-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EHFi2roCXMG0T3Su1jXL3mraYkkDLQCEqUySMMGeDrxeIOpXw4xAr1P9rNBQ9RNR 8dgtvloCgC96lZ+kAcL7TQ== 0001193125-09-153191.txt : 20090722 0001193125-09-153191.hdr.sgml : 20090722 20090722170213 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-153191 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090721 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090722 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090722 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CARDINAL HEALTH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000721371 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DRUGS PROPRIETARIES & DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES [5122] IRS NUMBER: 310958666 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11373 FILM NUMBER: 09957546 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7000 CARDINAL PLACE CITY: DUBLIN STATE: OH ZIP: 43017 BUSINESS PHONE: 6147573033 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7000 CARDINAL PLACE CITY: DUBLIN STATE: OH ZIP: 43017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CARDINAL DISTRIBUTION INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 d8k.htm CURRENT REPORT Current Report

 

 

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): July 21, 2009

 

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Ohio

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-11373   31-0958666
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification Number)

7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(614) 757-5000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

As previously announced, on July 14, 2009, CareFusion Corporation (“CareFusion”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal Health”), entered into a Purchase Agreement dated July 14, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which it agreed to sell $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”), $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% senior notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”, and together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Notes”) to the initial purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial Purchasers”).

The closing of the sale of the Notes occurred on July 21, 2009. The proceeds from the offering after deducting the Initial Purchasers’ discount but before other offering expenses are estimated to be approximately $1.374 billion. The offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. CareFusion offered and sold the Notes to the Initial Purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Initial Purchasers will sell the Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. CareFusion relied on these exemptions from registration based in part on representations made by the Initial Purchasers in the Purchase Agreement.

The Notes are governed by an Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 between CareFusion and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated July 21, 2009 (the “Indenture”).

The 2012 Notes will mature on August 1, 2012, the 2014 Notes will mature on August 1, 2014 and the 2019 Notes will mature on August 1, 2019. In each case, interest will be paid on each February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 2010.

CareFusion may redeem the Notes prior to maturity, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or the sum of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of the payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to its present value, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at an adjusted treasury rate plus 45 basis points in the case of the 2012 Notes, 45 basis points in the case of the 2014 Notes and 50 basis points in the case of the 2019 Notes, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the amount being redeemed to the date of redemption. In addition, if CareFusion undergoes a change of control and experiences a below investment grade rating event, each as defined in the Notes, CareFusion may be required to repurchase all of the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase.

CareFusion expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to pay a special dividend to Cardinal Health in connection with Cardinal Health’s planned spin-off of CareFusion through the distribution of at least 80.1% of CareFusion’s outstanding common stock to Cardinal Health’s shareholders (the “Spin-Off”). Proceeds from the offering were deposited in an escrow account established pursuant to an escrow agreement dated July 21, 2009 between CareFusion and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as escrow agent, to be released in connection with the Spin-Off. If the Spin-Off is not consummated prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 1, 2009, or if Cardinal Health publicly announces that it has determined to abandon the Spin-Off prior to November 1, 2009, CareFusion will be required to redeem the Notes for a mandatory redemption price of 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

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In connection with the sale of the Notes, CareFusion entered into a registration rights agreement, dated July 21, 2009, with the Initial Purchasers. Under the registration rights agreement, CareFusion agreed to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file and cause to become effective a registration statement with respect to an exchange of the Notes no later than the 366th day after the issue date of the Notes. CareFusion also agreed to file, if obligated, a shelf registration statement relating to the resale of the Notes if the exchange offer is not consummated within the required time period.

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

From time to time, the financial institutions party to these agreements or their affiliates have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking, investment banking and other financial advisory services for Cardinal Health and its affiliates for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses. In particular, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and UBS Loan Finance LLC or their affiliates serve as lenders under Cardinal Health’s revolving credit facility. Goldman Sachs Bank USA or its affiliate serves as a dealer under Cardinal Health’s commercial paper program. In addition, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and UBS Loan Finance LLC serve as lenders under CareFusion’s revolving credit facilities and bridge facility.

The foregoing descriptions of the purchase agreement, indenture and registration rights agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the copies of the agreements filed as exhibits to this Form 8-K.

In addition, on July 22, 2009, Cardinal Health entered into a Separation Agreement with CareFusion that sets forth, among other things, the agreements between Cardinal Health and CareFusion regarding the principal transactions necessary to effect the Spin-Off. It also sets forth other agreements that govern certain aspects of Cardinal Health’s ongoing relationship with CareFusion after the completion of the Spin-Off. A summary of certain important features of the Separation Agreement can be found in CareFusion’s information statement, which was attached as Exhibit 99.1 to CareFusion’s Amendment No. 6 to its Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2009, under the section entitled “Our Relationship With Cardinal Health Following The Distribution—The Separation Agreement”, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The description of the Separation Agreement set forth under this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of the Separation Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

On July 14, 2009, CareFusion sold $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 2012 Notes, $450 million aggregate principal amount of 2014 Notes and $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 2019 Notes in a private placement in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Initial Purchasers then sold the Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act. CareFusion relied on these exemptions based in part on representations made by the Initial Purchasers in the Purchase Agreement.

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of CareFusion and rank equally with all of CareFusion’s existing and future unsecured senior debt and senior to all of the CareFusion’s existing and future subordinated debt. The Notes are effectively subordinated to the liabilities of CareFusion’s subsidiaries, including trade payables and the guarantees by certain of its subsidiaries of CareFusion’s revolving credit facilities. The Notes also effectively rank junior in right of payment to any existing and future secured debt of CareFusion to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt.

 

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The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

The information provided in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

  2.1

  Separation Agreement, dated July 22, 2009, by and between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation*

  4.1

  Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 21, 2009, among CareFusion Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC

  4.2

  Indenture, dated July 21, 2009, between CareFusion Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

  4.3

  Supplemental Indenture, dated July 21, 2009, between CareFusion Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

10.1

  Purchase Agreement, dated July 14, 2009, among CareFusion Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC

 

* The schedules and exhibits to the Separation Agreement have been omitted. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission supplementally upon request.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

  Cardinal Health, Inc.
  (Registrant)
Date: July 22, 2009   By:  

/s/ Stuart G. Laws

  Name:   Stuart G. Laws
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit

  2.1

   Separation Agreement, dated July 22, 2009 by and between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation*

  4.1

   Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 21, 2009, among CareFusion Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC

  4.2

   Indenture, dated July 21, 2009, between CareFusion Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

  4.3

   Supplemental Indenture, dated July 21, 2009, between CareFusion Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

10.1

   Purchase Agreement, dated July 14, 2009, among CareFusion Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC

 

* The schedules and exhibits to the Separation Agreement have been omitted. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission supplementally upon request.

 

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EX-2.1 2 dex21.htm SEPARATION AGREEMENT Separation Agreement

Exhibit 2.1

EXECUTION COPY

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.

AND

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

Dated July 22, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page
ARTICLE I  

DEFINITIONS

   2

1.1

  Certain Definitions    2

1.2

  Other Terms    13
ARTICLE II  

THE REORGANIZATION

   14

2.1

  Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities    14

2.2

  CareFusion Assets    16

2.3

  CareFusion Liabilities    17

2.4

  Transfer of Excluded Assets; Assumption of Excluded Liabilities    19

2.5

  Approvals and Notifications    22

2.6

  Novation of CareFusion Liabilities    23

2.7

  Novation of Liabilities other than CareFusion Liabilities    24

2.8

  Termination of Agreements and Arrangements    25

2.9

  Treatment of Shared Contracts    26

2.10

  Treatment of Shared Liabilities    27

2.11

  Bank Accounts; Cash Balances    28

2.12

  Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties    29
ARTICLE III  

THE DISTRIBUTION

   30

3.1

  Actions On or Prior to the Distribution Date    30

3.2

  Conditions Precedent to Distribution    31

3.3

  The Distribution    32

3.4

  Subdivision of CareFusion Common Stock to Accomplish the Distribution    33

3.5

  Fractional Shares    33

3.6

  Payment of CareFusion Cash Distribution to Cardinal Health Creditors    34

3.7

  Disposition of the Retained Stock    34
ARTICLE IV  

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

   34

4.1

  Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives    34

4.2

  Ownership of Information    36

4.3

  Compensation for Providing Information    36

4.4

  Record Retention    36

4.5

  Liability    37

4.6

  Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information    37

4.7

  Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation    38

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page

4.8

  Privileged Matters    39
ARTICLE V  

RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION; AND GUARANTEES

   41

5.1

  Release of Pre-Distribution Claims    41

5.2

  General Indemnification by CareFusion    43

5.3

  General Indemnification by Cardinal Health    44

5.4

  Disclosure Indemnification    44

5.5

  Contribution    44

5.6

  Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts    45

5.7

  Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims    46

5.8

  Additional Matters    47

5.9

  Remedies Cumulative; Limitations of Liability    48

5.10

  Survival of Indemnities    49

5.11

  Guarantees    49
ARTICLE VI  

OTHER AGREEMENTS

   50

6.1

  Further Assurances    50

6.2

  Confidentiality    51

6.3

  Insurance Matters    53

6.4

  Allocation of Costs and Expenses    57

6.5

  Litigation; Cooperation    57

6.6

  Management of Shared Liabilities    58

6.7

  Tax Matters    60

6.8

  Employment Matters    60

6.9

  Intellectual Property Agreements    60

6.10

  Intercompany Agreements    60
ARTICLE VII  

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

   60

7.1

  General Provisions    60

7.2

  Consideration by Senior Executives    61

7.3

  Mediation    62

7.4

  Arbitration    62

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page
ARTICLE VIII  

MISCELLANEOUS

   64

8.1

  Corporate Power    64

8.2

  Governing Law    64

8.3

  Survival of Covenants    64

8.4

  Force Majeure    64

8.5

  Notices    64

8.6

  Termination    66

8.7

  Severability    66

8.8

  Entire Agreement    66

8.9

  Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries    66

8.10

  Public Announcements    66

8.11

  Specific Performance    67

8.12

  Amendment    67

8.13

  Rules of Construction    67

8.14

  Counterparts    67

 

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EXHIBITS

 

A      Form of Transition Services Agreement
B      Form of Tax Matters Agreement
C      Form of Employee Matters Agreement
D-1      Form of Master Intellectual Property License Agreement
D-2      Form of Transitional Trademark License Agreement
D-3      Form of International Intellectual Property License Agreement for Certain Non-Woven Products
D-4      Form of Remote Pharmacy Order Management System License Agreement
E      Form of Stockholder’s and Registration Rights Agreement
F      Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
G      Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1(a)    Specified Cardinal Health Businesses
Schedule 1.1(b)    Cardinal Health Former Businesses
Schedule 1.1(c)    Specified CareFusion Businesses
Schedule 1.1(d)    CareFusion Customer, Supply and Vendor Contracts
Schedule 1.1(e)    CareFusion Joint Venture, License and Other Agreements
Schedule 1.1(f)    Other CareFusion Contracts
Schedule 1.1(g)    CareFusion Former Businesses
Schedule 1.1(h)    CareFusion Intellectual Property
Schedule 1.1(i)    CareFusion Software
Schedule 1.1(j)    Intercompany Agreements
Schedule 1.1(k)    Transfer Documents
Schedule 2.1(a)    Plan of Reorganization
Schedule 2.2(a)(i)    CareFusion Assets
Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)(B)    Capital Stock of Cardinal Health Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)(C)    Capital Stock of Cardinal Health Affiliates
Schedule 2.2(b)(i)    Excluded Assets
Schedule 2.2(b)(ii)    Excluded Contracts
Schedule 2.3(a)(i)    CareFusion Liabilities
Schedule 2.3(a)(ii)(C)    Properties – CareFusion Liabilities
Schedule 2.3(b)(v)    Excluded Liabilities
Schedule 2.4(e)    Excluded Assets and Liabilities Subject to Post-Distribution Transfer
Schedule 2.5(c)    CareFusion Assets and Liabilities Subject to Post-Distribution Transfer
Schedule 2.8(a)    Termination of Intercompany Agreements
Schedule 2.8(b)(ii)    Continuing Agreements
Schedule 2.9(a)    Shared Contracts
Schedule 2.10(a)    Shared Liabilities
Schedule 2.11(a)    CareFusion Accounts
Schedule 2.11(b)    Cardinal Health Accounts
Schedule 4.7(c)    Cooperation Procedures and Requirements
Schedule 5.2(d)    Transaction Documents – CareFusion Indemnification
Schedule 5.3(c)    Transaction Documents – Cardinal Health Indemnification
Schedule 5.4(b)    Disclosure Indemnification
Schedule 5.11(a)    Surviving Guarantees
Schedule 5.11(a)(i)    CareFusion Guarantees
Schedule 5.11(a)(ii)    Cardinal Health Guarantees
Schedule 6.1(a)    Further Assurances
Schedule 6.4    Allocation of Certain Costs and Expenses
Schedule 6.5(a)    Assumed Actions
Schedule 6.5(b)    Transferred Actions
Schedule 7.1    Transaction Documents – Dispute Resolution
Schedule 7.2    Senior Executives

 

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SEPARATION AGREEMENT

This SEPARATION AGREEMENT, dated as of July 22, 2009 (this “Agreement”), is by and between Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Cardinal Health”), and CareFusion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CareFusion”). Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 1.1.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Cardinal Health has determined that it is in the best interests of Cardinal Health and its shareholders to create a new publicly traded company which shall operate the CareFusion Business;

WHEREAS, CareFusion has been incorporated solely for these purposes and has not engaged in activities except in preparation for its corporate reorganization and the distribution of its stock;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Cardinal Health and the board of directors of CareFusion have approved the transfer of the CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and its Subsidiaries and the assumption by CareFusion and certain of its Subsidiaries of the CareFusion Liabilities, all as more fully described in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Cardinal Health has further approved the distribution to the holders of the issued and outstanding common shares, without par value, of Cardinal Health (the “Cardinal Health Common Shares”) as of the close of business on the Record Date, by means of a pro rata distribution, of issued and outstanding shares of the common stock, par value one one-hundredth of one dollar ($0.01) per share, of CareFusion (the “CareFusion Common Stock”), on the basis of one-half (1/2) share of CareFusion Common Stock for every one (1) Cardinal Health Common Share (the “Distribution”);

WHEREAS, Cardinal Health and CareFusion have prepared, and CareFusion has filed with the SEC, the Form 10, which includes the Information Statement, and which sets forth disclosure concerning CareFusion and the Distribution;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Distribution, Cardinal Health has entered into the Cardinal Health Credit Facility Amendment;

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, certain steps of the Reorganization and the Distribution are intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Sections 332, 351, 355, 361(c), 368(a) and related provisions of the Code;

WHEREAS, Cardinal Health has received a private letter ruling from the IRS to the effect that, among other things, (i) certain steps of the Reorganization and the Distribution, taken together, qualify as a transaction (a) that is described in Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, (b) in which the CareFusion Common Stock distributed is “qualified property” under Section 361(c) of the Code and (c) in which the holders of Cardinal Health Common Shares recognize no income or gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Code, (ii) the CareFusion Cash Distribution qualifies as money transferred to Cardinal Health creditors under Section 361(b) of the Code and (iii) certain other steps of the Plan of Reorganization qualify as transactions that are described in Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code (the “Private Letter Ruling”);


WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. 1.368-2(g); and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Reorganization and the Distribution and to set forth certain other agreements that will, following the Distribution, govern certain matters relating to the Reorganization and the Distribution and the relationship of Cardinal Health, CareFusion and their respective Subsidiaries.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1:

Action” means any demand, action, claim, dispute, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, subpoena, proceeding or investigation of any nature (whether criminal, civil, legislative, administrative, regulatory, prosecutorial or otherwise) by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

Affiliate” (including, with a correlative meaning, “affiliated”) means, when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person. For the purpose of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), when used with respect to any specified Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment, undertaking or otherwise. It is expressly agreed that, from and after the Effective Time and for purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, no member of the CareFusion Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the Cardinal Health Group, and no member of the Cardinal Health Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the CareFusion Group.

Approvals or Notifications” means any consents, waivers, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, notices, registrations or reports to be submitted to, or other filings to be made with, any third Person, including any Governmental Authority.

 

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Assets” means, with respect to any Person, the assets, properties, claims and rights (including goodwill) of such Person, wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or other third Persons or elsewhere), of every kind, character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or contingent, in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements of such Person, including the following:

(a) all accounting and other books, records and files whether in paper, microfilm, microfiche, computer tape or disc, magnetic tape, electronic or any other form;

(b) all apparatus, computers and other electronic data processing and communications equipment, fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, vessels, motor vehicles and other transportation equipment and other tangible personal property;

(c) all inventories of materials, parts, raw materials, components, supplies, work-in-process and finished goods and products;

(d) all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner, mortgagee or holder of a Security Interest in real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee or otherwise;

(e) (i) all interests in any capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or any other Person, (ii) all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any Subsidiary or any other Person, (iii) all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Subsidiary or any other Person and (iv) all other investments in securities of any Person;

(f) all license agreements, leases of personal property, open purchase orders for raw materials, supplies, parts or services and other contracts, agreements or commitments;

(g) all deposits, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds;

(h) all written (including in electronic form) or oral technical information, data, specifications, research and development information, engineering drawings and specifications, operating and maintenance manuals, and materials and analyses prepared by consultants and other third Persons;

(i) all Intellectual Property and Technology;

(j) all Software;

(k) all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records, customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product data and literature, artwork, design, formulations and specifications, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies, surveys, reports, plans and documents;

 

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(l) all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivable;

(m) all rights under contracts or agreements, all claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any Asset, all rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims, choses in action or similar rights, whether accrued or contingent;

(n) all rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification or contribution;

(o) all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Authority;

(p) all cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements; and

(q) all interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar agreements or arrangements.

Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

Cardinal Health Business” means (i) (A) the businesses and operations conducted prior to the Effective Time by any member of the Cardinal Health Group that are not included in the CareFusion Business and (B) the businesses set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) and (ii) the Cardinal Health Former Businesses.

Cardinal Health Credit Facility Amendment” means Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement and Limited Consent, dated as of April 16, 2009, which amends that certain Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2007, by and among Cardinal Health, certain lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and Barclays Bank PLC, as Syndication Agents, Morgan Stanley Bank and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Documentation Agents, and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and Barclays Capital, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Book Managers.

Cardinal Health Disqualifying Action” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

Cardinal Health Former Businesses” means the Former Businesses set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) and any Former Business (other than the CareFusion Business or the CareFusion Former Businesses) that, at the time of sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, disposition, divestiture (in whole or in part) or discontinuation, abandonment, completion or termination of the operations, activities or production thereof, was primarily managed by or associated with the Cardinal Health Business as then conducted.

Cardinal Health Group” means Cardinal Health and each Person (other than any member of the CareFusion Group) that is an Affiliate of Cardinal Health immediately after the Effective Time.

 

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Cardinal Health Intellectual Property” means (i) the Cardinal Health Name and Cardinal Health Marks and (ii) all other Intellectual Property that is owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, other than the CareFusion Intellectual Property.

Cardinal Health Liability Percentage” means the quotient, expressed as a percentage and rounded to two (2) decimal points, of (i) the Cardinal Health Market Capitalization, divided by (ii) the sum of the Cardinal Health Market Capitalization plus the CareFusion Market Capitalization.

Cardinal Health Market Capitalization” means the product of (i) the volume-weighted average trading price per share of Cardinal Health Common Shares for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days beginning on and following the thirty-first (31st) trading day following the Effective Time, as quoted by Bloomberg Financial Services through its “Volume at Price” function, rounded to the nearest whole cent, multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic average of the number of Cardinal Health Common Shares outstanding, on a fully-diluted basis, on each of such twenty (20) trading days, rounded to two (2) decimal points.

Cardinal Health Name and Cardinal Health Marks” means the names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source or business identifiers of Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates using or containing “Cardinal Health” (in block letters or otherwise), “Cardinal Health” either alone or in combination with other words or elements and all names, marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source or business identifiers confusingly similar to or embodying any of the foregoing either alone or in combination with other words or elements, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.

Cardinal Health Software” means all Software that is owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, other than the CareFusion Software.

Cardinal Health Technology” means all Technology that is owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, other than the CareFusion Technology.

CareFusion Balance Sheet” means CareFusion’s unaudited condensed combined balance sheet as of August 31, 2009, to be prepared jointly by the parties as soon as practicable following the Effective Time.

CareFusion Business” means (i) the businesses and operations conducted prior to the Effective Time by any member of the CareFusion Group, but excluding those businesses set forth on Schedule 1.1(a), (ii) any other businesses or operations conducted primarily through the use of the CareFusion Assets, (iii) the businesses and operations set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) and (iv) the CareFusion Former Businesses.

CareFusion Contracts” means the following contracts and agreements to which Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates is a party or by which Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Assets is bound, whether or not in writing, in each case, immediately prior to the Effective Time, except for any such contract or agreement that is contemplated to be retained by Cardinal Health or any member of the Cardinal Health Group pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document:

(a) (i) any customer, distribution, supply or vendor contracts or agreements listed or described on Schedule 1.1(d) and (ii) any other customer, supply or vendor contracts or agreements that relate primarily to the CareFusion Business;

 

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(b) (i) any joint venture agreement or license agreement listed or described on Schedule 1.1(e) and (ii) any other joint venture agreement or license agreement, that relates primarily to the CareFusion Business;

(c) any guarantee, indemnity, representation, warranty or other Liability of any member of the CareFusion Group or the Cardinal Health Group in respect of (i) any CareFusion Contract, (ii) any CareFusion Liability or (iii) the CareFusion Business;

(d) any employment, change of control, retention, consulting, indemnification, termination, severance or other similar agreements with any CareFusion Group Employee or consultants of the CareFusion Group that are in effect as of the Effective Time;

(e) any contract or agreement that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to be assigned to CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group; and

(f) any contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding listed or described on Schedule 1.1(f) (or any applicable licenses, leases, addenda and similar arrangements thereunder as described on Schedule 1.1(f)) and any other contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding, whether or not in writing, that relates primarily to the CareFusion Business.

CareFusion Disqualifying Action” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

CareFusion Former Businesses” means the Former Businesses set forth on Schedule 1.1(g) and any Former Business that, at the time of sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, disposition, divestiture (in whole or in part) or discontinuation, abandonment, completion or termination of the operations, activities or production thereof, was primarily managed by or associated with the CareFusion Business (including the businesses and operations set forth on Schedule 1.1(c)) as then conducted.

CareFusion Group” means CareFusion, each Subsidiary of CareFusion immediately after the Effective Time and each other Person that is controlled directly or indirectly by CareFusion immediately after the Effective Time.

CareFusion Group Employees” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

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CareFusion Intellectual Property” means (i) the patents, patent applications, statutory invention registrations, registered trademarks, registered service marks, registered Internet domain names and copyright registrations (collectively, “Registrable IP”) set forth on Schedule 1.1(h), (ii) all Registrable IP not included on Schedule 1.1(h) that is owned by any member of the CareFusion Group at or prior to the Effective Time, excluding any such Registrable IP that has been assigned by any member of the CareFusion Group to any member of the Cardinal Health Group prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) all Intellectual Property, other than Registrable IP, that is owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or CareFusion Group and that is used or held for use primarily in the CareFusion Business as of the Effective Time.

CareFusion Liability Percentage” means the difference, expressed as a percentage, of (i) one hundred percent (100%) minus (ii) the Cardinal Health Liability Percentage.

CareFusion Market Capitalization” means the product of (i) the volume-weighted average trading price per share of shares of CareFusion Common Stock for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days beginning on and following the thirty-first (31st) trading day following the Effective Time, as quoted by Bloomberg Financial Services through its “Volume at Price” function, rounded to the nearest whole cent, multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic average of the number of shares of CareFusion Common Stock outstanding (including the Retained Stock), on a fully-diluted basis, on each of such twenty (20) trading days, rounded to two (2) decimal points.

CareFusion Software” means (i) all Software set forth on Schedule 1.1(i) and (ii) all Software owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or CareFusion Group and that is primarily used or held for use in the CareFusion Business as of the Effective Time.

CareFusion Technology” means all Technology owned by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or CareFusion Group and that is primarily used or held for use in the CareFusion Business as of the Effective Time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Disclosure Documents” means any registration statement (including the Form 10) filed with the SEC by or on behalf of any party or any of its controlled Affiliates, and also includes any information statement (including the Information Statement), prospectus, offering memorandum, offering circular, periodic report or similar disclosure document, whether or not filed with the SEC or any other Governmental Authority, in each case which describes the Reorganization or the CareFusion Group or primarily relates to the transactions contemplated hereby.

Distribution Agent” means ComputerShare Investor Services, N.A.

Distribution Date” means August 31, 2009, or such other time as determined by Cardinal Health in accordance with Section 3.3.

Effective Time” means the time at which the Distribution occurs on the Distribution Date, which shall be deemed to be 11:59 p.m., New York City Time, on the Distribution Date.

 

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Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, to be entered into by and between Cardinal Health and CareFusion on or prior to the Distribution Date.

Environmental Law” means any Law relating to pollution, protection or restoration of or prevention of harm to the environment or natural resources, including the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials or the protection of or prevention of harm to human health and safety.

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that reference is made.

Excluded Employee Liabilities” means any and all Liabilities assigned to, or assumed or otherwise retained by, members of the Cardinal Health Group under the Employee Matters Agreement.

Force Majeure” means, with respect to a party, an event beyond the control of such party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which by its nature could not reasonably have been foreseen by such party (or such Person), or, if it could have reasonably been foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes acts of God, storms, floods, riots, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity or one (1) or more acts of terrorism or failure of energy sources or distribution facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receipt by a party of an unsolicited takeover offer or other acquisition proposal, even if unforeseen or unavoidable, and such party’s response thereto shall not be deemed an event of Force Majeure.

Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10 filed by CareFusion with the SEC to effect the registration of CareFusion Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Distribution, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented from time to time prior to the Effective Time.

Former Business” means any corporation, partnership, entity, division, business unit or business, including any business within the meaning of Rule 11-01(d) of Regulation S-X (in each case, including any assets and liabilities comprising the same) that has been sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of or divested (in whole or in part) to a Person that is not a member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group or the operations, activities or production of which has been discontinued, abandoned, completed or otherwise terminated (in whole or in part), in each case, prior to the Effective Time.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau, court, tribunal or other instrumentality, whether federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other similar functions of, or pertaining to, government and any executive official thereof.

 

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Group” means the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, as the context requires.

Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance, waste, pollutant, emission, discharge, release or contaminant that could result in liability under, or that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant to, any Environmental Law, and any natural or artificial substance (whether solid, liquid or gas, noise, ion, vapor or electromagnetic) which could cause harm to human health or the environment, including petroleum, petroleum products and byproducts, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, electronic, medical or infectious wastes, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, radioactive substances, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances.

Information” means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memoranda and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.

Information Statement” means the information statement to be sent to each holder of Cardinal Health Common Shares in connection with the Distribution, as filed with the SEC, as such information statement may be amended or supplemented from time to time prior to the Effective Time.

Insurance Policies” means the insurance policies written by insurance carriers, including those affiliated with Cardinal Health and any self-insurance arrangements, pursuant to which CareFusion or one (1) or more of its Subsidiaries (or their respective officers or directors) will be insured parties after the Effective Time.

Insurance Proceeds” means those monies (i) received by an insured from an insurance carrier, (ii) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured or (iii) received (including by way of set off) from any third Person in the nature of insurance, contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability; in any such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments) and net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.

Intellectual Property” means all of the following whether arising under the Laws of the United States or of any other foreign or multinational jurisdiction: (i) patents, patent applications (including patents issued thereon) and statutory invention registrations, including reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, substitutions, renewals, extensions and reexaminations of any of the foregoing, and all rights in any of the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, trade dress, logos and other source or business identifiers, including all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and any and all common law rights in and to any of the foregoing,

 

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registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing, all rights in and to any of the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, and all reissues, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) Internet domain names, (iv) copyrightable works, copyrights, moral rights, mask work rights, database rights and design rights, in each case, other than Software, whether or not registered, and all registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing, and all rights in and to any of the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, (v) confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets, invention disclosures, processes and know-how, in each case, other than Software, and (vi) intellectual property rights arising from or in respect of any Technology.

Intellectual Property Agreements” means the Master Intellectual Property License Agreement, the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, the International Intellectual Property License Agreement for Certain Non-Woven Products and the Remote Pharmacy Order Management System License Agreement, each in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-1, Exhibit D-2, Exhibit D-3 and Exhibit D-4, respectively, to be entered into by and between Cardinal Health and/or the applicable member of the Cardinal Health Group, on the one hand, and CareFusion and/or the applicable member of the CareFusion Group, on the other hand, prior to the Distribution Date.

Intercompany Agreements” means the agreements to be entered into by CareFusion and/or any member of the CareFusion Group, on the one hand, and Cardinal Health and/or any member of the Cardinal Health Group, on the other hand, on or prior to the Distribution Date and listed on Schedule 1.1(j).

IP Application” means any application for the registration, acquisition or perfection of any intellectual property rights, including patent applications, copyright applications and trademark applications.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Law” means any national, supranational, federal, state, provincial, local or similar law (including common law), statute, code, order, ordinance, rule, regulation, treaty (including any income tax treaty), license, permit, authorization, approval, consent, decree, injunction, binding judicial or administrative interpretation or other requirement, in each case, enacted, promulgated, issued or entered by a Governmental Authority.

Liabilities” means any and all debts, guarantees, liabilities, costs, expenses, interest and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, reserved or unreserved, or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Law, claim (including any third Person product liability claim), demand, Action, whether asserted or unasserted, or order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority and those arising under any contract, agreement, obligation, indenture, instrument, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, commitment or undertaking, or any fines, damages or equitable relief that is imposed, in each case, including all costs and expenses relating thereto.

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies” means third-party insurance policies held by Cardinal Health or its Affiliates immediately after the Effective Time that satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) such insurance policy was acquired directly or indirectly by Cardinal Health as a result of Cardinal Health’s acquisition of the holder of such insurance policy, and (ii) at the time of such acquisition, the business of the holder of such insurance policy related to some or all of the businesses comprising the CareFusion Business.

Record Date” means August 25, 2009.

Reorganization” means the transfer of the CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and its Subsidiaries and the assumption of the CareFusion Liabilities by CareFusion and its Subsidiaries, and the transfer of certain Excluded Assets to Cardinal Health and its Subsidiaries and the assumption by Cardinal Health and its Subsidiaries of certain Excluded Liabilities, in exchange for stock and cash, all as more fully described in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and including the steps set forth in the Plan of Reorganization.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that reference is made.

Security Interest” means any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant, condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, or other encumbrance of any other nature.

Shareholder Liabilities” means all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group in respect of such Liabilities.

Software” means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form, (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (iii) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons, and (iv) documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation, relating to any of the foregoing.

Stockholder’s and Registration Rights Agreement” means the Stockholder’s and Registration Rights Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, to be entered into by and between Cardinal Health and CareFusion on or prior to the Distribution Date.

 

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Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, joint venture or partnership of which such Person (i) beneficially owns, either directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of (A) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting securities of such Person, (B) the total combined equity interests or (C) the capital or profit interests, in the case of a partnership, or (ii) otherwise has the power to vote, either directly or indirectly, sufficient securities to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body.

Tax” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to be entered into by and between Cardinal Health and CareFusion on or prior to the Distribution Date.

Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

Technology” means all technology, designs, formulae, algorithms, procedures, methods, discoveries, processes, techniques, ideas, know-how, research and development, technical data, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice) apparatus, creations, improvements, works of authorship in any media, confidential, proprietary or non-public information, and other similar materials, and all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses and other writings, and other tangible embodiments of the foregoing in any form whether or not listed herein, in each case, other than Software.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Intellectual Property Agreements, the Stockholder’s and Registration Rights Agreement, the Intercompany Agreements and the Transfer Documents.

Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the Reorganization, (ii) the Distribution, (iii) the CareFusion Cash Distribution and (iv) all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

Transfer Documents” means the Cardinal Health Transfer Documents and the CareFusion Transfer Documents, including the documents listed on Schedule 1.1(k).

Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to be entered into by and between Cardinal Health and CareFusion on or prior to the Distribution Date.

 

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1.2 Other Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in the sections indicated.

 

Term

   Section

Agreement

   Recitals

Amended and Restated Bylaws

   3.1(c)

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

   3.1(c)

Applicable Percentage

   2.10(b)

Assumed Actions

   6.5(a)

Cardinal Health

   Recitals

Cardinal Health Accounts

   2.11(a)

Cardinal Health Common Shares

   Recitals

Cardinal Health Confidential Information

   6.2(b)

Cardinal Health Indemnified Parties

   5.2

Cardinal Health Transfer Documents

   2.1(b)

CareFusion

   Recitals

CareFusion Accounts

   2.11(a)

CareFusion Assets

   2.2(a)

CareFusion Cash Distribution

   3.1(b)

CareFusion Common Stock

   Recitals

CareFusion Confidential Information

   6.2(a)

CareFusion Indemnified Parties

   5.3

CareFusion Liabilities

   2.3(a)

CareFusion Transfer Documents

   2.4(b)

CPR

   7.3

CPR Arbitration Rules

   7.4(a)

Dispute

   7.1(a)

Distribution

   Recitals

EPIC

   6.3(d)

Excluded Assets

   2.2(b)

Excluded Liabilities

   2.3(b)

Guarantee Release

   5.11(b)

Indemnified Party

   5.6(a)

Indemnifying Party

   5.6(a)

Indemnity Payment

   5.6(a)

Initial Notice

   7.2

Managing Party

   2.10(c)

Plan of Reorganization

   2.1(a)

Private Letter Ruling

   Recitals

Representatives

   6.2(a)

Response

   7.2

Retained Stock

   3.4

Shared Contract

   2.9(a)

Shared Liabilities

   2.10(a)

Special Damages

   5.9

Third Party Claim

   5.7(a)

Transferred Actions

   6.5(b)

 

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ARTICLE II

THE REORGANIZATION

2.1 Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities.

(a) Prior to the Distribution, in accordance with the plan and structure set forth on Schedule 2.1(a) (such plan and structure being referred to herein as the “Plan of Reorganization”) and to the extent not previously effected pursuant to the steps of the Plan of Reorganization that have been completed prior to the date hereof:

(i) Cardinal Health shall, and shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to CareFusion or certain of CareFusion’s Subsidiaries designated by CareFusion, and CareFusion or such Subsidiaries shall accept from Cardinal Health and its applicable Subsidiaries, all of Cardinal Health’s and such Subsidiaries’ respective direct or indirect right, title and interest in and to all CareFusion Assets;

(ii) subject to Section 2.5(c), CareFusion and certain of its Subsidiaries designated by CareFusion shall accept, assume and agree faithfully to perform, discharge and fulfill all the CareFusion Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms. CareFusion and such Subsidiaries shall be responsible for all CareFusion Liabilities, regardless of when or where such CareFusion Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or subsequent to the Distribution Date, regardless of where or against whom such CareFusion Liabilities are asserted or determined (including any CareFusion Liabilities arising out of claims made by Cardinal Health’s or CareFusion’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group) or whether asserted or determined prior to the date hereof, and, except as set forth in Section 2.3(b)(vi), regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates;

(iii) Cardinal Health shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to assign, transfer, convey and deliver to certain of its other Subsidiaries designated by Cardinal Health, and such other Subsidiaries shall accept from such applicable Subsidiaries, such applicable Subsidiaries’ respective right, title and interest in and to any Excluded Assets specified by Cardinal Health to be so assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered; and

(iv) Cardinal Health and certain of its Subsidiaries designated by Cardinal Health shall accept and assume from certain of its other Subsidiaries designated by Cardinal Health and agree faithfully to perform, discharge and fulfill certain Excluded Liabilities of such other Subsidiaries specified by Cardinal Health, and Cardinal Health and its applicable Subsidiaries shall be responsible for all Excluded Liabilities, regardless of when or where such Excluded Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to or subsequent to the Distribution Date, regardless of where or against whom such Excluded Liabilities are asserted or determined (including any such Excluded Liabilities arising out of claims made by Cardinal Health’s or CareFusion’s respective directors, officers,

 

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employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group) or whether asserted or determined prior to the date hereof, and regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

(b) In furtherance of the assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery of the CareFusion Assets and the assumption of the CareFusion Liabilities in accordance with Sections 2.1(a)(i) and 2.1(a)(ii), on the date that such CareFusion Assets are assigned, transferred, conveyed or delivered or such CareFusion Liabilities are assumed (i) Cardinal Health shall execute and deliver, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, stock powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to the extent necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of all of Cardinal Health’s and its Subsidiaries’ (other than CareFusion and its Subsidiaries) right, title and interest in and to the CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) CareFusion shall execute and deliver, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such assumptions of contracts and other instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective assumption of the CareFusion Liabilities by CareFusion and its Subsidiaries. All of the foregoing documents contemplated by this Section 2.1(b) shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Cardinal Health Transfer Documents.”

(c) If at any time or from time to time (whether prior to or after the Effective Time), any party hereto (or any member of such party’s respective Group), shall receive or otherwise possess any Asset or Liability (including any Intellectual Property or Technology) that is allocated to any other Person pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, such party shall promptly transfer, or cause to be transferred, such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, to the Person entitled to such Asset or responsible for such Liability, as the case may be. Prior to any such transfer, the Person receiving, possessing or responsible for such Asset or Liability shall be deemed to be holding such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, in trust for any such other Person.

(d) CareFusion hereby waives compliance by each and every member of the Cardinal Health Group with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk-transfer” Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the transfer or sale of any or all of the CareFusion Assets to any member of the CareFusion Group.

(e) Cardinal Health hereby waives compliance by each and every member of the CareFusion Group with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk-transfer” Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the transfer or sale of any or all of the Excluded Assets to any member of the Cardinal Health Group.

 

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2.2 CareFusion Assets.

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “CareFusion Assets” shall mean (without duplication):

(i) the Assets listed or described on Schedule 2.2(a)(i) and all other Assets that are expressly provided by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document as Assets to be transferred to CareFusion or any other member of the CareFusion Group;

(ii) (A) all CareFusion Contracts, (B) all issued and outstanding capital stock of, or any other equity interests in, the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Cardinal Health listed on Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)(B), and (C) the shares of capital stock of, or any other equity interests in, certain entities held by Cardinal Health (other than the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Cardinal Health listed on Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)(B)) as listed on Schedule 2.2(a)(ii)(C);

(iii) subject to Section 6.3, any rights of any member of the CareFusion Group under any of the Insurance Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Effective Time in respect of any Insurance Policies;

(iv) all Assets reflected as Assets of CareFusion and its Subsidiaries in the CareFusion Balance Sheet, subject to any dispositions of such Assets subsequent to the date of the CareFusion Balance Sheet;

(v) all CareFusion Intellectual Property, CareFusion Software and CareFusion Technology; and

(vi) any and all Assets, other than Intellectual Property, Software and Technology, owned or held immediately prior to the Effective Time by Cardinal Health or any of its Subsidiaries that are used primarily in the CareFusion Business (the intention of this clause (vi) is only to rectify any inadvertent omission of transfer or conveyance of any Assets that, had the parties given specific consideration to such Asset as of the date hereof, would have otherwise been classified as a CareFusion Asset; no Asset shall be deemed to be a CareFusion Asset solely as a result of this clause (vi) if such Asset is within the category or type of Asset expressly covered by the terms of another Transaction Document unless the party claiming entitlement to such Asset can establish that the omission of the transfer or conveyance of such Asset was inadvertent, and no Asset shall be deemed a CareFusion Asset solely as a result of this clause (vi) unless a claim with respect thereto is made by CareFusion on or prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Distribution Date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CareFusion Assets shall not in any event include any Assets governed by the Tax Matters Agreement or the Excluded Assets referred to in Section 2.2(b).

(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Assets” shall mean (without duplication):

(i) the Assets listed or described on Schedule 2.2(b)(i);

(ii) the contracts and agreements listed or described on Schedule 2.2(b)(ii);

(iii) the Cardinal Health Intellectual Property, Cardinal Health Software and the Cardinal Health Technology;

 

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(iv) any cash or cash equivalents withdrawn from CareFusion Accounts in accordance with Section 2.11(f);

(v) any Shared Contracts (other than CareFusion Assets arising under any Shared Contracts);

(vi) any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document as Assets to be retained by Cardinal Health or any other member of the Cardinal Health Group; and

(vii) subject to Section 2.2(a)(vi), any and all Assets of any members of the Cardinal Health Group that are not CareFusion Assets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Excluded Assets shall not in any event include any Assets governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.

2.3 CareFusion Liabilities.

(a) For the purposes of this Agreement, “CareFusion Liabilities” shall mean (without duplication):

(i) the Liabilities listed or described on Schedule 2.3(a)(i) and all other Liabilities that are expressly provided by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document as Liabilities to be assumed by CareFusion or any other member of the CareFusion Group, and all agreements, obligations and Liabilities of CareFusion or any other member of the CareFusion Group under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents;

(ii) all Liabilities, including any employee-related Liabilities (other than Excluded Employee Liabilities), to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from:

(A) the operation of the CareFusion Business, as conducted at any time before, at or after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) and any Liability relating to the protection or restoration of, or prevention of harm to, the environment or natural resources, the protection of human and occupational health and safety, Environmental Law or Hazardous Materials);

(B) the operation of any business conducted by any member of the CareFusion Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority)); or

(C) any CareFusion Assets (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from CareFusion Contracts, Shared Contracts (to the extent related to the CareFusion Business) and any real property and leasehold interests, and any Liability relating to the protection or restoration of, or prevention of harm to, the environment or natural resources,

 

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the protection of human and occupational health and safety, Environmental Law or Hazardous Materials resulting from any properties of (including any properties set forth on Schedule 2.3(a)(ii)(C)) of or associated with the CareFusion Assets (including any businesses, operations or properties for which a current or future owner or operator of the CareFusion Assets or the CareFusion Business may be alleged to be responsible as a matter of Law, contract or otherwise due to such ownership or operation of the CareFusion Assets or CareFusion Business), in any such case, whether arising before, at or after the Effective Time;

(iii) CareFusion’s Applicable Percentage of the Shared Liabilities determined pursuant to Section 2.10;

(iv) all Liabilities reflected as liabilities or obligations of CareFusion or its Subsidiaries in the CareFusion Balance Sheet, subject to any discharge of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the CareFusion Balance Sheet;

(v) all Liabilities arising out of claims made by Cardinal Health’s or CareFusion’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group to the extent relating to the CareFusion Business;

(vi) all Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from any CareFusion Disqualifying Action; and

(vii) the CareFusion Liability Percentage of all Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from the failure to achieve Tax-Free Status of the Transactions (as such term is defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) other than those Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Cardinal Health Disqualifying Action or any CareFusion Disqualifying Action.

provided, however, that CareFusion Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities for Taxes that are governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.

(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Liabilities” shall mean (without duplication):

(i) any and all Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document as Liabilities to be retained or assumed by Cardinal Health or any other member of the Cardinal Health Group, and all agreements and obligations of any member of the Cardinal Health Group under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents;

(ii) any and all Liabilities of a member of the Cardinal Health Group to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Excluded Assets (other than Liabilities arising under any Shared Contracts to the extent such Liabilities relate to the CareFusion Business);

 

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(iii) the Excluded Employee Liabilities and any and all employee-related Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from general corporate or shared services functions of the Cardinal Health Group;

(iv) Cardinal Health’s Applicable Percentage of the Shared Liabilities determined pursuant to Section 2.10;

(v) the Liabilities listed on Schedule 2.3(b)(v);

(vi) any and all liabilities arising from a knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents (other than any individual who at the time of such act was acting in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of any member of the CareFusion Group or on behalf of the CareFusion Business);

(vii) all Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Cardinal Health Disqualifying Action; and

(viii) the Cardinal Health Liability Percentage of all Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from the failure to achieve Tax-Free Status of the Transactions (as such term is defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) other than those Liabilities (including Shareholder Liabilities) relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Cardinal Health Disqualifying Action or any CareFusion Disqualifying Action.

provided, however, that Excluded Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities for Taxes that are governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.

(c) Any Liabilities of any member of the Cardinal Health Group not expressly referenced in Section 2.3(a) above are Excluded Liabilities and all Excluded Liabilities shall not be CareFusion Liabilities; provided, however, that Excluded Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities for Taxes that are governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.

2.4 Transfer of Excluded Assets; Assumption of Excluded Liabilities.

(a) To the extent any Excluded Asset is transferred or assigned to, or any Excluded Liability is assumed by, a member of the CareFusion Group at the Effective Time or is owned or held by a member of the CareFusion Group after the Effective Time, from and after the Effective Time:

(i) CareFusion shall, and shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, promptly assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Cardinal Health or certain of its Subsidiaries designated by Cardinal Health, and Cardinal Health or such Subsidiaries shall accept from CareFusion and its applicable Subsidiaries, all of CareFusion’s and such Subsidiaries’ respective right, title and interest in and to such Excluded Assets; and

 

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(ii) Cardinal Health and certain of its Subsidiaries designated by Cardinal Health shall promptly accept, assume and agree faithfully to perform, discharge and fulfill all such Excluded Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms.

(b) In furtherance of the assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery of Excluded Assets and the assumption of Excluded Liabilities set forth in Sections 2.1(a)(iii), 2.1(a)(iv), 2.4(a)(i) and 2.4(a)(ii) and without any additional consideration therefor: (A) CareFusion shall execute and deliver, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, such bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, stock powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to the extent necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of all of CareFusion’s and its Subsidiaries’ right, title and interest in and to the Excluded Assets to Cardinal Health and its Subsidiaries, and (B) Cardinal Health shall execute and deliver such assumptions of contracts and other instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective assumption of the Excluded Liabilities by Cardinal Health. All of the foregoing documents contemplated by this Section 2.4(b) shall be referred to collectively herein as the “CareFusion Transfer Documents” and, together with the Cardinal Health Transfer Documents, the “Transfer Documents.”

(c) To the extent that the transfer or assignment of any Excluded Assets or the assumption of any Excluded Liabilities requires any Approvals or Notifications, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications as soon as reasonably practicable or, in the case of the Excluded Assets and the Excluded Liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.4(e), at the times indicated on such Schedule; provided, however, that, except to the extent expressly provided in any of the other Transaction Documents, neither Cardinal Health nor CareFusion shall be obligated to contribute capital or pay any consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any Person in order to obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications.

(d) If and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected transfer or assignment to the Cardinal Health Group of any Excluded Assets or the assumption by the Cardinal Health Group of any Excluded Liabilities would be a violation of applicable Law or require any Approval or Notification that has not been made or obtained on or before the Distribution Date, then, unless the parties hereto mutually shall otherwise determine, the transfer or assignment to the Cardinal Health Group of such Excluded Assets or the assumption by the Cardinal Health Group of such Excluded Liabilities shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Approvals or Notifications have been obtained or made; provided, however, that if such legal impediments are not removed, or such Approvals or Notifications are not obtained or made, in each case by the second (2nd) anniversary of the Distribution Date, then, unless the parties hereto mutually shall otherwise determine, all Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities that are held by any member of the CareFusion Group, as the case may be, will be transferred or assigned to or assumed by the Cardinal Health Group at such time and at Cardinal Health’s cost by way of a direct transfer or assignment of the underlying Excluded Assets or the assumption of the underlying Excluded Liabilities, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities shall continue to constitute Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities for all other purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(e) If any transfer or assignment of any Excluded Asset or any assumption of any Excluded Liability intended to be transferred, assigned or assumed hereunder, as the case may be, is not consummated on or prior to the Distribution Date, whether as a result of the provisions of Section 2.4(d) or for any other reason, then, insofar as reasonably possible, the member of the CareFusion Group retaining such Excluded Asset or such Excluded Liability (including the Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.4(e)), as the case may be, shall thereafter hold such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, as the case may be, for the use and benefit of the member of the Cardinal Health Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member of the Cardinal Health Group entitled thereto). In addition, the member of the CareFusion Group retaining such Excluded Asset or such Excluded Liability shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the member of the Cardinal Health Group to whom such Excluded Asset is to be transferred or assigned, or which will assume such Excluded Liability, as the case may be, in order to place such member of the Cardinal Health Group in a substantially similar position as if such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability had been transferred, assigned or assumed as contemplated hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, as the case may be, including use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, as the case may be, is to inure from and after the Effective Time to the Cardinal Health Group.

(f) If and when the Approvals or Notifications, the absence of which caused the deferral of transfer or assignment of any Excluded Asset or the deferral of assumption of any Excluded Liability, are obtained or made, and, if and when any other legal impediments for the transfer or assignment of any Excluded Assets or the assumption of any Excluded Liabilities have been removed, the transfer or assignment of the applicable Excluded Asset or the assumption of the applicable Excluded Liability, as the case may be, shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Transaction Document.

(g) Any member of the CareFusion Group retaining an Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability due to the deferral of the transfer or assignment of such Excluded Asset or the deferral of the assumption of such Excluded Liability, as the case may be, shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by Cardinal Health or the member of the Cardinal Health Group entitled to the Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, as the case may be, other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, attorneys’ fees and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by Cardinal Health or the member of the Cardinal Health Group entitled to such Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability.

 

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2.5 Approvals and Notifications.

(a) To the extent that the transfer or assignment of any CareFusion Asset, the assumption of any CareFusion Liability, the Reorganization or the Distribution requires any Approvals or Notifications, the parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications as soon as reasonably practicable or, in the case of the CareFusion Assets and the CareFusion Liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.5(c), at the times indicated on such Schedule; provided, however, that, except to the extent expressly provided in any of the other Transaction Documents, neither Cardinal Health nor CareFusion shall be obligated to contribute capital or pay any consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any Person in order to obtain or make such Approvals or Notifications.

(b) If and to the extent that the valid, complete and perfected transfer or assignment to the CareFusion Group of any CareFusion Assets or assumption by the CareFusion Group of any CareFusion Liabilities would be a violation of applicable Law or require any Approvals or Notifications in connection with the Reorganization, or the Distribution, that has not been obtained or made by the Effective Time then, unless the parties hereto mutually shall otherwise determine, the transfer or assignment to the CareFusion Group of such CareFusion Assets or the assumption by the CareFusion Group of such CareFusion Liabilities, as the case may be, shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported transfer, assignment or assumption shall be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Approvals or Notifications have been obtained or made; provided, however, that if such legal impediments are not removed, or such Approvals or Notifications are not obtained or made, in each case by the second (2nd) anniversary of the Distribution Date, then, unless the parties hereto mutually shall otherwise determine, all CareFusion Assets and CareFusion Liabilities that are held by any member of the Cardinal Health Group, as the case may be, will be transferred or assigned to or assumed by the CareFusion Group at such time and at CareFusion’s cost by way of a direct transfer or assignment of the underlying CareFusion Assets or assumption of the underlying CareFusion Liabilities, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such CareFusion Assets or CareFusion Liabilities shall continue to constitute CareFusion Assets and CareFusion Liabilities for all other purposes of this Agreement.

(c) If any transfer or assignment of any CareFusion Asset or any assumption of any CareFusion Liabilities intended to be transferred, assigned or assumed hereunder, as the case may be, is not consummated on or prior to the Distribution Date, whether as a result of the provisions of Section 2.5(b) or for any other reason, then, insofar as reasonably possible, the member of the Cardinal Health Group retaining such CareFusion Asset or such CareFusion Liability (including the CareFusion Assets and CareFusion Liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.5(c)), as the case may be, shall thereafter hold such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability, as the case may be, for the use and benefit of the member of the CareFusion Group entitled thereto (at the expense of the member of the CareFusion Group entitled thereto). In addition, the member of the Cardinal Health Group retaining such CareFusion Asset or such CareFusion Liability shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the member of the CareFusion Group to whom such CareFusion Asset is to be transferred or assigned, or which will assume such CareFusion Liability, as the case may be, in order to place such member of the CareFusion Group in a substantially similar position as if such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability had been transferred, assigned or assumed as contemplated hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability, as the case may

 

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be, including use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability, as the case may be, is to inure from and after the Effective Time to the CareFusion Group.

(d) If and when the Approvals or Notifications, the absence of which caused the deferral of transfer or assignment of any CareFusion Asset or the deferral of assumption of any CareFusion Liability pursuant to Section 2.5(b), are obtained or made, and, if and when any other legal impediments for the transfer or assignment of any CareFusion Asset or the assumption of any CareFusion Liability have been removed, the transfer or assignment of the applicable CareFusion Asset or the assumption of the applicable CareFusion Liability, as the case may be, shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Transaction Document.

(e) Any member of the Cardinal Health Group retaining a CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability due to the deferral of the transfer or assignment of such CareFusion Asset or the deferral of the assumption of such CareFusion Liability, as the case may be, shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the necessary funds are advanced (or otherwise made available) by CareFusion or the member of the CareFusion Group entitled to the CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability, other than reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, attorneys’ fees and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by CareFusion or the member of the CareFusion Group entitled to such CareFusion Asset or CareFusion Liability.

2.6 Novation of CareFusion Liabilities.

(a) Each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion, at the request of the other, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, as soon as reasonably practicable, any consent, substitution, approval or amendment required to novate or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever that constitute CareFusion Liabilities, or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements other than any member of the CareFusion Group, so that, in any such case, the members of the CareFusion Group will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided in any of the other Transaction Documents, neither Cardinal Health nor CareFusion shall be obligated to contribute any capital or pay any consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any third Person from whom any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release is requested.

(b) If Cardinal Health or CareFusion is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release, the applicable member of the Cardinal Health Group shall continue to be bound by such agreement, lease, license or other obligation or Liability and, unless not permitted by the terms thereof or by Law, CareFusion shall, as agent or subcontractor for such member of the Cardinal Health Group, as the case may be, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such member of the Cardinal Health Group that constitute CareFusion Liabilities, as the case may be, thereunder from and after the Effective Time. CareFusion shall indemnify each Cardinal Health Indemnified Party, and hold each of them harmless, against any Liabilities arising in connection

 

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therewith; provided, that pursuant hereto CareFusion shall have no obligation to indemnify any Cardinal Health Indemnified Party that has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith. Cardinal Health shall cause each member of the Cardinal Health Group without further consideration, to pay and remit, or cause to be paid or remitted, to CareFusion, promptly all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of the Cardinal Health Group in respect of such performance (unless any such consideration is an Excluded Asset). If and when any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release shall be obtained or the obligations under such agreement, lease, license or other obligations or Liabilities shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, Cardinal Health shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, all its obligations and other Liabilities thereunder or any obligations of any member of the Cardinal Health Group to CareFusion without payment of further consideration and CareFusion shall, without the payment of any further consideration, assume such obligations.

2.7 Novation of Liabilities other than CareFusion Liabilities.

(a) Each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion, at the request of the other, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, as soon as reasonably practicable, any consent, substitution, approval or amendment required to novate or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities for which a member of the Cardinal Health Group and a member of the CareFusion Group are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute CareFusion Liabilities, or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements other than any member of the Cardinal Health Group, so that, in any such case, the members of the Cardinal Health Group will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided in any of the other Transaction Documents, neither Cardinal Health nor CareFusion shall be obligated to contribute any capital or pay any consideration in any form (including providing any letter of credit, guaranty or other financial accommodation) to any third Person from whom any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release is requested.

(b) If Cardinal Health or CareFusion is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release, the applicable member of the CareFusion Group shall continue to be bound by such agreement, lease, license or other obligation or Liability and, unless not permitted by the terms thereof or by Law, Cardinal Health shall cause a member of the Cardinal Health Group, as agent or subcontractor for such member of the CareFusion Group, as the case may be, to pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such member of the CareFusion Group that do not constitute CareFusion Liabilities, as the case may be, thereunder from and after the Effective Time. Cardinal Health shall indemnify each CareFusion Indemnified Party and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities (other than CareFusion Liabilities) arising in connection therewith; provided, that pursuant hereto Cardinal Health shall have no obligation to indemnify any CareFusion Indemnified Party that has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith. CareFusion shall cause each member of the CareFusion Group without further consideration, to pay and remit, or cause to be paid or remitted, to Cardinal Health or to another member of the Cardinal Health Group specified by Cardinal Health, promptly all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of the CareFusion Group in respect of such performance (unless any such consideration

 

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is a CareFusion Asset). If and when any such consent, substitution, approval, amendment or release shall be obtained or the obligations under such agreement, lease, license or other obligations or Liabilities shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, CareFusion shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, all its obligations and other Liabilities thereunder or any obligations of any member of the CareFusion Group to Cardinal Health or to another member of the Cardinal Health Group specified by Cardinal Health without payment of further consideration and Cardinal Health, without the payment of any further consideration shall, or shall cause such other member of the Cardinal Health Group to, assume such obligations.

2.8 Termination of Agreements and Arrangements.

(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.8(b), in furtherance of the releases and other provisions of Section 5.1, CareFusion and each member of the CareFusion Group, on the one hand, and Cardinal Health and each member of the Cardinal Health Group, on the other hand, hereby terminate, effective as of the Effective Time, any and all agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings, whether or not in writing, between or among CareFusion and/or any member of the CareFusion Group, on the one hand, and Cardinal Health and/or any member of the Cardinal Health Group, on the other hand, effective as of the Effective Time, including those agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings listed or described on Schedule 2.8(a); provided, however, to the extent any such agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding is inconsistent with any other Transaction Document, such termination shall be effective as of the date of effectiveness of the applicable Transaction Document. No such terminated agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding (including any provision thereof which purports to survive termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Effective Time (or, to the extent contemplated by the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, after the effective date of the applicable Transaction Document). Each party shall, at the reasonable request of any other party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.

(b) The provisions of Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to any of the following agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings (or to any of the provisions thereof):

(i) this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and each other agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be entered into or continued by any of the parties hereto or any of the members of their respective Groups);

(ii) except to the extent redundant with any provision of or service provided under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (including any schedules or exhibits thereto), the agreements, arrangements, commitments and understandings listed or described on Schedule 2.8(b)(ii);

(iii) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective wholly-owned Subsidiaries is a party (it being understood that (A) directors’ qualifying shares or similar interests will be disregarded for purposes of determining whether a Subsidiary is wholly owned and (B) to the extent that the rights and obligations of the parties and the members of their respective Groups under any such agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings constitute CareFusion Assets or CareFusion Liabilities, they shall be assigned pursuant to Section 2.1);

 

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(iv) any Shared Contracts; and

(v) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings that this Agreement or any other Transaction Document expressly contemplates will survive the Distribution Date.

2.9 Treatment of Shared Contracts.

(a) Without limiting the generality of the obligations set forth in Section 2.1, unless the parties otherwise agree or the benefits of any contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding described in this Section 2.9 are expressly conveyed to the applicable party pursuant to another Transaction Document, (i) any such contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is listed on Schedule 2.9(a) shall be assigned in part to the applicable member(s) of the applicable Group, if so assignable, or appropriately amended prior to, on or after the Effective Time, so that each party or the members of its respective Group shall, as of the Effective Time, be entitled to the rights and benefits, and shall assume the related portion of any Liabilities, inuring to its respective businesses, in each case in accordance with the allocation of benefits and burdens set forth on Schedule 2.9(a), and (ii) (A) any such contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is an Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability but, prior to the Effective Time, inured in part to the benefit or burden of any member of the CareFusion Group (other than any such contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding covering substantially the same services or arrangements that are covered by a contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding entered into by a member of the CareFusion Group in connection with the Reorganization), and (B) any such contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is a CareFusion Asset or a CareFusion Liability but, prior to the Effective Time, inured in part to the benefit or burden of any member of the Cardinal Health Group (other than any such contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding covering substantially the same services or arrangements that are covered by a contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding entered into by a member of the Cardinal Health Group in connection with the Reorganization), shall be assigned in part to the applicable member(s) of the applicable Group, if so assignable, or appropriately amended prior to, on or after the Effective Time, so that each party or the members of its respective Group shall, as of the Effective Time, be entitled to the rights and benefits, and shall assume the related portion of any Liabilities, inuring to its respective businesses (any contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, a “Shared Contract”); provided, however, that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), (x) in no event shall any member of any Group be required to assign (or amend) any Shared Contract in its entirety or to assign a portion of any Shared Contract which is not assignable (or cannot be amended) by its terms (including any terms imposing consents or conditions on an assignment where such consents or conditions have not been obtained or fulfilled) and (y) if any Shared Contract cannot be so partially assigned by its terms or otherwise, or cannot be amended or if such assignment or amendment would impair the benefit the parties thereto derive from such Shared Contract, then the parties shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, take such other

 

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reasonable and permissible actions (including by providing prompt notice to the other party with respect to any relevant claim of Liability or other relevant matters arising in connection with a Shared Contract so as to allow such other party the ability to exercise any applicable rights under such Shared Contract) to cause a member of the CareFusion Group or the Cardinal Health Group, as the case may be, to receive the rights and benefits of that portion of each Shared Contract that relates to the CareFusion Business or the Cardinal Health Business, as the case may be (in each case, to the extent so related), as if such Shared Contract had been assigned to (or amended to allow) a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.9, and to bear the burden of the corresponding Liabilities (including any Liabilities that may arise by reason of such arrangement), as if such Liabilities had been assumed by a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.9.

(b) Each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall, and shall cause the members of its Group to, (i) treat for all Tax purposes the portion of each Shared Contract inuring to its respective businesses as Assets owned by, and/or Liabilities of, as applicable, such party not later than the Effective Time, and (ii) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by applicable Law).

(c) Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall require any member of any Group to make any material payment (except to the extent advanced, assumed or agreed in advance to be reimbursed by any member of the other Group), incur any material obligation or grant any material concession for the benefit of any member of any other Group in order to effect any transaction contemplated by this Section 2.9.

