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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On August 14, 2024, GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.800% Notes due August 14, 2029 (the “Notes”) pursuant to its effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-280584).
The Company will pay interest on the Notes on February 14 and August 14 of each year, beginning on February 14, 2025. The Notes will mature on August 14, 2029. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other senior unsecured indebtedness, including its other outstanding senior notes.
The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated August 14, 2024 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The foregoing description of the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such documents, which are attached as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
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.
Date: August 15, 2024 | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. | |||||
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/s/ Frank R. Jimenez | |||||
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Frank R. Jimenez, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (authorized signatory) |
Exhibit 4.2
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of August 14, 2024
to
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 22, 2022
Relating to
$1,000,000,000 of 4.800% Notes due 2029
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.01 | References |
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Section 1.02 | Definitions |
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ARTICLE TWO |
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 | Designation and Principal Amount |
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Section 2.02 | Maturity |
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Section 2.03 | Form and Payment |
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Section 2.04 | Interest |
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Section 2.05 | Other Terms and Conditions |
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ARTICLE THREE |
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REDEMPTION |
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Section 3.01 | Optional Redemption of the Notes. |
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ARTICLE FOUR |
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 | Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event |
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Section 4.02 | Limitation on Liens |
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RESERVED. |
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ARTICLE SIX |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 6.01 | Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 6.02 | Reserved |
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Section 6.03 | Application of Second Supplemental Indenture |
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Section 6.04 | Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 6.05 | Conflict with Base Indenture |
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Section 6.06 | Governing Law |
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Section 6.07 | Successors |
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Section 6.08 | Counterparts |
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Section 6.09 | Trustee Disclaimer |
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 14, 2024 (this Second Supplemental Indenture), between GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), to the Base Indenture (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the Base Indenture and, together with this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to time of its notes and other evidences of senior debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as therein provided;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, on the date hereof, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a series of notes to be known as its 4.800% Senior Notes due 2029 (the Notes), the form and substance of the notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and herein;
WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been met; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested and hereby requests that the Trustee join with it in the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, and all acts and requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done and performed.
WITNESSETH:
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:
Article One
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 1.01 References. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture. References in this Second Supplemental Indenture to article and section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this Second Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.
Section 1.02 Definitions. For purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
Additional Notes means any additional Notes that may be issued from time to time pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
Base Indenture has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in New York, New York, United States.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Companys assets and the assets of the Companys Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of the Companys Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Companys liquidation or dissolution; or (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as defined above), including any group defined as a person for the purpose of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then-outstanding number of shares of the Companys Voting Stock, provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such persons affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of another person and (b) immediately following that transaction, a majority of Voting Stock of such person is held by the direct or indirect holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as immediately prior to such transaction.
Change of Control Offer has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a). Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Change of Control Repurchase Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
Consolidated Subsidiary means, as of the time of determination and with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person whose financial data is, in accordance with GAAP, reflected in that Persons consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Total Assets means, as of the time of determination, total assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as reflected on the Companys most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP contained in an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q or any amendment thereto pursuant to the Exchange Act filed by the Company prior to the time as of which Consolidated Total Assets is being determined or, if the Company is not required to so file, as reflected on the Companys most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Depositary has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(d).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under: (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
incur means issue, incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, obligations (other than Non-recourse Obligations) of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).
Indenture has the meaning provided in the Recitals.
Initial Notes means the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the date hereof, as specified on the first paragraph of Section 2.01.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moodys); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.
Lien means any lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service Inc., and its successors.
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Non-recourse Obligation means indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) (A) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or (B) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of the Companys properties or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, in each case as to which the obligee with respect to such Indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or such Subsidiarys assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof) or (2) a receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables or the proceeds thereof).
Notes has the meaning provided in the Recitals. For the avoidance of doubt, Notes shall include any Additional Notes.
Par Call Date means July 14, 2029.
