
 
  By:   /S/ SHERMA THOMAS    
    Name:   SHERMA THOMAS   
    Title:   SENIOR ASSOCIATE   
 

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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2010, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
         
    Dollar Amounts In Thousands
ASSETS
       
 
       
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
       
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin
    2,924,000  
Interest-bearing balances
    64,634,000  
Securities:
       
Held-to-maturity securities
    3,651,000  
Available-for-sale securities
    58,491,000  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
       
Federal funds sold in domestic offices
    20,000  
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
    1,792,000  
Loans and lease financing receivables:
       
Loans and leases held for sale
    6,000  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income
    23,307,000  
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses
    482,000  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance
    22,825,000  
Trading assets
    4,910,000  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
    1,163,000  
Other real estate owned
    6,000  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
    947,000  
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures
    0  
Intangible assets:
       
Goodwill
    6,364,000  
Other intangible assets
    1,805,000  

 


 

         
    Dollar Amounts In Thousands
Other assets
    12,317,000  
 
       
Total assets
    181,855,000  
 
       
 
       
LIABILITIES
       
Deposits:
       
In domestic offices
    65,674,000  
Noninterest-bearing
    33,246,000  
Interest-bearing
    32,428,000  
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs
    75,029,000  
Noninterest-bearing
    4,900,000  
Interest-bearing
    70,129,000  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
       
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices
    3,272,000  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    1,550,000  
Trading liabilities
    6,207,000  
Other borrowed money:
       
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)
    2,191,000  
Not applicable
       
Not applicable
       
Subordinated notes and debentures
    3,490,000  
Other liabilities
    8,577,000  
 
       
Total liabilities
    165,990,000  
 
       
 
       
EQUITY CAPITAL
       
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
    0  
Common stock
    1,135,000  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
    8,591,000  
Retained earnings
    6,821,000  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    -1,044,000  
Other equity capital components
    0  
Total bank equity capital
    15,503,000  
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    362,000  
Total equity capital
    15,865,000  
 
       
Total liabilities and equity capital
    181,855,000  
 
       

 


 

     I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
         
 
  Thomas P. Gibbons,    
 
  Chief Financial Officer    
     We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.
         
Robert P. Kelly
Gerald L. Hassell
Catherine A. Rein
  ]   Directors

 

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