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): April 8, 2013

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1 -7685

 

95-1492269

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
Pasadena, California

 

91103

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (626) 304-2000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o            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.

 

On April 3, 2013, Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an underwriting agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to a registered public offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”).  The closing of the sale of the Notes occurred on April 8, 2013. The net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, were approximately $247,470,000 and are being used to repay a portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the Company’s commercial paper program.

 

The offering of the Notes was registered under an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-169954). The Notes are being issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, dated as of April 8, 2013 (as supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.   The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.35% per year, payable semiannually in arrears in cash on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2013. The Notes will mature on April 15, 2023.  The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time, at a price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (b) a “make-whole” amount as described in the Indenture, plus in either case accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the Company redeems any Notes on or after January 15, 2023, the redemption price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.  If a change of control triggering event as described in the Indenture occurs, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date.

 

The Notes will be the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.  The Notes will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and other liabilities; senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness, if any; effectively junior to all of the Company’s secured indebtedness, if any, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.  A copy of the Indenture is attached hereto, and is hereby filed.  The descriptions of the Indenture and the Notes in this report are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Indenture and Notes, respectively.

 

Attached hereto as exhibits are the agreements and opinions relating to the offering.  The exhibits are expressly incorporated herein and into the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any related amendments thereto, filed by the Company on October 15, 2010.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Title

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated April 3, 2013, between the Company and the Underwriters named therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of November 20, 2007 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2007).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of April 8, 2013.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: April 8, 2013

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

 

Name:

Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

 

Title:

Vice President and Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Title

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement dated April 3, 2013, between the Company and the Underwriters named therein.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of November 20, 2007 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2007).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, dated as of April 8, 2013.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

$250,000,000

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

 

April 3, 2013

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

and

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $250,000,000 principal amount of its 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”).  The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 20, 2007 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of April 8, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

The Indenture, the Notes and this Agreement are sometimes, collectively, referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents.”

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Notes, as follows:

 

1.             Registration Statement.  The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of

 

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1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-169954), including a prospectus, relating to the Notes.  Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it was most recently filed with the Commission prior to or on the date of this Agreement, is referred to herein as the “Base Prospectus; the final prospectus supplement to such prospectus (including the Base Prospectus) relating to the Notes, in the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, is referred to herein as the “Prospectus”; and any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Notes in the form filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is referred to herein as a “Preliminary Prospectus”.  Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

At or prior to the time when sales of the Notes were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated April 3, 2013, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) listed on Annex C hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information.

 

2.             Purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters.  (a)  The Company agrees to issue and sell the Notes to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.248% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from April 8, 2013 to the Closing Date (as defined below).  The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Notes except upon payment for all the Notes to be purchased as provided herein.

 

(b)           The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Notes as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the

 

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judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Notes on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Notes to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Notes purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

 

(c)           Payment for and delivery of the Notes will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on April 8, 2013, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing.  The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.

 

(d)           Payment for the Notes shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Notes (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Notes duly paid by the Company.  The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)           The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Notes 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.  Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person 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 neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.

 

3.             Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company.  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)           Preliminary Prospectus.  No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the

 

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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.

 

(b)           Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information.  No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus 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 Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

 

(c)           Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex C hereto which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives.  Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

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(d)           Registration Statement and Prospectus.  The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company.  No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

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

 

(f)            Financial Statements.  The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable

 

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requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly in all material respects 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 or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(g)           No Material Adverse Change.  Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than upon exercise of outstanding options and stock appreciation rights) or long-term debt (except in the ordinary course of business and not in excess of $10 million) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock (other than the dividend payment declared in January 2013 and made in March 2013), or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

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

 

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qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes (a “Material Adverse Effect”).  The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(i)            Capitalization.  The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization” and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

 

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

 

(k)           The Notes.  The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

(l)            Underwriting Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

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

 

(n)           No Violation or Default.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no

 

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event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(p)           No Consents Required.  No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act and the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act (which have been made or obtained) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters.