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens securing Hedging Obligations designed to protect the Company from fluctuations in interest rates, currencies, equities or the price of commodities and not for speculative purposes;
(2) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities or financial institutions in respect of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(3) Liens arising by reason of pledges or deposits necessary to qualify the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business, maintain self-insurance, or obtain the benefit of, or comply with, any law, including Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits;
(4) Liens of any landlord on fixtures located on premises leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and tenants rights under leases, easements and similar Liens not materially impairing the use or value of the Property involved;
(5) easements, zoning restrictions, building restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances or charges on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are of a nature generally existing with respect to Properties of a similar character;
(6) Liens in connection with bankers acceptance financing or used in the ordinary course of trade practices, statutory lessor and vendor privilege Liens and Liens in connection with good faith bids, tenders and deposits;
(7) Liens arising under consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods;
(8) Good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases, or deposits to secure the Companys public or statutory obligations, or deposits for the payment of rent;
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(9) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or credited for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(10) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit in the ordinary course of business that encumber cash, documents and other Property relating to such letters of credit and proceeds thereof;
(11) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries; and
(12) customary Liens granted in favor of a trustee to secure fees and other amounts owing to such trustee under an indenture.
Property means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of capital stock.
Prospectus Supplement means the Prospectus Supplement, dated August 7, 2024, relating to the issuance of the Initial Notes.
Principal Property means all real property and improvements thereon, including, without limitation, any manufacturing facility or plant or any portion thereof, office facility, including the Companys principal corporate offices, warehouse, research facility or distribution center located within the United States (other than its territories or possessions) and owned by the Company or any of the Companys wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries, the gross book value (without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 1% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company, except any such property which the Board of Directors, in its good faith opinion, determines is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and the Companys subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as evidenced by a Board Resolution.
Rating Agency means, (1) each of Moodys and S&P; and (2) if either of Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Ratings Event means, during the period commencing on the date of the Companys first public announcement of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) (the Rating Date) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (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 but no longer than 180 days), the rating of the Notes shall be reduced by both Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies and are not, within such period, subsequently upgraded by both Rating Agencies to an Investment Grade rating; provided, however, that a Ratings 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
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deemed a Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or confirm to the Company in writing at the Companys 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 Ratings Event).
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption if such Note matures on the Par Call Date; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be deemed to be reduced (solely for the purposes of this calculation) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
Second Supplemental Indenture has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.01:
(a) the yield determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as Selected Interest Rates (Daily)H.15 (or any successor designation or publication) (H.15) under the caption U.S. government securitiesTreasury constant maturitiesNominal (or any successor caption or heading) (H.15 TCM). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the Remaining Life); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yieldsone yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Lifeand shall interpolate to the Par Call Date, on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date;
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(b) If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date, but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date, and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date, or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semiannual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
Trustee has the meaning provided in the Preamble.
U.S. Subsidiary means any subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Voting Stock of any specified person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.
Article Two
General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount.
(a) There are hereby authorized and designated the 4.800% Senior Notes due 2029. The Notes may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount. The Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000. The amount of the Notes shall be set forth in the written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank on the same basis with all of the Companys other senior unsecured indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
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(b) The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue Additional Notes ranking equally and ratably with the Notes in all respects, or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such Additional Notes; provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with the Notes, such Additional Notes will have a different CUSIP, ISIN and/or any other identifying number. Such Additional Notes will have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, and will vote together as one class on all matters with the Notes.
Section 2.02 Maturity. Unless an earlier redemption has occurred, the principal amount of the Notes shall mature and be due and payable, together with any accrued interest thereon, on August 14, 2029. If the maturity date of the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest for such Notes then due will be paid on the next Business Day. No interest on that payment will accrue from and after the maturity date.
Section 2.03 Form and Payment.
(a) The Notes shall be issued as global notes in fully registered book-entry form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) The Notes and the Trustees Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which form is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
(c) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
(d) Principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, on the global notes representing the Notes shall be made to The Depository Trust Company (together with any successor thereto, the Depositary).
(e) The global notes representing the Notes shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. No global note may be transferred except as a whole by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
(f) Additional provisions relating to the Initial Notes, Additional Notes and any other Notes issued under this Second Supplemental Indenture are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
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Section 2.04 Interest.
(a) Interest on the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 4.800% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 14 and August 14 of each year, beginning on February 14, 2025.
Each such interest payment date for the Notes is referred to as an Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on January 30 and July 30, as the case may be (in each case, whether or not a Business Day), immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date.