2.10 Treatment of Shared Liabilities.

(a) Without limiting the indemnification provisions of Article V, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall each be responsible for its Applicable Percentage, calculated in accordance with this Section 2.10, of any of the Liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.10(a) (the “Shared Liabilities”). Any amounts owed in respect of any Shared Liabilities (including reimbursement for the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of defending, managing or providing assistance to the Managing Party pursuant to Section 6.6 with respect to any Third Party Claim that is a Shared Liability, which shall include any amounts with respect to a bond, prepayment or similar security or obligation required (or determined to be advisable by the Managing Party) to be posted by the Managing Party in respect of any claim) shall be remitted promptly after the party hereto entitled to such amount provides an invoice (including reasonable supporting Information with respect thereto) to the party hereto owing such amount and such costs and expenses shall be included in the calculation of the amount of the applicable Shared Liability in determining the reimbursement obligations of the parties hereto with respect thereto; providedhowever, in the event that an amount in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is owed by the parties hereto to any third Persons, in lieu of remitting amounts directly to the party hereto providing the invoice, the owing party hereto may remit the owed amount directly to the applicable third Persons or to a trust established by the invoicing party hereto for the benefit of the parties hereto, in which case each party hereto shall contribute its Applicable Percentage of such amount to the applicable trust account for the benefit of the parties hereto. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Managing Party, or the party hereto incurring such Shared Liabilities, as the case may be, shall be entitled to reimbursement by the other party

 

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hereto (in an amount equal to such other party’s Applicable Percentage in respect of such Shared Liability) of any out-of-pocket costs and expenses related to, or arising out of, defending or managing any such Shared Liability, from time to time and when invoiced, in advance of a final determination or resolution of any Third Party Claim related to a Shared Liability. It shall not be a defense to any obligation by any party hereto to pay any amounts, whether pursuant to this Section 2.10 or in respect of any Indemnity Payments pursuant to Article V, in respect of any Shared Liability that (i) such party was not consulted in the defense or management thereof, (ii) such party’s views or opinions as to the conduct of such defense were not accepted or adopted, (iii) such party does not approve of the quality or manner of the defense thereof or (iv) such Shared Liability was incurred by reason of a settlement rather than by a judgment or other determination of Liability.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Percentage” of each party hereto with respect to any Shared Liability shall mean the quotient (expressed as a percentage and rounded to two (2) decimal points) of (i) the number of current and former employees of such party and any of its applicable Subsidiaries from and after the Effective Time who are claimants (or who are members of a class of claimants) in the Third Party Claim giving rise to such Shared Liability, as finally determined, divided by (ii) the total number of current and former employees of both of the parties hereto who are claimants (or who are members of a class of claimants) in such Third Party Claim, as finally determined. In the event that a claimant (or a member of a class of claimants) had been an employee of both a member of the Cardinal Health Group and a member of the CareFusion Group during the period of time in which the Third Party Claim arose, then such Person shall be counted as a current or former employee of the party that employed him or her the longest during such period of time, and not as a current and/or former employee of both of the parties hereto.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the “Managing Party” shall mean, in respect of any Shared Liability, the party hereto whose Applicable Percentage is seventy percent (70%) or more (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.10(b), for purposes of this Section 2.10(c), each party’s Applicable Percentage shall be calculated based on the Information available to the parties at the time of such calculation). For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that neither party hereto has an Applicable Percentage of seventy percent (70%) or more in respect of a Shared Liability, then there shall be no Managing Party in respect of such Shared Liability and each of the parties hereto shall cooperate with the other party in the defense of the Third Party Claim giving rise to such Shared Liability and indemnify such other party in accordance with the provisions of Articles IV, V and VI, as applicable.

2.11 Bank Accounts; Cash Balances.

(a) Cardinal Health and CareFusion each agrees to take, or cause the respective members of their respective Groups to take, at the Effective Time (or such earlier time as Cardinal Health and CareFusion may agree), all actions necessary to amend all CareFusion Contracts governing each bank and brokerage account owned by CareFusion or any other member of the CareFusion Group (collectively, the “CareFusion Accounts”), including all CareFusion Accounts listed or described on Schedule 2.11(a), so that such CareFusion Accounts, if currently linked (whether by automatic withdrawal, automatic deposit or any other authorization to transfer funds from or to, hereinafter “linked”) to any bank or brokerage account

 

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owned by Cardinal Health or any other member of the Cardinal Health Group (collectively, the “Cardinal Health Accounts”), including all Cardinal Health Accounts listed or described on Schedule 2.11(b), are de-linked from the Cardinal Health Accounts.

(b) Cardinal Health and CareFusion each agrees to take, or cause the respective members of their respective Groups to take, at the Effective Time (or such earlier time as Cardinal Health and CareFusion may agree), all actions necessary to amend all CareFusion Contracts governing the Cardinal Health Accounts so that such Cardinal Health Accounts, if currently linked to a CareFusion Account, are de-linked from the CareFusion Accounts.

(c) It is intended that, following consummation of the actions contemplated by Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b), there will continue to be in place a centralized cash management process pursuant to which the CareFusion Accounts will be managed centrally and funds collected will be transferred into one (1) or more centralized accounts maintained by CareFusion.

(d) It is intended that, following consummation of the actions contemplated by Sections 2.11(a) and 2.11(b), there will continue to be in place a centralized cash management process pursuant to which the Cardinal Health Accounts will be managed centrally and funds collected will be transferred into one (1) or more centralized accounts maintained by Cardinal Health.

(e) With respect to any outstanding checks issued by Cardinal Health, CareFusion, or any of their respective Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, such outstanding checks shall be honored following the Effective Time by the Person or Group owning the account on which the check is drawn.

(f) As between Cardinal Health and CareFusion (and the members of their respective Groups) all payments and reimbursements received after the Effective Time by either party (or member of its Group) that relate to a business, Asset or Liability of the other party (or member of its Group), shall be held by such party in trust for the use and benefit of the party entitled thereto and, promptly upon receipt by such party of any such payment or reimbursement, such party shall pay over, or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to pay over to the other party the amount of such payment or reimbursement without right of set-off.

(g) Each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion agrees that, prior to the Effective Time, Cardinal Health or any other member of the Cardinal Health Group may withdraw any and all cash or cash equivalents from the CareFusion Accounts for the benefit of Cardinal Health or any other member of the Cardinal Health Group.

2.12 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties. EACH OF CARDINAL HEALTH (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE CARDINAL HEALTH GROUP) AND CAREFUSION (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE CAREFUSION GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO

 

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OR THERETO IN ANY WAY AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES OR LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY APPROVALS OR NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ANY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY ASSIGNMENT, DOCUMENT, CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” BASIS (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY REAL PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE) AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, AND (II) ANY NECESSARY APPROVALS OR NOTIFICATIONS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR MADE OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.

ARTICLE III

THE DISTRIBUTION

3.1 Actions On or Prior to the Distribution Date. Prior to the Distribution, the following shall occur:

(a) Information Statement; Listing. Cardinal Health shall mail the Information Statement to the holders of Cardinal Health Common Shares as of the Record Date. Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate under the securities or “blue sky” Laws of states or other political subdivisions of the United States and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable foreign securities Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. CareFusion shall prepare, file and pursue an application to permit listing of the CareFusion Common Stock on the NYSE.

(b) Borrowings and Financings; CareFusion Cash Distribution. In connection with the Reorganization, (i) Cardinal Health shall have entered into the Cardinal Health Credit Facility Amendment, (ii) CareFusion shall have entered into the financing transactions described in the Information Statement as occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date and (iii) CareFusion shall make a cash distribution to Cardinal Health (the “CareFusion Cash Distribution”) in an amount equal to one billion three hundred seventy-three million seven hundred ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,373,791,500), as partial consideration for the transfer of CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

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(c) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. (i) Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall each take all necessary action that may be required to provide for the adoption by CareFusion of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CareFusion in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CareFusion in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) and (ii) CareFusion shall file the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CareFusion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

(d) The Distribution Agent. Cardinal Health shall enter into a distribution agent agreement with the Distribution Agent or otherwise provide instructions to the Distribution Agent regarding the Distribution.

(e) Stock-Based Employee Benefit Plans. At or prior to the Effective Time, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall take all actions as may be necessary to approve the stock-based employee benefit plans of CareFusion in order to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE.

3.2 Conditions Precedent to Distribution. In no event shall the Distribution occur unless each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived by Cardinal Health, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion):

(a) the CareFusion Cash Distribution contemplated by Section 3.1(b) shall have been paid to Cardinal Health;

(b) the Reorganization shall have been completed in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization;

(c) (i) the Private Letter Ruling shall not have been revoked or modified in any material respect and (ii) Cardinal Health shall have received (A) an opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, to the effect that the contribution by Cardinal Health of certain CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and the Distribution will qualify as a transaction that is described in Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and (B) an opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to the effect that the contribution by Cardinal Health of certain CareFusion Assets to CareFusion and the Distribution will qualify as a transaction that is described in Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code;

(d) the Form 10 filed with the SEC shall have been declared effective by the SEC, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect, no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC, and the Information Statement shall have been mailed to holders of Cardinal Health Common Shares as of the Record Date;

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(f) the CareFusion Common Stock to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance;

(g) each of the other Transaction Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto;

(h) no order, injunction or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing consummation of the Distribution or any of the transactions related thereto, including the Reorganization, shall be in effect;

(i) prior to the Distribution, all of Cardinal Health’s representatives or designees shall have resigned or been removed as officers from all members of the CareFusion Group, and all of CareFusion’s representatives or designees shall have resigned or been removed as officers from all members of the Cardinal Health Group;

(j) the Cardinal Health Credit Facility Amendment shall be in full force and effect immediately prior to the Effective Time;

(k) no rating agency action shall have occurred or exist that is likely to result in either Cardinal Health or CareFusion being downgraded to below investment grade, as determined by the board of directors of Cardinal Health after giving effect to the Reorganization and the Distribution; and

(l) no event or development shall have occurred or exist that, in the judgment of the board of directors of Cardinal Health, in its sole discretion, makes it inadvisable to effect the Reorganization, the Distribution or the other transactions contemplated hereby.

Each of the foregoing conditions is for the sole benefit of Cardinal Health and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Cardinal Health or its board of directors to waive or not to waive any such condition or to effect the Reorganization and the Distribution, or in any way limit Cardinal Health’s rights of termination set forth in this Agreement. Any determination made by Cardinal Health prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.2 shall be conclusive and binding on the parties.

3.3 The Distribution.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) on or prior to the Distribution Date, Cardinal Health shall deliver to the Distribution Agent for the benefit of holders of record of Cardinal Health Common Shares on the Record Date, book-entry transfer authorizations for such number of the issued and outstanding shares of CareFusion Common Stock necessary to effect the Distribution, (ii) the Distribution shall be effective at the Effective Time and (iii) Cardinal Health shall instruct the Distribution Agent to distribute, on or as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, to each holder of record of Cardinal Health Common Shares as of the Record Date, by means of a pro rata distribution, one-half (1/2) share of CareFusion Common Stock for every one (1) Cardinal Health Common Share so held. Following the Distribution Date, CareFusion agrees to provide all book-entry transfer authorizations for shares of CareFusion Common Stock that Cardinal Health or the Distribution Agent shall require (after giving effect to Section 3.4) in order to effect the Distribution.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cardinal Health shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the Distribution Date and all terms of the Distribution, including the form, structure and terms of any transactions and/or offerings to effect the Distribution and the timing of and conditions to the consummation thereof. In addition, Cardinal Health may at any time and from time to time until the completion of the Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the Distribution, including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the Distribution.

(c) The parties agree that this Agreement constitutes a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g).

(d) The parties agree that the steps described on Schedule 2.1(a) shall be effected in the order and manner prescribed on such Schedule and the occurrence of each step shall be conditioned upon the completion of the preceding step.

3.4 Subdivision of CareFusion Common Stock to Accomplish the Distribution. Prior to the Distribution, upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of CareFusion to increase the number of authorized shares of CareFusion Common Stock and to effect the subdivision and conversion of the outstanding CareFusion Common Stock contemplated by this Section 3.4, the CareFusion Common Stock then issued and outstanding shall, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be subdivided and converted into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of CareFusion Common Stock issued and outstanding equal to (i) the number of shares of CareFusion Common Stock necessary to effect the Distribution plus (ii) the number of shares of CareFusion Common Stock to be retained by Cardinal Health immediately following the Distribution (the “Retained Stock”).

3.5 Fractional Shares. Shareholders holding a number of Cardinal Health Common Shares, on the Record Date, which would entitle such shareholders to receive less than one (1) whole share of CareFusion Common Stock in the Distribution will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Fractional shares of CareFusion Common Stock will not be distributed in the Distribution nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Distribution Agent shall, as soon as practicable after the Effective Time, (i) determine the number of whole shares and fractional shares of CareFusion Common Stock allocable to each holder of record or beneficial owner of Cardinal Health Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, (ii) aggregate all such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions, in each case, at then prevailing trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share interests, and (iii) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial owner, such holder or owner’s ratable share of the cash proceeds (net of discounts and commissions) of such sale, based upon the average gross selling price per share of CareFusion Common Stock after making appropriate deductions for any amount required to be withheld for United States federal income tax purposes and any brokerage fees incurred in connection with these sales of fractional shares. The sales of fractional shares shall occur as soon after the Effective Time as practicable and as determined by the Distribution Agent. Neither Cardinal Health nor CareFusion or the Distribution Agent will guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of CareFusion Common Stock. Neither Cardinal

 

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Health nor CareFusion will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The Distribution Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares. Neither the Distribution Agent nor the broker-dealers through which the aggregated fractional shares are sold will be Affiliates of Cardinal Health or CareFusion.

3.6 Payment of CareFusion Cash Distribution to Cardinal Health Creditors. Upon receipt of the CareFusion Cash Distribution, Cardinal Health will deposit the proceeds in a segregated account and will use the funds in that account to (i) repay a portion of Cardinal Heath’s maturing debt and (ii) repurchase a portion of Cardinal Health’s existing public debt in one (1) or more tender offers or otherwise, such repayments and repurchases to occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than one (1) year after the Distribution Date.

3.7 Disposition of the Retained Stock. Following the Distribution, Cardinal Health shall (i) transfer all or a portion of the Retained Stock to its creditors or debtholders in one (1) or more exchanges, which exchanges shall be completed no later than two (2) years after the Distribution Date, and/or (ii) dispose of all or a portion of the Retained Stock in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, which dispositions shall be completed no later than five (5) years after the Distribution Date.

ARTICLE IV

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

4.1 Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives.

(a) After the Effective Time (or such earlier time as the parties may agree) and until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion, on behalf of its respective Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group which the requesting party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting party (including under applicable securities Laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting party, (ii) to carry out its human resources functions or to establish, assume or administer its Benefit Plans or payroll functions, (iii) in order to satisfy audit, accounting or other similar requirements (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(d)), or (iv) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; provided, however, that in the event that any party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege, the parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.

(b) After the Effective Time (or such earlier time as the parties may agree) and until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (i) CareFusion and its authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time) to the documents and objects of historic significance that relate to the CareFusion Business that are located in archives retained or

 

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maintained by any member of the Cardinal Health Group, and (ii) CareFusion may obtain copies (but not originals unless it is a CareFusion Asset) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for such bona fide business purposes; provided, that CareFusion shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly in the same condition in which they were delivered to CareFusion and CareFusion shall comply with any rules, procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions on removal of specified objects), that are then applicable to Cardinal Health; provided, further, that, notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 4.1(b), any request for Information or access to Representatives in connection with any Third Party Claims shall be subject to Section 4.7. CareFusion shall pay the applicable fee or rate per hour for archives research services (subject to increase from time to time to reflect rates then in effect for Cardinal Health generally). Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the access of any member of the Cardinal Health Group to any such documents or objects or to impose any liability on any member of the Cardinal Health Group if any such documents or objects are not maintained or preserved by Cardinal Health.

(c) After the Effective Time (or such earlier time as the parties may agree) and until the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (i) Cardinal Health and its authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time) to the documents and objects of historic significance that relate to the Cardinal Health Business that are located in archives retained or maintained by any member of the CareFusion Group and (ii) Cardinal Health may obtain copies (but not originals unless it is not a CareFusion Asset) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for such bona fide business purposes; provided, that Cardinal Health shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly in the same condition in which they were delivered to Cardinal Health and Cardinal Health shall comply with any rules, procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions on removal of specified objects), that are then applicable to CareFusion; provided, further, that, notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 4.1(c), any request for Information or access to Representatives in connection with any Third Party Claims shall be subject to Section 4.7. Cardinal Health shall pay the applicable fee or rate per hour for archives research services (subject to increase from time to time to reflect rates then in effect for CareFusion generally). Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the access of any member of the CareFusion Group to any such documents or objects or to impose any liability on any member of the CareFusion Group if any such documents or objects are not maintained or preserved by CareFusion.

(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, until the second (2nd) CareFusion fiscal year end occurring after the Effective Time (and for a reasonable period of time afterwards as required for each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion to prepare consolidated financial statements or complete a financial statement audit for the fiscal year during which the Distribution Date occurs), each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, to cooperate with the other party’s Information requests to enable (i) the other party to meet its timetable for dissemination of its earnings releases, financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Items 307 and 308, respectively, of Regulation S-K, and (ii) the other party’s accountants to timely complete their review of the

 

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quarterly financial statements and audit of the annual financial statements, including, to the extent applicable to such party, its auditor’s audit of its internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC’s and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules and auditing standards thereunder.

4.2 Ownership of Information. Any Information owned by one Group that is provided to a requesting party pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing party, except where such Information is an Asset of the requesting party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any Information requested or provided pursuant to Section 4.1.

4.3 Compensation for Providing Information. The party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the other party for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any of creating, gathering and copying such Information (including any costs and expenses incurred in any review of Information for purposes of protecting the privileged Information of the providing party or in connection with the restoration of backup tapes for purposes of providing the requested Information), to the extent that such costs are incurred in connection with such other party’s provision of Information in response to the requesting party.

4.4 Record Retention.

(a) To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article IV and other provisions of this Agreement after the Effective Time, the parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to retain all Information in their respective possession or control in accordance with the policies or ordinary course practices of Cardinal Health or CareFusion, as applicable, in effect on the Distribution Date (including any Information that is subject to a “Litigation Hold” issued by either party prior to the Distribution Date) or such other policies or practices as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate party after the Effective Time.

(b) Except in accordance with its, or its applicable Subsidiaries’, policies and ordinary course practices, no party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information that would, in accordance with such policies or ordinary course practices, be archived or otherwise filed in a centralized filing system by such party or its applicable Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) in the case of any Information relating to employee benefits, no party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any such Information until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extensions thereof), (ii) in the case of any Information relating to a pending or threatened Action (including any pending or threatened investigation by a Governmental Authority) that is known to the members of the Group in possession of such Information, the parties shall comply with the requirements of the applicable “Litigation Hold” (provided, that, with respect to any pending or threatened Action arising after the Distribution Date, the requirements of this clause (ii) shall apply only to the extent that whichever member of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group that is in possession of such Information has been notified in writing pursuant to a “Litigation Hold” by the other party of such pending or threatened Action) and (iii) no party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information required to be retained by applicable Law.

 

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(c) In the event of either party’s or any of its subsidiaries’ inadvertent failure to comply with its applicable document retention policies as required under this Section 4.4, such party shall be liable to the other party solely for the amount of any monetary fines or penalties imposed or levied against such other party by a Governmental Authority (which fines or penalties shall not include any Liabilities asserted in connection with the claims underlying the applicable Action, other than fines or penalties resulting from any claim of spoliation) as a result of such other party’s inability to produce Information caused by such inadvertent failure and, notwithstanding Sections 5.2 and 5.3, shall not be liable to such other party for any other Liabilities.

4.5 Liability. No party shall have any liability to any other party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement which is an estimate or forecast, or which is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate in the absence of willful misconduct by the party providing such Information.

4.6 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information.

(a) The rights and obligations granted under this Article IV are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any other Transaction Document.

(b) Any party that receives, pursuant to a request for Information in accordance with this Article IV, Information that is not relevant to its request shall (i) either destroy such Information or return it to the providing party and (ii) deliver to the providing party a certificate certifying that such Information was destroyed or returned, as the case may be, which certificate shall be signed by an officer of the requesting party holding the title of vice president or above.

(c) When any Information provided by one Group to the other (other than Information provided pursuant to Section 4.4) is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or is no longer required to be retained by applicable Law, the receiving party will promptly after request of the other party either return to the other party all Information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or certify to the other party that it has destroyed such Information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon).

(d) The parties agree to comply with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, in connection with the sharing of Information pursuant to this Article IV, including by entering into any business associate agreements that may be required for such compliance.

 

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4.7 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation.

(a) After the Effective Time (or such earlier time as the parties may agree), except in the case of an adversarial Action by one party against another party, each party hereto shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to each other party, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any Action or IP Application in which the requesting party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such Action or IP Application is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting party shall bear all out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith.

(b) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to seek to compromise or settle any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to such Indemnifying Party, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such persons (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such defense, settlement or compromise, or the prosecution, evaluation or pursuit thereof, as the case may be, and shall otherwise cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise, or such prosecution, evaluation or pursuit, as the case may be. The Indemnifying Party shall bear all out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith.

(c) In furtherance and without limiting the provisions of Sections 4.7(a) and (b), the parties shall (i) cooperate and consult to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any Third Party Claims and (ii) in respect of any written request (which request shall sufficiently identify the applicable custodian of the requested Information and, to the extent known to the requesting party, the date of, or any applicable time periods relating to, the requested Information and any other descriptions necessary to sufficiently identify the requested Information) by a party in accordance with the provisions of this Article IV for access to Information or Representatives of the other party and members of such other party’s Group in connection with any Third Party Claim, comply with the procedures and requirements set forth on Schedule 4.7(c).

(d) Without limiting any provision of this Section 4.7, each of the parties agrees to reasonably cooperate, and to cause each member of its respective Group to reasonably cooperate, with each other in the defense of any infringement, misappropriation or similar claim with respect to any Intellectual Property and shall not claim to acknowledge, or permit any member of its respective Group to claim to acknowledge, the validity, infringing use or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property of a third Person in a manner that would hamper or undermine the defense of such infringement, misappropriation or similar claim except as required by Law.

(e) The obligation of the parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this Section 4.7 is intended to be interpreted in a manner so as to facilitate cooperation and shall include the obligation to provide as witnesses inventors and other officers without regard to whether the witness or the employer of the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the exception set forth in the first (1st) sentence of Section 4.7(a)).

 

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(f) In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 4.7, the parties will enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege, work product immunity or other applicable privileges or immunities of any member of any Group.

(g) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 4.7 are in furtherance of the provisions of Section 4.1 and shall not be deemed to in any way limit or otherwise modify the parties’ rights and obligations under Section 4.1.

4.8 Privileged Matters.

(a) The parties recognize that legal and other professional services that have been and will be provided prior to the Effective Time have been and will be rendered for the collective benefit of each of the members of the Cardinal Health Group and the CareFusion Group, and that each of the members of the Cardinal Health Group and the CareFusion Group should be deemed to be the client with respect to such services for the purposes of asserting all privileges which may be asserted under applicable Law in connection therewith. The parties recognize that legal and other professional services will be provided following the Effective Time, which services will be rendered solely for the benefit of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, as the case may be.

(b) The parties agree as follows:

(i) Cardinal Health shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with any privileged Information that relates solely to the Cardinal Heath Business and not to the CareFusion Business, whether or not the privileged Information is in the possession or under the control of any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any member of the CareFusion Group. Cardinal Health shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with any privileged Information that relates solely to any Excluded Liabilities resulting from any Actions that are now pending or may be asserted in the future, whether or not the privileged Information is in the possession or under the control of any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any member of the CareFusion Group; and

(ii) CareFusion shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with any privileged Information that relates solely to the CareFusion Business and not to the Cardinal Health Business, whether or not the privileged Information is in the possession or under the control of any member of the CareFusion Group or any member of the Cardinal Health Group. CareFusion shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with any privileged Information that relates solely to any CareFusion Liabilities resulting from any Actions that are now pending or may be asserted in the future, whether or not the privileged Information is in the possession or under the control of any member of the CareFusion Group or any member of the Cardinal Health Group.

 

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(c) Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.8, the parties agree that they shall have a shared privilege, each with equal right to assert or waive any such shared privilege, with respect to all privileges not allocated pursuant to Section 4.8(b) and all privileges relating to any Actions or other matters that involve both the Cardinal Health Group and the CareFusion Group and in respect of which both parties have Liabilities under this Agreement.

(d) Subject to Sections 4.8(e) and (f), no party may waive any privilege that could be asserted under any applicable Law, and in which the other party has a shared privilege, without the consent of the other party, which consent shall (i) not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (ii) be in writing and (iii) be deemed to be granted unless written objection is made within twenty (20) days after notice has been given to the other party requesting such consent.

(e) In the event of any Actions between Cardinal Health and CareFusion, or any members of their respective Groups, either party may waive a privilege in which the other party or member of such other party’s Group has a shared privilege, without obtaining consent pursuant to Section 4.8(d); provided, that such waiver of a shared privilege shall be effective only as to the use of Information with respect to the Action between the parties and/or the applicable members of their respective Groups, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared privilege with respect to any third Person.

(f) If any dispute arises between Cardinal Health and CareFusion, or any members of their respective Groups, regarding whether a privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interests of either the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group, each party agrees that it shall (i) negotiate with the other party in good faith, (ii) endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other party and (iii) not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay consent to any request for waiver by the other party. Further, each party specifically agrees that it will not withhold its consent to the waiver of a privilege for any purpose except to protect its own legitimate interests.

(g) Upon receipt by either party, or by any member of its respective Group, of any subpoena, discovery or other request that may reasonably be expected to result in the production or disclosure of Information subject to a shared privilege or as to which another party has the sole right hereunder to assert a privilege, or if either party obtains knowledge that any of its, or any member of its respective Group’s, current or former directors, officers, agents or employees have received any subpoena, discovery or other requests that may reasonably be expected to result in the production or disclosure of such privileged Information, such party shall promptly notify the other party of the existence of the request (which notice shall be delivered to such other party no later than five (5) business days following the receipt of any such subpoena, discovery or other request) and shall provide the other party a reasonable opportunity to review the Information and to assert any rights it or they may have under this Section 4.8 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such privileged Information.

(h) The transfer of all Information pursuant to this Agreement is made in reliance on the agreement of Cardinal Health and CareFusion set forth in this Section 4.8 and in Section 6.2 to maintain the confidentiality of privileged Information and to assert and maintain all applicable privileges. The parties agree that their respective rights to any access to

 

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Information, witnesses and other Persons, the furnishing of notices and documents and other cooperative efforts between the parties contemplated by this Agreement, and the transfer of privileged Information between the parties and members of their respective Groups pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.

(i) In furtherance of the parties’ agreement under this Section 4.8, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall, and shall cause applicable members of their respective Group to, maintain their respective separate and joint privileges, including by executing joint defense and common interest agreements where necessary or useful for this purpose.

ARTICLE V

RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION; AND GUARANTEES

5.1 Release of Pre-Distribution Claims.

(a) Except as provided in (i) Section 5.1(c), (ii) any exceptions to the indemnification provisions of Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4, and (iii) any other Transaction Document, effective as of the Effective Time, CareFusion does hereby, for itself and each other member of the CareFusion Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the CareFusion Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge Cardinal Health and the other members of the Cardinal Health Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Cardinal Health Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the Reorganization, the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

(b) Except as provided in (i) Section 5.1(c), (ii) any exceptions to the indemnification provisions of Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4, and (iii) any other Transaction Document, effective as of the Distribution Date, Cardinal Health does hereby, for itself and each other member of the Cardinal Health Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Cardinal Health Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge CareFusion, the respective members of the CareFusion Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the CareFusion Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any

 

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and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement the Reorganization, the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

(c) Nothing contained in Section 5.1(a) or Section 5.1(b) shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings that are specified in Section 2.8(b) or the applicable Schedules thereto, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in Section 5.1(a) or Section 5.1(b) shall release any Person from:

(i) any Liability provided in or resulting from any agreement among any members of the Cardinal Health Group or the CareFusion Group that is specified in Section 2.8(b) or the applicable Schedules thereto as not terminating as of the Distribution Date, or any other Liability specified in such Section 2.8(b) as not terminating as of the Distribution Date;

(ii) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other Liability of any member of any Group under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;

(iii) any Liability for the sale, lease, construction or receipt of goods, property or services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business by a member of one Group from a member of the other Group prior to the Effective Time;

(iv) any Liability for unpaid amounts for products or services or refunds owing on products or services due on a value-received basis for work done by a member of one Group at the request or on behalf of a member of the other Group; or

(v) any Liability that the parties may have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the parties by third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article V and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the other Transaction Documents.

In addition, nothing contained in Section 5.1(a) shall release Cardinal Health from indemnifying any director, officer or employee of CareFusion who was a director, officer or employee of Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates on or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent such director, officer or employee is or becomes a named defendant in any Action with respect to which he or she was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations, it being understood that if the underlying obligation giving rise to such Action is a CareFusion Liability, CareFusion shall indemnify Cardinal Health for such Liability (including Cardinal Health’s costs to indemnify the director, officer or employee) in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article V.

 

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(d) CareFusion shall not make, and shall not permit any member of the CareFusion Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against Cardinal Health or any member of the Cardinal Health Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.1(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.1(a). Cardinal Health shall not, and shall not permit any member of the Cardinal Health Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification against CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.1(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.1(b).

(e) It is the intent of each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 5.1, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Date, between or among CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group, on the one hand, and Cardinal Health or any member of the Cardinal Health Group, on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members on or before the Distribution Date), except as expressly set forth in Section 5.1(c). At any time, at the request of any other party, each party shall cause each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions hereof.

5.2 General Indemnification by CareFusion. Except as provided in Section 5.5, CareFusion shall, and shall cause the other members of the CareFusion Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Cardinal Health Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Cardinal Health Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the Cardinal Health Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):

(a) any CareFusion Liability;

(b) the failure of CareFusion or any other member of the CareFusion Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any CareFusion Liabilities or CareFusion Contract in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to or after the Effective Time;

(c) except to the extent it relates to an Excluded Liability, any guarantee, indemnification obligation, surety bond or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding by any member of the Cardinal Health Group for the benefit of any member of the CareFusion Group that survives the Effective Time; and

(d) any breach by any member of the CareFusion Group of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Documents set forth on Schedule 5.2(d), which shall be subject to the indemnification provisions contained therein) or any action by CareFusion in contravention of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

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5.3 General Indemnification by Cardinal Health. Except as provided in Section 5.5, Cardinal Health shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the CareFusion Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “CareFusion Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the CareFusion Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):

(a) any Excluded Liability;

(b) the failure of any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Excluded Liabilities, whether prior to or after the Effective Time; and

(c) any breach by any member of the Cardinal Health Group of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Documents set forth on Schedule 5.3(c), which shall be subject to the indemnification provisions contained therein).

5.4 Disclosure Indemnification.

(a) Except to the extent provided in Section 5.4(b), CareFusion agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Cardinal Health Indemnified Parties and each Person, if any, who controls any member of the Cardinal Health Group within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all Liabilities arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Form 10 or any amendment thereof, the Information Statement (as amended or supplemented if CareFusion shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any other Disclosure Document, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(b) Cardinal Health agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CareFusion and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective directors or officers who sign the Form 10, and any person who controls CareFusion within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all Liabilities arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Form 10 or any amendment thereof, the Information Statement (as amended or supplemented if CareFusion shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any other Disclosure Document, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent, any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission arises out of information set forth on Schedule 5.4(b).

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paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the actions which resulted in Liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. For the purposes of this Section 5.5, the information relating to Cardinal Health set forth in the Form 10, the Information Statement or any other Disclosure Document that is described on Schedule 5.4(b) shall be the only “information supplied by” Cardinal Health and all other information shall be deemed “information supplied by” CareFusion.

5.6 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts.

(a) Any Liability subject to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Article V, and any Loss (as defined in the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) subject to indemnification pursuant to Section III.E. of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, will be net of Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of the Liability or Loss, as applicable. Accordingly, the amount which any party (an “Indemnifying Party”) is required to pay to any Person entitled to indemnification under this Article V or entitled to indemnification under Section III.E. of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement (an “Indemnified Party”) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party in respect of the related Liability or Loss, as applicable. If an Indemnified Party receives a payment (an “Indemnity Payment”) required by this Agreement or the Transitional Trademark License Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability or Loss, as applicable, and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds, then the Indemnified Party will pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to such Insurance Proceeds but not exceeding the amount of the Indemnity Payment paid by the Indemnifying Party in respect of such Liability or Loss.

(b) An insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof or the indemnification provisions of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto. The Indemnified Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to seek to collect or recover any third-party Insurance Proceeds (other than Insurance Proceeds under an arrangement where future premiums are adjusted to reflect prior claims in excess of prior premiums) to which the Indemnified Party is entitled in connection with any Liability for which the Indemnified Party seeks indemnification pursuant to this Article V or any Loss for which the Indemnified Party seeks indemnification pursuant to Section III.E. of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement; provided, that the Indemnified Party’s inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds shall not limit the Indemnifying Party’s obligations hereunder or under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement.