 

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

 

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(i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

(r)            Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

 

(s)            Intellectual Property.  (i) The Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how, trade secrets, systems, procedures, proprietary or confidential information and all other worldwide intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of their respective businesses; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person; (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim relating to Intellectual Property; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person, in each case except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(t)            No Undisclosed Relationships.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.

 

(u)           Investment Company Act.  The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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(v)           Compliance With Environmental Laws.  (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

(w)          Disclosure Controls.  The Company and its subsidiaries 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 and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(x)           Accounting Controls.  The Company and its subsidiaries maintain 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,

 

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or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive 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 principles, including, but not limited to 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 principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.  Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.

 

(y)           No Unlawful Payments.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment, in each case except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

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(aa)         No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws.  None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”)), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Notes hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

(bb)         No Stabilization.  The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes.

 

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

 

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

 

(ee)         Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

(ff)  Status under the Securities Act.  The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Notes.

 

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4.             Further Agreements of the Company.  The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

 

(a)           Required Filings.  The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet in the form of Annex D hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below); and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Notes as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Notes is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Notes by any Underwriter or dealer.

 

(b)           Delivery of Copies.  The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

(c)           Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.

 

(d)           Notice to the Representatives.  The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment

 

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to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Notes and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)           Time of Sale Information.  If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(c) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with applicable law.

 

(f)            Ongoing Compliance.  If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit

 

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to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 4(c) hereof, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law.

 

(g)           Blue Sky Compliance.  To the extent required, the Company will qualify the Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Notes; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

(h)           Earning Statement.  The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

 

(i)            Clear Market.  During the period from the date hereof through the completion of the offering of the Notes, as notified to the Company by the Representatives (but in no event later than seven days after the Closing Date), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.

 

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

 

(k)           Record Retention.  The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

(l)            DTC.  The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

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(m)          Registration Statement Renewal Deadline.  If immediately prior to the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Notes remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives.  If the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the Renewal Deadline.  The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Notes.  References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.

 

(n)           Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form.  If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement of post effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness.  The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible.  References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post effective amendment, as the case may be.

 

5.             Certain Agreements of the Underwriters.        Each Underwriter hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex C or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) hereof (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of, or consistent with, the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex D hereto without the consent of the Company.

 

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6.             Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.  The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Notes on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

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

 

(b)           Representations, Warranties and Agreements.  The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date; and the Company shall have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder prior to or at the Closing Date.

 

(c)           No Downgrade.  Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities.

 

(d)           No Material Adverse Change.  No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

(e)           Officer’s Certificate.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of a senior executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives confirming (i) that such officer has carefully reviewed the

 

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Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) to the effect set forth in Section 6(a), 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) hereof.

 

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

 

(g)           Opinion of Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company. The Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, his written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.

 

(h)           Opinion and Disclosure Letter of Counsel for the Company.  Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinions and disclosure letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex B hereto.

 

(i)            Opinion and Disclosure Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and disclosure letter of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

(j)            No Legal Impediment to Issuance.  No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Notes; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court having jurisdiction over the Company shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Notes.

 

(k)           Good Standing.  The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its domestic significant subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably

 

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request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 

(l)            DTC.  The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(m)          Indenture and Notes.  The Supplemental Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Trustee, and the Notes shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

7.             Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a)           Indemnification of the Underwriters.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

 

(b)           Indemnification of the Company.  Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company

 

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within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in Section 7(a), but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following:  (i) the names of the Underwriters on the cover pages of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; (ii) the names of the Underwriters in the table in the first paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; (iii) the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”; (iv)  the second and third sentences in the eighth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting;” and (v) the ninth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”.

