UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 4, 2015
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-35509 | 82-0543156 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
200 South 108th Avenue Omaha, Nebraska |
68154 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (402) 331-7856
(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:
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 4, 2015, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (the Company) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the Underwriters), with respect to the offering and sale by the Company of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (the Notes). The Notes have been offered pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, dated March 4, 2015, to the Prospectus dated September 29, 2014, filed as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-185286) that became effective when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on December 5, 2012, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed on September 29, 2014. The offering of the Notes closed on March 9, 2015.
The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of October 22, 2014 (the Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015, among the Company and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture).
The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 2.950% per annum, payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2015. The Notes will mature on April 1, 2022.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes, including liquidity for operational contingencies.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, and the Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, and the form of Note, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. In connection with the issuance of the Notes, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provided the Company with the legal opinion attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 5.1.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The description contained under Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2015, among TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. |
4.1 | Indenture, dated October 22, 2014, between TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Companys Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2014). | |
4.2 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 9, 2015, between TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. | |
4.3 | Form of 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.2). | |
5.1 | Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. | |
12.1 | Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 9, 2015 | TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ William J. Gerber | |||||
William J. Gerber | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
$750,000,000 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 4, 2015
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Underwriting Agreement
March 4, 2015
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introductory. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the Underwriters), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.950% Notes due 2022 (the Securities). J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated have agreed to act as representatives of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the Representatives) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 22, 2014 (the Indenture), among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). Certain terms of the Securities will be established pursuant to a supplemental indenture (the Supplemental Indenture) to the Base Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture). The Securities will be issued in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the Depositary), pursuant to a Blanket Letter of Representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 below) (the DTC Agreement), among the Company, the Trustee and the Depositary.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-185286) as amended on September 29, 2014, which contains a base prospectus (the Base Prospectus), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of debt securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form in which it became effective under the Securities Act, including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, is called the Registration
Statement. The term Prospectus shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus, that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed (the Execution Time) by the parties hereto. The term Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus, that is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents that are or are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 4, 2015 (the Initial Sale Time). All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR).
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is contained, included or stated (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, as the case may be, at or prior to the Initial Sale Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, as the case may be, after the Initial Sale Time.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Underwriters as follows:
Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Initial Sale Time and as of the Closing Date (in each case, a Representation Date), as follows:
(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with. In addition, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Trust Indenture Act).
At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and any
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amendments thereto (i) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, and (ii) did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date, neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (i) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof, or (ii) relating to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act.
Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(b) Disclosure Package. The term Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus dated March 4, 2015, (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (each, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), if any, identified in Annex I hereto and (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package. As of the Initial Sale Time, the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The immediately preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package (i) based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof, or (ii) relating to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualifications on Form T-1 of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(d) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv) as of the Execution Time, the Company is and is a well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, that automatically became effective not more than three years prior to the Execution Time; the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form and the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration form.
(e) Not an Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date substituting for the determination date in Rule 405 for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Securities under this Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(g) Distribution of Offering Material by the Company. The Company has not distributed or will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included in Annex I hereto or any electronic road show or other written communications reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included on Annex II hereto (collectively, Company
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Additional Written Communications). Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Company Additional Written Communications based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(h) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.
(i) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(j) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(k) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(l) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(m) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, management, business, properties or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a Material Adverse Change).
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(n) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the Companys audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(o) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements together with the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply as to form in all material respects with the accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise noted therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(p) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, the Significant Subsidiaries) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its respective obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim.
(q) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Capitalization (other than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans or stock incentive plans described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or upon exercise or vesting of outstanding options or other compensatory equity securities described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as the case may be).
(r) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in
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violation or in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) (Default) under its certificate of incorporation, charter or by-laws or (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject (each, an Existing Instrument) or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, as applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Companys execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any Default under the certificate of incorporation, charter or by laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its respective subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or self-regulatory organization or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or its properties, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its respective obligations under or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Companys execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package or by the Prospectus, except such as have been or will be obtained or made by the Company under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the FINRA) under the Conduct Rules. As used herein, a Debt Repayment Triggering Event means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holders behalf) issued by the Company, the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(s) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which, if determined
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adversely to the Company, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities.