 

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(c) Any indemnity payment under this Article V shall be increased to take into account any inclusion in income of the Indemnified Party arising from the receipt of such indemnity payment and shall be decreased to take into account any reduction in income of the Indemnified Party arising from such indemnified Liability or Loss, as applicable. For purposes hereof, any inclusion or reduction shall be determined (i) using the highest marginal rates in effect at the time of the determination and (ii) assuming that the Indemnified Party will be liable for Taxes at such rate and has no Tax Attributes (as such term is defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) at the time of the determination.

5.7 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims.

(a) If an Indemnified Party receives written notice that a Person (including any Governmental Authority) that is not a member of Cardinal Health Group or CareFusion Group has asserted any claim or commenced any Action (collectively, a “Third Party Claim”) that may implicate an Indemnifying Party’s obligation to indemnify pursuant to Sections 5.2, 5.3 or 5.4, or any other Section of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the Indemnified Party shall provide the Indemnifying Party written notice thereof as promptly as practicable (and no later than twenty (20) days or sooner, if the nature of the Third Party Claim so requires) after becoming aware of the Third Party Claim. Such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail and include copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Third Party Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of an Indemnified Party to provide notice in accordance with this Section 5.7(a) shall not relieve an Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent to which the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by the Indemnified Party’s failure to provide notice in accordance with this Section 5.7(a).

(b) Subject to this Section 5.7(b) and Section 5.7(c), an Indemnifying Party may elect to defend (and seek to settle or compromise), at its own expense and with its own counsel, any Third Party Claim. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party in accordance with Section 5.7(a) (or sooner, if the nature of the Third Party Claim so requires), the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending the Third Party Claim and shall specify any reservations or exceptions to its defense. After receiving notice of an Indemnifying Party’s election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, whether with or without any reservations or exceptions with respect to such defense, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the Indemnified Party shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of its counsel and, in any event, shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, all witnesses, information and materials in such Indemnified Party’s possession or under such Indemnified Party’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnifying Party. If an Indemnifying Party has elected to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, whether with or without any reservations or exceptions with respect to such defense, then such Indemnifying Party shall be solely liable for all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection with the defense of such Third Party Claim and shall not be entitled to seek any indemnification or reimbursement from the Indemnified Party for any such fees or expenses incurred during the course of its defense of such Third Party Claim, regardless of any subsequent decision by the Indemnifying Party to reject or otherwise abandon its assumption of such defense.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding Section 5.7(b), if any Indemnified Party shall in good faith determine that there is an actual conflict of interest if counsel for the Indemnifying Party represented both the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, and the Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) separate counsel for all Indemnified Parties.

(d) If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnified Party of its election within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnified Party as provided in Section 5.7(b), the Indemnified Party may defend the Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnified Party is conducting the defense against any such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with the Indemnified Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnified Party, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, all witnesses, information and materials in such Indemnifying Party’s possession or under such Indemnifying Party’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnified Party.

(e) Without the prior written consent of any Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, no Indemnified Party may settle or compromise, or seek to settle or compromise, any Third Party Claim; provided, however, in the event that the Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim or fails to notify the Indemnified Party of its election within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice from the Indemnified Party as provided in Section 5.7(b), the Indemnified Party shall have the right to settle or compromise such Third Party Claim in its sole discretion. Without the prior written consent of any Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, no Indemnifying Party shall consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of any pending or threatened Third Party Claim if such Indemnified Party is or could have been a party to the pending or threatened Third Party Claim and could have sought indemnity pursuant to this Section 5.7, unless such judgment or settlement is solely for monetary damages, and provides for a full, unconditional and irrevocable release of that Indemnified Party from all liability in connection with the Third Party Claim.

5.8 Additional Matters.

(a) Indemnification or contribution payments in respect of any Liabilities for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Article V shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party as such Liabilities are incurred upon demand by the Indemnified Party, including reasonably satisfactory documentation setting forth the basis for the amount of such indemnification or contribution payment, including documentation with respect to calculations made and consideration of any Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of such Liabilities. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Article V shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party, (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnified Party of Liabilities for which it might be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder and (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Any claim on account of a Liability which does not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnified Party to the applicable Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30)-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30)-day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to such party as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents without prejudice to its continuing rights to pursue indemnification or contribution hereunder.

(c) If payment is made by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnified Party in connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnified Party as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnified Party may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such Indemnified Party shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.

(d) In an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if either the Indemnified Party or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the parties shall endeavor to substitute the Indemnifying Party for the named defendant if they conclude that substitution is desirable and practical. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any reason or is not requested, the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the Action as set forth in this section, and the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named defendant against all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a court, attorneys’ fees, experts fees and all other external expenses), the costs of any judgment or settlement, and the cost of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement.

(e) For all Tax purposes, Cardinal Health and CareFusion agree to treat (i) any payment required by this Agreement (other than payments with respect to interest accruing after the Effective Time) as either a contribution by Cardinal Health to CareFusion or a distribution by CareFusion to Cardinal Health, as the case may be, occurring immediately prior to the Effective Time or as a payment of an assumed or retained Liability, and (ii) any payment of interest as taxable or deductible, as the case may be, to the party entitled under this Agreement to retain such payment or required under this Agreement to make such payment, in either case except as otherwise required by applicable Law.

5.9 Remedies Cumulative; Limitations of Liability. The rights provided in this Article V shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnified Party of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither CareFusion or its Affiliates, on the one hand, nor Cardinal Health or its Affiliates, on the other hand, shall be liable to the other for any special, indirect, punitive, exemplary, remote, speculative or similar damages in excess of compensatory damages (collectively, “Special Damages”) of the other arising in connection with the Transactions (provided, that the following shall be considered

 

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direct damages: (a) any such liability with respect to a Third Party Claim and (b) any Loss (as defined in Section III.E. of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement ) of Cardinal Health and Cardinal Health’s Subsidiaries relating to, arising out of or resulting from the degradation of any of the Licensed Marks (as defined in the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) for which CareFusion and the other members of the CareFusion Group are obligated to indemnify Cardinal Health and Cardinal Health’s Subsidiaries under Section III.E. of the Transitional Trademark License Agreement).

5.10 Survival of Indemnities. The rights and obligations of each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion and their respective Indemnified Parties under this Article V shall survive the sale or other transfer by any party of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.

5.11 Guarantees.

(a) Except for those guarantees set forth on Schedule 5.11(a), where Cardinal Health or CareFusion, as the case may be, shall remain as guarantor and the applicable guaranteed party or guaranteed member of the applicable Group shall indemnify and hold harmless such guarantor for any Liabilities arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of this Article V) or as otherwise specified in any other Transaction Document, on or prior to the Effective Time or as soon as practicable thereafter, (i) Cardinal Health shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member(s) of the CareFusion Group) use its reasonable efforts to have any member(s) of the CareFusion Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any Excluded Liability, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 5.11(a)(i), to the extent that they relate to Excluded Liabilities, and (ii) CareFusion shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member(s) of the Cardinal Health Group) use its reasonable efforts to have any member(s) of the Cardinal Health Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any CareFusion Liability, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 5.11(a)(ii), to the extent that they relate to CareFusion Liabilities.

(b) On or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent required to obtain a release from a guarantee (a “Guarantee Release”):

(i) of any member of the Cardinal Health Group, CareFusion shall execute a guarantee agreement in the form of the existing guarantee or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guarantee agreement, except to the extent that such existing guarantee contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which CareFusion would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached; and

(ii) of any member of the CareFusion Group, Cardinal Health shall execute a guarantee agreement in the form of the existing guarantee or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guarantee agreement, except to the extent that such existing guarantee contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which Cardinal Health would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.

 

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(c) If Cardinal Health or CareFusion is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required removal as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.11, (i) the relevant member of the Cardinal Health Group or CareFusion Group, as applicable, that has assumed the Liability with respect to such guarantee shall indemnify and hold harmless the guarantor or obligor for any Liability arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of this Article V) and shall or shall cause one (1) of its Subsidiaries, as agent or subcontractor for such guarantor or obligor to pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such guarantor or obligor thereunder, and (ii) each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion, on behalf of themselves and the members of their respective Groups, agree not to renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a third Person, any loan, guarantee, lease, contract or other obligation for which the other party or member of such party’s Group is or may be liable unless all obligations of such other party and the other members of such party’s Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such party; provided, however, with respect to leases, in the event a Guarantee Release is not obtained and the relevant beneficiary wishes to extend the term of such guaranteed lease, then such beneficiary shall have the option of extending the term if it provides such security as is reasonably satisfactory to the guarantor under such guaranteed lease.

ARTICLE VI

OTHER AGREEMENTS

6.1 Further Assurances.

(a) In addition to the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto will cooperate with each other and use (and will cause their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates to use) commercially reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions, including the actions listed on Schedule 6.1(a), and to do, or to cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary on its part under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, each party hereto shall cooperate with the other parties, and without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting party from and after the Effective Time, to execute and deliver, or use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and to obtain or make any Approvals or Notifications from or with any Governmental Authority or any other Person under any permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument, and to take all such other actions as such party may reasonably be requested to take by any other party hereto from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transfers of the CareFusion Assets and the assignment and assumption of the CareFusion Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, each party will, at the reasonable request, cost and expense of any other party, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to vest in such other party good and marketable title to the Assets allocated to such party under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, free and clear of any Security Interest.

 

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(c) At or prior to the Effective Time, Cardinal Health and CareFusion in their respective capacities as direct and indirect stockholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by CareFusion or any other Subsidiary of Cardinal Health or CareFusion, as the case may be, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Confidentiality.

(a) From and after the Effective Time, subject to Section 6.2(c) and except as contemplated by or otherwise provided in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, Cardinal Health shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and officers, directors, employees, and other agents and representatives, including attorneys, agents, customers, suppliers, contractors, consultants and other representatives of any Person providing financing (collectively, “Representatives”), not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any Person other than Representatives of such party or of its Affiliates who reasonably need to know such information in providing services to any member of the Cardinal Health Group (or for the purpose of any member of the Cardinal Health Group performing its obligations or exercising its rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit (except as necessary to perform its obligations and exercise its rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) or for the benefit of any third Person, any CareFusion Confidential Information. If any disclosures are made in connection with providing services to any member of the Cardinal Health Group under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (or in connection with performing obligations or exercising rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement), then the CareFusion Confidential Information so disclosed shall be used only as required to perform the services (or to perform such obligations and exercise such rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement). Cardinal Health shall use the same degree of care to prevent and restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the CareFusion Confidential Information by any of its Representatives as it currently uses for its own confidential information of a like nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care. For purposes of this Section 6.2(a), any Information, material or documents relating to the CareFusion Business currently or formerly conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by any member of the CareFusion Group furnished to, or in possession of, Cardinal Health, irrespective of the form of communication, and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other documents prepared by Cardinal Health or its officers, directors and Affiliates, that contain or otherwise reflect such information, material or documents is hereinafter referred to as “CareFusion Confidential Information.” CareFusion Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by Cardinal Health not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) Cardinal Health can demonstrate was or became available to Cardinal Health from a source other than CareFusion or its Affiliates or (iii) is developed independently by Cardinal Health without reference to the CareFusion Confidential Information; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (ii), the source of such information was not known by Cardinal Health to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group with respect to such information.

 

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(b) From and after the Effective Time, subject to Section 6.2(c) and except as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, CareFusion shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and their respective Representatives, not to, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any Person other than Representatives of such party or of its Affiliates who reasonably need to know such information in providing services to CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group (or for the purpose of any member of the CareFusion Group performing its obligations or exercising its rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit (except as necessary to perform its obligations and exercise its rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) or for the benefit of any third Person, any Cardinal Health Confidential Information. If any disclosures are made in connection with providing services to any member of the CareFusion Group under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (or in connection with performing obligations or exercising rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement), then the Cardinal Health Confidential Information so disclosed shall be used only as required to perform the services (or to perform such obligations and exercise such rights under the Transitional Trademark License Agreement). The CareFusion Group shall use the same degree of care to prevent and restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the Cardinal Health Confidential Information by any of their Representatives as they currently use for their own confidential information of a like nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care. For purposes of this Section 6.2(b), any Information, material or documents relating to the businesses currently or formerly conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates (other than any member of the CareFusion Group) furnished to, or in possession of, any member of the CareFusion Group, irrespective of the form of communication, and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other documents prepared by CareFusion, any member of the CareFusion Group or their respective officers, directors and Affiliates, that contain or otherwise reflect such information, material or documents is hereinafter referred to as “Cardinal Health Confidential Information.” Cardinal Health Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by any member of the CareFusion Group not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) CareFusion can demonstrate was or became available to CareFusion from a source other than Cardinal Health and its respective Affiliates or (iii) is developed independently by such member of the CareFusion Group without reference to the Cardinal Health Confidential Information; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (ii), the source of such information was not known by CareFusion to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, Cardinal Health or its Affiliates with respect to such information.

(c) If Cardinal Health or its Affiliates, on the one hand, or CareFusion or its Affiliates, on the other hand, are requested or required (by oral question, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) by any Governmental Authority or pursuant to applicable Law to disclose or provide any CareFusion Confidential Information or Cardinal Health Confidential Information (other than with respect to any such information furnished pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this Agreement), as

 

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applicable, the Person receiving such request or demand shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the other party with written notice of such request or demand as promptly as practicable under the circumstances so that such other party shall have an opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order. The party receiving such request or demand agrees to take, and cause its representatives to take, at the requesting party’s expense, all other reasonable steps necessary to obtain confidential treatment by the recipient. Subject to the foregoing, the party that received such request or demand may thereafter disclose or provide any CareFusion Confidential Information or Cardinal Health Confidential Information, as the case may be, to the extent required by such Law (as so advised by counsel) or by lawful process or such Governmental Authority.

(d) Each of Cardinal Health and CareFusion acknowledges that it and the other members of its Group may have in their possession confidential or proprietary information of third Persons that was received under confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with such third Person prior to the Distribution Date. Cardinal Health and CareFusion each agrees that it will hold, and will cause the other members of its Group and their respective Representatives to hold, in strict confidence the confidential and proprietary information of third Persons to which it or any other member of its respective Group has access, in accordance with the terms of any agreements entered into prior to the Distribution Date between or among one (1) or more members of the applicable party’s Group and such third Persons.

6.3 Insurance Matters.

(a) CareFusion acknowledges and agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other member of the CareFusion Group, that, from and after the Effective Time, neither CareFusion nor any member of the CareFusion Group shall have any rights to or under any of Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ insurance policies, other than any insurance policies acquired prior to the Effective Time directly by and in the name of a member of the CareFusion Group or as expressly provided in this Section 6.3 or in the Employee Matters Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a), from and after the Effective Time, with respect to any losses, damages and liability incurred by any member of the CareFusion Group prior to the Effective Time, Cardinal Health will provide CareFusion with access to, and CareFusion may make claims under:

(i) Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ third-party occurrence insurance policies (other than any Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies) solely to the extent that such policies cover any (x) workers’ compensation, auto liability, general liability and property claims incurred prior to the Effective Time or (y) product liability claims incurred prior to June 30, 2004;

(ii) Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ third-party insurance policies (other than any Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies) solely to the extent that such policies cover (x) employment practices liability, professional services liability and employee dishonesty/crime liability for covered claims reported to insurers prior to the Effective Time or (y) product liability for covered claims incurred on or after June 30, 2004 and reported to insurers prior to the Effective Time;

 

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(iii) Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies that are occurrence insurance policies, including such policies that cover workers’ compensation, auto liability, general liability, product liability and property claims, solely to the extent that such Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies cover claims incurred prior to the date that such policies were terminated;

(iv) Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies for product liability, employment practices liability and professional services liability for covered claims solely to the extent that such claims are reported to insurers during any extended reported periods that have not yet expired; and

(v) Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ fiduciary liability insurance policies for covered claims reported on, before or after the Effective Time, but only for wrongful acts which take place on or prior to the Effective Time;

provided, that, in the case of each of clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), such access to, and the right to make claims under such insurance policies, shall be subject to the terms and conditions of such insurance policies, including any limits on coverage or scope, any deductibles and other fees and expenses, and shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) CareFusion shall report, as promptly as practicable (1) claims under the workers’ compensation policy in accordance with Cardinal Health’s claim reporting procedures in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, (2) claims under all other policies (other than the Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies) to the Corporate Risk Management Department of Cardinal Health and (3) claims under the Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies directly to the applicable insurance company;

(B) CareFusion shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse Cardinal Health and its Affiliates for any deductibles and self-insured retention incurred by Cardinal Health or its Affiliates to the extent resulting from any access to, any claims made by CareFusion or any of its Affiliates under, any insurance provided pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(i) and Section 6.3(b)(ii), including any indemnity payments, settlements, judgments, legal fees and allocated claims expenses and claim handling fees, whether such claims are made by CareFusion, its employees or third Persons; provided, further, that such indemnification and reimbursement obligation shall not apply to any deductibles or self-insured retention resulting from claims under Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ workers’ compensation, auto liability, and general liability (other than product liability) insurance policies with policy effective dates of June 30, 2002 or earlier;

(C) CareFusion shall exclusively bear and be responsible for (and Cardinal Health shall have no obligation to repay or reimburse CareFusion or any of its Affiliates for) and pay the applicable insurers as required under the applicable insurance policies for any and all costs as a result of having access to, or making claims under, any insurance provided pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(iii) and Section 6.3(b)(iv), including any deductibles and self-insured retention associated with such claims, retrospective, retroactive or prospective premium adjustments associated with the applicable insurance policies, catastrophic coverage

 

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charges, overhead, claim handling and administrative costs, Taxes, surcharges, state assessments, reinsurance costs, other related costs and claim payments, relating to all open, closed, re-opened claims covered by the applicable policies, whether such claims are made by CareFusion, its employees or third Persons; and

(D) CareFusion shall exclusively bear (and Cardinal Health shall have no obligation to repay or reimburse CareFusion or its Affiliates for) and shall be liable for all uninsured, uncovered, unavailable or uncollectible amounts of all such claims made by CareFusion or any of its Affiliates under the policies as provided for in this Section 6.3(b).

(c) Any payments, costs and adjustments required pursuant to Section 6.3(b) (other than payments, costs and adjustments with respect to Pre-Cardinal Health Insurance Policies, which payments, costs and adjustments shall be paid by CareFusion directly to the applicable insurers) shall be billed by Cardinal Health to CareFusion on a monthly basis and payable within thirty (30) days from receipt of invoice. If payment is not made within ninety (90) days of invoice, the outstanding amount will accrue interest from and including the ninetieth (90th) day following the date of the invoice to (but excluding) the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to nine percent (9%). If Cardinal Health incurs costs to enforce CareFusion’s obligations herein, CareFusion agrees to indemnify Cardinal Health for such enforcement costs, including attorneys’ fees.

(d) Except for deductible reimbursement for workers’ compensation, automobile liability and general liability under controlling policies with effective dates of June 30, 2001 or earlier that are subject to Loss Portfolio Transfer Policy No. EIC-0203-009 and for workers’ compensation, automobile liability, hired auto PD and general liability that are subject to Deductible Reimbursement Policy No. EIC-0203-001 with an effective date of June 30, 2002, CareFusion acknowledges and agrees on its own behalf, and on behalf of each other member of the CareFusion Group, that neither CareFusion nor any member of the CareFusion Group shall have any right or claim against Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates (including EPIC Insurance Company (“EPIC”)) for reimbursement, payment or any other obligation arising from any EPIC insurance policy covering CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group, and hereby irrevocably releases, as of the Effective Time, Cardinal Health and its Affiliates (including EPIC) from all of the duties, obligations, responsibilities and liabilities, known or unknown, reported or not reported, imposed upon Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates (including EPIC) to the extent resulting from, relating to or arising out of any EPIC insurance policy covering CareFusion or any member of the CareFusion Group, without recourse to Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates (including EPIC).

(e) Cardinal Health shall retain the exclusive right to control its insurance policies and programs, including the right to exhaust, settle, release, commute, buy-back or otherwise resolve disputes with respect to any of its insurance policies and programs and to amend, modify or waive any rights under any such insurance policies and programs, notwithstanding whether any such policies or programs apply to any CareFusion Liabilities and/or claims CareFusion has made or could make in the future, and no member of the CareFusion Group shall, without the prior written consent of Cardinal Health, erode, exhaust, settle, release, commute, buy-back or otherwise resolve disputes with Cardinal Health’s insurers with respect to any of Cardinal Health’s insurance policies and programs, or amend, modify or

 

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waive any rights under any such insurance policies and programs. CareFusion shall cooperate with Cardinal Health and share such information as is reasonably necessary in order to permit Cardinal Health to manage and conduct its insurance matters as it deems appropriate. In addition, CareFusion must pursue rights of recovery on all product liability claims or loss at all times that CareFusion has the ability to mitigate a product liability claim or loss via contract or tort.

(f) At the Effective Time, CareFusion shall have in effect all insurance programs required to comply with CareFusion’s contractual obligations and such other insurance policies as reasonably necessary or customary for companies operating a business similar to CareFusion’s. Such insurance programs include general liability, commercial auto liability, workers’ compensation, employer’s liability, product liability, professional services liability, property, cargo, employment practices liability, employee dishonesty/crime, aircraft hull and liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, fiduciary liability and special accident.

(g) CareFusion agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other member of the CareFusion Group, that, from the Effective Time until the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, Cardinal Health and its Affiliates shall be named as additional insureds or loss payee, whichever is appropriate, under any of CareFusion’s or its Affiliates’ insurance policies for product liability, foreign liability, employment practices liability, professional services liability, fiduciary liability and employee dishonesty/crime liability in respect of any Cardinal Health Liability arising out of the CareFusion Business (including any CareFusion products) or any wrongful act or omissions prior to the Effective Time. CareFusion shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse Cardinal Health and its Affiliates for any and all costs incurred by Cardinal Health or its Affiliates to the extent resulting from any CareFusion’s or its Affiliates’ insurance policies in which Cardinal Health or any of its Affiliates are named as additional insureds, including any deductibles, self-insured retentions or uninsured losses.

(h) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3(i), Cardinal Health or any if its Affiliates shall have no obligation to secure extended reporting for any claims under any of Cardinal Health’s or its Affiliates’ claims-made or occurrence-reported liability policies for any acts or omissions by any member of the CareFusion Group incurred prior to the Effective Time.

(i) Prior to the Effective Time, Cardinal Health shall obtain and fully pay for a directors and officers liability run-off insurance policy, for claims made after the Effective Time covering wrongful acts which take place on or prior to the Effective Time and arising out of or relating to the entities and business that are part of the CareFusion Group as of immediately after the Effective Time, with a policy period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, covering (i) current as of the Effective Time and former directors and officers of Cardinal Health, (ii) current as of the Effective Time and former directors and officers of the entities and business that are part of the CareFusion Group as of immediately after the Effective Time, (iii) current as of the Effective Time and former Cardinal Health employees for securities claims and (iv) Cardinal Health and its Affiliates and the entities and business that are part of the CareFusion Group as of immediately after the Effective Time and its Affiliates for securities claims. Such directors and officers liability run-off insurance policy shall be materially consistent with the directors and officers liability insurance policy currently maintained by Cardinal Health (except for the policy period and provisions excluding coverage for wrongful

 

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acts occurring after the Effective Time); provided, that Cardinal Health may substitute therefor policies with an insurer with a minimum A- VII A.M Best financial strength rating and with at least the same coverage, limits, retentions and containing terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the covered directors, officers, employees and entities; provided, further, that Cardinal Health shall not be required to pay the one-time run-off premium in excess of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the estimated run-off premium of two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(j) This Agreement shall not be considered as an attempted assignment of any policy of insurance or as a contract of insurance and shall not be construed to waive any right or remedy of any member of the Cardinal Health Group in respect of any of the Cardinal Health insurance policies and programs or any other contract or policy of insurance.

6.4 Allocation of Costs and Expenses. Subject to the allocation between the parties of certain specified costs and expenses pursuant to Schedule 6.4, Cardinal Health shall pay for all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by Cardinal Health or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time in connection with the Transactions, including (i) the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement, each other Transaction Document (unless otherwise expressly provided therein), the Cardinal Health Credit Facility Amendment, each of the financing transactions described in the Information Statement as occurring on or prior to the Distribution Date, including any financing transactions to be entered into by CareFusion or any of its Subsidiaries, any valuation of Cardinal Health and/or CareFusion and all other documentation related to the Transactions and all related transactions, (ii) the preparation and execution or filing of any and all other documents, agreements, forms, applications, contracts or consents associated with the Transactions and all related transactions, (iii) the preparation and filing of CareFusion’s and its Subsidiaries’ organizational documents, (iv) the preparation, printing and filing of the Form 10 and Information Statement, including all fees and expenses of complying with applicable federal, state or foreign securities Laws and domestic or foreign securities exchange rules and regulations, together with fees and expenses of counsel retained to effect such compliance, (v) the private letter ruling from the IRS sought in connection with the Transactions, (vi) the initial listing of the CareFusion Common Stock on NYSE, (vii) the fees and expenses of Ernst & Young LLP incurred in connection with the Form 10 and the Information Statement (excluding core-audit fees and expenses of Ernst & Young LLP), and (viii) the fees and expenses of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz incurred in connection with rendering the legal opinions of outside tax counsel contemplated by Section 3.2(c).

6.5 Litigation; Cooperation.

(a) As of the Effective Time, CareFusion shall assume and thereafter, except as provided in Article V, be responsible for the administration of all Liabilities that may result from the Assumed Actions and all fees and costs relating to the defense of the Assumed Actions, including attorneys’ fees and costs incurred after the Effective Time. “Assumed Actions” means those Actions (in which any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any Affiliate of a member of the Cardinal Health Group is a defendant or the party against whom the claim or investigation is directed) primarily relating to the CareFusion Business, including the Actions listed on Schedule 6.5(a).

 

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(b) Cardinal Health shall transfer the Transferred Actions to CareFusion, and CareFusion shall receive and have the benefit of all of the proceeds of such Transferred Actions. “Transferred Actions” means those Actions (in which any member of the Cardinal Health Group or any Affiliate of a member of the Cardinal Health Group is a plaintiff or claimant) primarily relating to the CareFusion Business, including the Actions listed on Schedule 6.5(b).

(c) (i) Cardinal Health agrees that at all times from and after the Effective Time if a Third Party Claim (other than a Third Party Claim in respect of any Shared Liabilities, which shall be subject to Section 6.6) relating primarily to the Cardinal Health Business is commenced naming both Cardinal Health and CareFusion as defendants thereto, then Cardinal Health shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause CareFusion to be removed from such Third Party Claim; provided, that, if Cardinal Health is unable to cause CareFusion to be removed from such Third Party Claim, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall cooperate and consult to the extent necessary or advisable with respect to such Third Party Claim.

(ii) CareFusion agrees that at all times from and after the Effective Time if a Third Party Claim (other than a Third Party Claim in respect of any Shared Liabilities, which shall be subject to Section 6.6) relating primarily to the CareFusion Business is commenced naming both Cardinal Health and CareFusion as defendants thereto, then CareFusion shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause Cardinal Health to be removed from such Third Party Claim; provided, that, if CareFusion is unable to cause Cardinal Health to be removed from such Third Party Claim, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall cooperate and consult to the extent necessary or advisable with respect to such Third Party Claim.

(iii) Cardinal Health and CareFusion agree that at all times from and after the Effective Time if a Third Party Claim which does not relate primarily to the CareFusion Business or the Cardinal Health Business (other than a Third Party Claim in respect of any Shared Liabilities, which shall be subject to Section 6.6) is commenced naming both Cardinal Health (or any member of the Cardinal Health Group) and CareFusion (or any member of the CareFusion Group) as defendants thereto, then Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall cooperate fully with each other, maintain a joint defense (in a manner that would preserve for both parties and their respective Affiliates any attorney-client privilege, joint defense or other privilege with respect thereto) and consult each other to the extent necessary or advisable with respect to such Third Party Claim.

6.6 Management of Shared Liabilities.

(a) In respect of any Shared Liability where there is a Managing Party, the Managing Party shall, on behalf of the other party hereto, have sole and exclusive authority to commence, prosecute, manage, control, conduct or defend (or assume the defense of) or otherwise determine all matters whatsoever (including, as applicable, litigation strategy and choice of legal counsel or other professionals) with respect to any Third Party Claims relating to such Shared Liability; provided, that the other party hereto shall have the right, at its own expense, to retain separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise or settlement of the Third Party Claim. The Managing Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly notify the other party hereto in the event that it assumes the defense of

 

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any Action with respect to such Shared Liability; provided, that the failure to provide such notice shall not give rise to any rights on the part of the other party hereto against the Managing Party or affect any other provision of this Section 6.6. So long as the Managing Party has assumed, and is actively and diligently conducting, the defense of any Shared Liability, the other party hereto shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to such Shared Liability without the prior written consent of the Managing Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed or withheld).

(b) Notwithstanding Section 6.6(a), if the party which is not the Managing Party shall in good faith determine that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest if counsel for the Managing Party represented both of the parties, then the party which is not the Managing Party shall have the right to retain separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise or settlement of the Third Party Claim, and the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be included in the calculation of the amount of the Shared Liability to be allocated to both of the parties based on their respective Applicable Percentage.

(c) The Managing Party shall on a monthly basis or, if a material development occurs, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, fully inform the other party hereto of the status of and developments relating to any matter involving the applicable Shared Liability and provide copies of any material document, notices or other materials related to such matters. The party which is not the Managing Party shall cooperate fully with the Managing Party in its management of any such Shared Liability and shall take such actions in connection therewith that the Managing Party reasonably requests (including providing access to relevant Information within such party’s possession or control and such party’s employees in accordance with the provisions of Article IV).

(d) Neither of the parties hereto shall take, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to take, any action (including commencing any Action) or omit to take any action that may interfere with, or that may adversely affect, the rights and powers of the Managing Party pursuant to this Section 6.6.

(e) In respect of any Shared Liability where there is no Managing Party, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall cooperate fully with each other, maintain a joint defense (in a manner that would preserve for both parties and their respective Affiliates any attorney-client privilege, joint defense or other privilege with respect thereto) and consult each other to the extent necessary or advisable with respect to any Third Party Claim in respect of such Shared Liability.

(f) In the event of any Dispute as to whether any Liability (other than those Taxes governed by the Tax Matters Agreement) is a Shared Liability, the Managing Party may, but shall not be obligated to, assume the defense of the Third Party Claim pending resolution of such Dispute. In the event that the Managing Party assumes such defense and, upon resolution of the Dispute (pursuant to Article VII or otherwise), it is determined that such Liability is not a Shared Liability and that such Liability belongs to the other party hereto, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the Managing Party shall have the right to cease the defense of such Third Party Claim and the other party hereto shall

 

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cooperate to transfer the control thereof to such other party. In such event, such other party hereto shall promptly reimburse the Managing Party for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred to such date in connection with the defense of the Third Party Claim.

6.7 Tax Matters. Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall enter into the Tax Matters Agreement on or prior to the Distribution Date. To the extent that any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements between the parties with respect to Taxes or other Tax matters are set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement, such Taxes and other Tax matters shall be governed exclusively by the Tax Matters Agreement and not by this Agreement.

6.8 Employment Matters. Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall enter into the Employee Matters Agreement on or prior to the Distribution Date. To the extent that any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements between the parties with respect to employment matters are set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement, such employment matters shall be governed exclusively by the Employee Matters Agreement and not by this Agreement. Cardinal Health and CareFusion hereby agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the alternate procedure described in Section 5 of Revenue Procedure 2004-53.