 

(c)           Notice and Procedures.  If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either Section 7(a) or 7(b), such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under Section 7(a) or 7(b) except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under Section 7(a) or 7(b).  If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred.  In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.  It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding

 

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in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred against presentation or written invoices or statements therefore.  Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company.  The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.  No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

(d)           Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Notes and the total underwriting discounts and

 

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commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Notes.  The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

(e)           Limitation on Liability.  The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7(d).  The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

 

(f)            Non-Exclusive Remedies.  The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

 

8.             Effectiveness of Agreement.  This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

9.             Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in

 

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financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

10.          Defaulting Underwriter.  (a)  If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Notes by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement.  If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Notes on such terms.  If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Notes that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

 

(b)           If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in Section 10(a), the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Notes that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

 

(c)           If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in Section 10(a), the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in Section 10(b), then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters.  Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the

 

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payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

(d)           Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

 

11.          Payment of Expenses.  (a)  Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Notes and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Notes under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Notes; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) any expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Notes for book entry transfer by DTC; (ix) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and (x) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

 

(b)           If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Notes for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

 

12.          Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof.  Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision

 

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contained herein.  No purchaser of Notes from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

 

13.          Survival.  The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

 

14.          Certain Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

 

15.          Compliance with USA Patriot Act.  In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

16.          Miscellaneous.  (a)  Authority of the Representatives.  Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

 

(b)           Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication.  Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, New York 10020 (fax: 646-855-5958); Attention: High Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-834-6081); Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk.  Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Avery Dennison Corporation, 150 North Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91103 (fax: 626-304-2251); Attention: Vikas Arora, Esq., Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, with a copy to Scott Hodgkins, Esq., Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, 355 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071 (fax: 213-891-8763).

 

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

 

(d)                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in 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.

 

(e)                                  Amendments or Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

(f)                                   Headings.  The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

Name: Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

Accepted as of the date first above written

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

 

 

By

/s/ Laurie Campbell

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Stephen L. Sheiner

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the

 

several Underwriters listed

 

in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

 

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Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

 

Principal Amount

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

 

 

 

Incorporated

 

$

75,000,000

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

75,000,000

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

31,250,000

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

31,250,000

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

18,750,000

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA),Inc.

 

18,750,000

 

Total

 

$

250,000,000

 

 



 

Schedule 2

 

Significant Subsidiaries of the Company

 

Name

 

Jurisdiction

 

 

 

Avery Corp.

 

Delaware

Avery Dennison (China) Company Limited

 

China

Avery Dennison Investments Luxembourg

 

Luxembourg

Avery Dennison (Ireland) Limited

 

Ireland

Avery Dennison Management KGaA

 

Luxembourg

Avery Dennison Materials Europe BV

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Materials GmbH

 

Germany

Avery Dennison Materials Nederland BV

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment II B.V.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment III B.V.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment VI B.V.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment VII B.V.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment VIII Cooperatief U.A.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Netherlands Investment XI Cooperatief U.A.

 

Netherlands

Avery Dennison Office Products Holdings Company

 

Nevada

Avery Dennison Shared Services, Inc.

 

Nevada

Dennison Manufacturing Company

 

Nevada

Paxar BV

 

Netherlands

Paxar Corporation

 

New York

Paxar Far East Limited

 

Hong Kong

 



 

Annex C

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses

 

·                  Pricing Term Sheet, dated April 3, 2013, substantially in the form of Annex D hereto.

 



 

Annex D

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-169954

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

April 3, 2013

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

$250,000,000 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Issuer:

 

Avery Dennison Corporation

 

 

 

Title of Securities:

 

3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

 

 

 

Legal Format:

 

SEC-registered

 

 

 

Trade Date

 

April 3, 2013

 

 

 

Settlement Date:

 

April 8, 2013

 

 

 

Principal Amount:

 

$250,000,000

 

 

 

Maturity:

 

April 15, 2023

 

 

 

Coupon (Interest Rate):

 

3.35%

 

 

 

Issue Price (Price to Public):

 

99.898% of principal amount

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury:

 

2.00% Notes due 02/15/2023

 

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

 

155 bps

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield:

 

101-22 / 1.812%

 

 

 

Yield to Maturity:

 

3.362%

 

 

 

Optional Redemption

 

The notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Issuer’s option, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed and (b) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) discounted to the

 



 

 

 

redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the date of redemption; provided, however, that if the Issuer redeems any notes on or after January 15, 2023 (the date falling three months prior to the maturity date of the notes), the redemption price for the notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the date of redemption.

 

 

 

Interest Payment Dates:

 

April 15 and October 15, commencing October 15, 2013

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

RBS Securities Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, Inc.

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

 

 

 

CUSIP:

 

053611 AG4

 

 

 

ISIN:

 

US053611AG44

 

The offer and sale of the notes to which this final term sheet relates have been registered by Avery Dennison Corporation by means of a registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-169954).

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322 or J.P. Morgan toll-free at (866) 846-2874.

 


Exhibit 4.2

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION,

 

as Issuer

 

AND

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 


 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of April 8, 2013

 

To

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 20, 2007

 


 

3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

 



 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (as hereinafter defined, the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of April 8, 2013, between AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company of unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness in an unlimited amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Board Resolution, dated April 1, 2013, the Company authorized the creation and issuance of a series of its debt securities under the Indenture, designated as the “3.35% Senior Notes due 2023” in the initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, from time to time and at any time, may enter into one or more supplemental indentures to establish the forms and terms of Securities as permitted in Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish the form and terms of the Notes in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that this Third Supplemental Indenture is authorized and permitted by Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture and has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to that effect and an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in the Base Indenture to the Trustee’s execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture have been complied with;

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of the Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                    Definition of Terms.  For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context requires otherwise:

 

(a)                                 a term defined in the Base Indenture and not otherwise defined herein has the same meaning when used in this Third Supplemental Indenture; and

 

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(b)                                 the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.1(b) and shall have the meaning set forth below for purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture as it relates to the Notes created hereby:

 

Additional Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

 

Attributable Debt” means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining primary term thereof, discounted from the respective due dates to such date at the actual percentage rate inherent in such arrangement as the Company has determined in good faith. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)                                 the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the Company’s Subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                 the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

 

(c)                                  the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys’ Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

“Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

“Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 

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Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated 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 term of the Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) less (i) all liabilities, other than deferred income taxes and Funded Debt, and (ii) goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, organizational expenses and other like intangibles owned by the Company as well as the Company’s consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

 

Debt” means debt issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a Subsidiary for money borrowed.

 

Funded Debt” means (i) all indebtedness for money borrowed having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower and (ii) rental obligations payable more than 12 months from such date under leases which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (such rental obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized and to be included for the purposes of the definition of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets both as an asset and as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized).

 

Holder” means the Person in whose name a Registered Security is registered in the Register.

 

Interest Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof.

 

Investment Grade” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

Lien” means any lien, mortgage or pledge.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 

Optional Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) hereof.

 

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Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

 

Principal Property” means any real property the Company or any Subsidiaries own or hereafter acquire (including related land and improvements thereon and all machinery and equipment included therein without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets other than (i) any property which in the Company’s determination is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety or (ii) any portion of a particular property which is similarly found not to be of material importance to the use or operation of such property.

 

Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes filed by the Company with the SEC on April 5, 2013.

 

Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (b) if either of 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 Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

 

Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

 

Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”)) and their respective successors and (b) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company in good faith; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, 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 Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the April 1 and October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.

 

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such

 

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redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to, but not including, such Redemption Date.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

Treasury Rate” means, as determined by the Quotation Agent, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) 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.

 

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, 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

 

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

 

Section 2.1                                    Designation and Principal Amount.  The Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.03 of the Base Indenture.  There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated as the “3.35% Senior Notes due 2023,” initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000 (except upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 4.06, 14.05 of the Base Indenture).

 

Section 2.2                                    Stated Maturity.  The date upon which the Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, shall be April 15, 2023.

 

Section 2.3                                    Interest.

 

(a)                                 The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.35% per annum.  The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be April 8, 2013.  Interest on the Notes shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2013, to the Persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.3(d) hereof.

 

(b)                                 Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity or, if applicable, any Redemption Date or otherwise at Maturity shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and including the original issue date of April 8, 2013, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to the Notes) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or, if applicable, Redemption Date or other Maturity, as the case may be (each, an “Interest Period”).