(t) Labor Matters. No material dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(u) Intellectual Property Rights. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company or its subsidiaries own or possess a valid right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property) used by the Company or its subsidiaries in, and material to, the conduct of the Companys or its subsidiaries business as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any of the Companys Intellectual Property material to the conduct of the Companys business as now conducted, and (ii) there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company (A) challenging the Companys rights in or to any Intellectual Property, (B) challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or (C) alleging that the operation of the Companys business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of any third party, which would, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(v) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each Significant Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents, registrations and other authorizations issued by the appropriate self regulatory or state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies, authorities or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent, registration or other authorization which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each employee of the Company who is required to be registered or licensed as a registered representative, investment advisor representative, sales person or an equivalent with any regulatory body, governmental body, self-regulatory agency, or other authority having jurisdiction is duly registered and such registration is in full force and effect, except where the failure of such employee to be registered or licensed would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(w) Title to Properties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, the Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial
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statements referred to in Section 1(o) above (or elsewhere in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary are held under valid and enforceable leases, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
(x) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except where a default to make such filings or payments would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(y) Dividends. No Significant Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Significant Subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Significant Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Significant Subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(z) Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries. Each of the subsidiaries listed on Schedule B is duly registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission and with each state in which it is required to be registered, except for such states where the failure to so register would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, is a member in good standing of each self-regulatory organization where its business so requires and has conducted its business in compliance in all material respects with the rules and regulations of relevant self-regulatory agencies and the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, including the net capital requirements and the customer protection requirements thereof.
(aa) Investment Adviser Subsidiaries. Each of the subsidiaries listed on Schedule C is duly registered as an investment adviser with the Commission, is registered as an investment adviser with each state where its business so requires, except for such states where the failure to so register would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and has conducted its business in compliance in all material respects with applicable requirements of the Investment Advisers Act and such other applicable laws.
(bb) Forms BD and ADV. The Company has delivered or made available to the Representatives, a true and complete copy of the Companys and its subsidiaries currently effective Forms BD and ADV (including Part II) as filed with the Commission. The information contained in such forms and reports is (or will be, in the case of any forms and reports filed after the date of this Agreement), complete and accurate in all material respects and was complete and accurate in all material respects as of the time of filing.
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(cc) Disciplinary Proceedings or Orders. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, and except for such proceedings or orders as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries listed on Schedule B or Schedule C nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective officers, directors, employees or affiliates has been the subject of any disciplinary proceedings or orders of any governmental entity arising under applicable laws or regulations which would be required to be disclosed on Forms BD or ADV except as disclosed thereon, and no such disciplinary proceeding or order is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, do grounds exist for any such material action by any governmental entity; and except as disclosed on such Form BD or ADV, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries listed on Schedule B or Schedule C nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective officers, directors or employees has been enjoined by the order, judgment or decree of any governmental entity from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with any Company activity or in connection with the purchase or sale of any security.
(dd) Policies and Procedures. Each of the subsidiaries listed on Schedule B or Schedule C has, where required by applicable law, adopted written policies and procedures that, in each case, are reasonably designed to detect and prevent any material violations under applicable securities laws. There has been no material non-compliance by such subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing requirements or their own internal procedures or policies related to the foregoing, other than those (i) that have been satisfactorily remedied, (ii) have been disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or (iii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(ee) Company Not an Investment Company. The Company is not, and solely after giving effect to the receipt of payment for the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ff) Insurance. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries maintains insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and businesses which insures against such losses and risks as are adequate in accordance with its reasonable business judgment to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their businesses.
(gg) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken or will not take any action designed to or that would be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(hh) Compliance with Anti-Corruption and Money Laundering Laws. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or anti-money
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laundering (collectively, Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Company, its subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, and to the knowledge of the Company, its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws in all material respects. The Company shall not, and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company and its subsidiaries shall not, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value to any person, to obtain or retain business, or to secure any improper advantage to any person, or to engage in money laundering or terrorist finance, in each case in violation of any Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(ii) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, or to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or any subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the offering of the Securities hereunder, is currently a (i) person designated on any list as being subject to or the target of any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. Government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), (ii) person located, organized or operating in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a Sanctioned Country) or (iii) person controlled by any such person (any such person, a Sanctioned Person). The Company shall not, and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company and its subsidiaries shall not, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder (x) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (y) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, and to the knowledge of the Company its directors and agents, are in compliance with applicable Sanctions in all material respects.