6.9 Intellectual Property Agreements. Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall enter into the Intellectual Property Agreements on or prior to the Distribution Date. To the extent that any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements between the parties with respect to Intellectual Property matters are set forth in the Intellectual Property Agreements, such Intellectual Property matters shall be governed exclusively by the Intellectual Property Agreements and not by this Agreement.

6.10 Intercompany Agreements. Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall enter into the Intercompany Agreements on or prior to the Distribution Date. To the extent that any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matters contemplated by the Intercompany Agreements are set forth in the Intercompany Agreements, such subject matters shall be governed exclusively by the Intercompany Agreements and not by this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

7.1 General Provisions.

(a) Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Documents set forth in Schedule 7.1), or the validity, interpretation, breach or termination thereof (a “Dispute”), shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article VII, which shall be the sole and exclusive procedures for the resolution of any such Dispute unless otherwise specified in the applicable Transaction Document or in this Article VII below.

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settlement and shall be exempt from discovery and production, and shall not be admissible into evidence for any reason (whether as an admission or otherwise), in any arbitral or other proceeding for the resolution of any Dispute.

(c) THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE AND FOREGO ANY RIGHT TO (I) SPECIAL DAMAGES, AS DEFINED HEREIN (PROVIDED, THAT LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH SPECIAL DAMAGES, AS DEFINED HEREIN, WITH RESPECT TO THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE CONSIDERED DIRECT DAMAGES: (A) ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIM, AND (B) ANY LOSS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION III.E. OF THE TRANSITIONAL TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT) OF CARDINAL HEALTH AND CARDINAL HEALTH’S SUBSIDIARIES RELATING TO, ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE DEGRADATION OF ANY OF THE LICENSED MARKS (AS DEFINED IN THE TRANSITIONAL TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT) FOR WHICH CAREFUSION AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CAREFUSION GROUP ARE OBLIGATED TO INDEMNIFY CARDINAL HEALTH AND CARDINAL HEALTH’S SUBSIDIARIES UNDER SECTION III.E. OF THE TRANSITIONAL TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT), AND (II) TRIAL BY JURY.

(d) The specific procedures set forth in this Article VII below, including the time limits referenced therein, may be modified by agreement of both of the parties in writing.

(e) All applicable statutes of limitations and defenses based upon the passage of time shall be tolled while the procedures specified in this Article VII are pending. The parties will take any necessary or appropriate action required to effectuate such tolling.

7.2 Consideration by Senior Executives. If a Dispute is not resolved in the normal course of business at the operational level, the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute by negotiation between executives who hold, at a minimum, the offices set forth on Schedule 7.2. Either party may initiate the executive negotiation process by providing a written notice to the other (the “Initial Notice”). Within fifteen (15) days (or, where the Dispute relates to the Transition Services Agreement or in the case of a Section III.C. Dispute, a Section III.D. Dispute or a Section V.B. Dispute (each as defined in the Transitional Trademark License Agreement) with respect to the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, five (5) days) after delivery of the Initial Notice, the receiving party shall submit to the other a written response (the “Response”). The Initial Notice and the Response shall include (i) a statement of the Dispute and of each party’s position and (ii) the name and title of the executive who will represent that party and of any other person who will accompany the executive. The parties agree that such executives shall have full and complete authority to resolve any Disputes submitted pursuant to this Section 7.2. Such executives will meet in person or by teleconference or video conference within thirty (30) days (or, where the Dispute relates to the Transition Services Agreement or in the case of a Section III.C. Dispute, a Section III.D. Dispute or a Section V.B. Dispute with respect to the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, twenty-five (25) days) of the date of the Initial Notice to seek a resolution of the Dispute. In the event that the executives are unable to agree to a format for such meeting, the meeting shall be convened by teleconference.

 

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7.3 Mediation. If a Dispute is not resolved by negotiation as provided in Section 7.2 within forty-five (45) days (or, where the Dispute relates to the Transition Services Agreement or in the case of a Section III.C. Dispute, a Section III.D. Dispute or a Section V.B. Dispute with respect to the Transitional Trademark License Agreement, thirty (30) days) from the delivery of the Initial Notice, then either party may submit the Dispute for resolution by mediation pursuant to the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (the “CPR”) Model Mediation Procedure as then in effect. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the parties shall (i) conduct the mediation in Cook County, Illinois, and (ii) select a mutually agreeable mediator from the CPR Panels of Distinguished Neutrals in the selected location. If the parties are unable to agree upon a mediator, the parties agree that CPR shall select a mediator from its panels consistent with its mediation rules. The parties shall agree to a mutually convenient date and time to conduct the mediation; provided, that the mediation must occur within thirty (30) days of the request unless a later date is agreed to by the parties in writing. Each party shall bear its own fees, costs and expenses and an equal share of the expenses of the mediation. Each party shall designate a business executive to have full and complete authority to resolve the Dispute and to represent its interests in the mediation, and each party may, in its sole discretion, include any number of other Representatives in the mediation process. At the commencement of the mediation, either party may request to submit a written mediation statement to the mediator.

7.4 Arbitration.

(a) In the event of any Dispute, either party may (i) pursuant to its rights under Section 8.11, submit a request for interim injunctive relief to the arbitral tribunal appointed pursuant to Section 7.4(b) (provided, that, if the tribunal shall not have been constituted, either party may seek interim relief either before a special arbitrator, as provided for in Rule 14 of the CPR Arbitration Rules, or before any court of competent jurisdiction) without first complying with the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3 if, in the reasonable opinion of such party, such interim injunctive relief is necessary to preserve its rights pending resolution of the Dispute, and (ii) if such Dispute is not finally resolved pursuant to Sections 7.2 and 7.3, submit such Dispute to be finally resolved by binding arbitration, in each case, pursuant to the CPR Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration as then in effect (the “CPR Arbitration Rules”).

(b) The neutral organization for purposes of the CPR Arbitration Rules will be the CPR. The arbitral tribunal will be composed of three (3) arbitrators. Each party shall appoint one (1) arbitrator in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Rule 5.4 of the CPR Arbitration Rules and the third (3rd) arbitrator will be appointed by CPR from a list of eight (8) proposed neutrals submitted by the CPR. Each party may strike no more than three (3) neutrals from the list submitted by CPR.

(c) If Cardinal Health demands arbitration, arbitration will take place in San Diego, California (or such other location where CareFusion is based and as it may select). If CareFusion demands arbitration, arbitration will take place in Columbus, Ohio (or such other location where Cardinal Health is based and as it may select). Along with the arbitrator(s) appointed, the parties will agree to a mutually convenient date and time to conduct the arbitration, but in no event will the hearing(s) be scheduled less than nine (9) months from submission of the Dispute to arbitration unless the parties agree otherwise in writing; provided, that, if injunctive or other interim relief contemplated by Section 7.4(d) below is requested, the hearing(s) will be expedited in accordance with any order entered by the court, tribunal or special arbitrator adjudicating that request.

 

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(d) The arbitral tribunal will have the right to award, on an interim basis, or include in the final award, any relief which it deems proper in the circumstances, including money damages (with interest on unpaid amounts from the due date), injunctive relief (including specific performance) and attorneys’ fees and costs; provided, that the arbitral tribunal will not award any relief not specifically requested by the parties and, in any event, will not award Special Damages. Upon constitution of the arbitral tribunal following any grant of interim relief by a special arbitrator or court pursuant to Sections 7.4(a) and 8.11, the tribunal may affirm or disaffirm that relief, and the parties will seek modification or rescission of the order entered by the special arbitrator or court as necessary to accord with the tribunal’s decision.

(e) The parties agree to be bound by the provisions of Rule 13 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with respect to compulsory counterclaims (as the same may be amended from time to time); provided, that any such compulsory counterclaim shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the filing of the original claim.

(f) So long as either party has a timely claim to assert, the agreement to arbitrate Disputes set forth in this Section 7.4 will continue in full force and effect subsequent to, and notwithstanding the completion, expiration or termination of, this Agreement.

(g) A party obtaining an order of interim injunctive relief may enter judgment upon such award in any court of competent jurisdiction. The final award in an arbitration pursuant to this Article VII shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and a party obtaining a final award may enter judgment upon such award in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(h) It is the intent of the parties that the agreement to arbitrate Disputes set forth in this Section 7.4 shall be interpreted and applied broadly such that all reasonable doubts as to arbitrability of a Dispute shall be decided in favor of arbitration.

(i) If a Dispute includes both arbitrable and nonarbitrable claims, counterclaims or defenses, the parties shall arbitrate all such arbitrable claims, counterclaims or defenses and shall concurrently litigate all such nonarbitrable claims, counterclaims or defenses.

(j) The parties agree that any Dispute submitted to mediation and/or arbitration shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, Section 8.2 and, except as otherwise provided in this Article VII or mutually agreed to in writing by the parties, the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., shall govern any arbitration between the parties pursuant to this Section 7.4.

(k) Each party shall bear (i) its own fees, costs and expenses and shall bear the fees, costs and expenses of the one (1) arbitrator it appointed and (ii) an equal share of other expenses of the arbitration, including the fees, costs and expenses of the third (3rd) arbitrator; provided, in the case of any Disputes relating to the parties’ rights and obligations with respect to indemnification under Article V, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement by the other party of its reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the arbitration.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Corporate Power. Cardinal Health represents on behalf of itself and on behalf of other members of the Cardinal Health Group, and CareFusion represents on behalf of itself and on behalf of other members of the CareFusion Group, as follows:

(a) each such Person has the requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform each of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and

(b) this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof.

8.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein, each other Transaction Document, shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York irrespective of the choice of Laws principles of the State of New York other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York.

8.3 Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in any other Transaction Document, the covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, and liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein or therein, shall survive each of the Reorganization and the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.

8.4 Force Majeure. No party hereto (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement or, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, any other Transaction Document, so long as and to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure. A party claiming the benefit of this provision shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of any such event, (i) notify the other parties of the nature and extent of any such Force Majeure condition and (ii) use due diligence to remove any such causes and resume performance under this Agreement as soon as feasible.

8.5 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the other Transaction Documents shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile or electronic transmission with receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 8.5):

If to Cardinal Health, to:

Cardinal Health, Inc.

7000 Cardinal Place

Dublin, Ohio 43017

Attention:   General Counsel
Facsimile:   (614) 652-5051

 

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with a copy to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

Attention:   Howard Chatzinoff
  Matthew Gilroy
Facsimile:   (212) 310-8007

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attention:   David Katz
  David Lam
Facsimile:   (212) 403-2000

if to CareFusion:

CareFusion Corporation

3750 Torrey View Court

San Diego, California 92130

Attention:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Facsimile:   (858) 617-2300

with a copy to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

Attention:   Howard Chatzinoff
  Matthew Gilroy
Facsimile:   (212) 310-8007

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attention:   David Katz
  David Lam
Facsimile:   (212) 403-2000

 

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8.6 Termination. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated and the Distribution abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by and in the sole discretion of Cardinal Health without the prior approval of any Person, including CareFusion. In the event of such termination, this Agreement shall become void and no party, or any of its officers and directors shall have any liability to any Person by reason of this Agreement. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties to this Agreement.

8.7 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any Law or as a matter of public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties to this Agreement shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

8.8 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement (including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, between or on behalf of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

8.9 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that Cardinal Health may assign (i) any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates and (ii) any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in connection with a sale or disposition of any assets or entities or lines of business of Cardinal Health; provided, however, that, in each case, no such assignment shall release Cardinal Health from any liability or obligation under this Agreement nor change any of the steps in the Plan of Reorganization. Except as provided in Article V with respect to Indemnified Parties, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties to this Agreement and members of their respective Group and their permitted successors and assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

8.10 Public Announcements. From and after the Effective Time, Cardinal Health and CareFusion shall consult with each other before issuing, and give each other the opportunity to review and comment upon, any press release or other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except as may be required by applicable Law, court process or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities exchange or national securities quotation system.

 

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8.11 Specific Performance. Subject to the provisions of Article VII, in the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement or any of the Intellectual Property Agreements, the party or parties who are or are to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief (on an interim or permanent basis) of its rights under this Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement or any of the Intellectual Property Agreements, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The parties agree that the remedies at law for any breach or threatened breach, including monetary damages, may be inadequate compensation for any loss and that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate is waived. Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are waived by each of the parties to this Agreement.

8.12 Amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except by a written instrument signed by all the parties to this Agreement. No waiver by any party of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the party so waiving. The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other subsequent breach.

8.13 Rules of Construction. Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (i) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (ii) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph, clause, Exhibit and Schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs, clauses, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto,” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, (iv) references to “$” shall mean U.S. dollars, (v) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including without limitation,” unless otherwise specified, (vi) the word “or” shall not be exclusive, (vii) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form, (viii) unless the context requires otherwise, references to “party” shall mean Cardinal Health or CareFusion, as appropriate, and references to “parties” shall mean Cardinal Health and CareFusion, (ix) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions, (x) the table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement, (xi) Cardinal Health and CareFusion have each participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and if an ambiguity or question of interpretation should arise, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or burdening either party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions in this Agreement or any interim drafts of this Agreement, and (xii) a reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns.

8.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, and by the different parties to each such agreement in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of any such Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date first written above by their respective duly authorized officers.

 

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
By:   /s/ George S. Barrett
  Name:   George S. Barrett
  Title:   Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Supply Chain Services
CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:   /s/ David L. Schlotterbeck
  Name:   David L. Schlotterbeck
  Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Page to Separation Agreement

EX-4.1 3 dex41.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

CareFusion Corporation

and

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

UBS Securities LLC

Dated as of July 21, 2009


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 21, 2009, by and among CareFusion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., UBS Securities LLC and other initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 4.125% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”), 5.125% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and 6.375% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”, and together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Initial Securities”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated July 14, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(h) of the Purchase Agreement.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment Date.

Affiliate: Of any specified Person shall mean any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have the meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.

Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities


to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement, dated the Closing Date, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as escrow agent, in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the issuance and exchange of Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

Exchange Securities: The 4.125% Senior Notes due 2012, the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2014, and the 6.375% Senior Notes due 2019, each of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Securities, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Initial Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and to certain non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”) as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009, pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

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Initial Purchaser: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Interest Payment Date: When used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which such principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

Securities: The Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities.

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is (i) exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) sold by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein), (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144.

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

 

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SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer.

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), the Company shall (i) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and cause to be filed with the Commission a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer no later than 366 days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”) and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest practicable time, but in no event later than 90 days after the Filing Deadline (or if such 90th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) in connection with the foregoing, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or any information required to be filed under Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iii) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 3(b) hereof. The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the issuance and exchange of Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 180 days after the Filing Deadline (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

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who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.

The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms in all material respects with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.

SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 180 days after the Filing Deadline (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company shall

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amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on or prior to 90 days after the date on which the Company is so required or requested pursuant to this Section 4(a) (such earliest date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

(y) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 90th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to file a Shelf Registration Statement or have it declared effective by the Commission prior to the Filing Deadline. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms in all material respects with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities).

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 15 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company, all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission by the Filing Deadline or Shelf Filing Deadline, as applicable, or, if such Filing Deadline or Shelf Filing Deadline, as the case may be, is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission by the end of the 90th day after the Filing Deadline or Shelf Filing Deadline, as applicable, or, if such Filing Deadline or Shelf Filing Deadline, as the case may be, is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the end of the 180th day after the Filing Deadline or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day or (iv) any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a

 

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Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increase exceed 1.0% per annum for each year in which the Registration Defaults remain uncured. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

All obligations to remit unpaid amounts required to be paid by the Company in accordance with the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, and such counsel deems it advisable, the Company hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities and to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy.

(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder shall be required to furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business and (D) it is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully make the foregoing representations. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder shall acknowledge and agree that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities

 

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to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company will in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof.

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), the Company shall:

(i) use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement (which may be accomplished by the filing of the documents incorporated by reference therein), in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

(ii) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,

 

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and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

(iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least two Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;

 

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(v) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement and one attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), such financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as such Person shall reasonably request and cause the Company’s officers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any; provided however, that any information that is designated by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney or accountant, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(vi) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to include any such information upon the request of any Holder or any underwriter if the inclusion of such information would, in the good faith judgment of the Company, violate the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(vii) furnish to each Initial Purchaser and each of the underwriter(s), if any, and, upon the request of any selling Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto;

(viii) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

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(ix) enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such customary representations and warranties, and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company shall:

(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

(1) a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, covering matters substantially similar to the matters set forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;

(2) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company, covering matters substantially similar to the matters set forth in Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matter as such parties may reasonably request; and

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the selling Holders and the underwriters than those set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(x)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to this Section 6(c)(x), if any.

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contemplated in Section 6(c)(x)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;

 

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(x) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(xi) issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

(xii) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends in accordance with this Agreement; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 increments in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);

(xiii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with this Agreement, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xi) hereof;

(xiv) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

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(xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action reasonably necessary to ensure that all such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

(xvi) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA;

(xvii) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

(xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and

(xix) uses its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities.

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of (x) the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof or (y) its good faith determination that the Company had a valid business reason, including that the continued effectiveness of the Registration Statement and use of the Prospectus would require disclosure of confidential information related to a material acquisition or divestiture of assets or a material corporate transaction or event, to suspend the use of the Prospectus, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are

 

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incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof.

SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.

(a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

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SECTION 8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Initial Purchaser, (ii) each Holder, (iii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Initial Purchaser or Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iv) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company in writing; provided, however, that the failure to notify the Company will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Holders except to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced by such omission through the forfeiture of substantial claims or defenses. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Holder, and it notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Holder promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Holder, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Holder; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Holder and the Company and the Indemnified Holder shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Holders which are different from or additional to those available to the Company, the Indemnified Holder or Holders shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Holder or Holders. Upon receipt of notice from the Company to such Indemnified Holder of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the Indemnified Holder of counsel (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company will not be liable to such Indemnified Holder under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Holder in connection with the defense thereof unless

 

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(i) the Indemnified Holder shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any Indemnified Holder in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel), approved by the Company, representing the Indemnifying Holder or Holders under this paragraph (a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Holder to represent the Indemnified Holder within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the Company has authorized the employment of counsel for the Indemnified Holder at the expense of the Company; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). The Company shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any such action effected with the written consent of the Company. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and officers who sign a Registration Statement, the Initial Purchasers, the other selling Holders and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to losses, claims, damages or liabilities and actions that arise out of or are based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company or its directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company, and the Company, its directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the purchase or sale of the Initial Securities (which in the case of the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company from the Initial Placement, less any discount received by the Initial Purchasers in the

 

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Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, 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 fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, 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 the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders 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 the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount, in the case of the Initial Purchasers, or the net proceeds, in the case of any other Holder, received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9. Rule 144A. The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved

 

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by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.

(a) Remedies. The Company hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Other than the Registration Rights Agreement by and between the Company and Cardinal Health with respect to the shares retained by Cardinal Health in connection with the separation of the Company from Cardinal Health, the Company has not previously entered into any agreement that is still in effect granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

(c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or

 

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indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.

(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

(ii) if to the Company:

CareFusion Corporation

3750 Torrey View Court

San Diego, California 92310

Telecopier No.: (858) 617-2300

Attention: General Counsel

With a copy to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Telecopier No.: (212) 310-8007

Attention: Rod Miller, Esq.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

(j) Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against any Initial Purchaser or Holder or any indemnified party. Each Initial Purchaser and Holder and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) waive all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

(k) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

(m) Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate if the Company completes the Special Mandatory Redemption (as defined in the Indenture) in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Escrow Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Edward Borkowski

Name:   Edward Borkowski
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Fratepietro

Name:   Marc Fratepietro
Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ John McCabe

Name:   John McCabe
Title:   Director
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By:  

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
UBS SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ John Doherty

Name:   John Doherty
Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Michael Kochis

Name:   Michael Kochis
Title:   Associate Director

 

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EX-4.2 4 dex42.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION COPY

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, Trustee

Indenture

Dated as of July 21, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

                Page

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

   1

Section 1.1

       Certain Terms Defined    1

ARTICLE II

 

SECURITIES

   6

Section 2.1

       Forms Generally    6

Section 2.2

       Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication    6

Section 2.3

       Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series    6

Section 2.4

       Authentication and Delivery of Securities    9

Section 2.5

       Execution of Securities    10

Section 2.6

       Certificate of Authentication    11

Section 2.7

       Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest    11

Section 2.8

       Registration, Transfer and Exchange    11

Section 2.9

       Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities    13

Section 2.10

       Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof    14

Section 2.11

       Temporary Securities    14

Section 2.12

       CUSIP Numbers    14

ARTICLE III

 

COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

   15

Section 3.1

       Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest    15

Section 3.2

       Offices for Payments, etc.    15

Section 3.3

       Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee    15

Section 3.4

       Paying Agents    15

Section 3.5

       Certificate of the Issuer    16

Section 3.6

       Securityholders’ Lists; Communications by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes    16

Section 3.7

       Reports by the Issuer    16

Section 3.8

       Reports by the Trustee    17

Section 3.9

       Limitations on Liens    17

Section 3.10

       Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back    18

Section 3.11

       Calculation of Original Issue Discount    19

ARTICLE IV

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

   19

Section 4.1

       Events of Default    19

Section 4.2

       Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    21

Section 4.3

       Application of Proceeds    21

Section 4.4

       Suits for Enforcement    22

Section 4.5

       Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings    22

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

                Page

Section 4.6

       Limitations on Suits by Securityholders    22

Section 4.7

       Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits    23

Section 4.8

       Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default    23

Section 4.9

       Control by Securityholders    23

Section 4.10

       Waiver of Past Defaults    24

Section 4.11

       Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in Certain Circumstances    24

Section 4.12

       Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs    24

Section 4.13

       Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws    25

ARTICLE V

 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

   25

Section 5.1

       Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default    25

Section 5.2

       Certain Rights of the Trustee    26

Section 5.3

       Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof    27

Section 5.4

       Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc.    27

Section 5.5

       Moneys Held by Trustee    27

Section 5.6

       Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim    27

Section 5.7

       Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate, etc.    28

Section 5.8

       Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee    28

Section 5.9

       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee    28

Section 5.10

       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee    29

Section 5.11

       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee    30

Section 5.12

       Appointment of Authenticating Agent    30

ARTICLE VI

 

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

   32

Section 6.1

       Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders    32

Section 6.2

       Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date    32

Section 6.3

       Holders to be Treated as Owners    32

Section 6.4

       Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding    33

Section 6.5

       Right of Revocation of Action Taken    33

ARTICLE VII

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

   34

Section 7.1

       Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders    34

Section 7.2

       Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders    35

Section 7.3

       Effect of Supplemental Indenture    36

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

                Page

Section 7.4

       Execution of Supplemental Indenture    36

Section 7.5

       Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures    36

Section 7.6

       Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939    36

ARTICLE VIII

 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

   36

Section 8.1

       Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms    36

Section 8.2

       Successor Corporation Substituted    37

Section 8.3

       Opinion of Counsel to Trustee    37

ARTICLE IX

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

   37

Section 9.1

       Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    37

Section 9.2

       Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities    38

Section 9.3

       Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent    38

Section 9.4

       Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years    38

ARTICLE X

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   39

Section 10.1

       Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability    39

Section 10.2

       Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Securityholders    39

Section 10.3

       Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture    39

Section 10.4

       Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Securityholders    39

Section 10.5

       Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein    40

Section 10.6

       Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays    40

Section 10.7

       Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939    40

Section 10.8

       Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial    41

Section 10.9

       Counterparts    41

Section 10.10

       Effect of Headings    41

Section 10.11

       Force Majeure    41

Section 10.12

       U.S.A. Patriot Act    41

ARTICLE XI

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS

   41

Section 11.1

       Applicability of Article    41

Section 11.2

       Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions    41

Section 11.3

       Payment of Securities Called for Redemption    42

Section 11.4

       Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds    43

ARTICLE XII

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   45

 

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(continued)

 

Section 12.1

       Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    45

Section 12.2

       Defeasance and Discharge    45

Section 12.3

       Covenant Defeasance    45

Section 12.4

       Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    46

Section 12.5

       Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions    47

Section 12.6

       Reinstatement    47

 

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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE

RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318 INCLUSIVE,

OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

  

Indenture Section

Section 310(a)(1)

   5.8

(a)(2)

   5.8

(a)(3)

   Not applicable

(a)(4)

   Not applicable

(b)

   5.9

Section 311(a)

   5.4

(b)

   5.4

Section 312(a)

   3.6

(b)

   3.6

(c)

   3.6

Section 313(a)

   3.8

(b)

   Not applicable

(c)

   3.8

(d)

   3.8

Section 314(a)

   3.7

(a)(4)

   Not applicable

(b)

   Not applicable

(c)(1)

   10.5

(c)(2)

   10.5

(c)(3)

   Not applicable

(d)

   Not applicable

(e)

   10.5

Section 315(a)

   5.1

(b)

   4.11

(c)

   5.1

(d)

   5.1

(e)

   3.5

Section 316(a)(1)(A)

   4.9

(a)(1)(B)

   4.10

(a)(2)

   Not applicable

(b)

   4.7

(c)

   6.2

Section 317(a)(1)

   4.2

(a)(2)

   4.2

(b)

   12.5

Section 318(a)

   10.7

 

NOTE:   This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE

THIS INDENTURE, dated as of July 21, 2009 between CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Certain Terms Defined.

The following terms (except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.

Attributable Debt” means, as of any particular date, in connection with a sale and lease-back transaction, the lesser of (a) the fair value of the assets subject to such transaction or (b) the aggregate of present values (determined in accordance with generally accepted financial practice using a discount factor equal to the interest implicit in such lease if known or if not known using a discount factor equal to the weighted average Yield to Maturity of the Securities of all series then Outstanding and compounded semi-annually) of the Issuer’s or any Consolidated Subsidiary’s obligations for rental payments during the remaining term of all leases. The term “rental payments” under any lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the


lessee thereunder, not including, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.

Authenticating Agent” means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.12 to authenticate Securities.

Board of Directors” means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act hereunder.

Business Day” means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 then the body performing such duties on such date.

Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by both (a) the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer or any vice chairman of its Board of Directors, or its president or any vice president and (b) by its Chief Financial Officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without any further action by the Issuer.

Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, the total stockholders’ equity of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States of America.

Consolidated Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary substantially all the property of which is located, and substantially all the operations of which are conducted, in the United States of America, which Subsidiary possesses Principal Property and whose financial statements are consolidated with those of the Issuer in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States of America.

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

MS: NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

Fax: 732-578-4635

Attention: Manager Corporate Team – CareFusion Corporation,

with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

25 DeForest Avenue

 

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Mail Stop: SUM01-0105

Summit, New Jersey 07901

Fax: 732-578-4635

Attention: Manager Corporate Team – CareFusion Corporation

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Global Securities of that series.

Dollar” and “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.

Event of Default” means any event or condition specified as such in Section 4.1 which shall have continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.

Exempted Debt” means the sum of the following as of the date of determination: (a) Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries incurred after the date of this Indenture and secured by liens not permitted to be created or assumed pursuant to Section 3.9 of this Indenture, and (b) Attributable Debt of the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of every sale and lease-back transaction entered into after the date of this Indenture, other than those leases expressly permitted by Section 3.10 of this Indenture.

Global Security” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.4.

Government Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4.

Holder”, “Holder of Securities”, “Securityholder” or other similar terms mean the registered holder of any Security.

Indebtedness” means all items classified as indebtedness on the most recently available balance sheet of the Issuer, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles practiced in the United States of America.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

Issuer” means (except as otherwise provided in Article Five) CareFusion Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and, subject to Article Eight, its successors and assigns.

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the president or any vice president and by the Chief Financial Officer, the treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in Section 10.5.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in Section 10.5, if and to the extent required hereby.

Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.1.

Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6.4, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except

(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent), provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer).

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.1.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 2.3 and 3.2.

Principal” whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include “and premium, if any”.

 

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Principal Property” means any United States manufacturing, processing or assembly plant or any United States warehouse or distribution facility owned by the Issuer or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the gross book value (without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Worth, except any such property which the Issuer’s Board of Directors, in its good faith opinion, determines is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as evidenced by a certified copy of a board resolution.

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the director, any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any associate of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Security” or “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.8.

Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock or other ownership interest having the voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other ownership interest of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Issuer, or by one or more of the Subsidiaries, or by the Issuer and one or more Subsidiaries.

Trustee” means the Person identified as “Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Five, shall also include any successor trustee.

Trust Indenture Act of 1939” (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.6) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally executed.

Vice President” when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title of “vice president.”

Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity on a series of Securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.

 

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ARTICLE II

SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 2.4 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK
TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
By    
  Authorized Signatory

Section 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

 

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(2) the total principal amount of the series of such Securities and whether there shall be any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11 or 11.3);

(3) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest;

(6) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of or interest on such Securities shall be payable, where any of such Securities that are issued in registered form may be surrendered for registration of, transfer or exchange, and where any such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and notices of demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served;

(7) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;

(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(9) if other than in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Securities of a series in registered form shall be issuable;

(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.1 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

(11) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be made or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

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(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(13) if Sections 12.2 and/or 12.3 are not applicable to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Twelve that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;

(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

(15) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Securities in registered form, Securities in bearer form (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Securities in bearer form, whether such Securities of any series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent Global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.8, whether Securities of the series in registered form may be exchanged for Securities of the series in bearer form (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may be made;

(16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Issuer with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(17) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(18) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

(19) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Issuer), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;

(20) whether the Securities of the series are subject to subordination and, if so, the terms of such subordination;

(21) whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed by any Person or Persons and, if so, the identity of such Person or Persons, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be guaranteed and, if applicable, the terms and conditions upon which such guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the respective guarantors;

(22) whether the Securities of the series will be secured by any collateral and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be secured and, if applicable, upon which such liens may be subordinated to other liens securing other indebtedness of the Issuer or any guarantor;

 

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(23) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture);

(24) any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such series;

(25) whether the Securities of the series or any portion thereof will be issuable as Global Securities; and

(26) if the Securities of the series are issuable in whole or in part as one or more Global Securities, the identity of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. These additional Securities will be consolidated into and form a single series with, and will have the same terms as to redemption, waivers, amendments or otherwise as the Securities of the series of which they are in addition to. The Securities of each series issued by the Issuer and any additional Securities of such series subsequently issued under this Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

Section 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate, upon receipt of a Company Order, and deliver such Securities to or upon the written order of the Issuer, in each case signed by either (a) the Chairman of its Board of Directors or any vice chairman of its Board of Directors, or its Chief Executive Officer, its president or any vice president or (b) by its Chief Financial Officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without any further action by the Issuer. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 5.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

(1) a certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors authorizing the action taken pursuant to the resolution or resolutions delivered under clause (2) below;

(2) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to such series, in each case certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer;

(3) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;

(4) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the Securities as required pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3, respectively and prepared in accordance with Section 10.5;

 

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(5) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 10.5, to the effect (subject to customary exceptions) that:

(a) such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including without limitation on all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and to general principles of equity; and

(b) all conditions precedent in respect of the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Securities have been complied with.

If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate at the time of issuance of each Security, but such Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the Securities of a series or a portion thereof are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued in such form and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or its custodian or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “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 a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Section 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by either (a) the chairman of its Board of Directors or any vice chairman of its Board of Directors or, its Chief Executive Officer, president or any vice president or (b) by its Chief Financial Officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer or its secretary or any assistant secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have executed any of the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so executed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who executed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security may be executed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.

 

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Section 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.3. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of such series, the Securities of such series in registered form shall be issued without coupons and shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest, if any, from the date and shall be payable on the dates, in each case, which shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.3.

The person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term “record date” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of any particular series, or, if no such date is so specified, if such interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.

Section 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will keep or cause to be kept at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2 a register or registers (a “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will register, and will register the transfer of, Securities as in this Article provided. Such register shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering the Securities and transfers thereof as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at all reasonable times.

 

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Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series in authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.