 

(c)                                  The amount of interest payable for any full semi-annual Interest Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual Interest Period for which interest is computed shall be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.  In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date for the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment

 

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Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after such scheduled Interest Payment Date).

 

(d)                                 In the event that the Stated Maturity, any Redemption Date or other Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the related payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and no additional interest shall accumulate on the amount payable for the period from and after the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date or other Maturity).  Interest due on the Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date or other Maturity (in each case, whether or not an Interest Payment Date) on any of the Notes shall be paid to the Person to whom principal of the Notes is payable.

 

Section 2.4                                    Place of Payment and Appointment.  Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the transfer of the Notes shall be registrable, and the Notes shall be exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be a corporate trust office of the Trustee or its affiliate; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Person entitled to payment; and provided, further, the Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes in global form registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate, or its respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Notes in global form.

 

The Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

 

Section 2.5                                    Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Article XII of the Base Indenture apply to the Notes.

 

Section 2.6                                    Denominations.  The Notes shall be issuable only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Section 2.7                                    Global Securities.  The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of a permanent Global Security in registered form deposited with or for the account of The Depository Trust Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate.  Unless and until each such Global Security is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Notes shall be made only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

Section 2.8                                    Form of the Notes.  The form of the Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

 

Section 2.9                                    No Sinking Fund.  The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

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ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES

 

Section 3.1                                    Optional Redemption by Company.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Notes shall be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of:

 

(i)                                     100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(ii)                                  the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date;

 

provided, however, that if the Company redeems any Notes on or after January 15, 2023 (the date falling three months prior to the Stated Maturity), the redemption price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.  The Optional Redemption Price shall be determined by the Company.

 

(b)                                 Notice of any redemption shall be mailed not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

 

(c)                                  Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Optional Redemption Price, from and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by a method that the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate and may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of Notes held by a Holder equal to an authorized denomination. If the Company redeems less than all of the Notes and the Notes are then held in book-entry form, the redemption will be made in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures.

 

Section 3.2                                    Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

(a)                                 If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes as described in Section 3.1 hereof, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in the Notes. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase date (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of the Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the repurchase date specified in the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date on which such notice is mailed (a “Change of Control Payment Date”).

 

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(b)                                 The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.

 

(c)                                  On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

 

(i)                                     accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable 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 pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; and

 

(iii)                               deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

The Company 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 of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1                                    Restriction on Secured Debt.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien on any Principal Property of the Company or any Subsidiary or any shares of capital stock of or Debt of any Subsidiary, without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such secured Debt; provided, however, that this limitation shall not apply to:

 

(a)                                 any Lien existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

(b)                                 Liens on property of, or on any shares of capital stock of or Debt of, any Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary;

 

(c)                                  Liens in the Company’s favor or in favor of any Subsidiary;

 

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(d)                                 Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;

 

(e)                                  Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(f)                                   any Lien securing indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase price or cost of construction of property (or additions, substantial repairs, alterations or substantial improvements thereto), provided that such Lien and the indebtedness secured thereby are incurred within twelve months of the later of acquisition or completion of construction (or addition, repair, alteration or improvement) and full operation thereof;

 

(g)                                  Liens securing industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or similar types of bonds;

 

(h)                                 mechanics and similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations not due or being contested in good faith;

 

(i)                                     Liens arising from deposits with, or the giving of any form of security to, any governmental agency required as a condition to the transaction of business or exercise of any privilege, franchise or license;

 

(j)                                    Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies which are not then delinquent or, if delinquent, are being contested in good faith;

 

(k)                                 Liens put on any property in contemplation of its disposition, provided the Company has a binding agreement to sell at the time the Lien is imposed and the Company disposes of the property within one year after the creation of the Liens and that any indebtedness secured by the Liens is without recourse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(l)                                     Liens (including judgment liens) arising from legal proceedings being contested in good faith (and, in the case of judgment liens, execution thereof is stayed); and

 

(m)                             any extension, renewal or replacement of any Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (l) inclusive or any Debt secured thereby, provided that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or part of the same property, shares of capital stock or Debt that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by a Lien which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions described above, provided that the aggregate amount of all such secured Debt, together with all the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded as described in clauses (a) through (e) of Section 4.2), may not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Section 4.2                                    Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall enter into any arrangement with any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary of any Principal Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), to which the funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property (a “sale and leaseback transaction”); provided, however, this limitation shall not apply if:

 

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(a)                                 the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;

 

(b)                                 the sale or transfer of the Principal Property is made at the time of, or within 120 days after, the later of its acquisition or completion of construction;

 

(c)                                  the lease secures or relates to industrial revenue bonds, pollution control bonds or other similar types of bonds;

 

(d)                                 the transaction is between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries;

 

(e)                                  the Company or a Subsidiary, within 120 days after the Company or a Subsidiary makes a sale or transfer, applies an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property leased pursuant to such arrangement or the fair market value of the Principal Property so leased at the time of entering into such arrangement (as determined in any manner approved by the board of directors) to:

 

(i)                                     the retirement of the Notes or the Company’s other Funded Debt ranking on a parity with or senior to the Notes, or the retirement of the securities or other Funded Debt of a Subsidiary; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of the Company’s Funded Debt or a Subsidiary’s Funded Debt shall be reduced by (x) the principal amount of any Notes (or other notes or debentures constituting such Funded Debt) delivered within such 120-day period to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (y) the principal amount of such Funded Debt, other than items referred to in the preceding clause (x), voluntarily retired by the Company or a Subsidiary within 120 days after such sale; and provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in this subclause (A) may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund payment or any mandatory prepayment provision, or

 

(ii)                                  the purchase of other property which shall constitute a Principal Property having a fair market value, in the Company’s determination, at least equal to the fair market value of the Principal Property leased in such sale and leaseback transaction; or

 

(f)                                   after giving effect to the transaction, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions plus all Debt secured by Liens on Principal Properties, or on shares of capital stock or Debt of Subsidiaries (with the exception of secured Debt which is excluded as described in Section 4.1), would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Section 4.3                                    Restriction on the Payment of Dividends and Other Payments.  The Company shall not declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions on its capital stock (except in shares of, or warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, its capital stock), nor may the Company or any Subsidiary make any payment to retire or acquire shares of such stock, at a time when a payment default described in Section 5.1(1) or Section 5.1(2) has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 4.4                                    Existence.  Except as otherwise permitted by Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a corporation or other Person.

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Section 5.1                                    Events of Default. The following “Events of Default” shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):

 

Event of Default” means, with respect to the Notes, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(1)                                 default in the payment of any interest upon the Notes when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(2)                                 default in the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, on the Notes when due and payable at Maturity, upon required repurchase, upon acceleration, by call for redemption or otherwise;

 

(3)                                 the failure of the Company for 90 days (or 120 days in the case of a breach of Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture) to comply with any of its agreements contained in the Notes or the Indenture after written notice of such Default from the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding has been received by the Company;

 

(4)                               the Company fails to pay at maturity or the acceleration of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ indebtedness, other than non-recourse indebtedness, at any one time in an amount in excess of $50 million, if the indebtedness is not discharged or the acceleration is not annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes;

 

(5)                                 the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

 

(6)                                 the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any

 

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substantial part of its property, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization of any such action by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Section 5.2                                    Acceleration of Maturity Upon Certain Events of Default.  The following provision shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 7.02(a) of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):

 

If any one or more of the above-described Events of Default shall happen (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or (6) above) with respect to the Notes at the time Outstanding, then, and in each and every such case, during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may (and upon the written request of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of such Notes then Outstanding, the Trustee shall) declare the principal of and all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes then Outstanding, if not then due and payable, to be due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in Notes contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or (6) above occurs, then the principal of and all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes then Outstanding will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Upon payment of such amounts in the Currency in which the Notes are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes shall terminate.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

 

Section 6.1                                    Additional Notes.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the Company may from time to time, without the notice to or consent of the existing Holders of the Notes, create and issue additional notes (the “Additional Notes”) ranking equally and ratably with the Notes in all respects (except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional Notes or except, in some cases, for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such Additional Notes).  Any such Additional Notes, at the Company’s determination and in accordance with provisions of the Indenture, shall be consolidated with and form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes for all purposes of the Indenture; provided, that in certain cases such Additional Notes may be issued under a different CUSIP number.  The aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes shall be unlimited.

 

Section 6.2                                    Additional Notes Terms.  With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution and in an Officer’s Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

 

(a)                                 the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture; and

 

(b)                                 the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes and the amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to the Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall also receive an Opinion of Counsel regarding the enforceability of the Additional Notes, together with the Opinion of Counsel required under Sections 14.01 and 16.01 of the Base Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 7.1                                    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The following provisions relating to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):

 

The Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any one or more of or all the following purposes:

 

(1)                                 to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company to be observed thereafter and during the period, if any, in such supplemental indenture or indentures expressed, and to add Events of Defaults, in each case for the protection or benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

 

(2)                                 to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect, or to permit or facilitate the issue of the Notes in uncertificated form;

 

(3)                                 to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Company contained in the Notes and in this Indenture or any supplemental indenture;

 

(4)                                 to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 11.06(c) of the Base Indenture;

 

(5)                                 to secure the Notes;

 

(6)                                 to evidence any changes to this Indenture pursuant to Sections 11.05, 11.06 or 11.07 of the Base Indenture as permitted by the terms thereof;

 

(7)                                 to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture;

 

(8)                                 to comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as contemplated by this Indenture or otherwise;

 

(9)                                 to add guarantors or co-obligors with respect to the Notes;

 

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(10)                          to make any change in the Notes that does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders; provided that no such change shall be deemed to adversely effect the Holders if such change is made to conform the terms of the Notes to the terms described in the Prospectus Supplement;

 

(11)                          to prohibit the authentication and delivery of additional series of Notes; or

 

(12)                          to establish the form and terms of the Notes as permitted in this Indenture or to authorize the issuance of additional debt securities previously authorized or to add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication or delivery of the Notes, as set forth in this Indenture, or other conditions, limitations or restrictions thereafter to be observed.

 

Section 7.2                                    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. The following provisions relating to supplemental indentures shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding Section 14.02 of the Base Indenture, which shall be deemed amended and restated, and superseded, by the following):

 

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of each Holder:

 

(1)                                 extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, the Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption or repurchase thereof, or change the Currency in which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is denominated or payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or materially adversely affect the economic terms of any right to convert or exchange the Notes as may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01(r) of the Base Indenture;

 

(2)                                 reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;

 

(3)                                 modify any provisions of this Section or Section 6.06 or 7.06 of the Base Indenture, except to increase any of the respective percentages referred to therein or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 11.06 and 14.01(f) of the Base Indenture; or

 

(4)                                 modify, without the written consent of the Trustee, the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee; it being understood that in no event shall the Trustee be

 

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obligated to enter into any amendment or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

It will not be necessary for any act of Holders under the preceding paragraph to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it will be sufficient if such act will approve the substance thereof.

 

Section 7.3                                    Effect of Supplemental Indentures. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to the Notes or which modifies the rights of the Holders with respect to such covenant or other provision, will be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of Holders of other series of Securities. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture with respect to Securities of any other series or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of any other series with respect to such covenant or other provision, will be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of Holders of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1                                    Confirmation of Base Indenture.  The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

 

Section 8.2                                    Responsibility of Recitals, Etc.  The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the recitals. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or the sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 

Section 8.3                                    Concerning the Trustee. The Trustee does not assume any duties, responsibility or liabilities by reason of this Third Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the Indenture and, in carrying out its responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, powers, privileges, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture.  In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, 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.

 

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including pdf files).  If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

 

Section 8.4                                    Governing Law.  This Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Section 8.5                                    Severability.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture, or of the Notes, but this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 8.6                                    Counterparts.  This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 8.7                                    Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.  If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required to be a part of and govern this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control.  If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Third Supplemental Indenture, as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.

 

Section 8.8                                    Effect of Headings.  The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 8.9                                    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE COMPANY 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 NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

Name:

Karyn E. Rodriguez

 

Title:

Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to the Third Supplemental Indenture]

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ L. Garcia

 

Name:

L. Garcia

 

Title:

Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the Third Supplemental Indenture]

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

[To be included in Global Securities — THIS NOTE 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 NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL 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 OR SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

CUSIP: 053611AG4

ISIN: US053611AG44

 

No.

U.S. $

 

Avery Dennison Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                      ] DOLLARS ($[                      ]) on April 15, 2023 and to pay interest thereon from April 8, 2013 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, beginning on October 15, 2013, at the rate of 3.35% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be, as the case may be, the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 30 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register; and provided, further, the Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any, and

 

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interest on this Note in global form registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company or such other Depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate, or its respective nominee, by wire in immediately available funds to such Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of this Note in global form.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

ATTESTED:

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

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This is one of the Securities issued referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:  April [    ], 2013

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

           Authorized Signatory

 

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[Reverse of Note]

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Note” or the “Notes,” as the case may be), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2007 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 8, 2013 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated and delivered.

 

The Notes shall be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes Outstanding to be redeemed; and (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Company redeems any Notes on or after January 15, 2023 (the date falling three months prior to the Stated Maturity), the redemption price for the Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

 

Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. Notice of any such redemption shall be mailed not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed.

 

For purposes of the redemption provisions, the following terms are applicable:

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated 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 term of the Notes.

 

Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, (b) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (c) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

“Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”)) and their

 

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respective successors and (b) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company in good faith; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, 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 Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to, but not including, such Redemption Date.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, as determined by the Quotation Agent, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to actual or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) 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.

 

In the event of redemption of the Notes in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes as described above, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Note repurchased to, but not including, the repurchase date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed to Holders of Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the repurchase date specified in the applicable notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date on which such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”) pursuant to the procedures described in such notice and in conformity with the Indenture.

 

The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring prior to or on the applicable Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.

 

On any applicable Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: (a) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; (b) 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 pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; and (c) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.

 

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The Company shall not be required to make the Change of Control Offer upon the Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

The Company 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 of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict.

 

For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions, the following terms are applicable:

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)                                 the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the Company’s Subsidiaries’ assets, taken as a whole, to any person, other than the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries;

 

(b)                                 the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

 

(c)                                  the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Notes were issued or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy

 

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statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).

 

“Investment Grade” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent Investment Grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (b) if either of 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 Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

 

“Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, 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.

 

The Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance and discharge at any time of (1) the entire indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared or shall become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding to be affected.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder shall have any right to institute any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the execution of any trust under the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or for any other remedy hereunder, in each case with respect to an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of the happening of one or more of the Events of Default, and unless also the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Notes than Outstanding shall have requested the Trustee in writing to take action in respect of the matter complained of, and unless also there shall have been offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after receipt of such notification, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case to be conditions precedent to any such action, suit or proceeding by any Holder; it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Holders shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by his, her, its or their action to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner therein provided, and that every action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner provided in the Indenture and for the equal benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Notes.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of the Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of the Notes for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes are payable, duly endorsed by or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S. $2,000 and integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of the Notes for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Notes are registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not the Notes be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

All capitalized terms used, but not defined, in the Notes shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

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Avery Dennison Corporation

150 North Orange Grove Boulevard

Pasadena, California 91103-3596

 

Re:  Registration No. 333-169954; $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.35% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) under an indenture, dated November 20, 2007 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a third supplemental indenture, dated the date hereof, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) and pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 15, 2010 (Registration No. 333-169954) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”).  This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration  Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Notes.

 

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter.  With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters.  We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York and the general corporation law of the state of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware, any other laws, or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.

 



 

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefore in the circumstances contemplated by the form of underwriting agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, the Notes will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief, (c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture; (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy; (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of the Notes, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon; and (f) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.

 

With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Indenture and the Notes (collectively, the “Documents”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto other than the Company, (b) that the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Company, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (c) that the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.

 

     This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K dated April 8, 2013 and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

 

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