(jj) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or regulated wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change. There are no costs or liabilities
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associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(kk) ERISA Compliance. No reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, ERISA)) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan (as defined under ERISA) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below), which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities. Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) for each single employer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA), copies of which have been filed with the Internal Revenue Service and will be made available to the Underwriters upon a written request to the Company, is complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly presents the funding status of such single employer plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or, to the knowledge of the Company or ERISA Affiliate, is reasonably expected to incur any withdrawal liability to any multiemployer plan (as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by the sponsor of a multiemployer plan that such multiemployer plan is in reorganization or has been terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and, to the knowledge of the Company or ERISA Affiliate, no such multiemployer plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA. As used herein, ERISA Affiliate means any person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group of the Company, or under common control with the Company, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(ll) Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance. The Company is in compliance, and will comply, in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(mm) Companys Accounting System. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(nn) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (D) the
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recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(oo) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(pp) No Material Weakness in Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a) The Securities. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate principal amount of the Securities as set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 99.113% of their principal amount, payable on the Closing Date.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Securities in global form to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Mayer Brown LLP, 1675 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 9, 2015, or such other time and date as the Underwriters and the Company shall mutually agree (the time and date of such closing are called the Closing Date).
(c) Public Offering of the Securities. The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Execution Time as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
(d) Payment for the Securities. The Underwriters shall make payment for the Securities at the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company.
It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their own accounts and for the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make
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payment of the purchase price for, the Securities that the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. The Representatives may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the Closing Date for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Delivery of the Securities. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters certificates for the Securities at the Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Securities shall be issued in book-entry only form and shall be represented by one or more global certificates in such denominations and registered in such names and denominations as the Representatives shall have requested at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Representatives may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.
Section 3. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B of the Securities Act, and will promptly notify the Representatives of (i) the effectiveness during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below) of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission during the Prospectus Delivery Period, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information relating to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus necessary pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424 of the Securities Act was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such document. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. During such period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Securities Act (the Prospectus
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Delivery Period), the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act), or any amendment or supplement or revision to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object; provided, however, that with respect to any proposed amendment or supplement resulting solely from the incorporation by reference of any report to be filed under the Exchange Act following the Closing Date, the Representatives shall be deemed to have consented to the filing or use of such report if they do not respond to the Company within 24 hours of being provided such report.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. Upon request, the Company will deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of the Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus during the Prospectus Delivery Period. If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the Initial Sale Time or at the time it is delivered or conveyed to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of either such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of any law, the Company will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event, development or condition and (2) promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be
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necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such law, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. The Company shall not be required to qualify to transact business or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign business. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(h) Depositary. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its reasonable best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.
(i) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company and its subsidiaries will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open put equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or its subsidiaries similar to the Securities or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Securities).
(j) Final Term Sheet. The Company will prepare a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Underwriters and attached as Exhibit A hereto, and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the Final Term Sheet). Any such Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.
(k) Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will
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not make, any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Annex I to this Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus consented to or deemed to be consented to by the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company contemplated in Section 3(k).
(l) Registration Statement Renewal Deadline. If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the Renewal Deadline) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives. If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action reasonably necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(m) Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form. If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action reasonably necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
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(n) Filing Fees. The Company agrees to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by and in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.
(o) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
The Representatives, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses.
The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Companys counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors to the Company, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Indenture, the DTC Agreement and the Securities, (v) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws, and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing a Blue Sky Survey or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions (provided that the amount of such survey or memorandum shall not exceed $10,000), (vi) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities (provided that any fees of such counsel shall not exceed $10,000), (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities with the ratings agencies, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Securities by the Depositary for book-entry transfer, (x) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement, and (xi) all other fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
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Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters.
