-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BtL0QfczWH0FOXFq+z5EimiLybMrYOlXZvTgNvHk29ay/luWFwaJ1Q4XAL8ncigL aogQAZh7XmLS1lQ7B73eMg== 0000950123-10-103044.txt : 20101109 0000950123-10-103044.hdr.sgml : 20101109 20101109123448 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-103044 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101102 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JEFFERIES GROUP INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001084580 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 954719745 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14947 FILM NUMBER: 101175242 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-284-2550 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JEF HOLDING CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990419 8-K 1 v57797e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2010
Jefferies Group, Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-14947   95-4719745
 
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification
incorporation)       No.)
     
520 Madison Ave., New York, New York   10022
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-284-2550
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-4.1
EX-4.2
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 2, 2010, Jefferies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Jefferies & Company, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC whereby the Company agreed to sell $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Company’s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-160214). The closing occurred on November 9, 2010. A copy of the opinion issued by legal counsel to the Company with respect to the validity of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed with this report:
     
Number   Exhibit
 
   
4.1
  Copy of Global Note
 
   
4.2
  Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Notes
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in its opinion as Exhibit 5.1)

 


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Jefferies Group, Inc.
 
 
Date: November 9, 2010  By:   /s/ Jeffrey R. Whyte    
    Name:   Jeffrey R. Whyte   
    Title:   Assistant Secretary   

 


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
4.1
  Copy of Global Note
 
   
4.2
  Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Notes
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in its opinion as Exhibit 5.1)

 

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Exhibit 4.1
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
JEFFERIES GROUP, INC.
3.875% SENIOR NOTE DUE NOVEMBER 9, 2015
CUSIP Number: 472319AJ1
 
No. 1   $500,000,000
     Jefferies Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) on November 9, 2015 and to pay interest thereon from November 9, 2010 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May 9 and November 9 in each year, commencing May 9, 2011 at the rate of 3.875% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid, as provided in such Indenture, to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the April 24 or October 25 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor

 


 

Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
          Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: November 9, 2010
             
Attest:       JEFFERIES GROUP, INC.
 
           
/s/ Jeffrey R. Whyte
      By:   /s/ Peregrine C. Broadbent
             
Jeffrey R. Whyte
Assistant Secretary
          Peregrine C. Broadbent
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of this series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
         
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
 
   
By:   /s/ Raymond O’Neil      
  Authorized Signatory     
       

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Reverse of Note
          This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2002, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2003 (as so supplemented, herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000.
          The Securities of this series will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
  (i)   100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or
 
  (ii)   the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any such portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 40 basis points,
plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities of this series that are due and payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the interest payment date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the Indenture.
          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities of this series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.
          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.
          “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (or its affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New

 


 

York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by it.
          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the trustee by such reference treasury dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
          “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price of such redemption date.
          Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each registered holder of the Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Securities of this series are to be redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems appropriate.
          In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
          The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (l) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
          If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
          The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

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          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
          As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
          The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $5,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
          No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
          Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
          All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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Exhibit 4.2
JEFFERIES GROUP, INC.
Officers’ Certificate Pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture
November 9, 2010
     The undersigned, Peregrine C. Broadbent, Executive Vice President of Jefferies Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Jeffrey R. Whyte, Assistant Secretary of the Company, pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2002, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2003, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent on November 1, 2010 (the “Resolutions”), hereby establish and approve the terms of a series of debt securities of the Company, it being understood that any term used herein which is not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Indenture:
     1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be the “$500,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2015,” CUSIP number 472319AJ1 (the “Notes”).
     2. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for the Note authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture) is $500,000,000.
     3. The interest on each Note shall be payable on each May 9 and November 9 to the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
     4. The principal of the Notes shall be payable on November 9, 2015.
     5. The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.875% per annum from November 9, 2010, payable on each May 9 and November 9 to holders of record at the close of business on the immediately preceding April 24 and October 25, commencing May 9, 2011.
     6. The principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be payable at such location or locations as are set forth in the attached specimen Note.
     7. The Notes shall be subject to redemption at the option of the Company in whole or in part at any time at the redemption price and upon the other terms and conditions as are set forth in the attached specimen Note.


 

     8. The Notes shall not be subject to redemption at the option of a Holder thereof or pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions.
     9. The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $5,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     10. The currency in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes shall be payable is the United States dollar.
     11. The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Indenture.
     12. The provisions of Article XIII of the Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
     13. The Notes shall be subject to the Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture.
     14. The Notes shall not be convertible into the Common Stock of the Company or any other securities.
     15. The Notes shall be issued by the Company to the Depository Trust Company in the form of one or more Global Securities, and there are no circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.05 of the Indenture in which any Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than DTC or a nominee thereof.
     16. There shall not be any additions to or changes of the covenants set forth in Article X of the Indenture that applies to the Notes.
     17. There shall be no other terms of the Notes, except as set forth herein and in the Indenture.
     Furthermore, the undersigned, pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture and pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board of Directors of the Company to the undersigned in the Resolutions, hereby establish the form of the Notes, a true and complete specimen of which is attached hereto.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto singed our names and affixed the seal of the Company as of the date first set forth above.
         
     
  /s/ Peregrine C. Broadbent    
  Peregrine C. Broadbent   
  Executive Vice President   
 
     
  /s/ Jeffrey R. Whyte    
  Jeffrey R. Whyte   
  Assistant Secretary   

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Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP]
November 9, 2010
Jefferies Group, Inc.
520 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Re:   Jefferies Group, Inc., Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-160214)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Jefferies Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with (i) the issuance and sale by the Company of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 9, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and Jefferies & Company, Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, (ii) the filing by the Company of the above-referenced Registration Statement and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (together, the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), pursuant to which the Notes are registered under the Act, (iii) the filing by the Company of each preliminary prospectus, dated November 2, 2010, and the Prospectus, dated November 2, 2010, relating to the Notes with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Act and (iv) the filing by the Company of the Final Term Sheet, dated November 2, 2010 (the “Term Sheet”), relating to the Notes with the SEC as a free writing prospectus. The Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on November 8, 2010.
     In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Registration Statement,each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and the Term Sheet. We have also examined and relied upon the Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2002, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2003 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), between The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Company, the form of the Notes, certificates or statements of public officials, certificates of officers of the Company and copies of such other documents, resolutions, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.


 

     We have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
     We have assumed, without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee of the Indenture, the due authentication by the Trustee of the Notes, as well as the legal right and power under all applicable laws and regulations of the Trustee to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under, and the validity, binding effect and enforceability against the Trustee in accordance with the terms of, the Indenture.
     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, when issued in accordance with the Indenture, and delivered and paid for in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the Notes will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture.
     We render the foregoing opinion as members of the Bar of the State of New York and express no opinion as to laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.
     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
         
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
  /s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP    
     
     
 

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