Any Security or Securities of any series may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of the same series in other authorized denominations, in an equal aggregate principal amount. Securities of any series to be exchanged shall be surrendered at any office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same series which the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

If at any time the Depositary for any Global Securities of any series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Global Securities shall no longer be eligible under applicable law, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law with respect to such Global Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law for such Global Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Issuer’s order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Securities, in exchange for such Global Securities.

The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that any Global Securities of any series shall no longer be maintained in global form. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Issuer’s order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series and tenor in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Securities, in exchange for such Global Securities.

Any time the Securities of any series are not in the form of Global Securities pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, the Issuer agrees to supply the Trustee with a reasonable supply of certificated Securities without the legend required by Section 2.4 and the Trustee agrees to hold such Securities in safekeeping until authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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If established by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect to any Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series and tenor in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to the Person specified by such Depositary new Securities of the same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.

Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Security where public notice has been given that such Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.

All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

Section 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

 

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Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable as registered Securities without coupons, of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers.

The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE III

COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 3.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any on, and interest on, each of the Securities of such series at the place or places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities. Principal of, and interest on, each of the Securities shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer, holds as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the due date money deposited by or on behalf of the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal of, premium if any on, and interest, then due. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.3, each installment of interest on the Securities of any series may be paid by mailing checks or by wire transfer in immediately available funds for such interest payable to or upon the written order of the holders of Securities entitled thereto as they shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer.

Section 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency (a) where the Securities may be presented for payment, (b) where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and (c) where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.3, the Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as the office to be maintained by it for each such purpose. In case the Issuer shall fail to so designate or maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office.

Section 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 5.9, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Securities hereunder.

Section 3.4 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,

(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series or of the Trustee;

(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable; and

(c) pay any such sums so held in trust by it to the Trustee upon the Trustee’s written request at any time during the continuance of the failure referred to in clause (b) above.

 

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The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.

If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of any Series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.

Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.

Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 9.3 and 9.4.

Section 3.5 Certificate of the Issuer. The Issuer will furnish to the Trustee on or before March 31 in each year a brief certificate (which need not comply with Section 10.5) from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Issuer as to his or her knowledge of the Issuer’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture).

Section 3.6 Securityholders’ Lists; Communications by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. If and so long as the Trustee shall not be the Security Registrar for the Securities of any series, the Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (a) semi-annually not more than 15 days after each record date for the payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing securities in each year, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished. The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 3.7 Reports by the Issuer. Whether or not required by the Commission’s rules and regulations, so long as any Securities are Outstanding, the Issuer covenants to furnish to the Holders of the Securities or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders of the Securities, within 15 days after the time periods (including any extensions thereof) specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

(a) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

 

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(b) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports.

To the extent such filings are made with the Commission or the reports are posted on the Issuer’s website, the reports will be deemed to be furnished to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

Section 3.8 Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustee’s report required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be transmitted on or before July 15 in each year following the date hereof, so long as any Securities are outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of the immediately preceding May 15. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system or delisted therefrom.

Section 3.9 Limitations on Liens. So long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Issuer will not, and it will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, create or assume, any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien (“liens”) of or upon Principal Property of the Issuer or any Consolidated Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any shares of stock or debt of any Consolidated Subsidiary, without equally and ratably securing the Securities by a lien ranking ratably with and equal to such secured Indebtedness. The foregoing restriction will not apply to:

(a) liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

(b) liens on assets of any Person existing at the time it becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that such lien was not created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Consolidated Subsidiary;

(c) liens on assets existing at the time the Issuer or a Consolidated Subsidiary acquires such assets, or to secure the payment of the purchase price for such assets, or to secure Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Issuer or a Consolidated Subsidiary for the purpose of financing the purchase price of such assets (incurred or guaranteed prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition) or, in the case of real property, construction or improvements thereon; provided that the lien shall not apply to any assets theretofore owned by the Issuer or a Consolidated Subsidiary other than in the case of any such construction or improvements, any real property on which the construction or improvements is located;

(d) liens securing Indebtedness owed by any Consolidated Subsidiary to the Issuer or to another Consolidated Subsidiary;

(e) liens on any assets of the Issuer or a Consolidated Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, or in favor of any other country, or political subdivision thereof, to secure certain partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute, treaty or regulation;

 

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(f) liens for certain taxes or assessments, landlord’s liens and liens and charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the ownership of the assets of the Issuer which were not incurred in connection with the borrowings of money and which do not, in the opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Issuer or the value of such assets for its purposes; or

(g) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Issuer or its Consolidated Subsidiaries or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operations of the business of the Issuer or its Consolidated Subsidiaries;

(h) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries;

(i) liens in favor of the Issuer; and

(j) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part, of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (i), inclusive.

Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Issuer or any Consolidated Subsidiary may create or assume any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by a lien without equally and ratably securing the Securities; provided that at the time of such creation or assumption, and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Exempted Debt then outstanding at such time does not exceed the greater of (x) $500 million or (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Worth.

Section 3.10 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back. So long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, enter into any sale and lease-back transaction with respect to any Principal Property, other than any such transaction involving a lease for a term of not more than three years, unless (a) the Issuer or such Consolidated Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a lien on the Principal Property to be leased in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such sale and lease-back transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities; (b) the proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be leased are at least equal to the fair value of such assets (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer) and the proceeds are applied within 90 days of the date of such transaction to the purchase or acquisition (or, in the case of real property, the construction) of assets or to the retirement (other than at maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or redemption provision) of any Indebtedness; (c) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of this Indenture; (d) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Issuer by any one of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or between Consolidated Subsidiaries; or (e) such transaction occurs within six months from the date of acquisition of the subject Principal Property or the date of the completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such Principal Property, whichever is later.

 

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This limitation, however, will not apply if at the time the Issuer or any Consolidated Subsidiary enters into such sale and lease-back transaction, and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Exempted Debt then outstanding at such time does not exceed the greater of (x) $500 million or (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Worth.

Section 3.11 Calculation of Original Issue Discount.

The Issuer shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE IV

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 4.1 Events of Default. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 2.3 for Securities of any series, an “Event of Default” means, whenever used herein or in a Security issued hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(a) failure to pay principal of and premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series when the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, in a redemption, or otherwise; or

(b) failure to pay any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such failure to pay for a period of 30 days; or

(c) failure on the part of the Issuer duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements of the Issuer in respect of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such series a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice specifying such failure, stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder and demanding that the Issuer remedy the same, has been given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby; or

(d) there is a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by any of the Issuer’s Consolidated Subsidiaries), if that default is caused by a failure to pay principal at its stated maturity after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its stated maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any such other indebtedness under which there has been a payment default after stated maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100.0 million or more;

 

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(e) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series; or

(f) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(g) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(h) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.

If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (h) above with respect to any series of Securities but not with respect to all outstanding Securities issued occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each affected series then Outstanding hereunder (each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (f) or (g) occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case, the entire principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 2.3 for all or any specific Securities of any series, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article IV, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(1) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

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(B) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Securities of such series,

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of such series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 4.11.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 4.2 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 5.6.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

Section 4.3 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which monies have been collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such series in respect of which monies have been collected, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and all other amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 5.6;

 

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SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;

THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal and interest or yield to maturity, without preference or priority of principal over interest or yield to maturity, or of interest or yield to maturity over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or yield to maturity; and

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.

Section 4.4 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights vested in it by this Indenture and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

Section 4.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In case the Trustee or any Holder shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

Section 4.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (1) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof; (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding affected by that Event of Default shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,

 

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request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders during such 60-day period pursuant to Section 4.10; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 4.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 4.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 4.4, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Securityholder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 4.4, every power and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

Section 4.9 Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each series voting as a separate class) at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by this Indenture; provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture and provided, further that (subject to the provisions of Section 5.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so affected not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 5.1) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

 

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Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.

Section 4.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

(1) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 4.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall give to the Securityholders of any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, notice by mail of all Defaults known to the Trustee which have occurred with respect to such series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, unless such Defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series.

Section 4.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clauses (d) or (g) of Section 4.1 (if the suit relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series), 10% in aggregate principal amount of Securities Outstanding affected thereby, or in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clauses (d) or (g) (if the suit relates to all the Securities then Outstanding), or (e) or (f) of Section 4.1, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security.

 

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Section 4.13 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE V

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:

(1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders pursuant to Section 4.9 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

 

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None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.

The provisions of this Section 5.1 are in furtherance of and subject to Sections 315 and 316 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

Section 5.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of and subject to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and subject to Section 5.1:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected then outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

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(h) except for the Defaults set forth in Section 4.1(a), (b) and (c), the Trustee will not have knowledge of a Default unless notified thereof;

(i) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and

(l) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 5.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds thereof.

Section 5.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.

Section 5.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder.

Section 5.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Trustee and the Issuer (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may arise from its negligence or willful misconduct. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and each of

 

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their officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim, obligation or expense arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises, except to the extent such loss, liability or expense is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee or such predecessor. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 4.1(f) or Section 4.1(g), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

Section 5.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate, etc. Subject to Sections 5.1 and 5.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 5.8 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and which is eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal, State or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

Section 5.9 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice thereof by first class mail to Holders of the applicable series of Securities at their last addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or for other appropriate relief, in each case at the expense of the Issuer or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 4.12, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

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(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months; or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 6.1 of the action in that regard taken by the Securityholders or for other appropriate relief, in each case at the expense of the Issuer.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 5.9 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 5.10.

Section 5.10 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 5.9 shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 9.4, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.6.

 

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If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under separate indentures.

Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 5.10, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail to the Holders of Securities of any series for which such successor trustee is acting as trustee at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 5.9. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.

Section 5.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 5.8, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 5.12 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which may be an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Issuer with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written notice (to be prepared by the Issuer) of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 10.4. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such

 

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instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Issuer. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee for such series and to the Issuer. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall promptly give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 10.4. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

 

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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

Dated:                         

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By    
  as Authenticating Agent
By    
  Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE VI

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 6.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 5.1 and 5.2) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article.

Section 6.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date. Subject to Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar. The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of holders of Securities of any series entitled to vote or consent to any action referred to in Section 6.1, which record date may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or reconsideration) not more than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, only holders of Securities of such series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or revoke such vote or consent.

Section 6.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security Register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such person, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security.

 

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No Holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Issuer, the Trustee, any paying agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 6.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above-described persons; and, subject to Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 6.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 6.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities affected by such action.

 

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ARTICLE VII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 7.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article Eight;

(b) to add additional covenants or for the Issuer to surrender any right or power under this Indenture;

(c) to add additional Events of Default under this Indenture;

(d) to amend or supplement any provision contained in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided that no such amendment or supplement will materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding;

(e) to provide collateral security for any series of Securities;

(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.10;

(g) to change any place where principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable, Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices to the Issuer may be served;

(h) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as may be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any defect or inconsistency or to make any other changes or to add provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or under any supplemental indenture; provided that such other changes or additions to do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect;

(j) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.3; or

(k) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Nine, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of an Outstanding Security of such series or any other Outstanding Security in any material respect.

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 7.2.

Section 7.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Six) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.1, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of this Indenture or any default hereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of this Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 6.1, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture, which shall have been included expressly and solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer shall mail a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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Section 7.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 7.4 Execution of Supplemental Indenture. As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution of such supplemental indenture have been fulfilled. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Section 7.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken at any such meeting. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series then outstanding.

Section 7.6 Conformity with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as then in effect.

ARTICLE VIII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

Section 8.1 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not merge or consolidate with any other corporation or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, unless (i) either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation or the Person that acquires by sale, lease or conveyance substantially all the assets of the Issuer (if other than the Issuer) shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust or other legal entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such entity, and (ii) the Issuer or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale, lease or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.

 

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Section 8.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such an assumption by the successor corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named herein. Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer prior to such succession any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Issuer and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.

Section 8.3 Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.1 and 5.2, shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 10.5, as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, and any such liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

ARTICLE IX

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;

UNCLAIMED MONEYS

Section 9.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture will be discharged and cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series, and the Issuer’s right of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii) rights of holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, and remaining rights of the holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the Securityholders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them), as to all Securities of any series issued hereunder when (1) either: (a) all such Securities of any series that have been authenticated (other than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (b) all Securities of such series that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon redemption or will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year and the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Obligations, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollar and non-callable

 

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Government Obligations, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a reputable firm of certified public accountants without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities of such series not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal amount and interest accrued to the date of maturity or redemption; (2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound; (3) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture and the Securities of such series and (4) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Securities of such series at maturity or at the redemption date, as the case may be. The Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series; provided that the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal of and interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange upon which the Securities are listed.

The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series.

Section 9.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities. Subject to Section 9.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 9.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.

Section 9.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 10.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 10.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.

Section 10.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 10.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Securityholders. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Issuer shall be in writing (including telecopy) and may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to CareFusion Corporation, 3750 Torrey View Court, San Diego, California 92130, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made at the Corporate Trust Office.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it appears in the Security Register. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer and Securityholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

 

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Section 10.5 Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by an officer of officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.

Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

Section 10.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date (unless otherwise specified).

Section 10.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (an “incorporated provision”), such incorporated provision shall control.

 

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Section 10.8 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 10.9 Counterparts. This 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.

Section 10.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 10.11 Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 10.12 U.S.A. Patriot Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

ARTICLE XI

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS

Section 11.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.

Section 11.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be prepared by the Issuer and given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the registry books. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.

 

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The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP numbers) to be redeemed, specify the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or places of payment, the name and address of the Paying Agent, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice, that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue and any other provisions related to the particular series of Securities. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, provided that the Issuer shall have given the Trustee notice of such redemption at least 45 days before the redemption date.

On or prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all of the outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Issuer shall at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of the date fixed for redemption and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. If less than all of the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such Series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities of any series shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 11.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and, except as provided in Sections 5.5 and 9.4, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such

 

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Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided that any semiannual payment of interest becoming due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.4 hereof.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security) borne by the Security.

Upon presentation of any definitive Security to be redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new definitive Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

Section 11.4 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein referred to as the “sinking fund payment date”.

In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such Securities.

On or before the sixtieth day next preceding each sinking fund payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a written statement (which need not contain the statements required by Section 10.5) signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such written statement (or reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such written statement shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such sixtieth day, to deliver such written statement and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable

 

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election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.

If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 or less and the Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 11.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities of any series which are (a) owned by the Issuer or an entity known by the Trustee to be directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer, as shown by the Security Register, and not known to the Trustee to have been pledged or hypothecated by the Issuer or any such entity or (b) identified in an Officers’ Certificate at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date as being beneficially owned by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, the Issuer or an entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer shall be excluded from Securities of such series eligible for selection for redemption. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 11.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 11.3) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity.

At least one Business Day before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment date.

The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such Default or Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Four and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 4.9 or the Default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such Securities.

 

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ARTICLE XII

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 12.1 Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Twelve shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Issuer may, at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 12.2, or covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 12.3 in accordance with the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article.

Section 12.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 12.5 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 12.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.2 and 3.4 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder including, without limitation, Section 5.6 and the penultimate paragraph of Section 12.5 and (D) this Article Twelve. Subject to compliance with this Article Twelve, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 12.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 12.3 with respect to such Securities.

Section 12.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Issuer shall be released from its obligations under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 and Sections 3.5, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.10 and, if specified pursuant to Section 2.3, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such Securities shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or other acts of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 4.1(c) or Section 4.1(h) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

 

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Section 12.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 12.2 or Section 12.3 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series:

(a) The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 5.8 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Twelve applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount or (B) equivalent in securities of the government which issued the currency in which the Securities are denominated or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of such government (“Government Obligations”) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, on or prior to the due date of any payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such Securities, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities due at maturity (or on a redemption date, if applicable), and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such Securities. Before such a deposit, the Issuer may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.2 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.

(b) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 4.1(e) and 4.1(f) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(c) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.

(d) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(e) In the case of an election under Section 12.2, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and such defeasance had not occurred.

(f) In the case of an election under Section 12.3, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

 

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(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with and additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.3.

(h) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 12.2 or the covenant defeasance under Section 12.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

Section 12.5 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.4, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.3) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 12.5, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 12.4 in respect of such Outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 12.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities. The foregoing sentence shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Anything in this Article Twelve to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon Company Order any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 12.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.

Section 12.6 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 12.5 with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and such Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.2 or 12.3, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 12.5; provided, however, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Security or following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of July 21, 2009.

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edward Borkowski
  Name: Edward Borkowski
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:   /s/    Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Name: Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Title: Vice President
By:   /s/    Carol Ng
  Name: Carol Ng
  Title: Vice President

 

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EX-4.3 5 dex43.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

AS TRUSTEE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of July 21, 2009

To the Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009

4.125% Senior Notes due 2012

5.125% Senior Notes due 2014

6.375% Senior Notes due 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

   1

Section 1.1

 

Definitions

   1

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

   4

Section 2.1

 

Establishment of the Notes; Forms Generally

   4

Section 2.2

 

Transfer and Exchange

   5

Section 2.3

 

Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

   6

Section 2.4

 

Registration of Transfers and Exchanges

   7

Section 2.5

 

Restrictive Legends

   12

Section 2.6

 

Exchange Offer

   15

ARTICLE 3

 

ADDITIONAL REDEMPTION PROVISION

   15

Section 3.1

 

Optional Redemption

   15

ARTICLE 4

 

CHANGE OF CONTROL

   16

Section 4.1

 

Change of Control

   16

ARTICLE 5

 

MISCELLANEOUS

   17

Section 5.1

 

Relation to Original Indenture

   17

Section 5.2

 

Concerning the Trustee

   17

Section 5.3

 

Effect of Headings

   17

Section 5.4

 

Counterparts

   18

Section 5.5

 

Governing Law

   18

Section 5.6

 

Successors

   18

Section 5.7

 

Severability

   18

Section 5.8

 

Entire Agreement

   18

Section 5.9

 

Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture

   18

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”) is entered into as of July 21, 2009 between CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee entered into that certain Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture” and, together with this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the Issuer’s unsecured debt securities;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may enter into supplemental indentures to establish the terms and provisions of one or more series of Securities issued pursuant to the Original Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee desire to establish the terms of a series of Securities entitled the “4.125% Senior Notes due 2012” (the “2012 Notes”), a series of Securities entitled the “5.125% Senior Notes due 2014” (the “2014 Notes”), and a series of Securities entitled the “6.375% Senior Notes due 2019” (the “2019 Notes,” the 2012 Notes, the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes referred to collectively as the “Notes”); and

WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to establish solely the terms of the Notes set forth herein and have done all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the parties hereto, in accordance with its terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and for the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions.

(a) Capitalized terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture or in the forms of Note attached as exhibits hereto.

(b) The following definitions shall apply to this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes:

“Abandonment Announcement” shall have the meaning set for in Section 3.1 hereto.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.


“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies).

“Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries; or (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company holding directly or indirectly 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i)(A) the Issuer becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company; and (B) the holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Voting Stock of the Issuer immediately prior to that transaction; and (ii) pursuant to a transaction in which shares of the Issuer’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to the transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (iii) the “person” referenced in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding sentence previously acquired assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or became the beneficial owner of the Issuer’s Voting Stock, in either case so as to have constituted a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer was made (or otherwise would have required a Change of Control Offer in the absence of the waiver of such requirement by the holders of the Notes).

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereto.

“Change of Control Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereto.

“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereto.

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

“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any successor thereto.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five or more Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Contribution” means the transfer by Cardinal Health, Inc. to the Issuer of stock of certain entities holding certain assets, liabilities and operations of the clinical and medical products businesses (along with certain related miscellaneous assets and liabilities).

“Escrow Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as the escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement.

“Escrow Agreement” means that certain escrow agreement, dated as of July 21, 2009 by and between the Issuer, the Trustee and the Escrow Agent providing for the deposit of the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes and additional cash into an escrow account.

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, and any successor thereto.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which term, when used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer.

“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Fitch” means Fitch Inc., a subsidiary of Finalac, S.A.

“Holder” or other similar terms mean the registered holder of any Security.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch), Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.

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

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum dated July 14, 2009 relating to the offering of the Notes.

 

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“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated July 14, 2009, among the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Rating Agency” means (i) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (ii) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

“Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereto.

“Redemption Trigger Date” means 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 1, 2009.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2009, among the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Regulation S Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which term, when used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Separation” means the separation of the Issuer from Cardinal Health, Inc. through a distribution of at least 80.1% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer to Cardinal Health, Inc’s shareholders.

“Separation Agreement” means the agreement to be entered into between the Issuer and Cardinal Health, Inc. in connection with the Separation that will identify the assets to be transferred, liabilities to be assumed and contracts to be assigned to each of the Issuer and Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

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“Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

“Special Mandatory Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereto.

“Special Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereto.

“Voting Stock” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.1 Establishment of the Notes; Forms Generally.

(a) Title of the Notes. There shall be (i) a series of Securities designated the “4.125% Senior Notes due 2012,” (ii) a series of Securities designated the “5.125% Senior Notes due 2014” and (iii) a series of Securities designated the “6.375% Senior Notes due 2019.”

(b) Aggregate Principal Amount; Terms of Notes. (i) The 2012 Notes shall be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, (ii) the 2014 Notes shall be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000 and (iii) the 2019 Notes shall be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $700,000,000. The other terms of the Notes are set forth in Exhibits A, B, C, D, E and F hereto.

(c) Form and Dating. The 2012 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits A and B hereto. The 2014 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits C and D hereto. The 2019 Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibits E and F hereto. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

The Notes issued on the date hereof will be (i) offered and sold by the Issuer pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold initially only to (A) Persons reasonably believed by an Initial Purchaser to be Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and (B) Persons other than “U.S. persons” (as defined in Rule 902(k) of the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Notes may thereafter be transferred only in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture or the Original Indenture.

 

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(d) Global Notes. Each of the 2012 Notes, the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes each shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global Notes (the “Global Notes”). The 2012 Notes offered and sold (i) in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “2012 Rule 144A Global Note”) and (ii) in “offshore transactions” in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B (the “2012 Regulation S Global Note”). The 2014 Notes offered and sold (i) in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C (the “2014 Rule 144A Global Note”) and (ii) in “offshore transactions” in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D (the “2014 Regulation S Global Note”). The 2019 Notes offered and sold (i) in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E (the “2019 Rule 144A Global Note”), and (ii) in “offshore transactions” in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit F (the “2019 Regulation S Global Note”). The 2012 Regulation S Global Note, the 2014 Regulation S Global Note and the 2019 Regulation S Global Note shall each initially be issued in temporary form, and shall, during the Regulation S Restricted Period, bear the Temporary Regulation S Legend (collectively referred to herein as the “Regulation S Temporary Global Notes”). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.2 hereof.

(e) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the 2012 Regulation S Global Notes, the 2014 Regulation S Global Notes and the 2019 Regulation S Global Notes that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

(f) Depository; Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. The Issuer hereby initially appoints The Depository Trust Company as the Depository for the Notes. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent for the Notes. The Issuer may change the Security Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes, and the Issuer may act as Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent.

Section 2.2 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) The following provisions shall apply to the Notes in lieu of Section 2.8 of the Original Indenture.

 

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Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.3 and 2.4 hereof, when Notes are presented to the office or agency maintained for registration of transfer and exchange as provided in Section 3.2 of the Original Indenture (the “Registrar”) with a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations of the same series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request.

The Issuer shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of the Notes (i) during a period beginning at the opening of 15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of the applicable Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii) selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any applicable Notes being redeemed in part.

Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Notes may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

Section 2.3 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.

(a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.5 hereof.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or under a Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of a Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder.

(b) Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for certificated Notes (the “Certificated Notes”) in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 2.4 hereof. In addition, Certificated Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Notes of the same series if (i) the Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for any Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing company registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary to issue Certificated Notes. In no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes be exchanged for Certificated Notes prior to the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period.

 

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(c) In connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized denominations of the same series.

(d) Any Certificated Note constituting a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act) delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.4 hereof, bear the Rule 144A Legend (as defined below) or the Regulation S Legend (as defined below), as applicable.

(e) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

(f) The Regulation S Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of a written certificate from the Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the Regulation S Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Note bearing a Rule 144A Legend or a Regulation S Legend). Following the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Notes shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in permanent Regulation S Global Notes. Simultaneously with the authentication of the permanent Regulation S Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Notes and the permanent Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interests as hereinafter provided.

Section 2.4 Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Notes. When Certificated Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request:

(i) to register the transfer of the Certificated Notes; or

(ii) to exchange such Certificated Notes for an equal principal amount of Certificated Notes of other authorized denominations of the same series,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements under this First Supplemental Indenture as set forth in this Section 2.4 for such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Certificated Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange:

(I) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and

 

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(II) in the case of Certificated Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered under the Securities Act and are presented for transfer or exchange prior to (x) the date which is one year after the later of the date of original issue of the Notes (which may include a subsequent date of issue of additional Notes that form a single series with the Notes) and the last date on which the Issuer or any “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144(a)(l) of the Securities Act) of the Issuer was the owner of such Note or any predecessor thereto (or such shorter period as may be permitted by Rule 144 of the Securities Act) and (y) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law (together, the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”), such Certificated Notes shall be accompanied, in the sole discretion of the Issuer, by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

 

  (A) if such Certificated Note is being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

  (B) if such Certificated Note is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

  (C) if such Certificated Note is being transferred in reliance on Regulation S, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and a transferor certificate for Regulation S transfers substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto; or

 

  (D) if such Certificated Note is being transferred in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, delivery of a certification to that effect substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or

 

  (E) if such Certificated Note is being transferred in reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Certificated Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Certificated Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Registrar of a Certificated Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the registrar, together with:

(i) in the case of Certificated Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered under the Securities Act and which are presented for transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, that such Certificated Note is being transferred (I) to a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (II) in an “offshore transaction” in reliance on Regulation S (and, in the case of this clause II, the Issuer shall have received a transferor certificate for Regulation S transfers substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto); and

(ii) written instructions from the Holder thereof directing the Registrar to make, or to direct the Depositary to make, an endorsement on the applicable Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note,

then the Registrar shall cancel such Certificated Note and cause, or direct the Depositary to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the principal amount of Notes represented by the applicable Global Note to be increased accordingly. If no Global Note representing Notes held by Qualified Institutional Buyers or Persons acquiring Notes in “offshore transactions” in reliance on Regulation S, as the case may be, is then outstanding, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate such a Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.

Any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note may upon request transfer or exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in a Global Note of the same series. Upon receipt by the Registrar of written instructions, or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written order or such other form of instructions as is customary, for the Depositary or the Person designated by the Depositary as having such a beneficial interest containing registration instructions and, in the case of any such transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered under the Securities Act and which Notes are presented for transfer or exchange prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the following additional information and documents:

 

  (A) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Person designated by the Depositary as being the beneficial owner, a certification from such Person to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

  (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule l44A, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

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  (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on Regulation S, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and a transferor certificate for Regulation S transfers substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto; or

 

  (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or

 

  (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act,

then the Registrar shall cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate principal amount of the Global Note for which the beneficial interest will be transferred to be reduced and, following such reduction, the aggregate principal amount of the Global Note for which the official interest was transferred to be increased by the amount of the beneficial interest to be transferred; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Notes may not be made to or for the account or benefit of a “U.S. Person” (as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) (other than a “distributor” (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation S)).

(d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note for a Certificated Note.

(i) Any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note may upon request exchange such beneficial interest for a Certificated Note of the same series. Upon receipt by the Registrar of written instructions, or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Note and upon receipt by the Trustee of a written order or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary or the Person designated by the Depositary as having such a beneficial interest containing registration instructions and, in the case of any such transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in Notes the offer and sale of which have not been registered under the Securities Act and which Notes are presented for transfer or exchange prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the following additional information and documents:

 

  (A) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Person designated by the Depositary as being the beneficial owner, a certification from such Person to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

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  (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto); or

 

  (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on Regulation S, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and a transferor certificate for Regulation S transfers substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto; or

 

  (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, delivery of a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act; or

 

  (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto) and, at the option of the Issuer, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act,

then the Registrar shall cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced and, following such reduction, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee a Certificated Note in the appropriate principal amount; provided that in no event shall Certificated Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (x) the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.

(ii) Certificated Notes issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.4(d) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Registrar in writing. The Registrar shall deliver such Certificated Notes to the Persons in whose names such Certificated Notes are so registered.

 

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(e) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(f) Legends. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend as permitted hereunder, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear such legends of the same series. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing either the Rule 144A Legend, the Temporary Regulation S Legend or the Regulation S Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the respective legend unless, and the Trustee is hereby authorized to deliver Notes without the respective legend, if (i) the Resale Restriction Termination Date has occurred or Regulation S Restriction Period has expired, as applicable, (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) such Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (iv) such Note is being issued in connection with the Exchange Offer.

(g) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing either the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture and in the respective legend and agrees that it shall transfer such Note only as provided in this First Supplemental Indenture.

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interest in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof or this Section 2.4. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the delivery of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

Section 2.5 Restrictive Legends.

Each Global Note and Certificated Note offered and offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall bear the following legend (the “Rule 144A Legend”) on the face thereof, unless the Trustee is authorized to deliver Notes without such legend pursuant to Section 2.4(f) hereof or otherwise agreed to by the Issuer and the Holder thereof:

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY

 

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INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH CAREFUSION CORPORATION OR ANY “AFFILIATE” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF CAREFUSION CORPORATION WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, BUT ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE

 

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INDENTURE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

Each Global Note and Certificated Note offered and offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall bear the following legend (the “Regulation S Legend”) on the face thereof, unless the Trustee is authorized to deliver Notes without such legend pursuant to Section 2.4(f) hereof or otherwise agreed to by the Issuer and the Holder thereof:

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.

 

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Each Global Note offered and offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall, during the Regulation S Restricted Period, bear the following legend (the “Temporary Regulation S Legend”) on the face thereof, unless the Trustee is authorized to deliver Notes without such legend pursuant to Section 2.4(f) hereof or otherwise agreed to by the Issuer and the Holder thereof:

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD (DEFINED BELOW) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM AND ONLY (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN

 

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RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.

Each Global Note shall also bear the following legend (the “Global Note Legend”):

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

Section 2.6 Exchange Offer.

Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order from the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Global Notes not bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Global Notes bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144(a)(1) of the Securities Act) of the Issuer, (y) they are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (z) they are acquiring the Exchange Notes in their ordinary course of business and (ii) Certificated Notes not bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Notes not bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the

 

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aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Notes bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Global Notes bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend so accepted Global Notes not bearing the Rule 144A Legend or the Regulation S Legend in the appropriate principal amount.

ARTICLE 3

ADDITIONAL REDEMPTION PROVISIONS

Section 3.1 Special Mandatory Redemption. If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer, provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

An irrevocable written notice (to be prepared by the Issuer) of any Special Mandatory Redemption will be given by the Trustee to each Holder in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3.3 of the Escrow Agreement.

Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Special Redemption Date, (a) interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes, (b) the Notes shall become due and payable at the Redemption Price, and (c) the Notes shall be void and all rights of the Holders in respect of the Notes shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes but without interest on such Redemption Price). Following the notice of a Special Mandatory Redemption, neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange the Notes to be redeemed.

Section 3.2 Optional Redemption.

Each of the 2012 Notes, the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes is redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

(a) 100% of the principal amount of the applicable Notes to be redeemed; or

 

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(b) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 45 basis points in the case of the 2012 Notes, 45 basis points in the case of the 2014 Notes and 50 basis points in the case of the 2019 Notes;

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the applicable Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

ARTICLE 4

CHANGE OF CONTROL

Section 4.1 Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Issuer’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Issuer shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and shall specify, without limitation, the following:

(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuer;

(ii) the Change of Control Payment and the purchase date, which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(iii) the CUSIP numbers for the Notes;

(iv) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(v) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

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(vi) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(vii) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuer to repurchase such Notes; provided that the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

(viii) that Holders whose Notes of any series are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes of such series equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion will be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

(ix) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.1, that a Holder must follow.