The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof, as of the Initial Sale Time, and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and on the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters and the Company shall not have received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. The Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (or any required post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A).
(b) Accountants Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(c) Bring-down Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(d) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change;
(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus; and
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(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the opinions of (i) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B and (ii) David L. Lambert, Deputy General Counsel Finance/Securities of the Company, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(f) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the opinion of Mayer Brown LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Underwriters.
(g) Officers Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or an Executive Vice President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has received no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened by the Commission;
(ii) the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form;
(iii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and
(iv) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.
(h) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information and documents as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
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If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses.
If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5 or 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall not become effective until the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communications, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any other materials reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included on Annex III hereto (collectively, Company Additional Communications), the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee, agent and controlling person for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements
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of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Company Additional Written Communications, any Company Additional Communications, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its respective directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) under the heading Underwriting (x) on the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities (y) in the fourth paragraph related to concessions and reallowances and (z) in the ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in the Preliminary Prospectus and
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the Prospectus. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that such indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party, unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or any affiliate of the indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that either (x) there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party or (y) a conflict may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to a single firm of local counsel) for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, in which case the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
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the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
Section 9. Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter
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in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of such Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase such Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase such Securities and the aggregate principal amount of such Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement.
Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Companys
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securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Select Market shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any federal or New York authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity involving the United States, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 4 and 6 hereof, and provided further that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
Section 12. No Fiduciary Duty.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby, and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company or its affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the several Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the several Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
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Section 13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.
The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, and its respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or employees of any Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter, the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 14. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Representatives:
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Fax no. ****
Attn.: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk 3rd Floor
and
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
50 Rockefeller Plaza
NY1-050-12-01
New York, NY 10020
Facsimile: ****
Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal
with a copy to:
Mayer Brown LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Facsimile: ****
Attention: Edward S. Best
If to the Company:
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
6940 Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
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Facsimile: ****
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: 212-403-2341
Attention: Matthew M. Guest
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.
Section 15. Successors.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Sections 8 and 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term successors shall not include any purchaser of the Security as such from any of the Underwriters merely by reason of such purchase.
Section 16. Partial Unenforceability.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
Section 17. Governing Law Provisions.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.
Section 18. Trial by Jury.
THE COMPANY (ON ITS BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES) AND EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 19. General Provisions.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
[Signatures follow on next page]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ David R. Kimm | |||
Name: | David R. Kimm | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer |
Signature page to Underwriting Agreement
S-1
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH | ||
INCORPORATED | ||
Acting as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A. | ||
BY: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen L. Sheiner | |
Name: Stephen L. Sheiner | ||
Title: Executive Director | ||
BY: | MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED | |
By: | /s/ Matthew Basler | |
Name: Matthew Basler | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Signature page to Underwriting Agreement
S-2
SCHEDULE A
Underwriters | Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes to be Purchased |
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
$ | 172,624,000 | ||
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
151,055,000 | |||
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
143,863,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
125,892,000 | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
125,892,000 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
15,337,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
15,337,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 750,000,000 | ||
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Sch-A
SCHEDULE B
Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries
TD Ameritrade, Inc.
TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.
Sch-B
SCHEDULE C
Investment Adviser Subsidiaries
TD Ameritrade, Inc.
Amerivest Investment Management, LLC
Red Option Advisors, Inc.
Sch-C
ANNEX I
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
Final Term Sheet dated March 4, 2015
Annex-1
ANNEX II
Company Additional Written Communications
Electronic (Netroadshow) road show of the Company relating to the offering of the Notes dated March 4, 2015.