Interest on all the Notes will accrue from and including August 14, 2024, to, but excluding, the first Interest Payment Date and then from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or maturity date, as the case may be. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or other payment date for the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest on such payment shall accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 2.05 Other Terms and Conditions.
(a) The Notes are not subject to a sinking fund.
(b) The Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen of the Base Indenture will apply to the Notes and the covenants set forth in Article Four shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1403 of the Base Indenture. The provisions of Article Four of the Base Indenture will apply to the Notes.
(c) The provisions of Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture will not apply to the Notes.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) The Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
(f) The Notes will be subject to the covenants provided in Article Ten of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by Article Four.
Article Three
Redemption
Section 3.01 Optional Redemption of the Notes.
(a) Subject to Section 6.05, the provisions of Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.
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(b) (1) The Notes shall be redeemable at any time and from time to time prior to the Par Call Date, in whole or in part, at the Companys option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, less interest accrued to the date of redemption, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(c) At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Companys election, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Notes (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(d) On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any. On or before the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary; provided, however, that in no event shall Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less be redeemed in part.
(e) Notice of any redemption shall be electronically delivered or mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall state the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given. If the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Redemption Price, calculated as described above in clause (b) or (c) of this Section 4.01, as applicable, shall be set forth in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall become due and payable on the relevant Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
(f) Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an equity offering or Change of Control, issuance of indebtedness or other transaction or event. Notice of any redemption in respect thereof shall be given prior to the
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completion thereof, may be partial as a result of only some of the conditions being satisfied, may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) and may be rescinded at any time if the Company determines in its sole discretion that any or all of such conditions shall not be satisfied (or waived) by the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the applicable Redemption Price and the performance of the Companys obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.
(g) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any calculation or determination in respect of the Redemption Price of any Note, or any component thereof, and shall be entitled to receive, and fully-protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate from the Company that states such Redemption Price.
Article Four
Additional Covenants
Section 4.01 Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its right to redeem the Notes as set forth in Section 3.01 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, 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 (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes, at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed (the Change of Control Payment Date). The notice shall, if electronically delivered or mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.
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(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Notes or portions of the Notes (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all the Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.
(c) The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the payment for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any such Notes surrendered.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if (i) 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 such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all of the outstanding Notes.
(e) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of any outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event and the Company, or any third party making an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.01(d) hereof, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such redemption date specified in the notice (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(f) The Company will 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 Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.01, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.01 by virtue of any such conflict.
(g) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any calculation or determination in respect of the Change of Control Repurchase Event or repurchase price of any Notes, or any component thereof, and shall be entitled to receive, and fully-protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate from the Company stating that such change of Change of Control Repurchase Event has occurred and specifying such repurchase price.
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Section 4.02 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company shall not incur, nor shall the Company permit any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries to incur, any Liens upon any Principal Property of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired, in order to secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, in each case, unless prior to or at the same time, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or, at the Companys option, senior to) such secured Indebtedness until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by such Lien.
(b) The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to:
(1) Liens on any Principal Property existing with respect to any Person at the time such Person becomes the Companys Subsidiary or a Subsidiary of any of the Companys Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(2) Liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or a Subsidiary of any of the Companys Subsidiaries of such Principal Property (which may include any Principal Property previously leased by the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries and leasehold interests on such Principal Property) or Liens on any Principal Property to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property, or Liens on any Principal Property to secure any indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after, the latest of the acquisition of such Principal Property or the completion of construction, the completion of improvements or the commencement of substantial commercial operation of such Principal Property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of the Principal Property and related costs and expenses, the construction or the making of the improvements;
(3) Liens securing the Companys Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any of the Companys Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries;
(4) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;
(5) Liens on any Principal Property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, at the time such Person becomes the Companys Subsidiary, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Properties or assets of a Person to the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;
(6) Liens created in connection with or to secure a Non-recourse Obligation or a project financed thereby;
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(7) Liens created to secure the Notes;
(8) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, including, without limitation, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, suppliers, vendors, and landlords Liens and other similar Liens, Liens for masters and crews wages and other similar laws, arising in the ordinary course of business, Liens arising out of judgments or awards against a Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review or the period with which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;
(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(10) Liens to secure the performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance or return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature;
(11) Liens arising in connection with contracts and subcontracts with or made at the request of the United States, any state thereof, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or any state thereof;
(12) Permitted Liens; or
(13) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (1) through (12) without increase of the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (1) through (12) shall not extend to or cover any of the Companys Principal Properties or the Principal Properties of any of the Companys subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the Principal Property specified in such clauses and improvements to such Principal Property.