If the notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the notice shall state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.1, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.1 by virtue of such conflict.

(d) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes so properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Issuer.

 

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(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer, in accordance with the instructions given to the Issuer by the Holders of the Notes, to each Holder of Notes of each series properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note of the same series equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(f) The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.1 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

ARTICLE 5

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1 Modification of Escrow Agreement. References contained in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Original Indenture to “the Indenture” or to “indentures or indentures supplemental” shall be deemed to also include the Escrow Agreement for all purposes thereunder.

Section 5.2 Relation to Original Indenture.

This First Supplemental Indenture supplements the Original Indenture and shall be a part of and subject to all the terms thereof. Except as supplemented hereby, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Original Indenture and the Securities issued thereunder shall continue in full force and effect.

Section 5.3 Concerning the Trustee.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for any recital herein, as such recitals shall be taken as statements of the Issuer, or the validity of the execution by the Issuer of this First Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this instrument.

Section 5.4 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 5.5 Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 5.6 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 5.7 Successors. All agreements of the Issuer in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind the Issuer’s successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind the Trustee’s successors.

Section 5.8 Severability. In case any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 5.9 Entire Agreement. This First Supplemental Indenture, together with the Original Indenture as amended hereby and the Notes, contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the Notes, and supersedes all other representations, warranties, agreements and understandings between the parties hereto and thereto, oral or otherwise, with respect to the matters contained herein and therein.

Section 5.10 Benefits of First Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder, any paying agent, any Registrar and the Holders, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Original Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    /s/    Edward Borkowski
 

Name: Edward Borkowski

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:   /s/    Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Name: Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Title: Vice President
By:   /s/    Carol Ng
  Name: Carol Ng
  Title: Vice President

 


Exhibit A

Form of 2012 Rule 144A Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH CAREFUSION CORPORATION OR ANY “AFFILIATE” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF CAREFUSION CORPORATION WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION

 

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DATE”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, BUT ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

CUSIP No.: 14170T AC5

ISIN No.: US14170TAC53

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

4.125% Senior Note due 2012

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                                                           DOLLARS ($                 ) on August 1, 2012, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the

 

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August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [            ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION

4.125% Senior Note due 2012

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2012 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2012.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

 

9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to _______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ____________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date: _________________

 

Signature:      
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit B

Form of 2012 Regulation S Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE PERMANENT REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING

 

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FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD (DEFINED BELOW) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM AND ONLY (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN

 

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ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

CUSIP No.: U14158 AB2

ISIN No.: USU14158AB27

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

4.125% Senior Note due 2012

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                 DOLLARS ($                     ) on August 1, 2012, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [            ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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(back of security)

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

4.125% Senior Note due 2012

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2012 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest.

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2012.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

[This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by the Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note.]1

 

1 Insert into Regulation S Temporary Global Note.

 

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9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to _______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ____________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date: ________________

 

Signature:      
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit C

Form of 2014 Rule 144A Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH CAREFUSION CORPORATION OR ANY “AFFILIATE” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF CAREFUSION CORPORATION WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION

 

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DATE”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, BUT ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

CUSIP No.: 14170T AE1

ISIN No.: US14170TAE10

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

5.125% Senior Note due 2014

 

No. R-     $

CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                                          DOLLARS ($                     ) on August 1, 2014, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the

 

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August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [            ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:     
  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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(back of security)

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

5.125% Senior Note due 2014

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $450,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest.

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2014.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

 

9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                               agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date:                                     

 

Signature:    
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of this
Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit D

Form of 2014 Regulation S Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE PERMANENT REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING

 

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FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD (DEFINED BELOW) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM AND ONLY (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED

 

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INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

CUSIP No.: U14158 AC0

ISIN No.: USU14158AC00

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

5.125% Senior Note due 2014

 

No. R-

   $                                                 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                                                                  DOLLARS ($                     ) on August 1, 2014, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [            ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By:     
  Authorized Signatory

 

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(back of security)

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

5.125% Senior Note due 2014

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 5.125% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $450,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2014.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

[This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by the Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note.]2

 

2 Insert into Regulation S Temporary Global Note.

 

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9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date:                                 

 

Signature:    
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security
   Principal Amount of this
Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit E

Form of 2019 Rule 144A Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH CAREFUSION CORPORATION OR ANY “AFFILIATE” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF CAREFUSION CORPORATION WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION

 

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DATE”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, BUT ONLY IF THIS NOTE IS NOT A GLOBAL SECURITY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE INDENTURE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

CUSIP No.: 14170T AA9

ISIN No.: US14170TAA97

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

6.375% Senior Note due 2019

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                                                                  DOLLARS ($                     ) on August 1, 2019, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the

 

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August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [            ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

By:     
  Authorized Signatory

 

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(back of security)

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

6.375% Senior Note due 2019

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 6.375% Senior Notes due 2019 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $700,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2019.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

 

9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

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No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except as otherwise may be required by mandatory provisions of law.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to _______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ____________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date: _________________

 

Signature:    
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)

  

Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit F

Form of 2019 Regulation S Global Note

(face of security)

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY 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 NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE PERMANENT REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING

 

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FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

[INSERT IN THE CASE OF THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S NOTE] [THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE, OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD (DEFINED BELOW) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (2) AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE A SUBSEQUENT DATE OF ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT FORM A SINGLE SERIES WITH THE NOTES) (THE “REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD”) EXCEPT THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM AND ONLY (A) TO CAREFUSION CORPORATION, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A (“RULE 144A”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A, PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN

 

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ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A AND IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT CAREFUSION CORPORATION AND THE TRUSTEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED PERIOD.]

CUSIP No.: U14158 AA4

ISIN No.: USU14158AA44

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

6.375% Senior Note due 2019

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, the principal sum of                                                                                            DOLLARS ($                     ) on August 1, 2019, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, from the February 1 or the August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date of this Note, or unless no interest has been paid on these Notes, in which case from July 21, 2009, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for, provided that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security register. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such February 1 or August 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CAREFUSION CORPORATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: [                ]

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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CAREFUSION CORPORATION

6.375% Senior Note due 2019

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Note is one of a series designated as the 6.375% Senior Notes due 2019 of the Issuer, limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $700,000,000 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Issuer may, at any time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of the Securities, issue further notes having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (other than the date of issuance and, under certain circumstances, the first interest payment date following the issue date of such further notes). Any such further notes, together with this Note, will form a single series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

1. Principal and Interest

The Notes will mature on August 1, 2019.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year.

 

2. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected, at any time and from time to time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) change the final stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount of any Security or its rate of interest or change the method of calculating the interest rate or reduce any premium payable upon redemption, or change the

 

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currency in which payments are made, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the final stated maturity of any Security, or (b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or any waiver of compliance with a provision of the Indenture or any default thereunder and its consequences or reduce the requirements for quorum or voting, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected or (c) modify some of the provisions of the Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waivers of some covenants and waivers of past defaults with respect to the Securities of any series, without the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected.

It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series of the Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all or certain series of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.

 

3. Optional Redemption

The Notes are redeemable, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, or

 

  (2) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the date of redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest that is due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such on the relevant record date.

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of such Notes to be redeemed.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all those quotations received.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary treasury dealer as from time to time selected by the Issuer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

Notice to holders of Notes to be redeemed will be delivered by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

 

4. Special Mandatory Redemption

If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying that Cardinal Health, Inc. has publicly announced (the “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date, an instruction certificate from the Issuer certifying either that (x) the Contribution has been consummated in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and substantially in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum and that the funds released from escrow will be applied as described in the Escrow Agreement or (y) Cardinal Health, Inc. has made an Abandonment Announcement, then the Issuer shall be required to redeem (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) the Notes. The Trustee shall, on the next Business Day, on behalf of the Issuer provide notice to each Holder of the Notes that all Outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the date that is five Business Days from the earlier of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 101% (the “Redemption Price”) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes from the Issue Date to but not including the Special Redemption Date.

 

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5. Repurchase at the Option of Holders Upon a Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Note, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase. “Change of Control Repurchase Event” shall mean the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event, as such terms are defined in the Indenture. The offer to repurchase upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall be made subject to certain conditions in accordance with the terms specified in the Indenture.

 

6. Persons Deemed Owners

The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

7. Additional Rights of Holders of Notes

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of the Notes shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 between the Issuer and the initial purchasers named therein.

 

8. Transfers and Exchanges

The Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Transfers and exchanges of the Notes are only available under limited circumstances and are required to be registered in accordance with the Indenture. The Holder may be required, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.

[This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the Regulation S Restricted Period and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by the Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note.]3

 

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9. Miscellaneous

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof.

This Indenture and each Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles.

EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 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 INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to _______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint ____________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for it.

Date: _________________

 

Signature:    
  (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Security for an interest in another Global Security or for a certificated Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Security or certificated Note for an interest in this Global Security, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Principal Amount of
this Global Security
following such
decrease (or increase)

  

Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit G

Form Of Certificate Of Transfer

 

Re: CareFusion Corporation (the “Issuer”)
   [Title of Notes] (the “Notes”)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

This Certificate relates to $                     principal amount of Notes held in the form of*              a beneficial interest in a Global Note or*                      Certificated Notes by                  (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor:

 

¨ has requested by written order that the Registrar deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depositary a Certificated Note or Certificated Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate number equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

 

¨ has requested by written order that the Registrar exchange or register the transfer of a Certificated Note or Certificated Notes.

 

¨ Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without transfer (in satisfaction of Section 2.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture).

 

¨ Such Note is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

¨ Such Note is being transferred in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act and a transfer certificate for Regulation S transfers in the form of Exhibit H to the First Supplemental Indenture accompanies this certification.

 

¨ Such Note is being transferred in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act. An Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act accompanies this certification.

 

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¨ Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act to a person other than an institutional “accredited investor.” An Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act accompanies this certification.

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:    
  [Authorized Signatory]

Date:                             

 

* Check applicable box.

 

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Exhibit H

Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with Regulation S Transfers

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Manager Corporate Team – CareFusion Corporation

CareFusion Corporation (the “Issuer”)

[Title of Notes] (the “Notes”)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Original Indenture”), between the Issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed sale of $                         aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

 

  (1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

 

  (2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a “designated offshore securities market” and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

  (3) no “directed selling efforts” have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S, as applicable;

 

  (4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and

 

  (5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.

You and the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Defined terms used herein without definition have the respective meanings provided in Regulation S.

 

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THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:    

 

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EX-10.1 6 dex101.htm PURCHASE AGREEMENT Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

July 14, 2009

To the Representatives named

in Schedule I hereto of

the Initial Purchasers named in

Schedule II hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

CareFusion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule II hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in Schedule II of $250 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.125% Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”), $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.125% Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.375% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Securities”). Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC (collectively, the “Representatives”) have agreed to act as the representatives of the several Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (or any successor thereto, the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, to be dated as of July 21, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Securities will be issued only in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) pursuant to a letter of representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “DTC Agreement”), among the Company, the Trustee and the Depositary.

The Securities are being offered and sold in connection with the distribution of at least 80.1% of the outstanding common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company to shareholders of Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Cardinal Health”) (the “Separation Transaction”), pursuant to a separation agreement, among the Company and Cardinal Health (the “Separation Agreement,” and, together with the other agreements identified on Annex A hereto, the “Separation Documents”).

All of the net proceeds from the issuance of the Securities (net of initial purchasers’ discount) as provided in this Agreement (together with any interest accruing thereon pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement (as defined below), the “Escrowed Funds”) will be deposited into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) under an escrow agreement, to be dated the Closing Date between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as escrow agent, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”).

 

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If the Separation Transaction has been consummated and other conditions are satisfied, the Escrowed Funds will be released to the Company from the Escrow Account. If the Separation Transaction has not been consummated prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 1, 2009, or if Cardinal Health publicly announces that it has determined to abandon the Separation Transaction prior to such time, the Escrowed Funds will be used to redeem all of the Securities as provided under Section 3.1 of the First Supplemental Indenture. The time and date of the release of the Escrowed Funds from the Escrow Account is referred to herein as the “Escrow Release Date” and the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Escrow Release Date is referred to herein as the “Escrow Period”.

The holders of the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) relating to other series of debt securities of the Company with terms substantially identical to the Securities (the “Exchange Securities”) to be offered in exchange for the Securities (the “Exchange Offer”) and (ii) to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Securities, and in each case, to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective.

The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “Subsequent Purchasers”) at any time after the time this Agreement is executed by the parties hereto (the “Time of Execution”). The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Commission under the Act, in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”) or Regulation S under the Act (“Regulation S”)).

The Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated July 14, 2009 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated July 14, 2009 (the “Pricing Supplement”) attached hereto as Schedule III, describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to as the “Time of Sale Information.” Promptly after the Time of Execution, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Final Offering Memorandum”). Any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as a “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document”.

 

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1. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof, as of the Time of Sale (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 1 to the “Offering Memorandum” are to (x) the Time of Sale Information in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y) the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of the representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date):

(a) Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 8 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Act or, until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

(b) None of the Company, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Act) (each, an “Affiliate”) or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Act (“Rule 502”). With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company, its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

(c) The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities of the Company listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.

 

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(d) As of its date, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum did not, at or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made at 4:00 p.m. (New York City Time) (the “Time of Sale”), the Time of Sale Information did not, and as of its date and the Closing Date, the Final Offering Memorandum, did not or will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum. No statement of material fact to be included in the Final Offering Memorandum has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Final Offering Memorandum will be omitted therefrom. The Time of Sale Information contains, and the Final Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. Each Company Supplemental Disclosure Document listed on Schedule IV hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, as supplemented by and taken together with the Time of Sale Information as of the Time of Sale, did not or will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use in the Company Supplemental Disclosure Document. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities (notice of which shall be given to the Company by the Initial Purchasers if occurring after the Closing Date), any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Information, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document listed on Schedule IV hereto, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement to or of the Final Offering Memorandum.

(e) The financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included in the Time of Sale Information and the

 

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Final Offering Memorandum present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial and statistical information included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby. All pro forma financial statements or data included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum comply with the requirements of the Act (assuming the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum were a prospectus included in a registration statement under the Act) and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data. Assuming the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum were a prospectus included in a registration statement under the Act, there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum that are not included as required.

(f) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, there has been no material adverse change, or development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, earnings, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(g) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with the corporate power and authority to own and hold under lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and holds all material licenses and is duly qualified to conduct the business in which it is engaged in each jurisdiction or place where the conduct of its business requires such licenses or qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(h) Immediately following the Separation Transaction, each of the Company’s significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (“Rule 405”)) will be duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation with the power and authority (corporate and other) to own and hold under lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and will hold all material licenses and will be duly qualified to conduct the business in which it is engaged in each jurisdiction or place where the conduct of its business requires such licenses or qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(i) Immediately following the Separation Transaction, the Company will have an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization”; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or indirectly by Cardinal Health, free and clear of any material lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party; and, immediately following the Separation Transaction, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company will be duly and validly authorized and issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable, and, assuming the consummation of the Separation Transaction, will be owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any material lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(j) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, and when duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to the applicability of general principles of equity. The Indenture will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(k) The Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to you against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been validly issued and delivered, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to the applicability of general principles of equity. The Exchange Securities have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to the applicability of general principles of equity and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture provided for therein. The Securities and the Exchange Securities will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(l) There (i) are no legal or governmental proceedings pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that would be required to be described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum which are not described as

 

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required, and (ii) is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum that would need to be described if, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum were a prospectus included in a registration statement under the Act.

(m) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Separation Transaction with respect to the subsidiaries) is in breach or violation of, or default under (i) its charter or by-laws, (ii) any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is bound or (iii) any law, administrative regulation or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, where any such breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The issue and sale of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, the execution and delivery of the Securities, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the DTC Agreement, the performance of the obligations of the Company set forth herein and therein, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of, or default under, (x) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Separation Transaction with respect to the subsidiaries), (y) any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Separation Transaction with respect to the subsidiaries) is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is bound, or (z) any law, administrative regulation or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Separation Transaction with respect to the subsidiaries), except, with respect to clauses (y) and (z) above, where any such breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except where such a breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the DTC Agreement and the Securities.

(n) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the DTC Agreement nor the fulfillment of the terms herein set forth and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body (except such as have been obtained under the Act or such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers).

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

(p) Each of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the DTC Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and legally

 

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binding agreement of, the Company and, in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to applicability of general principles of equity and except as rights to indemnification under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable law (including court decisions) or public policy. The Registration Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(q) Each Separation Document set forth in Annex A conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum

(r) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(s) Ernst & Young LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum as described under “Experts”, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

(t) The Company maintains, or as of the date that the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act will maintain, an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company maintains systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its principal executives and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals. The Company maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principals and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded

 

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accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls, other than those significant deficiencies which have been disclosed to the Representatives and for which remediation plans have been implemented.

(u) The Company and its affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902. The Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a temporary global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of the Act and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Securities by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Securities in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.

(v) The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into the Separation Transaction and, as of the Escrow Release Date, all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization of the Separation Transaction will have been duly and validly taken by the Company. As of the Escrow Release Date, each of the Separation Documents to which the Company will be a party will have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and will constitute, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by the Company, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and subject to the applicability of general principles of equity and except as rights to indemnification under the Separation Documents may be limited by applicable law (including court decisions) or public policy. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Separation Documents to which it is (or will be) a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation Documents will not constitute the breach or violation of, or default under (i) its charter or by-laws, (ii) any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is bound or (iii) any law, administrative regulation or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, where any such breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Separation Transaction (i) will not require any consent or approval or registration or filing with, or any other action by, any governmental authority, except such as have been (or will be prior to consummation of the Separation Transaction) obtained or made (or will be at the time of the consummation of the Separation Transaction) in full force and effect, (ii) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of Cardinal Health, (iii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any governmental authority and (iv) will not violate in any material respect or result in a material default or a right to require a material payment under any material indenture, any other agreement

 

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or other instrument binding upon Cardinal Health, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any material payment to be made by Cardinal Health, except in the case of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) of this sentence (other than, in the case of clause (iv), with regard to any indentures and other material debt agreements) for any such violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of Cardinal Health and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(w) The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid licenses for, or other rights, consents or authorizations to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, service names, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum as being owned or licensed by them or which are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to own, license or have such rights, consents or authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, “Intellectual Property”). Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no third parties who have established or, will be able to establish ownership rights to any Intellectual Property, except for third party owners of any Intellectual Property that the Company or any of its subsidiaries use pursuant to a license or other right, consent or authorization; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, no threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (v) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, trade name, service name, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of third parties; and (vi) the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual Property is currently licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and all such agreements are in full force and effect.

(x) Immediately following the Separation Transaction, no subsidiary of the Company will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(y) The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information

 

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that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.

2. Purchase and Sale.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and agreements herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Initial Purchaser, and each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule II hereto.

(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “QIB”).

3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at the location, date and time specified in Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than five Business Days (as hereinafter defined) after such specified date as the Representatives and the Company shall designate), which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers against payment by the several Initial Purchasers through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to the Escrow Account by wire transfer in same day funds or as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Representatives. Certificates for the Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may request not less than one full Business Day in advance of the Closing Date. The term “Business Day” means each day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.

The Company agrees to have the Securities available for inspection, checking and packaging by the Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 PM on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Initial Purchasers that:

(a) Prior to the later of (i) termination of the offering of the Securities as determined by the Representatives and as evidenced by written notice thereof to the Company from the Representatives or (ii) the Closing Date, the Company will not amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum and will not use any other written materials to solicit offers in the offering, unless, in each case, the Company has furnished the Representatives a copy for the Representatives’ review and the Representatives have consented to such amendment or supplement or the use of such materials, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(b) (i) If prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers if occurring after the Closing Date, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and promptly prepare an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission, and (ii) if at any time prior to the Closing Date, any event occurs as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and promptly prepare and furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance.

(c) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum or any other written materials or, to the Company’s knowledge, the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose.

(d) The Company shall cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions reasonably designated by the Initial Purchasers, 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 as a foreign corporation 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 corporation. The Company will advise the Initial Purchasers 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 best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, without charge, copies of the Time of Sale Information (including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto and as many copies of the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing all documents relating to the offering unless otherwise agreed with the Representatives.

 

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(f) Until the Business Day following the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year following the Closing Date and which are substantially similar to the Securities.

(g) The Company will not, and will cause its affiliates not to, make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

(h) Until the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act (“Rule 144”)) to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.

(i) While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act.

(j) The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the Depositary Trust Company.

(k) In connection with the offering and sale of Securities, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could be reasonable be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(l) Each certificate for a Security will bear the applicable legend contained in “Notice to Investors” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the date hereof, at the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion and negative assurance letter of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 

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(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of Joan Stafslien, General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

(c) The Representatives shall have received from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Exchange Securities, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Time of Sale Information, the Final Offering Memorandum and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and

(ii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, there has been no material adverse change, or development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, earnings, business, management, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(e) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives letters, dated respectively as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to initial purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the financial condition, business, management, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(g) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any downgrading in the ratings of any of the Company’s debt securities, by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act or any public announcement by any such organization that it has under surveillance or review with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities (or proposed rating of the Securities).

(h) The Company shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed counterparts thereof.

(i) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Escrow Account with the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer in immediately available funds, cash in the amount of not less than $1,435,666,667.

(j) On the date of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of a letter agreement dated the date of this Agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto, that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Cardinal Health.

(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives and their counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company by telephone or in the manner described in Section 14 hereof.

6. Expenses. (a) The Company covenants and agrees with the Representatives that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation and printing of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and amendments

 

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and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivery of copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the DTC Agreement, any blue sky and legal investment memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Representatives in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities or the Exchange Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities or the Exchange Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange Securities; (vii) 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, and the performance by the Company of its other obligations under this Agreement; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent and any paying agent and the related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, the Representatives will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any post-closing advertising expenses connected with the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

7. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial Purchasers, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers severally upon demand for all reasonable and detailed out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

8. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers (with respect to Sections 8(a), (b) and (c) below), on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:

(a) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be QIBs or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex B hereto, which Annex B is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

(b) The Securities will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

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(c) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Initial Purchaser severally represents, warrants and agrees that, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State:

(i) in the period beginning on the date of publication of a prospectus in relation to those Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive and ending on the date which is 12 months after the date of such publication;

(ii) at any time to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;

(iii) at any time to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or

(iv) at any time in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Securities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

(d) Each certificate for a Security will bear the applicable legend set forth in the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors” for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

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(e) The Initial Purchasers shall be permitted to convey to purchasers one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information.

9. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each person who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Final Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them as such expenses are incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to written information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Sections 9(a) or (b) hereof of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 9, 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 under Sections 9(a) and (b) hereof except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such omission through the forfeiture of substantial claims or defenses. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the

 

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indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel), approved by the Representatives in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 9, representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent, but if settled with its written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified parties against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim 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.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or

 

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liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Initial Purchasers on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers 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 above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of total underwriting discounts and commissions actually received by it under this Agreement. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

10. Default by an Initial Purchaser. If any one or more Initial Purchasers shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Initial Purchasers) the Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase; provided, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Initial Purchasers do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company. In the event of a default by any Initial Purchaser as set forth in this Section 10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Final Offering Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

 

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11. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to such time (i) trading in any securities of the Company shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared either by Federal or state authorities or a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or economic conditions, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to offer, sell or deliver the Securities.

12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person affiliated with the Company. Additionally, in connection with the offering of the Securities, neither the Representatives nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person affiliated with the Company as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Initial Purchasers, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 9 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

14. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telexed and confirmed to it, at the addresses specified in Schedule I hereto; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telexed and confirmed to it at 3750 Torrey View Court, San Diego, California 92130, Attention: General Counsel.

 

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15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of the Securities from any of the Initial Purchasers.

16. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against any Initial Purchaser or any indemnified party. Each Initial Purchaser and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) waive all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

17. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Company and the several Initial Purchasers.

 

Very truly yours,
CAREFUSION CORPORATION

/s/ Edward Borkowski

By:   Edward Borkowski
Title:   Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing Agreement is

hereby confirmed and accepted

as of the date first specified above

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
 

/s/ Marc Fratepietro

  By:   Marc Fratepietro
  Title:   Managing Director
 

/s/ John McCabe

  By:   John McCabe
  Title:   Director
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
UBS SECURITIES LLC
 

/s/ John Doherty

  By:   John Doherty
  Title:   Managing Director
 

/s/ Michael Kochis

  By:   Michael Kochis
  Title:   Associate Director

For themselves and the other

several Initial Purchasers named in

Schedule II to this Agreement.


SCHEDULE I

Representatives (including address for notice):

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

One New York Plaza, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10004 Attention: Registration Department

UBS Securities LLC

677 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, Connecticut 06901

Attention: Fixed Income Syndicate

Title and Purchase Price of the Securities:

 

Title:    4.125% Notes due 2012
Principal Amount and Currency:    $250,000,000
Issue Price:    $248,277,500 (99.311% of Principal Amount)
Initial Purchasers’ Discount:    $1,125,000 (0.450% of Principal Amount)
Purchase Price:    $247,152,500 (98.861% of Principal Amount)
Title:    5.125% Notes due 2014
Principal Amount and Currency:    $450,000,000
Issue Price:    $445,383,000 (98.974% of Principal Amount)
Initial Purchasers’ Discount:    $2,700,000 (0.600% of Principal Amount)
Purchase Price:    $442,683,000 (98.374% of Principal Amount)
Title:    6.375% Notes due 2019


Principal Amount and Currency:    $700,000,000
Issue Price:    $688,506,000 (98.358% of Principal Amount)
Initial Purchasers’ Discount:    $4,550,000 (0.650% of Principal Amount)
Purchase Price:    $683,956,000 (97.708% of Principal Amount)

Closing Date, Time and Location:

July 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

 

Day Count:  

2012 Notes – 30/360

2014 Notes – 30/360

2019 Notes – 30/360


SCHEDULE II

Initial Purchasers

 

Initial Purchasers

   Principal Amount of
2012 Notes to Be
Purchased
   Principal Amount of
2014 Notes to Be
Purchased
   Principal Amount of
2019 Notes to Be
Purchased

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

   $ 27,800,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,840,000

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

UBS Securities LLC

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

Banc of America Securities LLC

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

RBS Securities Inc.

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

   $ 27,775,000    $ 50,000,000    $ 77,770,000
                    

Total

   $ 250,000,000    $ 450,000,000    $ 700,000,000
                    


SCHEDULE III

Pricing Supplement

 

   

4.125% Notes due 2012

 

5.125% Notes due 2014

 

6.375% Notes due 2019

Issuer:

 

CareFusion Corporation

 

CareFusion Corporation

 

CareFusion Corporation

Principal Amount:

 

$250,000,000

 

$450,000,000

 

$700,000,000

Title of Securities:

 

4.125% Notes due 2012

 

5.125% Notes due 2014

 

6.375% Notes due 2019

Final Maturity Date:

 

August 1, 2012

 

August 1, 2014

 

August 1, 2019

Issue Price:

 

99.311% of face amount

 

98.974% of face amount

 

98.358% of face amount

Benchmark Treasury:

 

1.500% due July 15, 2012

 

2.625% due June 30, 2014

 

3.125% due May 15, 2009

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

 

100-0+; 1.495%

 

101.07; 2.360%

 

97.03; 3.476%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

+287.5 basis points

 

+300 basis points

 

+312.5 basis points

Yield to Maturity:

 

4.370%

 

5.360%

 

6.601%

Interest Rate:

 

4.125%

 

5.125%

 

6.375%

 

Interest Payment Dates:

  August 1 and February 1 of each year

First Interest Payment Date:

  February 1, 2010 for each series of notes

Expected Ratings for Each Series of Notes

 

S&P:

  BBB-

Moody’s:

  Baa3

Fitch:

  BBB

Optional Redemption Provision:

 

The notes will be redeemable, for each series of notes, in whole or, from time to time, in part, at the Issuer’s option at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, and

 

(2) the sum of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of the notes being redeemed (not including any portion of the payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to its present value, on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months), at the adjusted treasury rate plus 45 basis points with respect to the 2012 notes, 45 basis points with respect to the 2014 notes and 50 basis points with respect to the 2019 notes, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.

Special Mandatory Redemption Provision:

  The Issuer will pay a redemption price of 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to the note holders of each series if Cardinal Health, Inc. makes an abandonment announcement in regards to the separation of the Issuer and Cardinal Health or if the separation from Cardinal Health is not consummated prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 1, 2009.

Escrow

  Upon the closing of this offering, the Issuer will deposit with an escrow agent the net proceeds of this offering (net of initial purchasers’ discounts but before other expenses), plus an amount sufficient to satisfy the Issuer’s special redemption obligations described above.

Trade Date for Each Series of Notes:

  July 14, 2009

Settlement Date for Each Series of Notes:

  T+ 5; July 21, 2009


144A CUSIP

  14170T AC5   14170T AE1   14170T AA9

ISIN

  US14170TAC53   US14170TAE10   US14170TAA97

Reg. S CUSIP

  U14158 AB2   U14158 AC0   U14158 AA4

ISIN

  USU14158AB27   USU14158AC00   USU14158AA44

Registered CUSIP

  14170T AD3   14170T AF8   14170T AB7

ISIN

  US14170TAD37   US14170TAF84   US14170TAB70

Joint Book-Running Managers

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

UBS Securities LLC

Banc of America Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

RBS Securities Inc.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

The securities discussed in the attached document have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state or other securities laws, and are offered only (i) to institutional investors which are qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iii) in other transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act and, in each case, in compliance with applicable securities laws.

This information is not to be shown or given to any person other than the recipient, and is not to be forwarded to any other person, copied or otherwise reproduced or distributed to any other person in any manner whatsoever. Failure to comply with this directive can result in a violation of the Securities Act.

This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities or the offering. Please refer to the offering memorandum for a complete description.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to by, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

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We expect to deliver the bonds against payment therefor in New York, New York on July 21, 2009, which will be the fifth scheduled business day following the date of this term sheet and of the pricing of the bonds. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade bonds more than three business days prior to the Settlement Date will be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.


ANNEX A

List of Separation Documents

 

1. Separation Agreement, between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation, substantially in the form filed with the Commission as Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 on July 7, 2009.

 

2. Tax Matters Agreement, between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation, substantially in the form filed with the Commission as Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 on May 14, 2009.

 

3. Employee Matters Agreement, between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation, substantially in the form filed with the Commission as Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 on May 14, 2009.

 

4. Transition Services Agreement, between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation, substantially in the form filed with the Commission as Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 on May 14, 2009.

 

5. Master Intellectual Property License Agreement, between Cardinal Health, Inc. and CareFusion Corporation, to be drafted.


ANNEX B

Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A. Each Initial Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act. Each Initial Purchaser represents and agrees that it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any Securities constituting part of its allotment within the United States except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or Rule 144A. Accordingly, neither it nor its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

Resale Pursuant to Regulation S or Rule 144A. Each Initial Purchaser understands that:

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. Person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as are permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.

Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of the Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance upon Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.”


SCHEDULE IV

Company Supplemental Disclosure Documents

1. Electronic Roadshow dated July 14, 2009.


Exhibit A

FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

by and among

CAREFUSION CORPORATION,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Escrow Agent and Securities Intermediary

Dated as of July 21, 2009

 

 


ESCROW AGREEMENT

THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July [    ], 2009, is made by and among CAREFUSION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (“Trustee”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as escrow agent and securities intermediary (“Escrow Agent”).

RECITALS

A. The Notes. Pursuant to that certain indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of July     , 2009, by and among the Company and the Trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July     , 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), the Company has on the date hereof and concurrently with the execution of this Agreement issued $250 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”), $450 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.125% notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and $700 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”, and together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Notes”). Simultaneously with the issuance of the Notes (the “Deposit Time”), the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes and additional cash as set forth herein shall be deposited into a segregated securities account with the Escrow Agent at its office in New York, New York, Account No.             , in the name of DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes (the “Proceeds Account”). The Proceeds Account and all balances and investments from time to time therein (collectively, the “Account Funds”) shall be under the control of the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

B. Distribution. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Notes held in the Proceeds Account to pay a special distribution (the “Distribution”) to its parent, Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal Health”) in connection with the transfer by Cardinal Health to the Company of stock of certain entities holding certain assets, liabilities and operations of the clinical and medical products businesses (along with certain related miscellaneous assets and liabilities) (the “Contribution”) and the subsequent separation of the Company from Cardinal Health in the form of a distribution of at least 80% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company to the shareholders of Cardinal Health (the “Separation Transaction”). If the Separation Transaction is terminated or the Contribution otherwise does not occur prior to certain dates as specified in this Agreement, then the Notes must be redeemed at a redemption price equal to 101% of the offering price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

C. Purpose. The parties hereto desire to set forth their agreement with regard to (1) the administration of the Proceeds Account, (2) the creation and perfection of a


security interest in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes in the Collateral (as defined herein), and (3) the conditions upon which Account Funds will be released from the Proceeds Account.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Security Interest.

1.1 Pledge and Assignment.

(a) At the Deposit Time, the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Proceeds Account (i) all of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes, net of all discounts and fees owed to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) under the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) $             of additional cash. Concurrently with such deposit, the Company’s chief financial officer shall provide a certificate to the Trustee that the amount of such deposit is sufficient to make any payment that may be required under Section 3.3 hereof. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to solicit the Account Funds.

(b) The Company hereby irrevocably pledges, assigns and sets over to the Trustee, and grants to the Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, a first priority continuing security interest in all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to all of the following (whether consisting of investment securities, book-entry securities or other securities, security entitlements, financial assets or other investment property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments or documents, securities accounts, deposit accounts or other bank, trust or cash collateral accounts, or other property, assets or rights), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or created (collectively, the “Collateral”):

(i) this Agreement, the Proceeds Account and the Account Funds;

(ii) all funds, letters of credit, depository receipts, investment securities, book-entry securities or other securities, security entitlements, financial assets or other investment property from time to time held or deposited in, or credited to, the Proceeds Account and all securities entitlements in respect thereof, including, without limitation, the Account Funds and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time, representing or evidencing the Proceeds Account or the Account Funds;


(iii) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Collateral; and

(iv) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “Code”) in respect of the foregoing.

(c) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Company shall have no right to remove or withdraw from the Proceeds Account or the Account Funds any financial asset, cash or other property now or hereafter credited to the Proceeds Account or the Account Funds. If at any time the Escrow Agent shall receive any entitlement order from the Trustee (including, without limitation, any order directing the sale, transfer or redemption of any financial asset credited to the Proceeds Account), the Escrow Agent shall comply with such entitlement order, without further consent of the Company or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time the Escrow Agent shall receive conflicting entitlement orders from the Trustee and the Company, the Escrow Agent shall follow the entitlement orders and instructions of the Trustee and not the Company.

(d) For so long as the foregoing pledge, assignment and security interest remains in effect, the Escrow Agent hereby waives any right of setoff, banker’s lien, deduction, counterclaim, defense, recoupment or similar lien that it, in its individual capacity, may have with respect to any or all of the Collateral.

1.2 Secured Obligations. This Agreement secures the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations and indebtedness of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, owing to the Holders of the Notes including, without limitation, interest accrued thereon after the commencement of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law, whether or not an allowed claim (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”).

1.3 Delivery of Collateral. All certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Collateral shall be held by or on behalf of the Trustee pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignments in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all in form and substance sufficient to perfect the Trustee’s security interest in such Collateral or shall be credited to the Proceeds Account, which shall be a securities account maintained in accordance with Section 1.3(b) hereof. The Company shall cause all such Collateral to or containing any Collateral to be registered or held in the name of the Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, or such of its nominees as the Trustee shall direct and the Company shall approve (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, the Trustee shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.


(a) The Escrow Agent shall establish and maintain the Proceeds Account on its books as an account segregated from all other custodial or collateral accounts at its office in New York, New York.

(b) The Proceeds Account is and shall be maintained as a “securities account” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC. The Escrow Agent agrees that it is acting as a “securities intermediary” with respect to the Collateral. The Escrow Agent shall treat all property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument, cash or otherwise) credited to the Proceeds Account as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, as in effect on the date hereof and as “financial assets” under Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, as in effect on the date hereof. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, all funds or other property accepted by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be promptly credited to the Proceeds Account (or the Escrow Agent will indicate by book-entry that the property has been credited to the Proceeds Account) and held in the Proceeds Account for the benefit of the Trustee and for ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes. All proceeds of the Account Funds shall remain credited to the Proceeds Account until withdrawn in accordance with this Agreement.

(c) All Collateral shall be retained in the Proceeds Account pending disbursement pursuant to the terms hereof. All proceeds of, interest earned on, and other dividends, distributions or amounts paid with respect to, any Collateral shall be credited to and retained in the Proceeds Account, and the Escrow Agent shall invest and reinvest the same in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof. In all events, any monies or property so invested or reinvested and any securities, investment property and financial assets acquired thereby shall be (i) held as Collateral in the Proceeds Account, (ii) subject in all respects to the security interest created hereby and (iii) otherwise subject to the terms hereof.

(d) No financial asset credited to the Proceeds Account will be registered in the name of the Company, payable to the order of the Company or specially endorsed to the Company unless such financial asset has been further endorsed to the Escrow Agent or in blank.

1.4 Further Assurances. Prior to, contemporaneously herewith, and at any time and from time to time hereafter, the Company shall, at its sole expense, execute and deliver to the Trustee such other instruments and documents, and take all further action as the Trustee deems necessary or as the Trustee may reasonably request to confirm, perfect or maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Trustee granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral, and the Company shall take all necessary action to preserve and protect the security interest created hereby as a first priority, perfected Lien and encumbrance upon the Collateral.


1.5 Maintaining the Proceeds Account. So long as this Agreement is in full force and effect:

(a) The Company shall establish and maintain the Proceeds Account with the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Agreement, and the Proceeds Account shall at all times remain under the exclusive dominion and control of the Trustee;

(b) It shall be a term and condition of the Proceeds Account, notwithstanding any term or condition to the contrary in any other agreement relating to the Proceeds Account, that the Account Funds shall only be used as provided in Article 3 below;

(c) The Escrow Agent shall maintain the Proceeds Account and all securities entitlements and other positions carried in the Proceeds Account solely in its capacity as Escrow Agent and shall not assert any claim to or interest in the Proceeds Account or any such securities entitlement or other positions except in such capacity; and

(d) The Escrow Agent shall maintain a record of all securities, instruments, checks and other remittance items received in the Proceeds Account.

1.6 Transfer and Other Liens. The Company agrees that it shall not (i) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral or (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except for the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Indenture. The Trustee agrees that it shall not cause or permit the Proceeds Account or any Account Funds to become subject to any Lien created or arising through the Trustee, except for the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Indenture and non-consensual liens arising by operation of law. The Company shall pay the fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent as provided in Section 5.3 below, and the Escrow Agent shall have no right to lien, or attach the funds held in, the Proceeds Account for any fees, expenses, costs or other amounts that may be due to the Escrow Agent.

1.7 Attorneys-in-Fact. The Company hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Trustee and the Escrow Agent as its attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time in the Trustee’s or the Escrow Agent’s reasonable discretion but without any obligation to take any action and to execute any instrument which is necessary or advisable or which the Trustee or the Escrow Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive, endorse and collect all instruments made payable to the Company representing any interest payment, dividend or other distribution in respect of the Collateral or any


part thereof and to give full discharge for the same, and the expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses) of the Trustee and the Escrow Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Company and shall be deemed Secured Obligations hereunder.

1.8 Trustee May Perform. Without limiting the authority granted under Section 1.7 hereof and except with respect to the failure of the Company to deliver investment instructions, which shall be governed by Section 2.1 hereof, if the Company fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Trustee or the Escrow Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Trustee or the Escrow Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Company and shall be deemed Secured Obligations hereunder.

1.9 Agreements with Respect to the Proceeds Account. The Escrow Agent and the Company confirm that other than standard agreements relating to setting up the Proceeds Account, there are no other agreements between them other than this Agreement relating to the Proceeds Account. In the event of a conflict between any such other agreement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. The Escrow Agent confirms that it has not received notice of any claim with respect to the Proceeds Account or the Account Funds other than the claim of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.

 

2. Investment and Liquidation of Account Funds. Account Funds shall be invested and reinvested by the Escrow Agent on the following terms and conditions:

2.1 Required Investments. As soon as practicable upon deposit of the Account Funds, the Escrow Agent shall invest, at the specific written direction of the Company, all amounts on deposit in the Proceeds Account in readily accessible, unrestricted money market funds that are solely invested in Government Securities. Account Funds held by the Escrow Agent in the Proceeds Account shall, at the written direction of the Company, be invested and reinvested by the Escrow Agent prior to the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event (as defined below) or an Event of Default under the Indenture; provided, however, that the Company’s directions shall be limited to investments or reinvestments in readily accessible, unrestricted money market funds that are solely invested in Government Securities. The Escrow Agent hereby agrees that any investments made in accordance with this Article 2 shall be permitted under this Agreement provided that the Trustee shall at all times have control (as such term is defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC) over such investments. The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest the Account Funds if deposited with the Escrow Agent after 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) on such day of deposit. Instructions received after 11:00 a.m. (New York Time) will be treated as if received on the following business day. Any interest or other income received on such investment and reinvestment of the Proceeds Account shall become part of the Proceeds Account and any losses incurred on such investment and reinvestment of the Proceeds Account shall be debited against the Proceeds Account. If a selection is not made and a written direction not given to the Escrow Agent, the Account Funds shall remain uninvested with no liability for


interest therein. It is agreed and understood that the entity serving as Escrow Agent may earn fees associated with the investments outlined above in accordance with the terms of such investments. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be deemed an investment manager or adviser in respect of any selection of investments hereunder. It is understood and agreed that the Escrow Agent or its affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Escrow Agent’s economic self-interest for (1) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the investments, (2) using affiliates to effect transactions in certain investments and (3) effecting transactions in investments.

2.2 Interest. All interest and other amounts earned on the Account Funds shall be reinvested in accordance with the terms hereof and will be subject to the security interest granted hereunder to the Trustee and to no other Liens.

2.3 Limitation of Trustee’s and Escrow Agent’s Liability. In no event shall the Trustee or the Escrow Agent have any liability to the Company or any other Person for (a) investing (including reinvestment and liquidation) the funds from time to time in the Proceeds Account in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2, regardless of whether greater income or a higher yield could have been obtained had the Escrow Agent invested such funds in other money market funds, except for liability arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or the Escrow Agent or (b) not complying with any direction of the Company with respect to the investment or reinvestment of funds in the Proceeds Account to the extent that any such direction is inconsistent with this Article 2.

2.4 Monthly Statements. The Escrow Agent shall provide to the Company monthly statements identifying transactions, transfers or holdings of Proceeds Account and each such statement shall be deemed to be correct and final upon receipt thereof by the Company unless the Escrow Agent is notified in writing, by the Company, to the contrary within thirty (30) business days of the date of such statement.

 

3. Disposition of Collateral Upon Certain Events.

3.1 Release of Account Funds for the Distribution. Subject to Section 3.2 below, at the sole expense of the Company, and concurrently with, and conditioned upon, the Escrow Agent’s and the Trustee’s receipt of a certificate from the chief financial officer and secretary of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Release Certificate”) (a) the Escrow Agent shall transfer the funds on deposit in the Proceeds Account in immediately available funds in accordance with the transfer instructions contained in such Release Certificate; (b) the Trustee and the Escrow Agent shall deliver to the Company a release of security interest with respect to the Collateral as of the Contribution Date (as defined below), in the form of Exhibit B hereto, duly executed by the Trustee and the Escrow Agent, and the Trustee and the Escrow Agent shall take all further actions, if any, that are reasonably requested and deemed necessary by the Company to terminate the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral as of (i) in


the case of Section 3.2 (a) below, the date of the Contribution (the “Contribution Date”) or (ii) in the case of Section 3.2(b) below, the Special Redemption Date (as defined in Section 3.3), and, on such date, all funds transferred by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.1 shall automatically be deemed to be free and clear of the Trustee’s security interest provided herein; and (c) the Escrow Agent shall release to the Company all funds remaining in the Proceeds Account, if any, after complying with the transfer instructions in the Release Certificate. Notwithstanding the above, the delivery of the Release Certificate shall be deemed to occur concurrently with the release of funds in accordance with this Section 3.1. The Company covenants and agrees not to deliver a Release Certificate unless the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 below have been satisfied. The Escrow Agent and the Trustee may conclusively rely on the Release Certificate.

3.2 Conditions to Release. The funds on deposit in the Proceeds Account shall be released in accordance with Section 3.1 (i) in the case of Section 3.2(a) below, immediately following the consummation of the Contribution or (ii) in the case of Section 3.2(b) below, the date of the Abandonment Announcement if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture and one of the following conditions have been met (based solely on the Release Certificate confirming that such conditions have been satisfied):

(a) the Contribution shall have been consummated substantially in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and the funds on deposit in the Proceeds Account will be applied to make the Distribution; or

(b) the making by Cardinal Health of a public announcement (an “Abandonment Announcement”) that it has determined to abandon the Separation prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 1, 2009 (the “Redemption Trigger Date”).

3.3 Special Mandatory Redemption. If (i) the Escrow Agent receives on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date the Release Certificate certifying that Cardinal Health has made an Abandonment Announcement prior to the Redemption Trigger Date or (ii) the Escrow Agent has not received, on or prior to the Redemption Trigger Date the Release Certificate certifying as to the matters listed in Section 3.2(a) or Section 3.2(b) (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), then the Escrow Agent shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing and the Trustee, on the next business day, shall on behalf of the Company send a Redemption Notice (as defined below) to each Holder notifying such Holders that all of the outstanding Notes shall be redeemed on the day which is five business days from the earlier of the date of the Abandonment Announcement and the Redemption Trigger Date (the “Special Redemption Date”). The Trustee will instruct the Escrow Agent to, and in accordance with such instruction the Escrow Agent shall, release the Account Funds to the paying agent for the Notes solely to redeem the Notes on the Special Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the offering price of the


Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (the “Redemption Payment”). The Trustee shall mail or cause to be mailed on the Business Day following the Special Mandatory Redemption Event, by first class mail, a notice of redemption (the “Redemption Notice”), to be prepared by the Company, to each holder of Notes at such holder’s registered address appearing in the Security Register which notice shall state:

(a) the Special Redemption Date and the Redemption Payment;

(b) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(c) that the Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(d) that, unless the Company defaults in making such Redemption Payment, interest on the Notes ceases to accrue on and after the Special Redemption Date; and

(e) that no representation is made as to the correctness of the CUSIP and/or ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

After the Redemption Payment has been paid in full, any excess proceeds shall be transferred to the Company.

3.4 Payment of Redemption Payment. The Redemption Payment will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Redemption Date money in immediately available funds and sufficient to pay the Redemption Payment. If the Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

3.5 Remedies Upon Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture:

(a) The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, without notice to the Company except as required by law and at any time or from time to time, direct the Escrow Agent to draw upon any letters of credit, liquidate any Government Securities and transfer all funds in the Proceeds Account to the Paying Agent to apply such funds in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Indenture, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

(b) The Escrow Agent and/or the Trustee may also exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and may also, without notice


except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sales, at any of the Trustee’s or the Escrow Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Trustee may deem commercially reasonable. The Company agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by applicable law, at least ten days’ notice to the Company of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Trustee and the Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Trustee or the Escrow Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.

(c) Any cash held by the Escrow Agent as Collateral and all net cash proceeds received by the Trustee or the Escrow Agent in respect of any sale or liquidation of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral may, in the sole discretion of the Trustee, be held by the Trustee or the Escrow Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter be applied (after payment of any costs and expenses incurred in connection with any sale, liquidation or disposition of or realization upon the Collateral, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, and the payment of any amounts payable to the Trustee or the Escrow Agent) in whole or in part by the Trustee or the Escrow Agent for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations in such order as the Trustee shall elect. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the Trustee or the Escrow Agent and remaining after payment in full of all the Secured Obligations and the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by and amounts payable to the Trustee or the Escrow Agent hereunder or under the Indenture shall be paid over to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct in writing.

 

4. Representations and Warranties.

4.1 Representation and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee and the Escrow Agent) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by public policy relating thereto.


(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance (except as contemplated by this Agreement) upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, license or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets.

(d) Except as has been granted and is in full force and effect, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, other than filings of Code financing statements.

(e) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is the subject which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the operations, management, financial position, results of operations or business of the Company, and to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings have been threatened by governmental authorities or others.

(f) The Company has not taken, and will not take, any action that might cause the pledge of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement to violate Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any rule or regulation thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation T (12 C.F.R. Part 220), Regulation U (12 C.F.R. Part 221) or Regulation X (12 C.F.R. Part 224) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(g) Upon the delivery to the Escrow Agent of the initial deposit in the Proceeds Account and (as to this Agreement) the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Trustee will have a valid, duly perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and enforceable as such against all creditors of the Company and any Persons purporting to purchase any of the Collateral from the Company. The actions, recordings and filings described in the immediately preceding sentence are the only actions, recordings and filings necessary to perfect the rights of the Trustee in all of the Collateral.

(h) All information set forth herein relating to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects.


4.2 Indemnity. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Escrow Agent and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees, from and against any and all claims, actions, obligations, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, defense costs, investigative fees and costs, reasonable legal fees and claims for damages incurred in any action or proceeding between the parties hereto or in disputes with third parties or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the Trustee’s and/or the Escrow Agent’s acceptance of, or performance under, this Agreement, except to the extent that such liability, expense or claim is directly attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or the Escrow Agent.

4.3 Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the first to occur of (a) the release of all of the Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof or (b) payment and performance in full in immediately available funds of the Secured Obligations. The provisions of Section 4.2, Section 5.1, Section 5.3 and Article 6 hereof shall survive any termination or discharge or satisfaction of this Agreement as well as the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Escrow Agent.

 

5. Escrow Agent.

5.1 Limitation of the Escrow Agent’s Liability; Responsibilities of the Escrow Agent.

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Escrow Agent’s responsibility and liability under this Agreement shall be limited as follows: (i) the Escrow Agent does not represent, warrant or guaranty to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes from time to time the performance of the Company; (ii) the Company shall remain solely responsible for all aspects of its business and conduct; and (iii) the Escrow Agent is not obligated to supervise, inspect or inform the Company or any third party of any matter referred to in this Section 5.1(a). In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable for acting in accordance with or relying upon any instruction, notice, demand, certificate or document from the Company or any entity acting on behalf of the Company properly delivered in accordance with the terms hereof.

(b) No implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Escrow Agent, nor shall the Escrow Agent be bound by the provisions of any agreement beyond the specific terms hereof. Specifically and without limiting the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall in no event have any liability in connection with its investment, reinvestment or liquidation, in good faith and in accordance with the terms hereof, of any funds held by it hereunder, including without any limitation any liability for any delay not resulting from its bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct in such investment, reinvestment or liquidation, any fees, costs, loss of principal or income incident to any such delay.


(c) The Escrow Agent shall not be called upon to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or taking or refraining from taking any action with respect to, any securities or other property deposited hereunder.

(d) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Escrow Agent to expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.

(e) The Escrow Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Escrow Agent (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, or any act of God or war).

(f) The Escrow Agent may act through its agent and shall only be responsible for the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any agent.

(g) The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(h) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order, judgment, certification, demand, notice, instrument or other writing delivered to it hereunder without being required to determine the authenticity or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity or the service thereof. The Escrow Agent may act in conclusive reliance upon any instrument or signature believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any person purporting to give receipt or advice to make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so. All instructions given to the Escrow Agent shall be in writing.

5.2 Substitution of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent may resign by giving no less than 30 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company and the Trustee. Such resignation shall take effect upon the later to occur of (i) delivery of all Collateral maintained by the Escrow Agent hereunder and copies of any books, records, plans and other documents in the Escrow Agent’s possession relating to such Collateral or this Agreement to a successor agent approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) the Company, the Trustee and such successor agent entering into this Agreement or any written successor agreement no less favorable to the interests of the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee than this Agreement and the taking of such other steps as may be necessary to give the successor agent a first priority perfected security interest in the Proceeds Account and the other Collateral, and the Escrow Agent shall thereupon be discharged of any obligations arising under this Agreement after the effective date of such resignation. If the Company is unable to agree upon a successor agent within ten (10) days after such notice, the Escrow Agent may, in


its sole discretion, apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor agent. The costs and expenses (including its attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Escrow Agent in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Company.

5.3 Expenses. The Company will upon demand pay to the Escrow Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of its counsel, experts and agents retained by the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Agent may incur in connection with (a) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (b) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes hereunder or (c) the failure by the Company to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

6.1 Waiver. The parties hereto may specifically waive any breach of this Agreement by the other parties, but no such waiver shall be deemed to have been given unless such waiver is in writing, signed by the waiving party, and specifically designates the breach waived, nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver of similar or other breaches.

6.2 Invalidity. If, for any reason whatsoever, any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be inoperative, unenforceable or invalid in a particular case or in all cases, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering any of the other provisions of this Agreement inoperative, unenforceable or invalid, and the inoperative, unenforceable or invalid provision shall be construed as if it were written so as to effectuate, to the maximum extent possible, the parties’ intent.

6.3 Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that the Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the express prior written consent of the Trustee. Any such purported assignment in violation of this Section 6.3 shall be null and void.

6.4 Choice of Law. The existence, validity, construction, operation and effect of any and all terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of choice of law thereof (other than Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law). Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, New York shall be the “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction” for purposes of Section 9-305 and Section 8-110 of the Code.

6.5 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the Indenture contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof


and supersede any and all prior agreements, understandings and commitments with respect thereto, whether oral or written; provided, however, that this Agreement is executed and accepted by the Trustee and the Escrow Agent subject to all terms and conditions of the Trustee’s acceptance of the trust under the Indenture, as fully as if said terms and conditions were set forth at length herein. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by duly authorized representatives of all parties. The Trustee and the Escrow Agent may execute an amendment to this Agreement only if the requisite consent of the Holders of the Notes required by Section 9.02 of the Indenture has been obtained, unless no such consent is required by such Section 9.01 of the Indenture.

6.6 Notices. All notices, requests, instructions, orders and other communications required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement to a party hereto shall be delivered in writing by hand delivery or overnight delivery, or shall be delivered by facsimile or telephonically with confirmation in writing not more than twenty-four hours following such facsimile or telephonic notice. A notice given in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed to have been duly given upon the sending thereof, except for notice to the Trustee or the Escrow Agent, which shall be deemed given only when received. Notices should be addressed as follows:

To the Company:

CareFusion Corporation

3750 Torrey View Court,

San Diego, California 92130

Attention: Joan Stafslien

Facsimile: (858) 617-2300

With a copy to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention: Rod Miller, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007

To Trustee:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, Mail Stop NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Manager Corporates Team – CareFusion Corporation

Facsimile number: (732) 578-4593


With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

25 DeForest Avenue

Second Floor, MS SUM01-0105

Summit, NJ 07901

Fax: 732-578-4635

Attention: Manager Corporates Team – CareFusion Corporation

To the Escrow Agent:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, Mail Stop NYC60-2710

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Manager Corporates Team – CareFusion Corporation

Facsimile number: (732) 578-4593

With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

25 DeForest Avenue

Second Floor, MS SUM01-0105

Summit, NJ 07901

Fax: 732-578-4635

Attention: Manager Corporates Team – CareFusion Corporation

or at such other address, facsimile number or phone number as the specified entity most recently may have designated in writing in accordance with this Section 6.6 to the other parties.

6.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

6.8 Trustee. In connection with the appointment and in acting hereunder, the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, is entitled to all rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, protection and indemnities provided to it under the Indenture.


6.9 U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act the Escrow Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Escrow Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Escrow Agent to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

(Signature Page Follows)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day first written above.

 

THE COMPANY:
CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
TRUSTEE:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
ESCROW AGENT:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


SCHEDULE A

OBLIGOR:

 

Name of Signer

 

Title

 

Specimen Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I hereby certify that the above signatures are the genuine signatures of duly elected or appointed officers and officials of this corporation and that they have qualified and are acting as such.

 

Date:                                         

  By:  

 

   

 


EXHIBIT A

[Form of Release Certificate]

CAREFUSION CORPORATION

Date:                    

The undersigned, Edward Borkowski and Joan Stafslien, in his or her capacity as chief financial officer and secretary, respectively, hereby certifies to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as escrow agent and securities intermediary (the “Escrow Agent”), pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), dated as of July [    ], 2009, by and among CareFusion Corporation (the “Company”), the Trustee and the Escrow Agent, that (capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Escrow Agreement):

(1) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture.

(2) [The Contribution has been consummated substantially in accordance with the Separation Agreement (after giving effect to any waivers or amendments of immaterial terms and conditions) and the funds on deposit in the Proceeds Account will be applied to make the Distribution.] [Cardinal Health, Inc. has made a public announcement that it has determined to abandon the Separation as of [            ] [a.m.][p.m.] (New York City time) on [            ], 2009.

The Company hereby requests the Escrow Agent to transfer the funds on deposit in the Proceeds Account, on [            ], 2009, in immediately available funds as follows:

 

Payee

  

Amount to be

Transferred

  

Wire Instructions


The Company hereby requests the Trustee and the Escrow Agent to terminate and release the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Escrow Agreement.

 

CAREFUSION CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT B

[Form of Release of Security Interest]

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

[ADDRESS]

Date:                    

CareFusion Corporation

3750 Torrey View Court,

San Diego, California 92130

Attention:

Facsimile:

Re: Release of Security Interest

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to that certain Escrow Agreement dated as of July [    ], 2009, by and among CareFusion Corporation (the “Company”), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Escrow Agent.

By its signature below, and in reliance on the Release Certificate of the Company dated as of the date hereof, each of the Escrow Agent and the Trustee hereby terminates and releases the Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral.


This Release of Security Interest may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Very truly yours,

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Trustee

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Escrow Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


Exhibit B

FORM OF OPINION TO BE DELIVERED BY WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

1. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.

2. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Notes. The execution, delivery of the Notes by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Notes have been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, when delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (assuming the due authentication thereof by the Trustee), will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject to, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

3. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

4. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Registration Rights Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Representatives) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

 

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5. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Escrow Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Escrow Agreement by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Escrow Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Escrow Agent and the Trustee) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

6. No consent, approval, waiver, license or authorization or other action by or filing with any New York, Delaware corporate or federal governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, except for federal and state securities or blue sky laws, as to which we express no opinion in this paragraph.

7. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Notes, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Agreement and performance of its obligations thereunder will not conflict with, constitute a default under, or violate (i) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company, (ii) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the contracts listed on Schedule A, (iii) New York, Delaware corporate or federal law or regulation (other than federal and state securities or blue sky laws, as to which we express no opinion in this paragraph), or (iv) any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order or ruling of any court or governmental authority binding on the Company of which we are aware.

8. The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of the Notes” and “Exchange Offer; Registration Rights,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, are accurate in all material respects and under the caption “Description of Credit Facilities” insofar as it purports to describe the provisions of the documents referred to therein are accurate in all material respects.

9. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as they constitute statements of U.S. federal income tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute, and subject to the limitations set forth therein, fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.

10. The Company is not, nor immediately after the sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds from such sale (as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) will be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


11. Assuming (i) the representations of the Initial Purchasers and the Company contained in the Purchase Agreement are true, correct and complete, (ii) compliance by the Initial Purchasers and the Company with their respective covenants set forth in the Purchase Agreement, (iii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum by purchasers to whom the Initial Purchasers initially resell the Notes and (iv) that purchasers to whom the Initial Purchasers initially resell the Notes receive a copy of the Offering Memorandum prior to such sale or a preliminary offering memorandum containing a section captioned “Transfer Restrictions” that is substantially similar to the section captioned “Transfer Restrictions” in the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or the offer and resales of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and described in the Offering Memorandum, to register the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.


FORM OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE LETTER TO BE DELIVERED BY WEIL, GOTSHAL

& MANGES LLP

Subject to the foregoing, we confirm to you that, on the basis of the information we gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, no facts have come to our attention which cause us to believe that (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.


Exhibit C

FORM OF OPINIONS TO BE DELIVERED BY CAREFUSION IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

2. To the best of my knowledge, there are (i) no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened that would need to be described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum and (ii) no contract or document that would need to be described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum, if, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum were a prospectus included in a registration statement under the Act.

3. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Notes, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement and performance of its obligations thereunder will not conflict with, constitute a default under, or violate (i) any of the terms conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (ii) the terms of any of the agreements listed on Schedule A hereto, (iii) California, Delaware or federal law or regulation (other than federal and state securities or blue sky laws, as to which I express no opinion in this paragraph), or (iv) any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order or ruling of any court or governmental authority binding on the Company of which I am aware.

4. The Exchange Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) have been duly authorized by the Company.

5. Except for permits and similar authorizations required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of certain jurisdictions (as to which I express no opinion), no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body of the State of Delaware or the State of California is legally required for the valid issuance and sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by the Agreement.

6. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the heading “Business – Legal Proceedings – FDA Consent Decree” (the “Regulatory Statements”), insofar as such Regulatory Statements constitute summaries of documents or legal proceedings or refer to matters of law or legal conclusions, are accurate and complete in all material respects and present fairly the information purported to be shown.

Based upon my participation in the preparation of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and upon my review and discussion of the contents thereof, nothing has come to my attention that would lead me to believe that the Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale (which I assume to be the date of the Agreement) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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, or that the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they

 

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were made, not misleading. In making the statements in the immediately proceedings sentence, I am not expressing any opinion on the financial statements or financial exhibits and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom and I am not responsible for the adequacy or accuracy of the derivation or compilation from the Company’s accounting records of the financial data included in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

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Exhibit D

[Letterhead of Cardinal Health, Inc.]

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

UBS Securities LLC

As Representatives of the

several Initial Purchasers

listed in Schedule 1 hereto

July 14, 2009

Ladies and Gentleman:

CareFusion Corporation (the “Company”) and the Representatives, on behalf of the initial purchasers thereunder (the “Initial Purchasers”) are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $250 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.125% Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”), $450 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.125% Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.375% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal Health”) has agreed to enter into this letter agreement. This letter agreement shall automatically terminate and Cardinal Health shall cease to have any further obligation hereunder upon consummation of the Separation Transaction and release of the funds held in the Escrow Account to the Company.

Cardinal Health hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each of the Initial Purchasers, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the compliance by the Company with its obligations, including without limitation, the due and punctual payment in full of all indemnification, contribution, reimbursement and other payment obligations of the Company under the Purchase Agreement pursuant to the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Section 9 therein and the expense reimbursement provisions contained in Section 7 therein.

Cardinal Health agrees that this is a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Initial Purchasers to the Company or any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Initial Purchaser in favor of the Company or any other person.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this letter agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

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The terms and conditions of this letter agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this letter agreement, except as expressly provided in this letter agreement.

This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

This letter agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. If any provision of this letter agreement, including any phrase, sentence or clause, is inoperative or unenforceable for any reason, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question inoperative or unenforceable in any other case or circumstance, or of rendering any other provision or provisions herein contained invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever. This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof. Any and all other prior written or oral agreements existing between the parties hereto regarding such subject matter are expressly canceled.

 

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Very truly yours,
Cardinal Health, Inc.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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