Annex-2
ANNEX III
Company Additional Communications
[None]
Annex-3
Supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated
March 4, 2015 (To Prospectus dated September 29, 2014)
(File No. 333-185286)
EXHIBIT A
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
$750,000,000
2.950% NOTES DUE 2022
Final Terms and Conditions
Issuer: | TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation | |
Expected Ratings (Moodys / S&P) (*): | [] | |
Trade Date: | March 4, 2015 | |
Settlement Date: | March 9, 2015 (T+3) | |
Security Description: | 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022 | |
Principal Amount: | $750,000,000 | |
Maturity: | April 1, 2022 | |
Benchmark Treasury: | UST 1.750% due February 28, 2022 | |
Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield: | 98-25 / 1.937% | |
Re-offer Spread to Benchmark: | T+105bps | |
Yield to Maturity: | 2.987% | |
Coupon (Interest Rate): | 2.950% | |
Public Offering Price: | 99.765% | |
Proceeds (before expenses): | $743,347,500 | |
Interest Payment Dates: | April 1st and October 1st, commencing on October 1, 2015 | |
Record Dates: | March 15th and September 15th | |
Make-Whole Call: | T+15bps at any time prior to February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the maturity date of the notes) | |
Par Call: | At any time on or after February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the maturity date of the notes) | |
Day Count: | 30 / 360 | |
CUSIP / ISIN: | 87236YAE8 / US87236YAE86 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Barclays Capital Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |
Co-Manager: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
* | Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.
You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-4533 or calling or e-mailing Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 or dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.
Exhibit A-1
EXHIBIT B
Form of Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Exhibit B-1
EXHIBIT C
Form of Opinion of General Counsel
Exhibit C-1
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of March 9, 2015
Among
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION,
As Issuer
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As Trustee
2.950% Senior Notes Due 2022
THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the Supplemental Indenture), dated as of March 9, 2015, among TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (Company) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of October 22, 2014 (the Original Indenture and, as hereby supplemented, the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Companys Securities;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a series of Securities to be designated as the 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (herein referred to as the 2022 Notes), and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 2.03 of the Original Indenture provides that various matters with respect to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture may be established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(vii) of the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been done and performed; and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been in all respects duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the 2022 Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Original Indenture, the form and substance of the 2022 Notes, it is agreed by and among the Company and the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Relation to Indenture; Additional Definitions
1.01 Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
1.02 Additional Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings specified below or in the Original Indenture, as the case may be.
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Comparable Treasury Issue means that United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term (as measured from the redemption date) of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate notes of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the 2022 Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Interest Payment Dates means April 1 and October 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, until maturity, beginning on October 1, 2015.
Note Registrar means U.S. Bank National Association, hereby appointed as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture.
Original Indenture has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of the Recitals hereof.
Original Issue Date means March 9, 2015.
Permitted Liens means (i) liens created by or resulting from claims against the Company for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies (a) that are not then due and delinquent, (b) the validity of which is being contested in good faith or (c) which are less than $1,000,000 in amount; (ii) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceedings which are being contested in good faith by the Company or which involve claims against the Company of less than $1,000,000; (iii) deposits to secure (or in lieu of) any surety, stay, appeal or customs bonds; and (iv) such other liens as the Board of Directors of the Company determines will not materially detract from or interfere with the present value or control by the Company of the Voting Stock subject thereto.
Quotation Agent means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means (i) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated or any of their respective affiliates that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer), and their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii) at least two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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
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Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
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 for such redemption date.
2022 Maturity Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
2022 Notes has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of the Recitals hereof.
All references herein to Articles, Sections or Exhibits, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles, Sections or Exhibits of this Supplemental Indenture. The terms herein, hereof, hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
The Series of 2022 Notes
2.01 Title of the 2022 Notes. The 2022 Notes shall be designated as the 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022.
2.02 Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes that may initially be outstanding shall not exceed $750,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes may be increased in the future with no limit, without the consent of the Holders of the 2022 Notes, on the same terms and with the same CUSIP and ISIN numbers as the 2022 Notes, except for the Original Issue Date and, if applicable, the issue price, the first Interest Payment Date and the initial interest accrual date, provided that no Event of Default with respect to the 2022 Notes shall have occurred and be continuing and no additional 2022 Notes may be issued unless they will be fungible with the 2022 Notes issued on the Original Issue Date for U.S. federal income tax and securities law purposes.
2.03 Stated Maturity. The stated maturity of the 2022 Notes shall be April 1, 2022 (the 2022 Maturity Date).
2.04 Principal, Interest and Interest Rate.
(a) The principal of the 2022 Notes shall be due on the 2022 Maturity Date.
(b) The unpaid principal amount of the 2022 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.950% per annum, from and including their Original Issue Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or provided for, to, but excluding, the 2022 Maturity Date. Such interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears, on the Interest Payment Dates of April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing on
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October 1, 2015. Interest accrued on the 2022 Notes from the last Interest Payment Date before the 2022 Maturity Date shall be payable on the 2022 Maturity Date.
(c) The interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2022 Notes are registered at the close of business on the record date for such Interest Payment Date, being the immediately preceding March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, whether or not such day is a Business Day, provided, that interest payable on the 2022 Maturity Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.
2.05 Place of Payment. The place or places where the principal of and interest or redemption price on the 2022 Notes shall be payable is the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and any other place or places designated by the Company pursuant to the Indenture, provided that while the 2022 Notes are represented by one or more Registered Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, the Company will cause payments of principal and interest on such Registered Global Securities to be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, by wire transfer to the extent, in the funds and in the manner required by agreements with, or regulations or procedures prescribed from time to time by the Depositary or its nominee, and otherwise in accordance with such agreements, regulations or procedures.
2.06 Place of Registration or Exchange; Notices and Demands With Respect to the 2022 Notes. The place where the Holders of the 2022 Notes may present the 2022 Notes for registration of transfer or exchange and may make notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the 2022 Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
2.07 Registered Global Securities for the 2022 Notes.
(a) The 2022 Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities in definitive, fully registered, book-entry form, without interest coupons, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. The Registered Global Securities for the 2022 Notes shall be deposited on the Original Issue Date with, or on behalf of, the Depositary.
(b) The Depository Trust Company (DTC) shall initially serve as Depositary with respect to the Registered Global Securities for the 2022 Notes. Such Registered Global Securities shall bear the legend set forth in the form of 2022 Note attached as Exhibit A.
2.08 Form of Securities. The Registered Global Securities for the 2022 Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A.
2.09 Note Registrar. The Trustee shall initially serve as the Note Registrar for the 2022 Notes.
2.10 Sinking Fund Obligations. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase any 2022 Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.
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2.11 Denominations. The 2022 Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000, or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
ARTICLE THREE
Optional Redemption of the 2022 Notes
3.01 Redemption Price of the 2022 Notes.
(a) Prior to February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the 2022 Maturity Date), the Company shall have the right to redeem the 2022 Notes, at its option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed; and
(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2022 Notes being redeemed (excluding any portion of such payments of interest accrued and unpaid 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, plus 15 basis points;
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
On or after February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the 2022 Maturity Date), the Company shall have the right to redeem the 2022 Notes, at its option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
(c) If the redemption date is after a record date and on or prior to a corresponding Interest Payment Date, the interest will be paid on the redemption date to the Holder of record on the record date.
(d) If less than all of the 2022 Notes are to be redeemed at any time, and if the 2022 Notes are held by the Depositary, the applicable operational procedures of the Depositary for selection of notes for redemption will apply. If the 2022 Notes are not held by the Depositary, the Trustee will select 2022 Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.
(e) 2022 Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the 2022 Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Notices of redemption will be mailed or sent electronically by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption to each Holder of 2022 Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed or sent more than 60 days prior to a date fixed for redemption if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the 2022 Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Notices of
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redemption may not be conditional.
ARTICLE FOUR
Covenants
4.01 Limitation on Liens.
(a) As long as any of the 2022 Notes are outstanding, the Company (or any successor corporation) will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a pledge, lien or other encumbrance, except for Permitted Liens, on the Voting Stock of TD Ameritrade Online Holdings Corp., TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. and TD Ameritrade, Inc. unless the Company shall cause the 2022 Notes to be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the Companys option, prior to) any indebtedness secured thereby.
(b) When a Lien securing indebtedness for borrowed money that gave rise to the requirement under Section 4.01(a) that the 2022 Notes be secured equally and ratably thereby is released or terminated, as the case may be, by the holder or holders thereof, then the corresponding Lien that secures the 2022 Notes shall be deemed automatically released or terminated, as the case may be, without further act or deed on the part of any Person. At the request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release or termination.