(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 4.02(a), the Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries will be permitted to incur Indebtedness secured by Liens, which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Notes, provided that, after giving effect to such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens on Principal Properties (not including Liens permitted under clauses (1) through (13) of Section 4.02(b) hereof) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence of the Lien. The Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries may also, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, create or incur Liens that renew, substitute or replace (including successive renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.
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Article Five
Reserved.
Article Six
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. In addition to Section 901 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to conform any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture to the Description of Notes in the Prospectus Supplement to the extent that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Description of Notes in the Prospectus Supplement.
Section 6.02 Reserved.
Section 6.03 Application of Second Supplemental Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
Section 6.04 Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties shall control.
Section 6.05 Conflict with Base Indenture. To the extent not expressly amended or modified by this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall control.
Section 6.06 Governing Law. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6.07 Successors. All agreements of the Company in the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 6.08 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned or photocopied or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is approved by the Trustee, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto that are executed by manual signatures that are scanned or photocopied or by other electronic signing created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signing (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original, provided that any electronic signature is a true representation of the signers actual signature.
Anything in this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, for the purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Second Supplemental Indenture, any Notes and any document to be signed in connection with the Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes (including any Securities, a Trustees certificate of authentication and amendments, supplements, waivers, consents and other modifications, Officers Certificates, Company Orders and Opinions of Counsel and other issuance, authentication and delivery documents) or the transactions contemplated hereby may be signed by manual signatures that are scanned or photocopied or other electronic signatures created on an electronic platform (such as DocuSign) or by digital signature (such as Adobe Sign), in each case that is accepted by the Trustee, and contract formations on electronic platforms accepted by the Trustee, and the keeping of records in electronic form, are hereby authorized, and each shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.
Section 6.09 Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity, adequacy or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes other than as to the validity of the execution and delivery of the Second Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee and the authentication of the Notes by the Trustee. The recitals and statements herein and in the Notes are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same and the Trustee does not make any representation with respect to such matters. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Second Supplemental Indenture have caused it to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Robert OKeef | |
Name: Robert OKeef | ||
Title: Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Francine Kincaid | |
Name: | Francine Kincaid | |
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]
Appendix A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO NOTES AND
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Section 1.1 Definitions.
(a) Capitalized Terms.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. The following capitalized terms have the following meanings:
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Global Note, Euroclear or Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
Custodian means The Bank of New York Mellon, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Definitive Note means a certificated Initial Note or Additional Note issued pursuant to the Indenture that does not include the Global Notes Legend.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear systems Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
(b) Other Definitions.
Term: |
Defined in Section: |
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Agent Members |
2.1 | (d) | ||
Definitive Notes Legend |
2.2 | (e) | ||
Global Note |
2.1 | (c) | ||
Global Notes Legend |
2.2 | (e) | ||
Original Definitive Notes |
2.1 | (a) |
Section 1.2 General.
The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to the Notes.
Section 2.1 Form and Dating.
(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof shall be offered and sold by the Company to the underwriters thereof.
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(b) Global Notes. The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form, numbered A-1 upward (collectively, the Global Notes). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Sections 304 and Section 305 of the Base Indenture and Section 2.2(c) of this Appendix A.
(c) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(c) shall apply only to a Global Note deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(c) and Section 303 of the Base Indenture and pursuant to a Company Order signed by one Officer of the Company, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or Global Notes or the nominee of such Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositarys instructions or held by the Trustee as Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as Custodian or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except as provided in Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 of this Appendix A, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.