ARTICLE FIVE
Miscellaneous Provisions
5.01 The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
5.02 This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
5.03 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE 2022 NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
5.04 For the avoidance of doubt, this Supplemental Indenture may be amended in accordance with Sections 9.01 and 9.02 of the Original Indenture.
5.05 If any provision in this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
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hereof that is required to be included herein by any provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
5.06 In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or the 2022 Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
5.07 The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the proper authorization or due execution hereof or of the 2022 Notes by the Company or as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the 2022 Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the 2022 Notes or the proceeds of the 2022 Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, | ||
as Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Fredric Tomczyk | |
Name: | Fredric Tomczyk | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Leland Hansen | |
Name: | Leland Hansen | |
Title: | Vice President |
Second Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT A
CUSIP Number: 87236Y AE8
ISIN Number. US87236YAE86
2.950% Senior Notes due 2022
No. [] | $[] |
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns,
the principal sum of $[] on April 1, 2022.
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
Dated: March 9, 2015
TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory |
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2.950% Senior Notes due 2022
THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED 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 IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO THE 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.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Security as used herein shall refer only to the Securities of this series and not any other series, unless the context requires otherwise.
(1) INTEREST. TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at 2.950% per annum from March 9, 2015 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Original Issue Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be October 1, 2015. Interest accrued on the Securities from the last Interest Payment Date before the 2022 Maturity Date shall be payable on the 2022 Maturity Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the March 15 or September 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are cancelled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest; provided that interest payable on the 2022 Maturity Date or upon redemption will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. The Securities will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Securities the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent; provided, further, that while the Securities are represented by one or more Registered Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, the Company will cause payments of principal and
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interest on such Registered Global Securities to be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, by wire transfer to the extent, in the funds and in the manner required by agreements with, or regulations or procedures prescribed from time to time by the Depositary or its nominee, and otherwise in accordance with such agreements, regulations or procedures. Such payment will be 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.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of October 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 9, 2015 (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture) among the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act (the TIA). The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Security conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Securities are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
(a) Prior to February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the 2022 Maturity Date), the Company may redeem all or a part of the Securities at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (excluding any portion of such payments of interest accrued and unpaid 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 plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the date of redemption.
On or after February 1, 2022 (two months prior to the 2022 Maturity Date), the Company may redeem all or a part of the Securities at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the date of redemption.
(b) Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions thereof called for redemption.
(c) Any optional redemption shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplemental Indenture and Article 3 of the Base Indenture.
(6) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed or sent electronically at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its
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registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed or sent more than 60 days prior to a date fixed for redemption if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Securities in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Securities held by a Holder are to be redeemed.
(7) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Security or portion of a Security selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(8) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(9) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such modification, to add, change or eliminate any provision thereof, or to modify the rights of such Holders thereunder. Without the consent of any Holder of a Security, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented to (i) effect the assumption of the Companys obligations under the Indenture by a successor Person; (ii) to impose additional covenants and Events of Default or to add guarantees of other Persons for the benefit of the Holders; (iii) to add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture relating to the issuance or exchange of the Securities in registered form, but only if such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities or related coupons in any material respect; (iv) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture, but only if the change or elimination becomes effective when there are no outstanding Securities of any series, or related coupon,, which are entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such modification would apply; (v) to secure the Securities; (vi) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities, but only if such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of outstanding Securities of any series or related coupons in any material respect; (vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture to facilitate the administration of the trusts by more than one Trustee; (viii) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the Indenture or the Securities which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture or the Securities, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (viii) shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of outstanding Securities of any series in any material respect; (ix) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Securities to any provision of a description of such Securities appearing in a prospectus or prospectus
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supplement or an offering memorandum or offering circular pursuant to which such Securities were offered to the extent that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture or the Securities; and (x) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding, on behalf of all the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
(10) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default with respect to the 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.
(11) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
(12) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(13) AUTHENTICATION. This Security will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(14) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(15) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(16) GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
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TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
200 S. 108th Ave.
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
Attention: Investor Relations
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature:
NOTICE: | THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. |
Signature Guarantee:
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY
The following exchanges of a part of this Registered Global Security for an interest in another Registered Global Security or for a definitive Security, or exchanges of a part of another Registered Global Security or definitive Security for an interest in this Registered Global Security, have been made:
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Exhibit 5.1
[LETTERHEAD OF WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ]
March 9, 2015
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
200 South 108th Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
Re: TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the registration, pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-185286) (the Registration Statement), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 5, 2012, as amended through the date hereof, under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and the prospectus supplement, dated March 4, 2015 and filed with the Commission on March 5, 2015, of the offer, issuance and sale by the Company of an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 of the Companys 2.950% Senior Notes due 2022 (the Notes). The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of October 22, 2014 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee) (the Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), and the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture have been filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on the date hereof (the Current Report). The Notes were sold
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by the Company pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Company and the Underwriters named therein (the Agreement), which has been filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report.
We have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter. The Notes and the Indenture are referred to herein as the Transaction Documents. We have also conducted such investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this letter. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the legal capacity of all individuals executing such documents. As to any facts material to this letter that we did not independently establish or verify, we have, with your consent, relied upon the statements, certificates and representations of officers and other representatives of parties to the Transaction Documents and of the Company. We have also assumed the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by each party thereto, and we have assumed that each party thereto (in the case of parties which are not natural persons) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, that each party thereto has the legal capacity, power and authority to perform its obligations thereunder and that the Indenture constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. We have also assumed that, except with respect to the Relevant Laws (as defined below), the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise) and do not contravene its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, bylaws or other organizational documents; except with respect to Relevant Laws, violate any law, rule, order or regulation applicable to it; or result in any conflict with, or breach of any agreement or document binding on it. In addition, enforceability may be subject to public policy considerations. Furthermore, the manner in which any particular issue relating to the opinion set forth below would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we have not considered, and we express no opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, the Transaction Documents or the transactions governed by the Transaction Documents and the federal securities laws of the United States of America, in each case as in effect on the date hereof (the Relevant Laws). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition of Relevant Laws, the term Relevant Laws does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Transaction Documents or such transactions solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of
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a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Transaction Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.
We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of (i) consents to, or restrictions upon, judicial relief or jurisdiction or venue; (ii) waivers of rights or defenses with respect to stay, extension or usury laws; (iii) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights; (iv) broadly or vaguely stated waivers of rights; (v) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations; (vi) restrictions upon non-written modifications and waivers; (vii) severability clauses; and (viii) provisions for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, forfeitures, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications set forth in this letter, it is our opinion that the Notes constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption Legal Matters. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. This letter speaks as of its date, and we undertake no (and hereby disclaim any) obligation to update this letter.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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EXHIBIT 12.1
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars in millions)
(Unaudited)
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December 31, 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Determination of earnings: |
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Pre-tax income |
$ | 334 | $ | 1,270 | $ | 1,088 | $ | 906 | $ | 1,017 | $ | 912 | ||||||||||||
Fixed charges |
15 | 47 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less: Capitalized interest |
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Earnings (A) |
$ | 349 | $ | 1,317 | $ | 1,137 | $ | 956 | $ | 1,071 | $ | 979 | ||||||||||||
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Interest on borrowings (1) |
$ | 9 | $ | 25 | $ | 25 | $ | 28 | $ | 32 | $ | 45 | ||||||||||||
Capitalized interest |
| | 2 | 2 | 1 | | ||||||||||||||||||
Brokerage interest expense |
2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest portion of rent expense |
4 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total fixed charges (B) |
$ | 15 | $ | 47 | $ | 52 | $ | 53 | $ | 55 | $ | 67 | ||||||||||||
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (A) ÷ (B) |
23.3 | 28.0 | 21.9 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 14.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, excluding brokerage interest expense (2) |
26.7 | 32.0 | 25.1 | 20.2 | 21.3 | 16.0 |
(1) | Interest on borrowings includes amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs. |
(2) | Because interest expense incurred in connection with brokerage activities is completely offset by brokerage interest revenue, the Company considers such interest to be a reduction of net revenues. Accordingly, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, excluding brokerage interest expense, reflects the elimination of such interest expense from fixed charges. |