Section 2.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. When Definitive Notes are presented to the Security Registrar with a written request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes; or
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(ii) to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations, the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Note for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Note. A Definitive Note may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, together with:
(i) a certification from the transferor in the form provided on the reverse side of the Form of Note attached as an exhibit to the Second Supplemental Indenture for exchange or registration of transfers and, as applicable, delivery of such legal opinions, certifications and other information as may be requested pursuant thereto; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Global Note to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented by the Global Note, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase,
the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Note and cause, or direct the Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by the Global Note to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Note so canceled. If the applicable Global Note is not then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate, a new applicable Global Note in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 2.2(d) of this Appendix A, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositarys procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Note, or another Global Note, and such account shall be credited in accordance with such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note and the account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.
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(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Note to a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix A (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.3 of this Appendix A), a Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole and not in part if the transfer is by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(d) Reserved.
(e) Legends.
(i) Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend (Definitive Notes Legend):
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH SECURITY REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Each Global Note shall bear the following additional legend (Global Notes Legend):
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
(f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Security Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 1106 and 1305 of the Base Indenture).
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
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(h) No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(iii) Neither the Trustee nor any agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 2.3 Definitive Notes.
(a) A Global Note deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 or issued in connection with an Exchange Offer may be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.2 of this Appendix A and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after the Company becomes aware of such cessation, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received a request from the Depository. In addition, any Affiliate of the Company that is a beneficial owner of all or part of a Global Note may have such Affiliates beneficial interest transferred to such Affiliate in the form of a Definitive Note by providing a written request to the Company and the Trustee and such Opinions of Counsel, certificates or other information as may be required by the Indenture or the Company or Trustee.
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(b) Any Global Note that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Note transferred pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.
(c) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.3(a) of this Appendix A, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes in fully registered form without interest coupons.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF NOTE
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
4.800% Senior Notes due 2029
No. [] | CUSIP No.: 36266G AA5 | |
ISIN No.: US36266GAA58 | ||
$[] |
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), for value received promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns the principal sum of [] on August 14, 2029 (the Stated Maturity).
Interest Payment Dates: February 14 and August 14 (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing on February 14, 2025, and upon the Stated Maturity.
Interest Record Dates: January 30 and July 30 (each, a Regular Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. | ||
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Title: |
[Signature Page to Global Note]
This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Global Note]
(REVERSE OF NOTE)
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
4.800% Senior Notes due 2029
1. Interest.
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (the Company) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from August 14, 2024. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on February 14, 2025, and on the Stated Maturity. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment.
2. Paying Agent.
Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) will act as paying agent. The Company may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.
3. Indenture; Defined Terms.
This Note is one of the 4.800% Senior Notes due 2029 (the Notes) issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2024, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a Security and the Notes are Securities under the Indenture.
For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
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4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the sending of a notice of redemption, nor need the Company register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.
5. Amendment; Modification; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency.
6. Optional Redemption; Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.
The Notes are subject to optional redemption and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer, in each case as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund or mandatory redemption applicable to the Notes.
7. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.
8. Authentication.
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This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on this Note by manual or PDF or other electronically imaged (such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign) signature.
9. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
10. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
11. Governing Law.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in principal amount of this Global Note |
Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee |
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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
To: GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (the Issuer) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay, an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $2,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.
Dated:
Signature
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
Remaining principal amount
following such repurchase:
By:
Authorized Signatory
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Exhibit 5.1
August 14, 2024
GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
500 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Re: | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.333-280584)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to GE HealthCare Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3, file no. 333-280584 (the Registration Statement), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the prospectus included therein, the prospectus supplement, dated August 7, 2024, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the Prospectus Supplement), and the offering by the Company pursuant thereto of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.800% notes due 2029 (the Notes).
The Notes have been issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of November 22, 2022 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated August 14, 2024 (the Second Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee).
In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the Indenture, the Notes and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to this opinion, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.
The opinion expressed above is subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:
A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the Delaware General Corporation Law. We are not admitted to practice in the State of Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the Delaware General Corporation Law as currently in effect and have made such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the opinion above. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and, to the limited extent set forth above, the laws of the State of Delaware and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
B. The opinion above is subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, including without limitation the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
C. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) any waiver of stay, extension or usury laws; (ii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws or due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party; (iii) any provision that would require payment of any unamortized original issue discount (including any original issue discount effectively created by payment of a fee); (iv) any provision waiving the right to object to venue in any court; (v) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any Federal court; (vi) any waiver of the right to jury trial or (vii) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP