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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported):
July 27, 2023
HEICO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida |
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001-04604 |
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65-0341002 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
3000 Taft Street, Hollywood, Florida 33021
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(954) 987-4000
(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:
☐ |
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
☐ |
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share |
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HEI |
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New York Stock Exchange |
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share |
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HEI.A |
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New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if
the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.
Notes Offering
On July 27, 2023, HEICO Corporation (“HEICO” or
the “Company”) completed the public offer and sale of senior notes (the “Notes Offering”), which consisted
of $600,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes") and $600,000,000
principal amount of the Company’s 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the "2033 Notes" and collectively with the 2028 Notes,
the "Notes"). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to fund a portion of the purchase price
for the acquisition of Wencor Group (the "Wencor Acquisition"), including related fees and expenses, and use any remaining
amounts, for general corporate purposes. The Company temporarily used a portion of the net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings
under its Credit Agreement (as defined below) and may invest funds that are not immediately needed for these purposes in short-term
investments, including marketable securities.
The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf
registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on July 18, 2023 (File No. 333-273297). The Notes were issued pursuant to an
Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively,
the "Subsidiary Guarantors") and Truist Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”),
between the Company, Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and
August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2024. The 2028 Notes mature on August 1, 2028 and the 2033 Notes mature on August 1, 2033.
The Notes are direct, unsecured senior obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company's existing
and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of the
Company's existing and future subsidiaries (including any member of Wencor Group following consummation of the Wencor Acquisition) that
guarantee the Company's obligations under the Credit Agreement. HEICO may redeem the Notes at any time in whole, or from time to time
in part, prior to the applicable par call date at the applicable redemption price described in the Indenture. On or after the applicable
par call date the Notes will be redeemable, at HEICO’s option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to,
but excluding, the date of redemption. The Company may be required to make an offer to purchase the Notes upon the occurrence of a “change
of control triggering event” as described in the Indenture.
If the closing of the Wencor Acquisition has not occurred on or prior
to the earlier of (i) February 14, 2023 (subject to extension to such later date) or (ii) the date the Merger Agreement, including any
amendment thereof, is terminated, HEICO will redeem the 2033 Notes in whole at a special mandatory redemption price
equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such 2033 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such notes.
The Indenture includes certain customary covenants that, among other
things, limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to grant liens to secure indebtedness or engage in sale and leaseback
transactions and the Company’s ability to merge or consolidate with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its
assets to, a third party, as further described in the Indenture. Each of these limitations is subject to certain important qualifications
and exceptions. The Indenture also includes certain customary events of default. The occurrence of an event of default will either automatically,
in certain instances, or upon declaration by the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at
the time outstanding, in other instances, cause the acceleration of the amounts due under the Notes.
All references to the “Credit Agreement” in this Form 8-K
refer to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2017, by and among the Company and the several banks and other financial
institutions from time to time who are a party thereto, and Truist Bank, as amended and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented,
refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time, including any such refinancing, refunding or replacement that increases the amount
of borrowings thereunder or alters the maturity thereof.
The foregoing description of the Notes and the Indenture does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of
each Note, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4, respectively, hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of Direct Financial Obligation.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above with respect to the Notes
and the Indenture is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 insofar as it relates to the creation of a direct financial obligation.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July 27, 2023, HEICO issued a press release announcing the completion
of the Notes Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
in this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information included in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 included with this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed”
for the purposes of or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act made after the date hereof, the information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be incorporated by reference
into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
filing.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A copy of the opinion delivered by Akerman LLP, counsel to the Company,
regarding the legality of the Notes and Guarantees is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto. A copy of the opinion delivered by Devine, Millimet
& Branch, Professional Association, counsel to a certain Subsidiary Guarantor, regarding matters of New Hampshire law is filed as
Exhibit 5.2 hereto. A copy of the opinion delivered by Ballard Spahr LLP, counsel to certain Subsidiary Guarantors, regarding matters
of Arizona and Minnesota law is filed as Exhibit 5.3 hereto. A copy of the opinion delivered by Hartzog Conger Cason LLP, counsel to a
certain Subsidiary Guarantor, regarding matters of Iowa law is filed as Exhibit 5.4 hereto. A copy of the opinion delivered by Stoel Rives
LLP, counsel to certain Subsidiary Guarantors, regarding matters of Oregon law is filed as Exhibit 5.5 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
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Description |
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated July 27, 2023, between HEICO Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries and Truist Bank, as trustee. |
4.2 |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated July 27, 2023, between HEICO Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries and Truist Bank, as trustee. |
4.3 |
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Form of 5.250% Notes due 2028 (form included as Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture being filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2). |
4.4 |
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Form of 5.350% Notes due 2033 (form included as Exhibit B to the First Supplemental Indenture being filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2). |
5.1 |
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Opinion of Akerman LLP. |
5.2 |
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Opinion of Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional Association, as to matters of New Hampshire law. |
5.3 |
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Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP, as to matters of Arizona law and Minnesota law. |
5.4 |
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Opinion of Hartzog Conger Cason LLP, as to matters of Iowa law. |
5.5 |
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Opinion of Stoel Rives LLP, as to matters of Oregon law. |
23.1 |
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Consent of Akerman LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith). |
23.2 |
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Consent of Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional Association (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto). |
23.3 |
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Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3 hereto). |
23.4 |
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Consent of Hartzog Conger Cason LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4 hereto). |
23.5 |
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Consent of Stoel Rives LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5 hereto). |
99.1 |
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Press Release, dated July 27, 2023. |
101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.DEF |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document |
101.PRE |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURE
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.
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HEICO CORPORATION |
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Dated: July 27, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President
– |
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Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer |
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Exhibit 4.1
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JULY 27, 2023
BETWEEN
HEICO Corporation
as Issuer,
THE SUBSIDIARIES NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
AND
Truist Bank
as Trustee
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 and this Indenture
Trust Indenture Act Section |
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Indenture Section |
310(a)(1) |
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6.09 |
(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
(a)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(a)(4) |
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Not Applicable |
(a)(5) |
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6.09 |
(b) |
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6.08, 6.10 |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
311(a) |
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6.13 |
(b) |
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6.13 |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
312(a) |
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7.01, 7.02 |
(b) |
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7.02 |
(c) |
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7.02 |
313(a) |
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7.03 |
(b)(1) |
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Not Applicable |
(b)(2) |
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7.03 |
(c) |
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7.03 |
(d) |
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7.03 |
314(a) |
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7.04 |
(a)(4) |
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1.04, 10.04 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c)(1) |
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1.02 |
(c)(2) |
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1.02 |
(c)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(d) |
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Not Applicable |
(e) |
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1.02 |
(f) |
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Not Applicable |
315(a) |
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6.01 |
(b) |
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6.02 |
(c) |
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6.01 |
(d) |
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6.01 |
(c) |
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5.14 |
316(a)(last sentence) |
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1.06 |
(a)(1)(A) |
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5.02, 5.12 |
(a)(1)(B) |
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5.13 |
(a)(2) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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5.08 |
(c) |
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1.04 |
317(a)(1) |
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5.03 |
(a)(2) |
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5.04 |
(b) |
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10.03 |
318(a) |
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1.07 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c) |
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1.07 |
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page |
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
1 |
Section 101 |
Definitions |
1 |
Section 102 |
Compliance Certificates and
Opinions |
7 |
Section 103 |
Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee |
7 |
Section 104 |
Acts of Holders; Record Dates |
8 |
Section 105 |
Notices, Etc, to Trustee,
the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor |
10 |
Section 106 |
Notice to Holders; Waiver |
10 |
Section 107 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act |
11 |
Section 108 |
Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents |
11 |
Section 109 |
Successors and Assigns |
11 |
Section 110 |
Separability Clause |
11 |
Section 111 |
Benefits of Indenture |
11 |
Section 112 |
Governing Law |
12 |
Section 113 |
Legal Holidays |
12 |
Section 114 |
Counterpart; Signatures |
12 |
Section 115 |
Incorporators, Equityholders,
Directors, Members, Managers, Officers and Employees of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability |
12 |
Section 116 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
13 |
Section 117 |
USA Patriot Act |
13 |
Section 118 |
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service
of Process |
13 |
Section 119 |
Calculations in Respect of
the Securities |
13 |
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ARTICLE II SECURITY
FORM |
14 |
Section 201 |
Forms Generally |
14 |
Section 202 |
Form of Legend for Global
Securities |
14 |
Section 203 |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication |
15 |
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES |
15 |
Section 301 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series |
15 |
Section 302 |
Denominations |
19 |
Section 303 |
Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating |
19 |
Section 304 |
Temporary Securities |
20 |
Section 305 |
Registration; Registration
of Transfer and Exchange |
21 |
Section 306 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities |
23 |
Section 307 |
Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved |
24 |
Section 308 |
Persons Deemed Owners |
25 |
Section 309 |
Cancellation |
26 |
Section 310 |
Computation of Interest |
26 |
Section 311 |
CUSIP Numbers |
26 |
Section 312 |
Depositary |
26 |
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE |
26 |
Section 401 |
Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture |
26 |
Section 402 |
Application of Trust Money |
27 |
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES |
28 |
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Section 501 |
Events of Default |
28 |
Section 502 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
29 |
Section 503 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
30 |
Section 504 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
30 |
Section 505 |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
31 |
Section 506 |
Application of Money Collected |
31 |
Section 507 |
Limitation on Suits |
31 |
Section 508 |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium and Interest and to Convert Securities |
32 |
Section 509 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
32 |
Section 510 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
32 |
Section 511 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
32 |
Section 512 |
Control by Holders |
33 |
Section 513 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
33 |
Section 514 |
Undertaking for Costs |
33 |
Section 515 |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
33 |
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ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE |
34 |
Section 601 |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
34 |
Section 602 |
Notice of Defaults |
35 |
Section 603 |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
35 |
Section 604 |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
37 |
Section 605 |
May Hold Securities |
37 |
Section 606 |
Money Held in Trust |
37 |
Section 607 |
Compensation and Reimbursement |
37 |
Section 608 |
Conflicting Interests |
38 |
Section 609 |
Corporate Trustee Required, Eligibility |
38 |
Section 610 |
Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor |
39 |
Section 611 |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
40 |
Section 612 |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
41 |
Section 613 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor |
41 |
Section 614 |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
41 |
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
42 |
Section 701 |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
42 |
Section 702 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
43 |
Section 703 |
Reports by Trustee |
43 |
Section 704 |
Reports by Company |
43 |
Section 705 |
Calculation of Original Issue Discount |
44 |
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
44 |
Section 801 |
Company May Consolidate, Etc, Only on Certain Terms |
44 |
Section 802 |
Successor Substituted |
44 |
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
45 |
Section 901 |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
45 |
Section 902 |
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders |
46 |
Section 903 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
47 |
Section 904 |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
47 |
Section 905 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
47 |
Section 906 |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
47 |
ARTICLE X COVENANTS |
48 |
Section 1001 |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
48 |
Section 1002 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
48 |
Section 1003 |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
49 |
Section 1004 |
Statement by Officers as to Default |
49 |
Section 1005 |
Existence |
50 |
Section 1006 |
Waiver of Certain Covenants |
50 |
Section 1007 |
Additional Subsidiary Guarantors |
50 |
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
50 |
Section 1101 |
Applicability of Article |
50 |
Section 1102 |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
50 |
Section 1103 |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
51 |
Section 1104 |
Notice of Redemption |
51 |
Section 1105 |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
52 |
Section 1106 |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
52 |
Section 1107 |
Securities Redeemed in Part |
53 |
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ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS |
53 |
Section 1201 |
Applicability of Article |
53 |
Section 1202 |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
53 |
Section 1203 |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
53 |
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ARTICLE XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
54 |
Section 1301 |
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
54 |
Section 1302 |
Defeasance and Discharge |
54 |
Section 1303 |
Covenant Defeasance |
54 |
Section 1304 |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
55 |
Section 1305 |
Deposited Money and US Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions |
56 |
Section 1306 |
Reinstatement |
56 |
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ARTICLE XIV GUARANTEES |
57 |
Section 1401 |
Guarantees |
57 |
Section 1402 |
Limitation on Liability |
58 |
Section 1403 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantees |
58 |
Section 1404 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc, on Certain Terms |
58 |
Section 1405 |
Release of Guarantors |
58 |
Section 1406 |
Successors and Assigns |
59 |
Section 1407 |
No Waiver, Etc |
59 |
Section 1408 |
Modification, Etc |
59 |
INDENTURE
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of
July 27, 2023, between HEICO CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (herein
called the “Company”), having its principal executive office located at 3000 Taft Street, Hollywood, Florida 33021,
the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule A and TRUIST BANK, a North Carolina banking corporation, as trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s unsecured senior debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor
(as defined herein) desires to make the Guarantee (as defined herein) provided herein and has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make
this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject
to the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder and shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, and in consideration
of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as defined herein) thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section
1.01
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include
the plural as well as the singular and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, unless the context
otherwise requires;
(b)
all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c)
all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (including, if applicable, International Financial Reporting
Standards) as in effect from time to time;
(d)
unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(e)
the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”
and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(f)
“or” is not exclusive, and “including” means “including without
limitation”, “including but not limited to” or words of similar import; and
(g)
when used with respect to any Security, the words “convert,” “converted” and
“conversion” are intended to refer to the right of the Holder or the Company to convert or exchange such Security into or for
securities or other property in accordance with such terms, if any, as may hereafter be specified for such Security as contemplated by
Section 3.01, and these words are not intended to refer to any right of the Holder or the Company to exchange such Security for
other Securities of the same series and like tenor pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section
9.06 or Section 11.07 or another similar provisions of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires; and references
herein to the terms of any Security that may be converted mean such terms as may be specified for such Security as contemplated in Section
3.01.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
“Applicable Procedures”
of a Depositary means, with respect to any transfer, exchange, transaction or other matter at any time, involving a Global Security, the
rules policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
“Board of Directors”
when used with reference to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, means either the board of directors of the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of that board of directors.
“Board Resolution”
means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”,
when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means, except as otherwise provided or contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect
to any series of Securities, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which commercial banking institutions
in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order or regulation to close.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after
the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request”
or “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the
Company by any Senior Officer, the Treasurer of the Company or the General Counsel of the Company.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the designated office of the Trustee (currently at 2713 Forest Hills Road, S.W., Building 2, Floor 2, Wilson,
NC 27893, Attention: Corporate Trust and Escrow Services) at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to
the Securities shall be administered, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice
to the Holders.
“corporation”
means a corporation, association, limited liability company, company, joint-stock company or business trust.
“Covenant Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.03.
“Credit Agreement”
means the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2017, by and among the Company and the several banks and other financial
institutions from time to time who are a party thereto, and Truist Bank, as amended and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented,
refinanced, refunded or replaced from time to time, including any such refinancing, refunding or replacement that increases the amount
of borrowings thereunder or alters the maturity thereof.
“Defaulted Interest”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Domestic Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Company that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state in the United States
or the District of Columbia.
“Event of Default”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
“Global Security”
means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.02 (or
such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) and which is registered in the name of the
Depositary for such series or its nominee.
“Guarantee”
means each guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the Securities as provided in Article XIV by each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
“interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest Payment
Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Issue Date”
means the date on which the Securities are initially issued.
“mandatory sinking
fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.
“Material Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary.
“Material Subsidiary”
means any “Material Subsidiary” of the Company as defined in the Credit Agreement.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Notice of Default”
means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.01(d).
“Officer’s Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any Senior Officer, the Treasurer or the General Counsel of such Person that, if required by the Trust Indenture
Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Officer’s Certificate
required by Section 10.04 shall be signed by one of the following: any Senior Officer, the principal accounting officer of the
Company or the Treasurer of the Company.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of, or outside counsel to, the Company or an Affiliate
of the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
“optional sinking
fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 12.01.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(1)
Securities theretofore cancelled and delivered to the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2)
Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice
of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3)
Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 13.02 and 13.03 respectively,
as to which the Company has effected Defeasance pursuant to Section 13.02 or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 13.03;
(4)
Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in
whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and
(5)
Securities as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered (or such
delivery has been made available), or as to which any other particular conditions have been satisfied, in each case as may be provided
for such Securities as contemplated in Section 3.01;
provided, however,
that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would
be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as
of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the
principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
3.01, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount
determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Upon the written request
of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if
any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or such obligor, and the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts
therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. Securities
so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying Agent”
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, company (including a limited liability company), partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Place of Payment”,
when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on the Securities that series are payable as specified or contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Predecessor Security”
of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange
for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record
Date” for the interest payable on the Securities of any series means the date whether or not a Business Day specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Responsible Officer”,
when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee in its corporate trust department and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred internally because of such officer’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time. “Security Register”
and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“Senior Officer”
means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, a President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or any other officer or officers designated in a Board Resolution delivered to
the Trustee.
“Special Record
Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
“Stated Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means any Person a majority of the combined voting power of the total outstanding ownership interests in which is, at the time of determination,
beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries. For this purpose, “voting power”
means power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case of a Person that is not a corporation, ordinarily to appoint
or approve the appointment of Persons holding similar positions), whether at all times or only as long as no senior class of ownership
interests has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Subsidiary Guarantors”
means the Subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A, together with any additional Subsidiaries that execute a Guarantee in
accordance with Section 10.07 of this Indenture, and, in each case, their respective successors and assigns.
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except
as otherwise provided in Section 9.05; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who
is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government
Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 13.04.
“U.S.A. Patriot
Act” U.S.A. Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. Compliance 107-56, as amended.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”
means each Subsidiary of the Company that is (i) an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof;
and (ii) hereafter designated as such by the Company to the Trustee from time to time; provided that a Subsidiary shall only be designated
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if the Company has also designated such Subsidiary as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” (or any substantially
similar designation) pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary
for purposes of this Indenture at any time if it have also designated such Subsidiary as a “Restricted Subsidiary” (or any substantially
similar designation) pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
Section
1.02 Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request
by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act and stating that all conditions precedent to such act or omission have been complied with. Each such certificate and opinion
shall be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, and an Opinion of Counsel,
if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided in Section
10.04) shall include,
(a)
a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b)
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements
or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c)
a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(d)
a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
Section
1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion
of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer’s certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any
such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company or of a Subsidiary Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Counsel delivering an
Opinion of Counsel may also rely as to factual matters on certificates of governmental or other officials customary for opinions of the
type required. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section
1.04 Acts
of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders (either physically or by means
of a facsimile or electronic transmission, including through the facilities of the Depositary) in person or by an agent duly appointed
in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered (either physically or by means of a facsimile or electronic transmission, including through the facilities of the Depositary)
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
if made in the manner provided in this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that
is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary
that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security.
The fact and date of the execution
by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or
her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact and date
of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. The ownership, principal amount
and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of commencement of such Person’s holding the same, shall be proved by
the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and
the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day
as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given,
made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so; provided that the Company
may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders
of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless
taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically
and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such
record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder
of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.05 or Section 1.06.
The Trustee may set any day
as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or
making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect
to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which
a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action
taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities
of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.05 or Section 1.06.
With respect to any
record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the
“Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided
that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in
writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the
then existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day following such record date as
the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day following the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing,
a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part
of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section
1.05 Notices,
Etc., to Trustee, the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given
or furnished to, or filed with,
(1)
the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be by facsimile or electronic transmission) to or with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust and Escrow Services or at any other address furnished in writing to
the Company by the Trustee; or
(2)
the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or
such Subsidiary Guarantor addressed to the attention of the Treasurer at the address of the Company’s principal executive office specified
in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
The Trustee agrees to accept
and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar
unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated
to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate
shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
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 Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor 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 of interception
and misuse by third parties.
Section
1.06 Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice when mailed to a Holder in the aforesaid manner
shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or
after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee,
but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension
of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Where this Indenture
provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary
for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary, not later than the latest date, if any,
and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
Section
1.07 Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be
governed by such provisions. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act or with
another provision hereof which is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this 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 Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section
1.08 Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section
1.09 Successors
and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements
in this Indenture by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section
1.10 Separability
Clause.
In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
1.11 Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the
Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture, except as may otherwise be expressly provided
pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any specific Securities.
Section
1.12 Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities
and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section
1.13 Legal
Holidays.
In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security, or any date on which a Holder has the right to convert such Holder’s
Security, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any), or conversion of such Security, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but
may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, or on such conversion date.
Section
1.14 Counterparts;
Signatures.
This Indenture, any supplemental
indenture or any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture or any supplemental indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Indenture and
any supplemental indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party, and, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture
or any supplemental indenture, any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Indenture or any supplemental indenture shall
be deemed to be duly signed and delivered, only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means
of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii)
a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall
for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto
shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature,
or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity
thereof. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under
the New York Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings. All notices, approvals,
consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any such communication sent to Trustee hereunder
must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by the electronic signature provider
that the Company plans to use (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative)),
in English. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity or authorization of any electronic signature
and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such electronic signature without any liability with respect thereto. The Company and
the Subsidiary Guarantors agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit
communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception
and misuse by third parties.
Section
1.15 Incorporators,
Equityholders, Directors, Members, Managers, Officers and Employees of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon
any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security or Guarantee, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present
or future equityholder, director, member, manager, officer or employee, as such, of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of any of their
respective successors, either directly or through the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective successors, under any
rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise,
all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.
Section
1.16 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS, THE HOLDERS 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 AS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE ONLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE
SECURITIES.
Section
1.17 U.S.A.
Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge
that in accordance with the Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements under the U.S.A. Patriot Act and its implementing regulations,
the Trustee in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information
that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties hereby agree
that they shall provide the Trustee with such information as it may request including, but not limited to, each party’s name, physical
address, tax identification number and other information that will help the Trustee identify and verify each party’s identity such as
organizational documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or other pertinent identifying information.
Section
1.18 Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process.
(a)
Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Indenture, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. Nothing in this Indenture shall affect any right that Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or any Holder may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Indenture against any party hereto or its properties in the courts of
any jurisdiction.
(b)
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally
and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Indenture in any court referred to in Section 1.18(a). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in
any such court.
Section
1.19 Calculations
in Respect of the Securities.
The Company and its agents
shall make all calculations under this Indenture and the Securities. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations
of the Redemption Price and the amount of interest payable on the Securities. The Company and its agents shall make all of these calculations
in good faith, and, absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The Company shall provide a copy of such calculations
as required hereunder, and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy of any such calculations without independent
verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder.
ARTICLE II SECURITY
FORM
Section
2.01 Forms
Generally.
The Securities of each series
and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, or in such other form or forms
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03, to the extent established in an Officer’s
Certificate setting forth, or determining the manner of, such establishment, or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with applicable laws or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series
may be listed or traded or of any Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or forms of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and, together with such Board Resolution and the applicable Officer’s Certificate, delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities
shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section
2.02 Form
of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, 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 REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY 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. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS
SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT
IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
If Securities of a series
are issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, then, notwithstanding
Clause (i) of Section 3.01 and the provisions of Section 3.02, any Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as the case may be, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any reduction
or increase in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such
Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in a Company Order. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.03, 3.04,
3.05 and 3.06, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by
the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement
or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in a Company Order.
The provisions of the last
sentence of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold
by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with a Company Order with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section
3.03.
Section
2.03 Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates
of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the debt Securities
of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES
Section
3.01 Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount
of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more
series.
With respect to any Securities
to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in, or determined
in the manner provided in, an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto prior to the issuance
of any Securities of a series:
(a)
the form and title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from Securities of any other series);
(b)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased above such amount
by a Board Resolution to such effect;
(c)
the issue price or prices of originally issued Securities, expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount, and the original issue date;
(d)
the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person
in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest;
(e)
the date or dates on which the Securities will be issued and on which principal of, and premium,
if any, on, any Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(f)
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable, or a combination thereof) at which any Securities
of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determination thereof, the date or dates from which any such interest shall
accrue, or the method of determination thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined,
the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and the right, if any,
to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;
(g)
the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, the principal of and
any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration
or transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(h)
the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(i)
the obligation, if any, and the option, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay any Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the
option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
any Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation or option;
(j)
if other than a minimum denomination equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(k)
if the debt Securities will be issued in registered or bearer form or both and, if in bearer form,
the related terms and conditions and any limitations on issuance of such bearer debt Securities (including exchange for registered debt
Securities of the same series);
(l)
if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to an index including an index based on a currency or currencies other than in which the Securities of that
series are payable or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(m)
if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency
units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be denominated, payable, redeemable or
purchasable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including
for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01;
(n)
if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable,
redeemable or purchasable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than
that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, redeemable, or purchasable, the currency, currencies or currency units
in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, redeemable
or purchasable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable,
redeemable or purchasable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(o)
if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities
of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or provable
in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.04 or the method of determination thereof;
(p)
if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be
determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of
such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due
and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated
Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(q)
if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible
pursuant to Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such Sections or if other than as provided in Sections 13.02 or
13.03, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such series of Securities may be defeased or discharged, and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease or discharge such Securities shall be
evidenced;
(r)
if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or
legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.04, information
with respect to book-entry procedures, and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.05 in which
any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole
or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(s)
if the debt Security is issued as an Original Issue Discount Security, and if so, the yield to maturity;
(t)
any deletion from, addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities
of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof
due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;
(u)
any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to Securities
of the series or in any defined term used in Article X;
(v)
the right, if any, of the Company to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment
periods and specify the duration of such extension, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and whether and
under what circumstances additional interest on amounts deferred shall be payable;
(w)
if other than the Trustee, the identity of any other trustee, the Security Registrar and any Paying
Agent;
(x)
whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed by any Person or Persons and, if so, the
identity of such Person or Persons, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be guaranteed and, if applicable, the terms
and conditions upon which such guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the respective guarantors;
(y)
whether the Securities of the series will be secured by any collateral and, if so, the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities shall be secured and, if applicable, upon which such liens may be subordinated to other liens securing
other indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor;
(z)
the exchanges, if any, on which the Securities may be listed;
(aa)
the terms of any right to convert or exchange Securities of such series into any other securities
or property of the Company or of any other corporation or Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange; and
(bb)
any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions
of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one
series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer’s Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Accordingly, the terms of any Security of a series may differ from the
terms of other Securities of the same series, if and to the extent provided pursuant to this Section. The matters referenced in any or
all of Clauses (a) through (bb) above may be established and set forth or determined as aforesaid with respect to all or any specific
Securities of a series (in each case to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act). If any additional Securities of a series are
not fungible with the Outstanding Securities of such series for Federal income tax purposes, such additional Securities will be issued
with a different CUSIP number (or other applicable identifying number).
Any such Board Resolution
or Officer’s Certificate referred to above with respect to Securities of any series filed with the Trustee on or before the initial issuance
of the Securities of such series shall be incorporated herein by reference with respect to Securities of such series and shall thereafter
be deemed to be a part of this Indenture for all purposes relating to Securities of such series as fully as if such Board Resolution or
Officer’s Certificate were set forth herein in full.
All Securities of any one
series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders,
for increases in the aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities and issuances
of additional Securities of such series or for the establishment of additional terms with respect to the Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the
series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action, together with such
Board Resolution, shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section
3.02 Denominations.
The Securities of each series
shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section
3.01. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in a minimum denomination equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section
3.03 Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed
on behalf of the Company by a Senior Officer or the Treasurer of the Company (or any other officer of the Company designated in writing
by or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to time).
The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual, facsimile or in other electronic form.
The Securities bearing the
signatures of individuals who were at the time of execution the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did
not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time
to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee
in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series
have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, or indenture supplemental hereto as permitted by Sections 2.01
and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel required
to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02:
(a)
a copy of the Board Resolution in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Securities were
established, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors,
and to be in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Securities are established by
an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Officer’s Certificate;
(b)
an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(c)
an Officer’s Certificate delivered in accordance with Sections 1.02 and 1.03, which
(subject to Section 6.01) the Trustee will be fully protected in relying upon; and
(d)
an Opinion of Counsel, which (subject to Section 6.01) the Trustee will be fully protected in relying
upon, stating:
(1)
that the form and terms of such Securities have been established in accordance with Article III
of this Indenture and in conformity with the other provisions of this Indenture; and
(2)
that such Securities and any related Guarantees, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company and each applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, respectively, enforceable against the Company and such Subsidiary
Guarantor, respectively, in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
and
(3)
that all applicable laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery of such Securities
and Guarantees have been complied with.
If such form or terms have
been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture in accordance with the Company Order will, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, materially adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
In addition, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate any Securities if the Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines that
such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee, in its sole discretion, determines that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders.
Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall
not be necessary, unless the Trustee reasonably determines otherwise, for the Company to deliver the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate
or indenture supplemental otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
the fourth paragraph of this Section at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled
to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section
3.04 Temporary
Securities.
Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. If temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment or other designation location for transfer and exchange for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series,
of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section
3.05 Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to
be kept at the Corporate Trust Office or other designated office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office being
herein sometimes collectively, referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities entitled to registration
or transfer as provided herein. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided unless otherwise specified with respect to any particular series of Securities in accordance
with Section 3.01. The Company may at any time replace such Security Registrar, change such office or agency or act as its own Security
Registrar. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change of the Security Registrar or of the location of such
office or agency. At all reasonable times, the Security Registrar shall be available for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment or other designation location for
transfer and exchange for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.
At the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed,
by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be
made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series
(or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice
of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day
of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Any Holder that is a transferor
of a Security shall also provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with
any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation, any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code
Section 6045. The Trustee may conclusively rely on any such information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure
the accuracy of such information.
The parties to this Indenture
acknowledge that for certain payments made pursuant to this Indenture, the Paying Agent may be required to make a “reportable payment”
or “withholdable payment” and in such cases the Paying Agent shall have the duty to act as a payor or withholding agent, respectively,
that is responsible for any tax withholding and reporting required under Chapters 3, 4, 24 and 61 of the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Paying Agent shall have the sole right to make the determination as to which payments
are “reportable payments” or “withholdable payments.” All parties to this Indenture shall provide an executed IRS
Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Paying Agent prior to closing, and shall promptly update
any such form to the extent such form becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect. The Paying Agent shall have the right to request
from any party to this Indenture, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information
as may be reasonably necessary for the Paying Agent to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Code. To the extent
any such forms to be delivered under this Section 3.05 are not provided prior to or by the time the related payment is required
to be made or are determined by the Paying Agent to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any respect, the Paying Agent shall be entitled
to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4, 24 or 61 of the Code, and shall
have no obligation to gross up any such payment. Nothing in this Section 3.05 shall impose any duty on the Trustee or Paying Agent other
than as may be required pursuant to applicable law.
The provisions of Clauses
(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(a)
Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor,
and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section
3.01, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof unless (1) such Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company’s receipt of such notice, (2) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default with respect to such Global Security and the Security Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue
certificated securities in lieu of the Global Security, (3) the Company shall determine in its sole discretion that Securities of a
series issued in global form shall no longer be represented by a Global Security, or (4) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01, then
in any such case, such Global Security may be exchanged by such Depositary for definitive Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor, registered in the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security or portion thereof may be registered to, such Persons
as such Depositary shall direct. If the Company designates a successor Depositary pursuant to Clause (1) above, such Global Security shall
promptly be exchanged in whole for one or more other Global Securities registered in the name of the successor Depositary, whereupon such
designated successor shall be the Depositary for such successor Global Security or Global Securities and the provisions of Clauses (a),
(b), (c) and (d) of this Section shall continue to apply thereto.
(c)
Subject to Clause (b) above and to such applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.01, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued
in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security
shall direct.
(d)
Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or
in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06
or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security
is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(e)
Neither the Trustee nor any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or other agent of the Company, a Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary, for the records
of any such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any
transactions between such Depositary and any members or participants in the Depositary or other participant in such Depositary or between
or among any such Depositary, any such member or participant in the Depositary or other participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial
interest in such Global Security or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, or any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or other agent
of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished
by the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, members or participants of the Depositary
and any other Person on whose behalf a member or participant of the Depositary may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons
governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial holder of any Global Security.
Section
3.06 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security
is surrendered to the Trustee, together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each
of them and hold any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding and shall cancel and dispose of such mutilated security in accordance with its customary procedures.
If there shall be delivered
to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new
Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of which such new Security was issued presents for payment or registration
such original Security, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or any party taking therefrom,
except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss,
damage, cost or expense incurred by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith.
In case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new
Security, the Company and the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company and the fees and expenses
of the Trustee and its counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any
series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section
are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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3.07 Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided
as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security
of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been
such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (a) or (b) below:
(a)
The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the
same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon the Company shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (b).
(b)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions
of this Section and Section 3.05, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
For each series of Securities,
the Company shall, prior to Noon, New York City time, on each payment date for principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, deposit
with the Trustee money in immediately available funds sufficient to make cash payments due on the applicable payment date.
In the case of any Security
which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security
whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable
on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or made available for
payment) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any
Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the terms of any Security that may be converted may provide that the provisions of this paragraph do not apply, or apply
with such additions, changes or omissions as may be provided thereby, to such Security.
Section
3.08 Persons
Deemed Owners.
Except as otherwise contemplated
by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as
the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 3.05 and
3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial
interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global
Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may shall be entitled
to deal with any depositary (including any Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the holder of any such Global Security for all
purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security)
as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section
3.09 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered
for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered
to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which
the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee)
for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.
No Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures.
Section
3.10 Computation
of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section
3.11 CUSIP
Numbers.
The Company in issuing the
Securities may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (in addition to the other identification numbers printed on the Securities),
if then in use, and, if so, the Trustee shall use such “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience
to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such “CUSIP”
or “ISIN” numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change
in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers.
Section
3.12 Depositary.
The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary
participants or indirect participants) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by this Indenture, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the
same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. Neither the Trustee or the Company nor any agent
referenced in this Indenture shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.01 Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall, upon
Company Request, cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of registration
of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such
instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities,
when
(a)
either
(1)
all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) such Securities which
have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) such Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been irrevocably deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee cancelled
or for cancellation; or
(2)
all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee as cancelled or for cancellation
(i)
have become due and payable, or
(ii)
will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii)
are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company in the case of (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the
purpose, an amount of money in the currency or currency units in which such Securities are payable sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee as cancelled or for cancellation, for principal and any
premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of such Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b)
the Company has paid or caused to be paid, or otherwise made provision for the payment of, all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to such Securities; and
(c)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each
stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
such Securities have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section
6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and the right of the Trustee to resign
under Section 6.10 shall survive, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of Clause
(a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 4.02, 6.06, 7.01 and 10.02 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
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4.02 Application
of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions
of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money or other consideration deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01
shall be held in trust (without liability for the payment of interest thereon or the investment thereof) and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with the Trustee. All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 (and held by it or any
Paying Agent) for the payment of such Securities subsequently converted into other property shall be returned to the Company upon Company
Request. The Company may direct by a Company Order the investment of any money deposited with the Trustee as may be agreed in writing
between the Company and the Trustee. Absent any instructions described in this Section, any money deposited with the Trustee shall remain
un-invested.
ARTICLE V REMEDIES
Section
5.01 Events
of Default.
“Event of Default”,
wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means 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 or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a)
default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b)
default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity;
or
(c)
default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of
that series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(d)
default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors
in this Indenture (other than a default in the performance or the breach of a covenant which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this
Section or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series),
and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company
and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
or
(e)
the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (1) 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 (2) 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; or
(f)
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 a bankrupt or insolvent,
or the consent by it 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 it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it 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 of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
(g)
any of the Guarantees of the Securities by a Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be in full force and
effect or any of such Guarantees is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any of such Guarantees is found to be invalid or
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Subsidiary
Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) and such event continues for 10 Business Days; or
(h)
any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to Securities
of that series.
Section
5.02 Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of
that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) 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. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal
amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration
or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount, all obligations
of the Company in respect of the payment of principal and interest of the Securities of such series shall terminate.
At any time after such a declaration
of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if
(a)
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay all
(1)
overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(2)
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(3)
to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(4)
all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(b)
all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the
principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect
any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
5.03 Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor covenants that if
(a)
default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b)
default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity
thereof, then the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders
of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest,
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay
such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding
for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights
and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid
of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section
5.04 Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding
relative to the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), any of their property or any of their creditors,
the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand for overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium,
if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
and to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed
in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
No provision of this Indenture
shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote
in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders,
vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
Section
5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims
under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or
the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery shall after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.07, be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section
5.06 Application
of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected
or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order,
at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof
if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all
amounts due to the Trustee, in each of its capacities under this Indenture, under Section 6.07;
Second: To the payment of
the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on such series of Securities in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any,
to the Company, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such remainder or as a court of competent
jurisdiction shall direct.
Section
5.07 Limitation
on Suits.
No Holder of any Security
of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment
of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a)
such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of that series;
(b)
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(c)
such Holder or Holders have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee security or indemnity,
satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole discretion, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(d)
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer and, if requested, provision
of security or indemnity, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e)
no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day
period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or
more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture
to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all of such Holders (it being further understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or
not any action the Holders direct it to take is unduly prejudicial to other Holders).
Section
5.08 Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium and Interest and to Convert Securities.
Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of
the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, if the terms of such Security so provide,
to convert such Security in accordance with its terms) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and, if applicable,
any such right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section
5.09 Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder
has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned
for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination
in such proceeding, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section
5.10 Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06,
no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder,
or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
5.11 Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture
or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee
or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section
5.12 Control
by Holders.
The Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee,
with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:
(a)
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the
Securities of such series;
(b)
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with
such direction or with the Securities of such series; and
(c)
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith
shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable
law.
Section
5.13 Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
of such series waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(a)
in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series;
or
(b)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
5.14 Undertaking
for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement
of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee,
a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section
nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee.
Section
5.15 Waiver
of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which
may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the extent that
it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenant that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI THE
TRUSTEE
Section
6.01 Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
(a)
Except during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities,
(1)
the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth
in this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee with respect to such series; and
(2)
in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform
to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein).
(b)
In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise with respect to the Securities of such series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct
of its own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered, and
if requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense
that might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.
(c)
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own
grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1)
this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2)
the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3)
the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series;
(4)
no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take, or omit to take, any action under this Indenture,
to take any action at the request or direction of Holders, or in the exercise of any of its rights and powers;
(5)
the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement
to receive or any other matters related to payment) or notice effected by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Paying Agent or
any records maintained by any Securities Registrar with respect to any series of Securities;
(6)
if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture,
requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason
to act as if no such event occurred, unless a Responsible Officer had actual knowledge of such event;
(7)
in the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee
shall be placed in a non- interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments
or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity
date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment
to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder
in the absence of such written investment direction from the Company;
(8)
under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations
evidenced by any Securities of any series or any Guarantees thereof; and
(9)
in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Securities Registrar, Paying Agent, Authenticating
Agent or any other agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall also be
afforded to such Securities Registrar, Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or other agent hereunder.
(d)
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section
6.02 Notice
of Defaults.
Upon the receipt by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee of written notice of any default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of all such uncured or unwaived defaults;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on Securities
of any series or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to such Securities, the Trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified
in Section 5.01(d) with respect to the Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders of Securities shall be given until at least
90 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
Section
6.03 Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions
of Section 6.01:
(a)
the Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties and need not investigate any fact or matter started therein;
(b)
any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c)
whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, or both;
(d)
the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e)
the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee security
or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee in its sole discretion against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f)
the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, approval, appraisal, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may, without obligation to do so, make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall choose to make such further inquiry or investigation,
it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney
at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g)
the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any of the duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;
(h)
the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified,
are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder and to each agent, custodian and other
Person employed to act hereunder;
(i)
the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by
it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(j)
in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive, incidental, 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;
(k)
no provision herein shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Trustee to take or omit to take any action, or suffer any
action to be taken or omitted, in the performance of their respective duties or obligations under this Indenture, or to exercise any
right or power thereunder, to the extent that taking or omitting to take such action or suffering such action to be taken or omitted
would violate applicable law binding upon them;
(l)
in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising
out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, pandemics, epidemics, recognized public emergencies, quarantine restrictions,
nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer
(software and hardware) services, and hacking, cyber attacks, or other use or infiltration of the Trustee’s technological infrastructure
exceeding authorized access (it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices
in the banking industry to avoid and mitigate the effects of such occurrences and to resume performance as soon as practicable under
the circumstances);
(m)
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which
is in fact such a default shall have been received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and such notice references the applicable series of Securities and this Indenture;
(n)
the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized
at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture; and
(o)
the permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as obligation or duty to do
so.
Section
6.04 Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee
nor any Authenticating Agent makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds
thereof.
Section
6.05 May
Hold Securities.
The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13,
may otherwise deal with the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating
Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section
6.06 Money
Held in Trust.
Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall
be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section
6.07 Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Company agrees:
(1)
to pay to the Trustee, in any capacity under this Indenture, from time to time, such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between
the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2)
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable
to its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction;
and
(3)
to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), liability, claim, action,
suit, cost or expense of any kind and nature whatsoever incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part as determined
by a final non- appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees
and expenses, court costs and expenses) of enforcing any of the provisions of this Indenture and defending themselves against or investigating
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, under the Securities,
and the Guarantees (whether asserted by any Holder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or otherwise). The obligations of the Company
under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder.
To
secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series on all
money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities
of that series.
Without
limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(e) or Section 5.01(f), the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law.
The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or to undertake any proceeding under this Indenture, or to enter any appearance
or in any way defend in any suit in which it may be made defendant, or to take any steps in the execution of the trusts hereby created
or in the enforcement of any rights and powers hereunder, until it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all costs
and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other anticipated disbursements, and against all liability except to the extent determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused solely by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The
provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the defeasance of the Securities or the
earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Section
6.08 Conflicting
Interests.
If
the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate
such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue
of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section
6.09 Corporate
Trustee Required, Eligibility.
There
shall at all times be one Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities
of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has
a combined capital and surplus of at least $150,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted
by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section
6.10 Resignation
and Removal, Appointment of Successor.
No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until
the acceptance of the appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
The
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within
30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The
Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument
of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after giving of such notice of removal,
the removed Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If
at any time:
(a)
the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(b)
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company,
any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any such Holder, or
(c)
the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then,
in any such case, (1) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities
of which such Trustee acts as trustee, or (2) subject to Section 5.14, Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of Securities
of any series who have been bona fide Holders of such Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of which
such Trustee acts as trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If
the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause,
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed
by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company
and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with
the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to
that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, Holders
of 10% in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series who have been bona fide Holders of such Securities of such series for
at least six months or the Trustee may, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided
in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and
the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section
6.11 Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and reimbursement of its expenses (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel and agents), if any, to which such retiring Trustee is otherwise legally entitled, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor Trustee at the expense of the Company all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall
be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(b) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary
or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (c) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request
of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the
case may be. No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section
6.12 Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or entity
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or entity succeeding
to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation or entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered,
by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication
and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities;
and in case at that time any Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities
either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force as is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
Section
6.13 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
If
and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities),
the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such other obligor).
Section
6.14 Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act
on behalf of and subject to the direction of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver Securities of such series issued upon original issue
and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall
be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation or entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $150,000. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any
corporation or entity into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
or entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
or entity succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be
the successor of the Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation or entity shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall
be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect
as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions
of this Section.
The
Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If
an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon,
in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
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is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE
VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section
7.01 Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a)
semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, and
(b)
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that
if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for the Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with respect
to such series of Securities.
Section
7.02 Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders.
Subject
to compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee (i) shall preserve, in as current
a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as
provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar
and (ii) may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names
and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
7.03 Reports
by Trustee.
The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports, if any, concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. A copy of each such report shall, at the
time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which
any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system.
Section
7.04 Reports
by Company.
The
Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the Company files the same with the Commission.
Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall
not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s
Certificates).
Such
information, documents, reports and summaries shall be deemed to have been (i) filed by the Company with the Trustee and (ii) transmitted
by the Company to Holders, as the case may be, if the Company has filed such information, documents, reports and summaries with the Commission
using the EDGAR filing system (or any successor filing system) and such reports are publicly available, in each case to the extent such
filing with the EDGAR filing system (or any successor filing system) and the foregoing effect thereof, is not prohibited by the Act.
Section
7.05 Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
Upon
request of the Trustee or any Holder, the Company shall file with the Trustee or deliver to such Holder promptly at the end of each calendar
year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued on
Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year.
ARTICLE
VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section
8.01 Company
May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease (as lessor) all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, unless:
(a)
(i)
the Company is the surviving Person, in the case of a merger, or
(ii)
the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires or leases, all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company (such Person, the “Successor Company”) is a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by
an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant
of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(b)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company
or any subsidiary of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such subsidiary
at the time of such transaction), no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall exist and be continuing; and
(c)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section
8.02 Successor
Substituted.
Upon
any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Successor
Company had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease (where the Company is the lessor), the predecessor
Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE
IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section
9.01 Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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 satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a)
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and the Securities or such
Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee and the assumption by such successor of the obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder;
(b)
to add covenants of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely
for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor with regard
to all or any series of Securities (and if any such surrender is to be made with regard to less than all series of Securities, stating
that such surrender is expressly being made solely with regard to such series);
(c)
to add Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series);
(d)
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance
of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
(e)
to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of all or any series of Securities (and if such addition,
change or elimination is to apply to less than all series of Securities, stating that it is expressly being made to apply solely with
respect to such series); provided that any such addition, change or elimination (1) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (2) shall become effective only when there is no such Security
Outstanding;
(f)
to secure the Securities or any guarantee with respect to any Securities;
(g)
to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series hereunder;
(h)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
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to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to
this Clause (j) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities of any Outstanding series in any material respect;
(j)
to add one or more Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the Securities as parties to this Indenture or to release Subsidiary Guarantors
in accordance with the provisions of any supplemental indenture;
(l)
to qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(k)
to supplement any provisions of this Indenture necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities;
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series;
(l)
to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Securities may be
listed or traded;
(m)
to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
(n)
subject to any limitations established pursuant to Section 3.01, to provide for the issuance of additional Securities of any series;
or
(o)
to conform any provision of this Indenture, any supplemental indenture, one or more series of Securities or any related guarantees or
security documents, if any, to the description of such Securities contained in the Company’s prospectus, prospectus supplement, offering
memorandum or similar document with respect to the offering of the Securities of such series.
Section
9.02 Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected
by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture, or modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected thereby:
(a)
change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest, if any, on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of
the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change the Company’s obligation to maintain an office or agency for payment
of Securities and the other matters specified herein, or the coin or currency in which any Security is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date), or alter the method of computation of interest;
(b)
reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required
for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;
(c)
modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 and Section 10.06 except to increase any such percentage
or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security 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 in this Section and Section 10.06,
or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 9.01(h);
(d)
if the Securities of any series are convertible into or for any other securities or property of the Company, make any change that adversely
affects in any material respect the right to convert any Security of such series (except as permitted by Section 9.01) or decrease
the conversion rate or increase the conversion price of any such Security of such series, unless such decrease or increase is permitted
by the terms of such Security. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture
which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights
of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof; or
(e)
make payments on the Securities of such series payable in currency other than as originally stated in such Security.
Section
9.03 Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and is the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
as applicable. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.04 Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture, for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section
9.05 Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
9.06 Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities
of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.
If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company or Subsidiary Guarantor and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Failure to make a notation or issue
a new Security or Guarantee shall not affect the validity and effect of any amendment, supplement or waiver.
ARTICLE
X
COVENANTS
Section
10.01 Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium,
if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary
thereof, holds as of Noon, New York City time, on the due date, money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated
for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities then due.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company or the Paying Agent may, to the extent it is required to do so by law,
deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America or other domestic or foreign taxing authorities
from principal or interest payments hereunder.
Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where
Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect
of the Securities of that series, the Guarantees and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall
not be a place of service of legal process on the Company.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that
no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place
of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Except
as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01, the Company hereby initially designates
as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities to be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and initially appoints the Trustee
as Paying Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as the Company’s office or agency for each such purpose in such city; provided that
with respect to a Global Security, and except as may otherwise be specified for such Global Security as contemplated by Section 3.01,
any payment, presentation, surrender of delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security
shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Securities in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
10.03 Money
for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If
the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of
that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to Noon, New York City time, on each
due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit (or, if the Company has deposited any
trust funds with a trustee pursuant to Section 13.04(a), causes such trustee to deposit) with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient
to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument
in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and (3) during the continuance
of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent
for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay,
or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and,
upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from an further liability with respect to such
money.
Subject
to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust
for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published
in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section
10.04 Statement
by Officers as to Default.
The
Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 135 days after the end of each of its fiscal years ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided
hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may
have knowledge.
Section
10.05 Existence.
Subject
to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate (or equivalent) existence.
Section
10.06 Waiver
of Certain Covenants.
Except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities
of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant
to Section 3.01(u), 9.01(b) or 9.01(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Article VIII or
Sections 10.04 or 10.05, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition
except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties
of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section
10.07 Additional
Subsidiary Guarantors
If,
after the Issue Date, the Credit Agreement is or becomes guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company then, if such Subsidiary is not
already a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall cause such Subsidiary within 30 days after such Subsidiary guarantees such Credit Agreement
to (a) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will fully and unconditionally guarantee
all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and (b) deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that (i) such supplemental indenture and Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, (ii) such supplemental
indenture and Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity and (iii) such supplemental indenture complies with the terms of this Indenture.
ARTICLE
XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section
11.01 Applicability
of Article.
Securities
of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
Section
11.02 Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election
of the Company of the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, not
less than 10 Business Days prior to the date the notice of redemption required by Section 11.04 is to be sent (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities
(a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture,
or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section
11.03 Selection
by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If
less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made pro rata, by
lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair and, to the extent any securities to be
redeemed are Global Securities, by the Depositary in accordance with its Applicable Procedures. If less than all the Securities of such
series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities
to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and
specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
If
any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion
of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for
redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection of securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding
for the purpose of such selection.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid
and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The
provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount
of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For
all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities
which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section
11.04 Notice
of Redemption.
Notice
of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed or otherwise in accordance with the Applicable Procedures not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (or within such period as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 for the relevant Securities), to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All
notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any) and shall state:
(a)
the Redemption Date;
(b)
the Redemption Price (or the method of calculating such price);
(c)
if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification
(and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and,
if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount
of the particular Security to be redeemed;
(d)
that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e)
the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(f)
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and
(g)
for any Securities that by their terms may be converted, the terms of conversion, the date on which the right to convert the Security
to be redeemed will terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion.
Notice
of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s written
request (which may be rescinded or revoked at any time prior the time at which the Trustee shall have given such notice to the Holders),
by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section
11.05 Deposit
of Redemption Price.
On
or prior to Noon, New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or,
if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on,
all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which
are owned by the Company or a Subsidiary and have been delivered by the Company or such Subsidiary to the Trustee for cancellation. All
money, if any, earned on funds held by the Paying Agent shall be remitted to the Company. In addition, the Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the Company any money deposited with the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption
Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all Securities to be redeemed.
If
any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held
in trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to
receive interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07 or in the terms of such Security) be paid to the Company upon
Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
Section
11.06 Securities
Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice
of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable
at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption
Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07;
provided further that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, if the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record
Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities
registered on the relevant Regular Record Date.
If
any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section
11.07 Securities
Redeemed in Part.
Any
Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor,
of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE
XII SINKING FUNDS
Section
12.01 Applicability
of Article.
The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking
fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred
to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section
12.02 Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The
Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (b) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of
all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of
such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section
12.03 Redemption
of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not
less than 45 days (or shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04.
Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
11.06 and 11.07.
ARTICLE
XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section
13.01 Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The
Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 applied to any Securities or any series
of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 13.02
or 13.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or in another
manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.
Section
13.02 Defeasance
and Discharge.
Upon
the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities
and Guarantees as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter
called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and Guarantees and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Trustee acknowledging the same), subject
to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of such Securities
to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.04 and as more fully set forth in Section 13.05, payments
in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (b) the Company’s and the Subsidiary
Guarantors’ obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (d) this Article. Subject to compliance with this
Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option (if any) to have Section 13.03 applied to such Securities.
Section
13.03 Covenant
Defeasance.
Upon
the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be, (a) the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be released from its obligations under Sections 7.04, 8.01,
10.04, 10.05, 10.07 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(u), 9.01(b) or 9.01(g)
for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.01(d) or 5.01(g)
shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section
on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”).
For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities and Guarantees, the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
specified Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any
reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities
and Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby.
Section
13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The
following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.02 or 13.03 to any Securities or any series of Securities,
as the case may be:
(a)
The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements
contemplated by Section 6.09 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the
Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) in the case of any series of Securities the payment on which may only be made
in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest
in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than Noon, New York City time, on the due date of any payment,
money in an amount, or (C) such other obligations or arrangements as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect
to such Securities, or (D) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants or investment bankers, in either case expressed in a written certification thereof to be delivered to the Trustee,
to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (1) the
principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities or any Redemption Date established pursuant to clause (i) below, and (2) any mandatory sinking fund payments
on the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein,
“U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the
payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities
Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the
account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction
from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(b)
In the event of an election to have Section 13.02 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published
by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the
same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(c)
In the event of an election to have Section 13.03 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that shall confirm that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit
and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(d)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities
of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(e)
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Before
or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date in
accordance with Article XI.
Section
13.05 Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.06, the Trustee and
any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect
of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture,
to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums, due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium
and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled
to charge any such tax, fee or other charge to such Holder’s account.
Anything
in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request
any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to any Securities which are in excess
of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be,
with respect to such Securities.
Section
13.06 Reinstatement.
If
the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then
the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the Guarantees from which the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been
discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money
held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however,
that (a) if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement
of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust and (b) unless otherwise required by any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall return all such money and U.S. Government Obligations to the Company promptly after receiving
a written request therefor at any time, if such reinstatement of the Company’s obligations has occurred and continues to be in effect.
ARTICLE
XIV GUARANTEES
Section
14.01 Guarantees.
The
Subsidiary Guarantors, by execution of this Indenture, jointly and severally, guarantee to each Holder and to the Trustee (i) the due
and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest
on the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual payment of all other obligations and due and punctual performance of
all obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of such Security and this Indenture and
(ii) in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will
be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise. Each Subsidiary Guarantor, by execution of this Indenture, agrees that, subject only to the applicable provisions, if any,
of Section 14.02, its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of any such Security or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any such Security or
this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto by the Holder of such Security, or
any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or such Subsidiary Guarantor.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any such Security
or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to any
such Security except by payment in full of the principal thereof and interest thereon. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that,
as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article V for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration
of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article V, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by each Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.
The
Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such
right does not impair the rights of the Trustee or any Holder under the Guarantees.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by
the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 14.01.
Section
14.02 Limitation
on Liability.
Any
term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed hereunder
by each Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it
relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer.
Section
14.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
The
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall be in the form set forth in Exhibit B. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees
to execute its Guarantee in such form, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
Each
Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective Subsidiary Guarantor by any one of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents or any other authorized signatories for any Subsidiary Guarantors that are set forth
in a Board Resolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
A
Guarantee bearing the signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind such Subsidiary
Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of the Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantee.
Each
Guarantee shall be registered, transferred, exchanged and cancelled, and shall be held in definitive or global form, in the same manner
and together with, the Security to which it relates, in accordance with Article III.
The
delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed
thereon on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Guarantee
set forth in Section 14.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
Section
14.04 Guarantors
May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.
Nothing
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or any Guarantee shall prevent (i) any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor with or into the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) the merger of a wholly owned Subsidiary with and into a Subsidiary
Guarantor, (iii) the merger of a non-wholly owned Subsidiary into a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
entity, or (iv) any sale or conveyance of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety or the
capital stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section
14.05 Release
of Guarantors.
The
Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from all obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities
and under this Article XIV without need for any further act or the execution or delivery or any document: (i) upon the sale or other
disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of all of the capital stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is
not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided such sale or disposition
is not prohibited by this Indenture; (ii) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary
Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction)
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided such sale or disposition is not prohibited by this Indenture; (iii) upon the
liquidation or dissolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall occur as a result thereof
or has occurred and is continuing; (iv) upon Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article XIII or satisfaction and
discharge in accordance with Article IV; or (v) upon such Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to guarantee or to be an obligor under the
Credit Agreement. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
transaction was made in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to
evidence the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this
Article XIV.
Section
14.06 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Article XIV shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors
and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the
rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in
such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
Section
14.07 No
Waiver, Etc.
Neither
a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article
XIV shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not
exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XIV at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Section
14.08 Modification,
Etc..
No
modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article, nor the consent to any departure by a Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on a Subsidiary Guarantor in any
case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or
other circumstances.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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HEICO CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
[Signature
Page to Indenture]
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS |
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16-1741 PROPERTY, INC. |
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26 WARD HILL PROPERTY, LLC |
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3 MCCREA PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC |
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34 FREEDOM COURT, CORP. |
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3D PLUS U.S.A., INC. |
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60 SEQUIN LLC |
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8929 FULLBRIGHT PROPERTY, LLC |
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ACCURATE METAL MACHINING, INC. |
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ACTION RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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AERODESIGN, INC. |
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AEROELT, LLC |
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AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
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AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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ANALOG MODULES, INC. |
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APEX HOLDING CORP. |
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APEX MICROTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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ASTRO PROPERTY, LLC |
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ASTROSEAL PRODUCTS MFG. CORPORATION |
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BAY EQUIPMENT CORP. |
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BLUE AEROSPACE LLC |
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BREIDON, LLC |
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CAMTRONICS, LLC |
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CARBON BY DESIGN CORPORATION |
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CARBON BY DESIGN LLC |
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CHARTER ENGINEERING, INC. |
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CONNECTRONICS CORP. |
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CONXALL CORPORATION |
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CSI AEROSPACE, INC. |
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DB CONTROL CORP. |
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DECAVO LLC |
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DIELECTRIC SCIENCES, INC. |
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DUKANE SEACOM, INC. |
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ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAM, INC. |
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FLIGHT MICROWAVE CORPORATION |
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FUTURE AVIATION, INC. |
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HARTER AEROSPACE, LLC |
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HEICO AEROSPACE CORPORATION |
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HEICO AEROSPACE PARTS CORP. |
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HEICO EAST CORPORATION |
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HEICO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
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HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT CORP. |
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HEICO PARTS GROUP, INC. |
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HEICO REPAIR GROUP AEROSTRUCTURES, LLC |
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HEICO REPAIR, LLC |
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HETC I, LLC |
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HETC II CORP. |
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HETC III, LLC |
[Signature
Page to Indenture]
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HETC IV, LLC |
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HETC V, LLC |
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HFSC III CORP. |
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HFSC IV CORP. |
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HFSC V, LLC |
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HFSC VI, LLC |
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HFSC VII, LLC |
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HFSC VIII, LLC |
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HFSC XI CORP. |
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HNW 2 BUILDING CORP. |
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HNW BUILDING CORP. |
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HVT GROUP, INC. |
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INERTIAL AIRLINE SERVICES,
INC. |
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INTELLIGENT DEVICES, LLC |
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IRCAMERAS LLC |
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IRONWOOD ELECTRONICS, INC. |
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JET AVION CORPORATION |
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JETSEAL, INC. |
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LEADER TECH, INC. |
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LPI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |
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LUCIX CORPORATION |
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LUMINA POWER, INC. |
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MASTIFF DESIGN, INC. |
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MCCLAIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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MIDWEST MICROWAVE SOLUTIONS,
INC. |
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NIACC-AVITECH TECHNOLOGIES
INC. |
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NORTHWINGS ACCESSORIES CORPORATION |
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OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING,
INC. |
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OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING,
LLC |
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PACIWAVE, INC. |
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PIONEER INDUSTRIES LLC |
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PRIME AIR, LLC |
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PYRAMID SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. |
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QUELL CORPORATION |
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R.H. LABORATORIES, INC. |
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RADIANT POWER CORP. |
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RADIANT POWER IDC, LLC |
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RADIANT-SEACOM REPAIRS CORP. |
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RAMONA RESEARCH, INC. |
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REINHOLD HOLDINGS, INC. |
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REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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RESEARCH ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL,
L.L.C. |
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RIDGE ENGINEERING, LLC |
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RIDGE HOLDCO, LLC |
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ROBERTSON FUEL SYSTEMS,
LLC |
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HYDROSTATICS,
LLC |
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SANTA BARBARA INFRARED,
INC. |
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SEAL DYNAMICS LLC |
[Signature
Page to Indenture]
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SEAL Q CORP. |
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SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC. |
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SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING,
LLC |
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SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY,
LLC |
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SOLID SEALING TECHNOLOGY,
INC. |
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SPECIALITY SILICONE PRODUCTS,
INC. |
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SUNSHINE AVIONICS LLC |
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SWITCHCRAFT HOLDCO, INC. |
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SWITCHCRAFT, INC. |
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THE BECHDON COMPANY, LLC |
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THERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTS,
INC. |
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THERMAL STRUCTURES, INC. |
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TRAD TESTS & RADIATIONS,
INC. |
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TRANSFORMATIONAL SECURITY,
LLC |
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TSID HOLDINGS, LLC |
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TTT-CUBED, INC. |
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TURBINE
KINETICS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Treasurer |
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HEICO AEROSPACE HOLDINGS CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
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AEROANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Assistant Treasurer |
[Signature
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TRUIST BANK, as Trustee |
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By: |
/s/ Patrick Giordano |
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Name: |
Patrick Giordano |
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Title: |
Vice President |
[Signature
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Exhibit
A
[FORM
OF SECURITY]
[Global
Securities Legend]
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, 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 REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
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. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE
FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
HEICO
Corporation
[
]% Senior Note due 20[ ]
HEICO
Corporation, duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (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 listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on [ ], 20[ ] and to pay
interest thereon from [ ], 20[ ] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually in arrears on [ ] and [ ] in each year, commencing [ ], 20[ ] at the rate of [ ]% per annum, until the principal hereof
is paid or duly provided for, provided, however, that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest,
which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of [ ]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall
be the [ ] and [ ] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for 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 Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company,
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register.
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly executed.
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HEICO CORPORATION |
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TRUSTEE’S
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This
is one of the debt Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. |
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TRUIST
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Form
of Reverse of Security
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as [ ]% Senior Notes due [ ] (herein called the “Securities”),
limited in aggregate principal amount on the Issue Date to $[ ] issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (herein
called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors
named therein and Truist Bank, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and 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 Guarantors named therein, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The
terms of the Securities include those expressly set forth in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms,
and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms.
This
Security is redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after [ ], 20[ ], at the Redemption Prices (expressed
as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date (subject
to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), if redeemed
during the twelve month period beginning on [ ] of each of the years indicated below:
The
Indenture contains provisions for legal defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or for covenant defeasance
of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.
If
an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of
not less than 25.0% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory
to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities at
the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including
any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company, which is designated as
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in North Carolina, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.
This
Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall
be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Interest
on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and
this Security are guaranteed pursuant to Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture. Each Holder, by holding this Security,
agrees to all of the terms and provisions of said Guarantees. The Indenture provides that each Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee
upon compliance with certain conditions.
All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The
Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
ASSIGNMENT
FORM
To
assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I
or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print
or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert
assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and
irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign
exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
[TO
BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITY]
SCHEDULE
OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The
initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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in Principal Amount
of this Global
Security |
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Principal Amount of
this Global Security |
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Principal amount of
this Global Security
following such
decrease or increase |
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Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee or
Securities Custodian |
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Exhibit
B
[FORM
OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
Each
of the undersigned guarantors (each a “Guarantor” and together, the “Guarantors”), which term includes any successor
under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed, hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably guarantees on a senior basis, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of the Securities, to each Holder and to
the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable grace periods) of principal of and interest
on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the
Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations
of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture (all the foregoing being
hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantee Obligations”). The Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee Obligations may
be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor, and that such Guarantor shall remain
bound under Article XIV of the Indenture notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation. Capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subject
to the terms of the Indenture, this Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any
Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such
transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee
is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the signature of one of its authorized signatories.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Indenture or this Guarantee, under the Indenture and this Guarantee the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations
guaranteed by the Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the Indenture or this Guarantee,
as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
laws provisions thereof.
[Signature
page follows]
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SCHEDULE
A
Guarantor |
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Place of Formation |
16-1741 PROPERTY, INC. |
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Florida |
26 WARD HILL PROPERTY, LLC |
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Florida |
3 MCCREA PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC |
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Florida |
34 FREEDOM COURT, CORP. |
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Florida |
3D PLUS U.S.A., INC. |
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Delaware |
60 SEQUIN LLC |
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Connecticut |
8929 FULLBRIGHT PROPERTY, LLC |
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California |
ACCURATE METAL MACHINING, INC. |
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Ohio |
ACTION RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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Florida |
AEROANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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California |
AERODESIGN, INC. |
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Tennessee |
AEROELT, LLC |
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Florida |
AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
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Florida |
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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Florida |
ANALOG MODULES, INC. |
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Florida |
APEX HOLDING CORP. |
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Delaware |
APEX MICROTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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Arizona |
ASTRO PROPERTY, LLC |
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Connecticut |
ASTROSEAL PRODUCTS MFG. CORPORATION |
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Connecticut |
BAY EQUIPMENT CORP. |
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Delaware |
BLUE AEROSPACE LLC |
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Florida |
BREIDON, LLC |
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Maryland |
CAMTRONICS, LLC |
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Florida |
CARBON BY DESIGN CORPORATION |
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Florida |
CARBON BY DESIGN LLC |
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California |
CHARTER ENGINEERING, INC. |
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Florida |
CONNECTRONICS CORP. |
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Florida |
CONXALL CORPORATION |
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Illinois |
CSI AEROSPACE, INC. |
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Florida |
DB CONTROL CORP. |
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Florida |
DECAVO LLC |
|
Oregon |
DIELECTRIC SCIENCES, INC. |
|
Massachusetts |
DUKANE SEACOM, INC. |
|
Florida |
ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAM, INC. |
|
Oregon |
FLIGHT MICROWAVE CORPORATION |
|
California |
FUTURE AVIATION, INC. |
|
Florida |
HARTER AEROSPACE, LLC |
|
Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE CORPORATION |
|
Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE HOLDINGS CORP. |
|
Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE PARTS CORP. |
|
Florida |
HEICO EAST CORPORATION |
|
Florida |
HEICO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
|
Florida |
HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT CORP. |
|
Florida |
HEICO PARTS GROUP, INC. |
|
Florida |
HEICO REPAIR GROUP AEROSTRUCTURES, LLC |
|
Florida |
HEICO REPAIR, LLC |
|
Florida |
Guarantor |
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Place of Formation |
HETC I, LLC |
|
Florida |
HETC II CORP. |
|
Florida |
HETC III, LLC |
|
Florida |
HETC IV, LLC |
|
Florida |
HETC V, LLC |
|
Florida |
HFSC III CORP. |
|
Florida |
HFSC IV CORP. |
|
Florida |
HFSC V, LLC |
|
Florida |
HFSC VI, LLC |
|
Florida |
HFSC VII, LLC |
|
Florida |
HFSC VIII, LLC |
|
Florida |
HFSC XI CORP. |
|
Florida |
HNW 2 BUILDING CORP. |
|
Florida |
HNW BUILDING CORP. |
|
Florida |
HVT GROUP, INC. |
|
Delaware |
INERTIAL AIRLINE SERVICES, INC. |
|
Ohio |
INTELLIGENT DEVICES, LLC |
|
Delaware |
IRCAMERAS LLC |
|
Florida |
IRONWOOD ELECTRONICS, INC. |
|
Minnesota |
JET AVION CORPORATION |
|
Florida |
JETSEAL, INC. |
|
Delaware |
LEADER TECH, INC. |
|
Florida |
LPI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |
|
Florida |
LUCIX CORPORATION |
|
California |
LUMINA POWER, INC. |
|
Florida |
MASTIFF DESIGN, INC. |
|
Florida |
MCCLAIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
|
Georgia |
MIDWEST MICROWAVE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
|
Iowa |
NIACC-AVITECH TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
|
Florida |
NORTHWINGS ACCESSORIES CORPORATION |
|
Florida |
OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, INC. |
|
Florida |
OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, LLC |
|
Florida |
PACIWAVE, INC. |
|
California |
PIONEER INDUSTRIES LLC |
|
Delaware |
PRIME AIR, LLC |
|
Florida |
PYRAMID SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. |
|
Florida |
QUELL CORPORATION |
|
Colorado |
R.H. LABORATORIES, INC. |
|
New Hampshire |
RADIANT POWER CORP. |
|
Florida |
RADIANT POWER IDC, LLC |
|
Florida |
RADIANT-SEACOM REPAIRS CORP. |
|
Florida |
RAMONA RESEARCH, INC. |
|
California |
REINHOLD HOLDINGS, INC. |
|
Delaware |
REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
|
Delaware |
RESEARCH ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C. |
|
Tennessee |
RIDGE ENGINEERING, LLC |
|
Maryland |
RIDGE HOLDCO, LLC |
|
Florida |
ROBERTSON FUEL SYSTEMS, LLC |
|
Arizona |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HYDROSTATICS, LLC |
|
Colorado |
Guarantor |
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Place of Formation |
SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC. |
|
California |
SEAL DYNAMICS LLC |
|
Florida |
SEAL Q CORP. |
|
Florida |
SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC. |
|
Nevada |
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING, LLC |
|
Florida |
SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY, LLC |
|
Delaware |
SOLID SEALING TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
|
New York |
SPECIALITY SILICONE PRODUCTS, INC. |
|
New York |
SUNSHINE AVIONICS LLC |
|
Florida |
SWITCHCRAFT HOLDCO, INC. |
|
Delaware |
SWITCHCRAFT, INC. |
|
Illinois |
THE BECHDON COMPANY, LLC |
|
Maryland |
THERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTS, INC. |
|
California |
THERMAL STRUCTURES, INC. |
|
California |
TRAD TESTS & RADIATIONS, INC. |
|
Florida |
TRANSFORMATIONAL SECURITY, LLC |
|
Maryland |
TSID HOLDINGS, LLC |
|
Florida |
TTT-CUBED, INC. |
|
California |
TURBINE KINETICS, INC. |
|
Florida |
B-6
Exhibit 4.2
HEICO Corporation
as Issuer,
THE SUBSIDIARIES NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
and
Truist Bank
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of July 27, 2023
to the Indenture dated as of July 27, 2023
5.250% Notes due 2028
5.350% Notes due 2033
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 |
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APPLICATION OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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Section 1.01. |
Application of First Supplemental Indenture |
2 |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 2.01. |
Certain Terms Defined in the Indenture |
2 |
Section 2.02. |
Definitions |
2 |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES AND GUARANTEES |
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Section 3.01. |
Form and Dating |
6 |
Section 3.02. |
Terms of the Notes |
6 |
Section 3.03. |
Optional Redemption |
7 |
Section 3.04. |
Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control |
8 |
Section 3.05. |
Special Mandatory Redemption |
9 |
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ARTICLE 4 |
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CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01. |
Restrictions on Secured Debt |
10 |
Section 4.02. |
Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
12 |
Section 4.03. |
Additional Subsidiary Guarantors |
12 |
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ARTICLE 5 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 5.01. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
13 |
Section 5.02. |
New York Law to Govern |
13 |
Section 5.03. |
Counterparts; Signatures |
13 |
Section 5.04. |
Severability |
14 |
Section 5.05. |
Ratification |
14 |
Section 5.06. |
Effectiveness |
14 |
Section 5.07. |
Trustee Makes No Representation |
14 |
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EXHIBIT A-1 – Form of 5.250% Note due 2028 |
A-1 |
EXHIBIT A-2 – Form of Guarantee |
A-11 |
EXHIBIT B-1 – Form of 5.350% Note due 2033 |
B-1 |
EXHIBIT B-2 – Form of Guarantee of 5.350% Note due 2033 |
B-11 |
EXHIBIT C – Form of Supplemental Indenture for Guarantors |
C-1 |
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
(this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 27, 2023, between HEICO Corporation, a Florida corporation
(the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined below) party hereto, and Truist Bank, a North Carolina banking corporation,
as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company
and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023 (the “Base Indenture,” and together
with this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time
of Securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01
of the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental
to the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, to establish the form of any Security, as permitted by the Base
Indenture, and to provide for the issuance of the Notes (as defined below), as permitted by the Base Indenture, and to set forth the terms
thereof;
WHEREAS,
each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for Guarantees (as defined below) of the Notes
provided for therein, as endorsed on each Note and authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company
desires to execute this First Supplemental Indenture, pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, to establish the form and, pursuant
to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, to provide for the issuance, of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Notes
due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.350% Notes due 2033 (the “2033
Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”), with each series of the Notes guaranteed by the Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Guarantors have each duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture in order to provide
for certain supplements to the Indenture which shall only be applicable to the Notes and the related Guarantees;
WHEREAS, the Company
and the Guarantors have requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, all acts and
things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Guarantors according
to its terms have been done and performed; WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done by the Company to make the Notes, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture, the valid obligations
of the Company;
WHEREAS,
all acts and things necessary to make the related Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantors and authenticated and delivered in
accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors
have been done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
APPLICATION OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Section 1.01. Application of First Supplemental
Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this First Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit
of the Holders of the Notes, and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other securities issued under the Base Indenture
and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes. Unless
otherwise expressly specified, references in this First Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to
Articles and Sections contained in this First Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base
Indenture or any other document. All Initial Notes and Additional Notes, if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of
the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.01. Certain Terms Defined
in the Indenture.
For purposes of this First
Supplemental Indenture, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Base Indenture,
as amended hereby.
Section 2.02. Definitions.
For the benefit of the Holders
of the Notes, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2.02:
“Additional 2028
Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Additional 2033
Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Additional Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Attributable Debt”
in the context of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, as of any particular time, what the Company determines in good faith to be the
present value, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease involved in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, of the lessee’s
obligation under the lease for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease, as it may be extended. For the purposes of this
definition, any amounts the lessee must pay, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs,
insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts lessee must pay under the lease contingent upon the amount
of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges are not included in the determination
of lessee’s obligations under the lease.
“Base Indenture”
has the meaning specified in recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s
properties or assets and the properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” or “group”
(as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation
of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or
“group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined
in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of the Company’s Voting Stock representing a majority of
the voting power of our then outstanding Voting Stock; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person
consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s
outstanding Voting Stock or Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other
than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is
converted into or exchanged for, Voting Stock representing a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption by the Company’s stockholders of a plan relating to the
Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not
be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of a holding company and (ii)(A) 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 (B)
immediately following that transaction no “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.
“Change of Control
Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Change of Control
Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Change of Control
Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Change of Control
Triggering Event” means, with respect to a series of the Notes, the rating of the Notes is lowered by at least two of the three
Rating Agencies below Investment Grade on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the earlier
of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b) the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending
Change of Control), and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following
consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible
ratings change); provided that a Change of Control Triggering Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change
of Control if each applicable Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee
at the Company’s or the Trustee’s 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 Change of Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until
such Change of Control has actually been consummated.
“Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets” means, as of any particular time, the total amount of assets minus: (a) all applicable reserves; (b) all current
liabilities (excluding any liabilities which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a time more than
12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed and excluding current maturities of long-term indebtedness);
and (c) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as
shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and subsidiaries contained in the Company’s then most recent annual
report to stockholders.
“Default”
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Funded Debt”
means all indebtedness for money borrowed which by its terms matures more than 12 months after the time of the computation of this amount
or which is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor on this indebtedness to a time more than 12 months after the time of
the computation of this amount or which is classified, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as long-term
debt on the consolidated balance sheet for the most-recently ended fiscal quarter (or if incurred subsequent to the date of such balance
sheet, would have been so classified) of the Person for which the determination is being made.
“Global Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Guarantee”
means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture with
respect to a series of Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Guarantor”
means any Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture and this First Supplemental
Indenture.
“Initial 2028 Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Initial 2033 Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Initial Notes”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b) of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Interest Payment
Date” means February 1 and August 1, commencing on February 1, 2024
“Investment Grade”
means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating
of BBB- or better by S&P and Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P or Fitch, as applicable), and
the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under the
circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement Rating Agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement Rating Agency,
in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
“Issue Date”
means the date on which the Initial Notes are issued.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.
“Notes”
has the meaning specified in the recitals of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Par Call Date”
means (i) with respect to the 2028 Notes, July 1, 2028 (the “2028 Par Call Date”) and (ii) with respect to the 2033
Notes, May 1, 2033 (the “2033 Par Call Date”).
“Principal Property”
means any plant, warehouse, office building, facility or parcel of real property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which
is located within the United States and has a gross book value in excess of 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of determination,
except for any such plant, warehouse, office building, facility or parcel of real property or any portion of such plant, warehouse, office
building, facility or parcel of real property which, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, is not of material importance
to the total business conducted by us and our Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“Rating Agency”
means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; provided, that if Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to
issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning
of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency; provided further, that the Company give notice of
such appointment to the Trustee.
“Redemption Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Redemption Notice
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Redemption Price”
has the meaning specified in Section 3.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and its successors.
“Special Mandatory
Redemption Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Special Mandatory
Redemption Event” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Special Mandatory
Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05 of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Treasury Rate”
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
The Treasury Rate shall be
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 applicable 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 securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal”
(or any successor caption or heading). 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 applicable Redemption Date to the applicable 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 yields – one 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 Life – and shall interpolate to the applicable 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.
If on the third Business Day
preceding the applicable Redemption Date H.15 or any successor designation or publication 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 applicable Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the applicable
Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the applicable Par
Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the applicable Par Call
Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the applicable Par Call Date. If there
are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the applicable 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 semi-annual 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.
“Voting Stock”
of any specified Person 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.
“Wencor Acquisition”
means the acquisition by the Company of Wencor Group from affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC and the Company’s management, pursuant
to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 15, 2023, by and among HEICO, Magnolia MergeCo Inc., Jazz Parent, Inc.,
and Jazz Topco GP LLC (the “Merger Agreement”).
ARTICLE 3
FORM AND TERMS OF THE NOTES AND GUARANTEES
Section 3.01. Form and Dating.
(a) The
Notes, together with the related Guarantee, and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, in the case of the 2028 Notes and the related guarantee and Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit
B-2, in the case of the 2033 Notes, attached hereto, which are hereby incorporated into this First Supplemental Indenture. The Notes
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a Senior Officer of the Company. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The Notes and any beneficial interest in the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
(b)
The terms and notations contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made,
a part of the Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
(c)
Global Notes. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of fully registered Global
Securities (the “Global Notes”), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby
with The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of Cede &
Co., the Depositary’s nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.
(d) Book-Entry
Provisions. This Section 3.01(d) shall apply only to the Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 3.01(d), authenticate and deliver the Global Notes that shall
be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions.
(e)
Paying Agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as the Security Registrar and
Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes and the office of the Trustee at Truist
Bank, in the contiguous United States, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office, is hereby designated as the Place of Payment
where the Notes may be presented for payment.
Section 3.02. Terms of the Notes.
The following terms relating
to each series of the Notes are hereby established:
(a) Title.
The 2028 Notes shall constitute a series of Securities having the title “5.250 Notes due 2028” and the 2033 Notes shall constitute
a series of Securities having the title “5.350% Notes due 2033.”
(b) Principal
Amount. Except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes
pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 of the Base Indenture, the aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes that may
be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (the “Initial 2028 Notes”) shall be $600,000,000 and the
aggregate principal amount of the 2033 Notes that may be initially authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (the “Initial
2033 Notes” and, together with the Initial 2028 Notes, the “Initial Notes”) shall be $600,000,000. The Company
may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes with respect to each series of the Notes (in
any such case, with respect to the 2028 Notes, the “Additional 2028 Notes,” and with respect to the 2028 Notes, the
“Additional 2033 Notes” and, the Additional 2028 Notes and the Additional 2033 Notes collectively, the “Additional
Notes”) having the same ranking and the same interest rate, Maturity and other terms as the applicable Initial Notes except
for the Issue Date and the first payment of interest thereon. Any Additional Notes and the Initial Notes of the same series shall constitute
a single series under the Indenture and all references to the Notes of such series shall include the applicable Initial Notes and any
applicable Additional Notes unless the context otherwise requires.
(c) Maturity
Date. The entire outstanding principal amount of the 2028 Notes shall be payable on August 1, 2028 and the entire outstanding principal
amount of the 2033 Notes shall be payable on August 1, 2033.
(d) Interest
Rate. The rate at which the 2028 Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.250% per annum and the rate at which the 2033 Notes shall bear
interest shall be 5.350% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Notes shall be July 27, 2023, or the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be February 1 and
August 1 of each year, beginning February 1, 2024; the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, will be paid, in immediately available funds, to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered (which shall initially
be the Depositary) at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which shall be January 15 or July 15, as the
case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months. For so long as the Notes are represented in global form by one or more Global Securities, all payments of principal (and premium,
if any) and interest shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be,
as the registered owner of the Global Security representing such Notes. In the event that definitive Notes shall have been issued, all
payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
of the registered Holders thereof; provided, that the Company may elect to make such payments at the office of the Paying Agent in the
contiguous United States; and provided further, that the Company may at its option pay interest by check to the registered address of
each Holder of a definitive Note. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, then interest will be paid on
the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date.
(e) Currency.
The currency of denomination of the Notes is United States Dollars. Payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes
shall be made in United States Dollars.
(f) Redemption;
Sinking Fund. Except as provided in this Article 3, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant
to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof.
(g) Ranking.
The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
will (i) rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness; (ii) rank
senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness; (iii) be structurally subordinated
to all liabilities (including trade payables) of the Company’s existing and future subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes;
and (iv) be effectively subordinated to the Company’s and Guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent
of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness.
Section 3.03. Optional Redemption.
Prior to the applicable Par
Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price
(the “Redemption Price”) (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal
to the greater of:
(a) the (i) sum of the present values
of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Notes matured on
the applicable Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate
plus 20 basis points, in the case of the 2028 Notes, and 25 basis points, in the case of the 2033 Notes less (ii) interest accrued to
the applicable date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), and
(b) 100% of the principal amount of
the Notes to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date.
On or after the applicable
Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption
Date.
The Company’s actions
and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
The Company will send by electronic
delivery or mail otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary notice of any redemption at least 10 days but not more
than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Once the notice of redemption is sent,
the Notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued
and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to any conditions precedent specified in such notice. If such redemption
is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and such notice may be
rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or otherwise waived on or prior to the Business Day
immediately preceding the relevant Redemption Date. The Company shall notify Holders of any such rescission as soon as practicable after
we determine that such conditions precedent will not be able to be satisfied or the Company is not able or willing to waive such conditions
precedent. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the applicable Redemption Price and performance of the
Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.
In the case of a partial redemption
of the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the trustee in its sole discretion
deems appropriate and fair. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any note is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the note will state the portion of the principal amount of the note to be redeemed.
A new note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the note upon
surrender for cancellation of the original note. For so long as the Notes are held by the Depositary (or another depositary), the redemption
of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary. The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit
of any mandatory redemption or sinking fund.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
Section 3.04. Repurchase of Notes upon
a Change of Control.
(a) If
a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes
as provided in Section 3.03 hereof, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer (a “Change
of Control Offer”) to each Holder of a Note 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 this Section 3.04 and in the Notes. In a Change of Control Offer,
the Company shall 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 the date of repurchase (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, the Company shall send a notice to Holders of the Notes,
describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes
on the 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
sent (a “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by the Notes and described in such notice.
The notice shall, if sent 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 occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
| (b) | On the 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; 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. |
(c) The
Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes 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 purchases 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 on the Change of Control Payment Date.
(d) 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 its obligations
under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Notes by virtue of any such conflict and compliance.
(e) If
Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a
Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company, as described in this
Section 3.04, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer described herein, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal
to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to
the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
Section 3.05. Special Mandatory Redemption.
(a) If
the closing of the Wencor Acquisition has not occurred on or prior to the earlier of (i) February 14, 2024 (subject to extension to such
later date to which the “Termination Date” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) may be extended in accordance with the terms
of the Merger Agreement) and (ii) the date the Merger Agreement, including any amendment thereof, is terminated, according to its terms
(each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), the Company shall redeem the 2033 Notes in whole at a special mandatory
redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount
of such Notes to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).
Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) calendar
days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) cause notice to be delivered electronically or mailed, with a copy to the Trustee,
to each Holder at its registered address (such date of notification to the Holders, the “Redemption Notice Date”).
The notice shall inform Holders that the Notes will be redeemed on the tenth calendar day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the first
Business Day thereafter) following the Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”)
and that all of the outstanding Notes to be redeemed shall be redeemed at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the Holders of the Notes. On the Business Day immediately preceding the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Notes to be redeemed will cease to bear interest on and after the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date.
(b) Upon
the completion of the Wencor Acquisition, the foregoing provisions regarding special mandatory redemption will cease to apply.
ARTICLE 4
CERTAIN COVENANTS
The following covenants shall
be applicable to the Company for so long as any of the Notes are Outstanding. Nothing in this Article will, however, affect the Company’s
rights or obligations under any other provision of the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 4.01. Restrictions on Secured Debt.
(a) The
Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed
money (hereinafter called “indebtedness”) secured by a mortgage, security interest, pledge or lien (hereinafter called “mortgage”)
on or upon any Principal Property or on any capital stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property,
capital stock or indebtedness is now owned or hereafter acquired) that owns any Principal Property, whether owned as of the date hereof
or acquired after the date hereof, without in any such case ensuring that the Notes (together with, if the Company shall so determine,
any other indebtedness created, incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and then existing
or thereafter created) shall be secured by such mortgage equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) such indebtedness,
so long as such indebtedness shall be so secured.
(b) The
provisions of Section 4.01(a) shall not, however, apply to any indebtedness secured by any one or more of the following:
| (i) | mortgages existing on the Issue Date; |
| (ii) | mortgages of or upon any property acquired, constructed or improved by, or of or upon any capital stock
or indebtedness acquired by, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof to (i) secure the payment of all or any part
of the purchase price of such property, capital stock or indebtedness upon the acquisition thereof or (ii) secure indebtedness incurred,
assumed or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of such property, capital stock
or indebtedness or of the cost of any construction or improvements on such properties, in each case, to the extent that the indebtedness
is incurred, assumed or guaranteed prior to or within 365 days after the later of the applicable acquisition, construction or improvement
of such property, as the case may be, provided, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement the mortgage shall
not apply to any property, capital stock or indebtedness theretofore owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in
the case of any such construction or improvement, any theretofore unimproved or substantially unimproved real property on which the property
so constructed or the improvement is located; |
| (iii) | except to the extent created in anticipation of the acquisition of any Person, mortgages of or upon any
property, capital stock or indebtedness existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
| (iv) | except to the extent created in anticipation of the merger or consolidation with any Person, mortgages
of or upon any property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or existing at the time of a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the properties of a Person to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; |
| (v) | mortgages of or upon any property of, or capital stock or indebtedness of, a Person existing at the time
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; |
| (vi) | mortgages to secure indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted
Subsidiary or Subsidiary; |
| (vii) | mortgages in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any department, agency or
instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or political
subdivision, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness
incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of the property, capital stock
or indebtedness subject to such mortgages, or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such mortgages; |
| (viii) | mortgages for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the Company’s books in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
| (ix) | mortgages imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s or other like mortgages arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30
days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; |
| (x) | mortgages to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
| (xi) | mortgages in favor of only the Company or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries; |
| (xii) | mortgages in favor of the Trustee securing indebtedness owed under the Indenture to the Trustee and granted
in accordance with the Indenture; |
| (xiii) | mortgages to secure (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; (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates
or commodity prices; and (4) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in equity prices. |
| (xiv) | judgment liens, so long as the finality of such judgment is being contested in good faith and execution
thereon is stayed; |
| (xv) | easements or similar encumbrances, the existence of which does not impair the use of the property subject
thereto for the purposes for which it is held or was acquired; |
| (xvi) | leases and landlords’ mortgages on fixtures and movable property located on premises leased in the
ordinary course of business, so long as the rent secured thereby is not in default; |
| (xvii) | any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or
in part of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (16), inclusive, provided, however, that the principal amount
of indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal
or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property (plus improvements and
construction on such property), capital stock or indebtedness which was subject to the mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced; and |
| (xviii) | other liens permitted under the Credit Agreement. |
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.01(a), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, issue,
assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by a mortgage not excepted by clauses (i) through (xvii) of Section 4.01(b), if the total amount
of the following does not at the time exceed the greater of (i) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (ii) $300.0 million:
| (i) | such indebtedness; plus |
| (ii) | all other indebtedness that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have incurred or have guaranteed
existing at such time and secured by mortgages not so excepted; plus |
| (iii) | the Attributable Debt existing in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions existing at such time; provided,
however, that Attributable Debt with respect to the following types of Sale and Leaseback Transactions will not be included for the purposes
of calculating Attributable Debt in the preceding sentence: |
| (A) | Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of which an amount (equaling at least the greater of the net
proceeds of the sale of property or the fair market value of the property) is used within 365 days after the effective date of the arrangement
to make non-mandatory prepayments on unsubordinated long-term indebtedness, retire unsubordinated long-term indebtedness or acquire, construct
or improve a manufacturing plant or facility which is, or upon completion will be, a Principal Property; and |
| (B) | Sale and Leaseback Transactions in which the property involved would have been permitted to be mortgaged
under clause (ii) or (vii) of Section 4.01(b). |
Section 4.02. Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions.
The Company will not, and
will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property whether now owned or hereafter acquired (except for temporary leases for a term, including
any renewal thereof, of not more than three years and except for leases between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary, between any
Restricted Subsidiary and the Company or between Restricted Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to any Person with the intention of taking back a lease of such property (herein referred to
as a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”), unless: (i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would (at the time of
entering into such arrangement) be entitled pursuant to clause (2) or (7) of Section 4.01(b), without equally and ratably securing the
Notes, to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by a mortgage on such property, or (ii) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary would (at the time of entering into such arrangement) be entitled pursuant to Section 4.01(c), without equally and ratably
securing the Notes, to create, incur, issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by a mortgage on such property in an amount at least
equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction or (iii) the Company shall apply, within 365 days of
the effective date of any such arrangement, an amount not less than the greater of (x) the net proceeds of the sale of such property or
(y) the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of such property to either the prepayment or retirement (other than
any mandatory prepayment or retirement) of Funded Debt or to the acquisition, construction or improvement of a manufacturing plant or
manufacturing facility which is, or upon such acquisition, construction or improvement will be, a Principal Property.
Section 4.03. Additional Subsidiary Guarantors
The form of the supplemental
indenture that will be executed and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Base Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this First
Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this First Supplemental
Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required provision shall control. If any provision of this First 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 First Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 5.02. New York Law to Govern.
This First Supplemental Indenture
and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 5.03. Counterparts; Signatures
This First Supplemental Indenture
or any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This First Supplemental Indenture
shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party, and, except as otherwise provided in this First Supplemental Indenture, any
certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be duly signed and delivered,
only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted
by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act,
and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (collectively,
“Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature.
Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect,
and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall
have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and
shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For avoidance of doubt, original
manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the New York Uniform Commercial Code or other
Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings. All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications
hereunder must be in writing (provided that any such communication sent to Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is
signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by the electronic signature provider that the Company plans to use (or such
other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative)), in English. The Trustee shall
have no duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity or authorization of any electronic signature and shall be entitled to conclusively
rely on any such electronic signature without any liability with respect thereto. The Company and the Guarantors agree to assume all risks
arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation
the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 5.04. Severability.
If any provision of this First
Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall be held to be illegal or unenforceable under applicable law, then the remaining provisions hereof
shall be construed as though such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision were not contained therein.
Section 5.05. Ratification.
The Base Indenture, as supplemented
and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed
as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this First Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included
in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the
same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Section 5.06. Effectiveness.
The provisions of this First
Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.
Section 5.07. Trustee Makes No Representation.
The recitals contained herein
are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes
no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture. All rights, protections, privileges, indemnities
and benefits granted or afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference and shall be
deemed applicable to all actions taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian
and other Person employed to act under this First Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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HEICO CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: |
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16-1741 Property, Inc. |
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3 McCrea Property Company, LLC |
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34 FREEDOM COURT, CORP. |
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3D PLUS U.S.A., INC. |
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60 SEQUIN LLC |
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8929 FULLBRIGHT PROPERTY, LLC |
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ACCURATE METAL MACHINING, INC. |
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ACTION RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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AERODESIGN, INC. |
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AEROELT, LLC |
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AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
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AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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ANALOG MODULES, INC. |
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APEX HOLDING CORP. |
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APEX MICROTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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ASTRO PROPERTY, LLC |
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ASTROSEAL PRODUCTS MFG. CORPORATION |
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BAY EQUIPMENT CORP. |
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BLUE AEROSPACE LLC |
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CARBON BY DESIGN LLC |
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CARBON BY DESIGN CORPORATION |
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CHARTER ENGINEERING, INC. |
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CONNECTRONICS CORP. |
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CONXALL CORPORATION |
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CSI AEROSPACE, INC. |
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DB CONTROL CORP. |
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DECAVO LLC |
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DIELECTRIC SCIENCES, INC. |
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DUKANE SEACOM, INC. |
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ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAM, INC. |
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FUTURE AVIATION, INC. |
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HARTER AEROSPACE, LLC |
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HEICO AEROSPACE CORPORATION |
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HEICO AEROSPACE PARTS CORP. |
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HEICO EAST CORPORATION |
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HEICO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
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HEICO Flight Support Corp. |
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HEICO PARTS GROUP, INC. |
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HEICO REPAIR GROUP AEROSTRUCTURES, LLC |
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HEICO REPAIR, LLC |
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HETC I, LLC |
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HETC II CORP. |
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HETC III, LLC |
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HETC IV, LLC |
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HETC V, LLC |
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HFSC III CORP. |
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HFSC IV CORP. |
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HFSC V, LLC |
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HFSC VI, LLC |
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HNW BUILDING CORP. |
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HNW 2 BUILDING CORP. |
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HVT GROUP, INC. |
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INERTIAL AIRLINE SERVICES, INC. |
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IRCAMERAS LLC |
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IRONWOOD ELECTRONICS, INC. |
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JET AVION CORPORATION |
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JETSEAL, INC. |
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LEADER TECH, INC. |
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LPI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |
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LUCIX CORPORATION |
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LUMINA POWER, INC. |
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MCCLAIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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MIDWEST MICROWAVE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
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NIACC-AVITECH TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
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NORTHWINGS ACCESSORIES CORPORATION |
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OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, INC. |
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OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, LLC |
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PRIME AIR, LLC |
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QUELL CORPORATION |
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RADIANT POWER CORP. |
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RADIANT POWER IDC, LLC |
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RADIANT-SEACOM REPAIRS CORP. |
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RAMONA RESEARCH, INC. |
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REINHOLD HOLDINGS, INC. |
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REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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RESEARCH ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C. |
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ROBERTSON FUEL SYSTEMS, LLC |
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SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC. |
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SEAL DYNAMICS LLC |
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SEAL Q CORP. |
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SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC. |
[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]
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SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING, LLC |
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SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY, LLC |
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SOLID SEALING TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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SPECIALITY SILICONE PRODUCTS, INC. |
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SUNSHINE AVIONICS LLC |
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SWITCHCRAFT HOLDCO, INC. |
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SWITCHCRAFT, INC. |
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THERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTS, INC. |
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THERMAL STRUCTURES, INC. |
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TRAD TESTS & RADIATIONS, INC. |
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TTT CUBED, INC. |
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TURBINE KINETICS, INC. |
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26 WARD HILL PROPERTY, LLC |
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BREIDON, LLC |
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FLIGHT MICROWAVE CORPORATION |
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HFSC VII, LLC |
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HFSC VIII, LLC |
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INTELLIGENT DEVICES, LLC |
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MASTIFF DESIGN, INC. |
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PACIWAVE, INC. |
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PIONEER INDUSTRIES LLC |
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PYRAMID SEMICONDUCTOR CORP |
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R.H. LABORATORIES, INC. |
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RIDGE ENGINEERING, LLC |
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RIDGE HOLDCO, LLC |
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HYDROSTATICS, LLC |
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THE BECHDON COMPANY, LLC |
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TRANSFORMATIONAL SECURITY, LLC |
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TSID HOLDINGS, LLC |
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HFSC XI CORP. |
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CAMTRONICS, LLC |
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/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Treasurer |
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HEICO AEROSPACE HOLDINGS CORP. |
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/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Executive Vice President and Chief |
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Financial Officer |
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AEROANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Carlos L. Macau, Jr. |
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Title: |
Assistant Treasurer |
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TRUIST BANK, |
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as Trustee |
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/s/ Patrick Giordano |
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Patrick Giordano |
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Vice President |
[Signature Page to Supplemental
Indenture]
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF 5.250% NOTE DUE 2028
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, 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 REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY
NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY 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.
EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE
A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
HEICO Corporation
5.250% Senior Note due 2028
CUSIP No.: 422806 AA7
ISIN
No.: US422806AA75
HEICO Corporation, duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (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 listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on August 1, 2028 and to pay interest
thereon from July 27, 2023 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually
in arrears on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2024 at the rate of 5.250% per annum, until the principal hereof
is paid or duly provided for, provided, however, that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is
overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 5.250% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be January 15
and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for 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 Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to
the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, this Security 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 Security to be duly executed.
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is one of the debt Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. |
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Form of Reverse of Security
This Security is one of a
duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (herein called the “Securities”),
initially limited in aggregate principal amount on the Issue Date to $600,000,000 issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as
of July 27, 2023, as supplemented (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Truist Bank, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and 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 Guarantors named therein, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The terms of the Securities
include those expressly set forth in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of
Securities are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms.
Prior to July 1, 2028 (the
“Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time,
at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(A) the (a) sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Securities
matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and
(B) 100% of the principal amount
of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
On or after the Par Call
Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
The Indenture contains provisions
for legal defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or for covenant defeasance of certain restrictive covenants
and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default shall
occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, on all of the outstanding Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject
to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously
given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25.0% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings
in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not
have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent
with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. Unless the Company has
exercised its right to redeem this Security in full as described above, the Indenture provides that each Holder of the Securities of this
series will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities of this series pursuant
to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Securities of this series on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
Within 30 days following the
date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but
after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company will be required to send, by electronic delivery or first
class mail or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, a notice to each Holder of the Securities of this series,
with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state, among other things,
the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered or mailed, other
than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice, if delivered or mailed prior to the date
of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated
on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
Holders electing to have Securities
purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Securities, with the form below entitled “Option
of Holder to Elect Purchase” completed, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Securities
to the paying agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the paying agent, prior to the close of business on
the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
On
the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
| 1. | accept for payment all Securities of this series (or portions of
Securities of this series) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; provided that the unpurchased portion of any Security
of this series must be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; |
| 2. | deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate payment in respect of all Securities of
this series (or portions of Securities of this series) properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; and |
| 3. | deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of this series properly accepted for purchase,
together with an officer’s certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series (or portions of Securities
of this series) being purchased. |
The
paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of properly tendered Securities the purchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee
will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Holder new Securities equal in principal amount
to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered; provided that each new Security will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise
in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third-party purchases all properly tendered Securities
of this series not withdrawn under its offer.
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 purchase of the Securities of this series 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 Securities of this series, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws
and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities
of this series by virtue of such conflict.
For
purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the following terms will be applicable:
“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the Company’s properties or assets and the properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person”
or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;
(2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of the Company’s Voting Stock representing a majority
of the voting power of our then outstanding Voting Stock; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any
Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s
outstanding Voting Stock or Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other
than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is
converted into or exchanged for, Voting Stock representing a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person
immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption by the Company’s stockholders of a plan relating to the
Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not
be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of a holding company and (ii)(A) 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 (B)
immediately following that transaction no “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii) the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such
transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately after
giving effect to such transaction.
“Change of Control Triggering
Event” means the rating of the Securities is lowered by at least two of the three Rating Agencies below Investment Grade on any
date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b)
the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control), and ending 60 days following consummation
of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the
Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change); provided that a Change of Control Triggering
Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control if each applicable Rating Agency making the reduction
in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee at the Company’s or the Trustee’s 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 Change
of Control.
“Fitch” means
Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Investment Grade”
means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating
of BBB- or better by S&P and Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P or Fitch, as applicable), and
the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under the
circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement Rating Agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement Rating Agency,
in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.
“Rating Agency”
means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; provided, that if Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to
issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning
of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency; provided further, that the Company give notice of
such appointment to the Trustee.
“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and its successors.
“Voting Stock”
of any specified Person 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.
No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender
of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company, which is designated as the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee in North Carolina, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
This Security is issuable
only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like
tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be
made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of
this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Interest on this Security
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security are guaranteed
pursuant to Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture. Each Holder, by holding this Security, agrees to all of the terms
and provisions of said Guarantees. The Indenture provides that each Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee upon compliance with
certain conditions.
All terms used in this Security
which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture and this Security
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles
thereof.
Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box below:
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If you want
to elect to have only part of the Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture,
state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$ ____________________
Date: _________________
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books
of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITY]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[ ]. The following
increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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this Global Security
following such
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EXHIBIT A-2
[FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO
GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
Each of the undersigned guarantors
(each a “Guarantor” and together, the “Guarantors”), which term includes any successor under the Base Indenture
and First Supplemental Indenture (the “Indenture”) referred to in the Security upon which this notation is endorsed, hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior basis, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of the Securities, to each
Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable grace periods) of principal
of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations
of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within applicable grace periods of
all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture
(all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantee Obligations”). The Guarantor further agrees that the
Guarantee Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor, and that
such Guarantor shall remain bound under Article XIV of the Base Indenture notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee
Obligation. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subject to the terms of the
Indenture, this Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors
and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the
rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all
subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
This Guarantee shall not be
valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have
been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the signature of one of its authorized signatories.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Indenture or this Guarantee, under the Indenture and this Guarantee the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed
by the Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the Indenture or this Guarantee, as it relates
to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer. This Guarantee
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions
thereof.
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EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF 5.350% NOTE DUE 2033
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, 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 REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY
NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY 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.
EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE
A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
HEICO Corporation
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HEICO Corporation, duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (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 listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on August 1, 2033 and to pay interest
thereon from July 27, 2023 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually
in arrears on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2024 at the rate of 5.350% per annum, until the principal hereof
is paid or duly provided for, provided, however, that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of 5.350% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from
the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be January 15
and July 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for 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 Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to
the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof, this Security 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 Security to be duly
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Form of
Reverse of Security
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (herein called the
“Securities”), initially limited in aggregate principal amount on the Issue Date to $600,000,000 issued and to be issued
under an Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, as supplemented (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the
meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Truist Bank, as Trustee (herein called
the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and 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 Guarantors named
therein, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.
The
terms of the Securities include those expressly set forth in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities are subject to all
such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms.
Prior
to May 1, 2033 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities at its option, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal
to the greater of:
(A)
the (a) sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption
Date (assuming the Securities matured on the Par Call 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 less (b) interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and
(B)
100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date.
On
or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding,
the Redemption Date.
If
the closing of the Wencor Acquisition (as defined in the Indenture) has not occurred on or prior to the earlier of (i) February 14, 2024
(subject to extension to such later date to which the “Termination Date” (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as defined
in the Indenture) may be extended in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement) and (ii) the date the Merger Agreement, including
any amendment thereof, is terminated, according to its terms (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Event”), we will redeem
the Securities in whole at a Special Mandatory Redemption Price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such notes, plus accrued
and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such notes to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the
“Special Mandatory Redemption Price”). Upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Event, we will promptly (but
in no event later than ten (10) business days following such Special Mandatory Redemption Event) cause notice to be delivered electronically
or mailed, with a copy to the Trustee, to each holder of the Securities at its registered address (such date of notification to the holders,
the “redemption notice date”). The notice will inform holders that the Securities will be redeemed on the tenth calendar
day (or if such day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) following the redemption notice date (such date, the “Special
Mandatory Redemption Date”) and that all of the outstanding Securities to be redeemed will be redeemed at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date automatically and without any further action by the holders of the Securities.
On the business day immediately preceding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, we will deposit with the Trustee funds sufficient to
pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price. If such deposit is made as provided above, the Securities to be redeemed will cease to bear
interest on and after the Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
The
Indenture contains provisions for legal defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or for covenant defeasance
of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.
If
an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of
not less than 25.0% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee
to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities at the time Outstanding
a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on
or after the respective due dates expressed herein (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event. Unless the Company has
exercised its right to redeem this Security in full as described above, the Indenture provides that each Holder of the Securities of
this series will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Securities of this series
pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Securities of this
series on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
Within
30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any
Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company will be required to send, by electronic
delivery or first class mail or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, a notice to each Holder of the Securities
of this series, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state,
among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered
or mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice, if delivered or mailed
prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change
of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
Holders
electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Securities, with the
form below entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” completed, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice,
or transfer their Securities to the paying agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the paying agent, prior
to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
Holders
electing to have Securities purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Securities, with the
form below entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” completed, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice,
or transfer their Securities to the paying agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the paying agent, prior
to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
On
the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
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for payment all Securities of this series (or portions of Securities of this series) properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; provided that the unpurchased portion of
any Security of this series must be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple
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with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate payment in respect of all Securities
of this series (or portions of Securities of this series) properly tendered pursuant to the
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or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of this series properly accepted for
purchase, together with an officer’s certificate stating the aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series (or portions of Securities of this series) being purchased. |
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paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of properly tendered Securities the purchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee
will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Holder new Securities equal in principal
amount to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered; provided that each new Security will be in a principal amount of $2,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise
in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third-party purchases all properly tendered Securities
of this series not withdrawn under its offer.
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 purchase of the Securities of this series 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 Securities of this series, the Company will comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities
of this series by virtue of such conflict.
For
purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the following terms will be applicable:
“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions,
of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets and the properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation)
the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
the Company’s Voting Stock representing a majority of the voting power of our then outstanding Voting Stock; (3) the Company consolidates
with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant
to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into
or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction constitutes, or is converted into or exchanged for, Voting Stock representing a majority of the
voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption by
the Company’s stockholders of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a transaction (or series of related transactions) will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the
Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) 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 (B) immediately following that transaction no “person” or “group”
(as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence)
is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting
Stock of such holding company.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct
or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii) the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of such holding company
immediately after giving effect to such transaction.
“Change
of Control Triggering Event” means the rating of the Securities is lowered by at least two of the three Rating Agencies below Investment
Grade on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of
Control and (b) the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control), and ending 60 days
following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control
for so long as any of the Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings change); provided that a Change
of Control Triggering Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control if each applicable Rating
Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee at the Company’s or the Trustee’s
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 Change of Control.
“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Investment
Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s)
and a rating of BBB- or better by S&P and Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P or Fitch, as applicable),
and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under
the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement Rating Agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement Rating Agency,
in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.
“Rating
Agency” means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; provided, that if Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating
services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency; provided further, that the Company
give notice of such appointment to the Trustee.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and its successors.
“Voting
Stock” of any specified Person 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.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company, which is designated as
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in North Carolina, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.
This
Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall
be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Interest
on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under the Indenture and
this Security are guaranteed pursuant to Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture. Each Holder, by holding this Security,
agrees to all of the terms and provisions of said Guarantees. The Indenture provides that each Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee
upon compliance with certain conditions.
All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The
Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
Option of Holder
to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect
to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box below:
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If
you want to elect to have only part of the Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental
Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
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To assign this Security, fill in the
form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security
to
(Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or
tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer
this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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TO GLOBAL SECURITY]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this
Global Security is $[ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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EXHIBIT B-2
[FORM OF NOTATION
ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
Each
of the undersigned guarantors (each a “Guarantor” and together, the “Guarantors”), which term includes any successor
under the Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture (the “Indenture”) referred to in the Security upon which this notation
is endorsed, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior basis, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of
the Securities, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable
grace periods) of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise,
and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance
within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities, subject to certain limitations
set forth in the Indenture (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guarantee Obligations”). The Guarantor
further agrees that the Guarantee Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from
such Guarantor, and that such Guarantor shall remain bound under Article XIV of the Base Indenture notwithstanding any extension
or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated.
Subject
to the terms of the Indenture, this Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any
Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such
transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee
is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the signature of one of its authorized signatories.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Indenture or this Guarantee, under the Indenture and this Guarantee the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations
guaranteed by the Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the Indenture or this Guarantee,
as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
laws provisions thereof.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED
BY GUARANTORS
THIS [_________] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
dated as of [●] (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between [__________] (the “Guarantor”) and
Truist Bank, a North Carolina banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, HEICO
Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), has executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated
as of July 27, 2023 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of July
27, 2023 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company of its 5.250% Notes due 2028
(the 2028 Notes) and 5.350% Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, the
Indenture provides that, under certain circumstances, the Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
pursuant to which the Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and the Indenture
on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms,
and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the Guarantor covenants and
agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders, that the Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent
expressed herein as follows:
1. Generally.
(a) Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
(b) The rules of construction
set forth in the Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of
the Indenture and the terms of this Supplemental Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.
2. Agreement to
Guarantee.
(a) In accordance
with the terms of Article XIV of the Base Indenture, the Guarantor jointly and severally, with any other Guarantors, and fully and unconditionally
guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Securities or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder,
that:
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the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise,
and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, if lawful (subject in all cases to any
applicable grace period provided in the Indenture), and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under
the Securities or under the Indenture, including any obligations to repurchase Securities from the Holders, will be promptly paid
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in case of any extension of time
of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment
when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantor shall be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. The Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
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(b) The Guarantor
hereby agrees that, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective
of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against
the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of the Guarantor.
(c) The Guarantor,
pursuant to Section 14.01 of the Indenture, hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and
all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained
in the Securities and the Indenture.
(d) The Guarantor
agrees that if any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors, or any custodian,
trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them
to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(e) The Guarantor
agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.
(f) The Guarantor
agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 5 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding
any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 5 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or
not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee.
(g) If the Guarantor
makes a payment under its Guarantee, the Guarantor shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor, so long as
the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
(h) The Guarantor
confirms, pursuant to Section 14.02 of the Indenture, that the maximum aggregate amount guaranteed hereunder shall not exceed the maximum
amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance
or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
3. Execution and
Delivery. The Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on
each Security a notation of such Guarantee.
4. Release.
(a) The Guarantor
shall be automatically released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee, (i) in connection with any sale or other disposition
(including by way of consolidation or merger) of all of the capital stock of the Guarantor, to a Person that is not (either before or
after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided such sale or disposition is not prohibited
by the Indenture; (ii) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor (including by way of merger
or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided such sale or disposition is not prohibited by the Indenture; (iii) upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Guarantor; (iv)
upon legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as permitted under the Indenture or satisfaction and discharge in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture; or (v) upon the Guarantor ceasing to guarantee or to be an obligor under the Credit Agreement.
(b) Upon delivery
by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that one of the foregoing requirements has been satisfied
and the conditions to the release of the Guarantor under this Section 4 have been met, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
required in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.
5. No Recourse
Against Others. Pursuant to Section 1.15 of the Indenture, no director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, member, manager
or partner of the Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Guarantor under the Securities, the Indenture, the Guarantee
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
6. Trustee Not
Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Trustee assumes
no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or of the Securities.
7. Headings, Etc.
The headings of Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered
a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
8. Multiple Counterparts.
The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be deemed an original, but all of them
together represent one and the same agreement.
9. Governing Law.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date and year first written above.
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Akerman LLP
Three Brickell City Centre
98 Southeast Seventh Street
Suite 1100
Miami, FL 33131
T: 305 374 5600
F: 305 374 5095 |
July 27, 2023
HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
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Heico Corporation – Public Offering of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 and |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Heico
Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and the subsidiary guarantors of the Company set forth in the Registration
Statement (as defined below) (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Company, the “Registrants”), in connection
with (i) the registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Registrants with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 17, 2023 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”) relating to the offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, (I) by the Company of
(a) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”); (b) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Class A Common Stock”); (c) Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”); (d) debt securities
of the Company (the “Debt Securities”), which may be senior or subordinated and issued pursuant to an indenture and any supplemental
indenture among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, and the trustee to be named therein; (e) depositary shares of the
Company (the “Depositary Shares”) each representing a fractional interest in a share of a particular class or series of Preferred
Stock and evidenced by a depositary receipt (the “Depositary Receipts”), which may be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement
among the Company, a depositary to be named therein (the “Depositary”) and the holders from time to time of the Depositary
Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”); (f) warrants to purchase Debt Securities or equity securities, including
Common Stock, Class A Common Stock or Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”), which may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement
between the Company and a warrant agent to be named therein (the “Warrant Agent”) (the “Warrant Agreement”); and
(g) units comprised of one or more Debt Securities, Guarantees (as defined below), Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Warrants in any combination
(the “Units”) to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company,
as unit agent (the “Unit Agent”), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a “Unit
Agreement”), (II) by the Subsidiary Guarantors of guarantees of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”), and (III) by
the selling shareholders to be named in a prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment, or in filings the Company makes with the Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (the “Selling
Shareholders”) of shares of Common Stock and shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Shareholders’ Shares” and collectively
with the Common Stock, Class A Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Guarantees, Depositary Shares, Warrants, and Units, the
“Shelf Securities”); and (ii) the offering and sale of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “5.250% Notes”)
and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “5.350% Notes” and collectively with the 5.250% Notes, the “Notes”)
by the Company and the related guarantees of the Notes by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the “Note Guarantees” and collectively
with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Notes and the Note Guarantees are being offered and sold as described in the prospectus
dated July 17, 2023, contained in the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus
supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and the final prospectus supplement dated July 19,
2023 (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”). The Notes will be issued under the indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Truist Bank, a North Carolina banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in substantially
the same form as the form of indenture filed with the Registration Statement (the “Base Indenture”), and the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”
and collectively, with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). We refer herein to the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Annex I
hereto, each of which is formed or organized under the laws of the States of Florida, Delaware, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia,
Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Ohio and Tennessee as the “Specified Subsidiary Guarantors.”
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This opinion letter is being
furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. This opinion letter is
limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinions are to be inferred or may be implied beyond the opinions expressly so stated.
In connection with this opinion
letter, we have examined the organizational documents of the Company and of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and such corporate records, documents,
instruments, certificates of public officials as to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and such questions of law as we have deemed
necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinions set forth herein. We have also examined the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus,
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Final Prospectus Supplement, the Underwriting Agreement, dated July 19, 2023, among the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and BofA Securities, Inc., Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several
underwriters (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees. Collectively, the Underwriting
Agreement, Indenture, Notes and Note Guarantees are referred to as the “Opinion Documents.” With your permission, we have made
and relied upon the following assumptions, without any investigation or inquiry by us, and our opinions expressed below are subject to,
and limited and qualified by the effect of, such assumptions: (a) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all
signatures; (b) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (c) the legal capacity of all natural
persons to take all actions required of such person in connection with the Registration Statement; and (d) the truth, accuracy, authenticity
and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates
(including without limitation any certificate or other document issued by a public authority and all official public records) we have
reviewed. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied
upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and others.
When used in this opinion letter,
the term “applicable laws” means Florida laws, rules and regulations that a Florida counsel exercising customary professional
diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, and the Subsidiary Guarantors; provided, however,
that applicable laws does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors solely
because such law, rules or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to such Registrant or any of its affiliates due to the
specific assets or business of such party or affiliate. With respect to the opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through 10 below, we are
opining as to the internal laws of the State of New York. Further, with respect to the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors we are opining
with respect to the General Corporation Law of the State of California, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act,
the Colorado Corporations and Associations Act, the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act, the Connecticut Business Corporation Act,
the Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Delaware Limited Liability
Company Act, the Georgia Business Corporation Code, the Business Corporation Act of 1983 of the State of Illinois, the Limited Liability
Company Act of the State of Maryland, the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, the Nevada Business Corporation Act, the New York Business
Corporation Law, the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio, the Tennessee Business Corporation Act and the Tennessee Revised Limited
Liability Company Act. We neither express nor imply any opinions with respect to any other laws or the laws of any other jurisdiction
or the United States of America. For purposes of this opinion letter, we assume that the Securities will be issued in accordance with
all applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
Based upon and subject to the
foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that:
1. The
Company is a Florida corporation that is validly existing and in good standing under Florida law.
2. Each
of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, validly existing under the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or formation, and its corporate or limited liability company status, as applicable, is active or in good standing,
as applicable. For purposes of the opinion in this paragraph 2, we have relied exclusively upon the applicable certificate of status
or certificate of good standing.
3. The
Company has the corporate power to execute and deliver the Opinion Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations
thereunder.
4. Each
of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors has the entity power to execute and deliver the Opinion Documents to which it is a party and to
perform its respective obligations thereunder.
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5. The
Company has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party by all necessary corporate
action.
6. Each
of the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of the Opinion Documents to which it is
a party by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action.
7. The Base Indenture has been
executed and delivered by the Company and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors and the Supplemental Indenture has been executed and delivered
by the Company and the Specified Subsidiary Guarantors.
8. The Base Indenture is a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Supplemental Indenture is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms.
9. The Notes have been duly authorized,
and when the Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will be the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefit of the Indenture.
10. When the Notes have been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered
and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement and when the Note Guarantees have been duly executed and delivered by the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Note Guarantees will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors which issued such Note Guarantees,
enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their terms.
The opinions set forth above
are subject to (a) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (b) general equitable principles (whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law), (c) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (d) provisions of law that require
that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in United States dollars, (e) limitations
by any governmental authority that limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States, and (f) generally applicable
laws that (i) provide for the enforcement of oral waivers or modifications where a material change of position in reliance thereon
has occurred or provide that a course of performance may operate as a waiver, (ii) limit the availability of a remedy under certain
circumstances where another remedy has been elected, (iii) limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting
a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction
involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct, (iv) may, where less than all of a contract may
be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an
essential part of the agreed exchange, (v) may limit the enforceability of provisions providing for compounded interest, imposing
increased interest rates or late payment charges upon delinquency in payment or default or providing for liquidated damages or for premiums
upon acceleration or (vi) limit the waiver of rights under usury laws. With respect to opinions 8 and 10, we also note that in the
absence of an enforceable waiver or consent, a guarantor may be discharged if: (i) action by the holder of the debt securities impairs
the value of any collateral securing guaranteed debt to the detriment of the guarantor, (ii) the holder of the debt securities elects
remedies for default that impair the subrogation rights of the guarantor against the Company, (iii) the guaranteed debt or debt securities
are materially modified, or (iv) the holder of the debt securities otherwise takes action under the debt documents that materially
prejudices the guarantor.
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With respect to opinions 8 and
10, we have, without any investigation on our part, assumed the accuracy, and to the extent necessary in connection with the opinions
contained herein, relied upon the opinions dated as of the date hereof furnished to you by: (i) Ballard Spahr LLP, as to matters
of Arizona law and Minnesota law; (ii) Hartzog Conger Cason, as to matters of Iowa law; (iii) Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional
Association, as to matters of New Hampshire law; and (iv) Stoel Rives LLP, as to matters of Oregon law (collectively, the “Local
Counsel Opinions”), and our opinions regarding the Subsidiary Guarantors which are the subject of the Local Counsel Opinions are
subject to the same qualifications and limitations with respect to matters of Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Oregon law as
are expressed in each such Local Counsel Opinion.
This opinion letter speaks only
as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after the
date of this opinion letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion letter of any facts, whether existing before or arising
after the date hereof, that might change the opinions expressed above.
This opinion letter is furnished
in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and the Note Guarantees and may not be relied upon for any other purpose without
our prior written consent in each instance. No portion of this letter may be quoted, circulated or referred to in any other document for
any other purpose without our prior written consent.
We hereby consent to the filing
of this opinion letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Registration Statement referred to above. We
also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.
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ANNEX I
SPECIFIED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
Name of Specified Subsidiary Guarantor |
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State of Incorporation |
16-1741 PROPERTY, INC. |
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Florida |
26 WARD HILL PROPERTY, LLC |
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Florida |
3 MCCREA PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC |
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Florida |
34 FREEDOM COURT, CORP. |
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Florida |
3D PLUS U.S.A., INC. |
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Delaware |
60 SEQUIN LLC |
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Connecticut |
8929 FULLBRIGHT PROPERTY, LLC |
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California |
ACCURATE METAL MACHINING, INC. |
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Ohio |
ACTION RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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Florida |
AEROANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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California |
AERODESIGN, INC. |
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Tennessee |
AEROELT, LLC |
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Florida |
AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
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Florida |
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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Florida |
ANALOG MODULES, INC. |
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Florida |
APEX HOLDING CORP. |
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Delaware |
ASTRO PROPERTY, LLC |
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Connecticut |
ASTROSEAL PRODUCTS MFG. CORPORATION |
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Connecticut |
BAY EQUIPMENT CORP. |
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Delaware |
BLUE AEROSPACE LLC |
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Florida |
BREIDON, LLC |
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Maryland |
CAMTRONICS, LLC |
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Florida |
CARBON BY DESIGN CORPORATION |
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Florida |
CARBON BY DESIGN LLC |
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California |
CHARTER ENGINEERING, INC. |
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Florida |
CONNECTRONICS CORP. |
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Florida |
CONXALL CORPORATION |
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Illinois |
CSI AEROSPACE, INC. |
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Florida |
DB CONTROL CORP. |
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Florida |
DIELECTRIC SCIENCES, INC. |
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Massachusetts |
DUKANE SEACOM, INC. |
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Florida |
FLIGHT MICROWAVE CORPORATION |
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California |
FUTURE AVIATION, INC. |
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Florida |
HARTER AEROSPACE, LLC |
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Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE CORPORATION |
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Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE HOLDINGS CORP. |
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Florida |
HEICO AEROSPACE PARTS CORP. |
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Florida |
HEICO EAST CORPORATION |
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Florida |
HEICO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. |
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Florida |
HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT CORP. |
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Florida |
HEICO PARTS GROUP, INC. |
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Florida |
HEICO REPAIR GROUP AEROSTRUCTURES, LLC |
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Florida |
HEICO REPAIR, LLC |
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Florida |
HETC I, LLC |
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Florida |
HETC II CORP. |
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Florida |
HETC III, LLC |
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Florida |
HETC IV, LLC |
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Florida |
HETC V, LLC |
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Florida |
HFSC III CORP. |
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Florida |
HFSC IV CORP. |
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Florida |
HFSC V, LLC |
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Florida |
HFSC VI, LLC |
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Florida |
HFSC VII, LLC |
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Florida |
HFSC VIII, LLC |
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Florida |
HFSC XI CORP. |
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State of Incorporation |
HNW 2 BUILDING CORP. |
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Florida |
HNW BUILDING CORP. |
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Florida |
HVT GROUP, INC. |
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Delaware |
INERTIAL AIRLINE SERVICES, INC. |
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Ohio |
INTELLIGENT DEVICES, LLC |
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Delaware |
IRCAMERAS LLC |
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Florida |
JET AVION CORPORATION |
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Florida |
JETSEAL, INC. |
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Delaware |
LEADER TECH, INC. |
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Florida |
LPI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |
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Florida |
LUCIX CORPORATION |
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California |
LUMINA POWER, INC. |
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Florida |
MASTIFF DESIGN, INC. |
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Florida |
MCCLAIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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Georgia |
NIACC-AVITECH TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
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Florida |
NORTHWINGS ACCESSORIES CORPORATION |
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Florida |
OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, INC. |
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Florida |
OPTICAL DISPLAY ENGINEERING, LLC |
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Florida |
PACIWAVE, INC. |
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California |
PIONEER INDUSTRIES LLC |
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Delaware |
PRIME AIR, LLC |
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Florida |
PYRAMID SEMICONDUCTOR CORP |
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Florida |
QUELL CORPORATION |
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Colorado |
RADIANT POWER CORP. |
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Florida |
RADIANT POWER IDC, LLC |
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Florida |
RADIANT-SEACOM REPAIRS CORP. |
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Florida |
RAMONA RESEARCH, INC. |
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California |
REINHOLD HOLDINGS, INC. |
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Delaware |
REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC. |
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Delaware |
RESEARCH ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C. |
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Tennessee |
RIDGE ENGINEERING, LLC |
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Maryland |
RIDGE HOLDCO, LLC |
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Florida |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HYDROSTATICS, LLC |
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Colorado |
SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC. |
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California |
SEAL DYNAMICS LLC |
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Florida |
SEAL Q CORP. |
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Florida |
SENSOR SYSTEM, INC. |
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Nevada |
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING, LLC |
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Florida |
SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY, LLC |
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Delaware |
SOLID SEALING TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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New York |
SPECIALITY SILICONE PRODUCTS, INC. |
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New York |
SUNSHINE AVIONICS LLC |
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Florida |
SWITCHCRAFT HOLDCO, INC. |
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Delaware |
SWITCHCRAFT, INC. |
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Illinois |
THE BECHDON COMPANY, LLC |
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Maryland |
THERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTS, INC. |
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California |
THERMAL STRUCTURES, INC. |
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California |
TRAD TEST & RADIATIONS, INC. |
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Florida |
TRANSFORMATIONAL SECURITY, LLC |
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Maryland |
TSID HOLDINGS, LLC |
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Florida |
TTT CUBED, INC. |
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California |
TURBINE KINETICS, INC. |
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Florida |
Exhibit 5.2
July 27, 2023
HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
| Re: | Public Offering of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 of HEICO Corporation |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as local counsel to R.H. Laboratories, Inc., a New Hampshire
corporation (the “Company”) in connection with (i) that certain registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 17, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”) by HEICO Corporation
(“Parent”), the Company and certain other subsidiaries of Parent (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and (ii) the offering and sale of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due
2028 (the "5.250% Notes") and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the "5.350% Notes" and collectively with
the 5.250% Notes, the "Notes") by the Parent and the related guarantees of the Notes by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the "Note
Guarantees" and collectively with the Notes, the "Securities"). The Registration Statement registers the offering from
time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, (I) by the Parent of (a) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common
Stock”); (b) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”); (c) Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”); (d) debt securities of the Parent (the "Debt Securities"), which
may be senior or subordinated and issued pursuant to an indenture and any supplemental indenture (collectively, the "Indenture")
among the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if applicable, and the trustee to be named therein (the "Trustee"); (e) depositary
shares of the Parent (the “Depositary Shares”) each representing a fractional interest in a share of a particular class or
series of Preferred Stock and evidenced by a depositary receipt (the “Depositary Receipts”), which may be issued pursuant
to a deposit agreement among the Parent, a depositary to be named therein (the “Depositary”) and the holders from time to
time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”); (f) warrants to purchase Debt Securities or equity
securities, including Common Stock, Class A Common Stock or Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”), which may be issued pursuant
to a warrant agreement between the Parent and a warrant agent to be named therein (the “Warrant Agent”) (the “Warrant
Agreement”); and (g) units comprised of one or more Debt Securities, Guarantees (as defined below), Common Stock, Preferred Stock
and Warrants in any combination (the “Units”) to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the
Parent, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the “Unit Agent”), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such
unit agreement, a “Unit Agreement”), (II) by the Subsidiary Guarantors of guarantees of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”),
and (III) by the selling shareholders to be named in a prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment, or in filings to be made with
the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
(the "Selling Shareholders") of shares of Common Stock and shares of Class A Common Stock (collectively, the “Shareholders’
Shares”). The offering of the Securities will be as set forth in the prospectus dated July 17, 2023, forming a part of the Registration
Statement (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the "Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement") and the final prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the "Final Prospectus Supplement").
The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of July
27, 2023, among the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Truist Bank, a North Carolina banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”),
in substantially the same form as the form of indenture attached as Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement, (the “Final Base
Indenture”) and the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee
(the “Supplemental Indenture” and collectively, with the Final Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 2
We are rendering this opinion at the request of the Company and, accordingly,
we express no opinion herein with respect to any other party, including but not limited to, Parent or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act. This opinion letter
is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinions are to be inferred or may be implied beyond the opinions expressly so
stated. In connection with issuing this opinion, we have reviewed and relied upon executed copies of each of the following documents:
(1) the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement;
(2) the Indenture for the Notes and Note Guarantees;
(3) the Note Guarantees;
(4) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, filed with
the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office on September 7, 2001 (the “Articles of Incorporation”);
(5) the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company effective
as of December 12, 2022;
(6) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company relating to the Registration Statement, the offering of the Securities and related matters dated as of July 17, 2023;
(7) minutes of the Pricing Committee of Parent dated July 19,
2023;
(8) the Certificate to Counsel, dated as of the date hereof,
provided by an authorized officer of the Company certifying that the documents referred to in (4), (5), (6) and (7) above are true, accurate
and complete, and that none of them have been further amended or rescinded as of the date hereof; and
(9) the Certificate of Good Standing with respect to the Company
issued by the Secretary of State of the State of New Hampshire issued June 29, 2023 (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).
To render this opinion, we have made the investigation described herein.
We have not independently verified information obtained from third persons, except as specifically set forth herein. We have undertaken
no independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of any fact, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence
or absence of such fact should be drawn from our representation of the Company. We have made no other investigation as to factual matters
other than the examination described herein.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New Hampshire, and we express
no opinion as to matters governed by laws of states other than the laws of the State of New Hampshire, and we do not opine as to the application
or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Hampshire.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have relied, without investigation,
on each of the following assumptions: (a) the legal capacity of each natural person to take all actions required of such person in connection
with the Registration Statement and in connection with executing any document; (b) the genuineness of each signature, the completeness
of each document submitted to us, the authenticity of each document reviewed by us as an original, the conformity to the original of each
document reviewed by us as a copy and the authenticity of the original of each document received by us as a copy; (c) the due organization
and legal existence of each party to the Registration Statement (other than the Company); (d) the entity power of each party to the Registration
Statement (other than the Company) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations as described in the Registration Statement and to do
each other act done or to be done by such party; (e) the authorization, execution and delivery by each party (other than the Company)
of each document executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered in connection with the Registration Statement by such party; (f)
as to matters of fact, the completeness, correctness and accuracy of all facts and representations set forth in the Registration Statement
and in all certificates of public officials and officers of the Company reviewed in preparation of this opinion; (g) the exact legal name
of the Company is as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation; and (h) the continued accuracy of the Certificate of Good Standing through
and including the date of this opinion.
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 3
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that the Note Guarantees will
conform to the terms of the Indenture and to the description of such instruments in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement. We have assumed the authorization, execution and delivery by the
Company of the Note Guarantees, the Indenture for the Notes and Note Guarantees and each other document executed and delivered or to be
executed and delivered by the Company in connection with the Registration Statement, as supplemented, and the offering of the Securities.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and in reliance thereon and subject
to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, it is our opinion that:
(1) Based solely on the Certificate of Good Standing,
the Company is a New Hampshire corporation that is validly existing and in good standing under New Hampshire law.
(2) The Company has the corporate power to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the Note Guarantees thereunder.
The opinions expressed herein represent the judgment of this law firm as
to certain legal matters, but such opinions are not guarantees or warranties and should not in any respect be construed as such. This
opinion has been prepared for use solely in connection with the Registration Statement and the offering of the Securities. This opinion
speaks as of the date hereof. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication
or otherwise, as to any other matters. We assume no obligation to inform you of any facts, circumstances, events or changes in the law
that may after the date hereof be brought to our attention that may alter, affect or modify the opinions expressed herein. This opinion
letter is an expression of our professional judgment following our review of the legal issues expressly addressed herein in accordance
with customary practice governing opinion letters in transactions such as those contemplated by the Registration Statement. By rendering
our opinion, we neither become an insurer or guarantor of such expression of our professional judgment nor guarantee the outcome of any
legal dispute that may arise out of the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement.
We hereby consent to reliance on this opinion letter and the opinions provided
herein by the law firm Akerman LLP solely in connection with the legal opinion provided by that law firm that is included as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.
We hereby consent to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal
Matters” in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement and to the inclusion of this
opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Except as expressly set forth above, this opinion, in whole or in part,
is not to be used, circulated, relied upon, quoted or otherwise referred to, for any other purpose, nor may copies be filed with, or furnished
or delivered to any government agency or other person or entity without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Devine, Millimet & Branch, Professional Association |
DEVINE, MILLIMET & BRANCH, |
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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Exhibit 5.3
July 27, 2023
HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
| Re: | Public Offering of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028
and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 of HEICO Corporation |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as (i) Arizona
counsel to Robertson Fuel Systems, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (“Robertson”), Apex Microtechnology,
Inc., an Arizona corporation (“Apex”, and together with Robertson, the “Arizona Opinion Parties”)
and (ii) Minnesota counsel to Ironwood Electronics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Ironwood”, and together with the
Arizona Opinion Parties, the “Opinion Parties”), subsidiaries of HEICO Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
in connection with the offering and sale of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “5.250% Notes”) and $600,000,000
5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “5.350% Notes” and collectively with the 5.250% Notes, the “Notes”)
by the Company and the related guarantees of the Notes by certain subsidiaries of the Company, including the Opinion Parties (the “Note
Guarantees” and collectively with the Notes, the “Securities”).
The offering of the Securities
will be as set forth in the prospectus dated July 17, 2023, forming a part of the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”),
as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”),
and the final prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”). The Securities will be
issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Truist Bank, a North Carolina
banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in substantially the same form as the form of indenture attached as
Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement (the “Final Base Indenture”) and the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27,
2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and collectively,
with the Final Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 2
This opinion is being furnished
in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. This opinion letter is limited to the
matters expressly stated herein and no opinions are to be inferred or may be implied beyond the opinions expressly so stated.
In connection with issuing this
opinion, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents:
| (i) | the Indenture and the Note Guarantees; |
| (ii) | the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement; |
| (iii) | a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission, with respect to Robertson,
dated June 29, 2023 as confirmed on July 27, 2023 by Capitol Services through a Registered Entity Information / Status Report (the “Robertson
Certificate of Good Standing”); |
| (iv) | a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission, with respect to Apex, dated
June 29, 2023 as confirmed on July 27, 2023 by Capitol Services through a Registered Entity Information / Status Report (the “Apex
Certificate of Good Standing”); |
| (v) | a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Minnesota Secretary of State, with respect to Ironwood, dated
June 30, 2023 as confirmed on July 27, 2023 by Capitol Services through a Registered Entity Information / Status Report (the “Ironwood
Certificate of Good Standing”); |
| (vi) | a copy of Robertson’s: (i) Articles of Organization, together with any amendments thereto as certified
to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed officer of Robertson (the “Robertson Articles of Organization”), and (ii)
Fourth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, together with any amendments thereto as certified to us on the date hereof by a duly
appointed officer of Robertson (the “Robertson Operating Agreement”; and together with the Robertson Articles of Organization,
the “Robertson Organizational Documents”), in each case as attached to the Certificate to Counsel dated as of the date
hereof provided to the undersigned counsel by Carlos L. Macau, Jr., Treasurer of each of the Opinion Parties (the “Certificate
to Counsel”); |
| (vii) | a copy of Apex’s: (i) Articles of Incorporation, together with any amendments thereto as certified
to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed officer of Apex (the “Apex Articles of Incorporation”), and (ii) Bylaws,
as certified to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed officer of Apex (the “Apex Bylaws”; and together with the
Apex Articles of Incorporation, the “Apex Organizational Documents”), in each case as attached to the Certificate to
Counsel; |
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 3
| (viii) | a copy of Ironwood’s: (i) Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, together with any
amendments thereto as certified to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed officer of Ironwood (the “Ironwood Articles of Incorporation”),
and (ii) Amended and Restated Bylaws, as certified to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed officer of Ironwood (the “Ironwood
Bylaws”; and together with the Ironwood Articles of Incorporation, the “Ironwood Organizational Documents”),
in each case as attached to the Certificate to Counsel; |
| (ix) | certain resolutions adopted by the board of directors or managers, as applicable of the Opinion Parties
relating to the Registration Statement, the offering of Securities and related matters certified to us on the date hereof by a duly appointed
officer of each Opinion Party (the “Resolutions”); |
| (x) | the minutes of the Pricing Committee of the Company, dated July 19, 2023, as applicable to the Opinion
Parties relating to the Registration Statement, the offering of Securities and related matters certified to us on the date hereof by a
duly appointed officer of each Opinion Party (the “Pricing Committee Minutes”); and |
| (xi) | the Certificate to Counsel. |
We have also examined the originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of each of the Opinion Parties, such agreements, certificates
of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Opinion Parties and others, and such other documents, certificates
and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to form the basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In delivering this opinion letter,
we have relied, without investigation, on each of the following assumptions: (a) the legal capacity of each natural person to take all
actions required of each such person in connection with the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees; (b) the genuineness
of each signature, the completeness of each document submitted to us, the authenticity of each document reviewed by us as an original,
the conformity to the original of each document reviewed by us as a copy and the authenticity of the original of each document received
by us as a copy; (c) the legal existence of each party to the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees other than
the Opinion Parties; (d) the entity power of each party to the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees (other than
the Opinion Parties) to execute, deliver and perform the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees and to do each
other act done or to be done by such party; (e) the authorization, execution and delivery by each party (other than the Opinion Parties)
of each document executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered in connection with the Registration Statement, the Indenture and
the Note Guarantees by such party; (f) as to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in the certificates of public
officials and officers of the Opinion Parties; (g) the Resolutions and Pricing Committee Minutes have not been modified, amended, revoked
or rescinded; and (h) each of (i) the Robertson Organizational Documents, (ii) the Apex Organizational Documents, and (iii) the Ironwood
Organizational Documents (collectively, the “Organizational Documents”) have not been modified, amended, revoked or
rescinded.
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 4
On the basis of the foregoing,
and subject to the qualifications, assumptions, and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
| 1. | Based solely on the Robertson Certificate of Good Standing, Robertson is a limited liability company validly
organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona. Based solely on the Apex Certificate of Good Standing, Apex is
a corporation validly organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona. Based solely on the Ironwood Certificate
of Good Standing, Ironwood is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota. |
| 2. | Each Opinion Party has the corporate or limited liability company, as the case may be, power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the Note Guarantees thereunder, and has taken the required
steps to authorize the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Note Guarantees to which it is a party under (x) the State of Arizona,
with respect to each of the Arizona Opinion Parties, and (y) the State of Minnesota, with respect to Ironwood. |
This opinion is limited to the
laws of the State of Arizona, in the case of the Arizona Opinion Parties, and the State of Minnesota, in the case of Ironwood, each as
in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction, of the United States of America, or to any
state “Blue Sky” laws and regulations, and no opinion regarding the statutes, administrative decisions, rules and regulations
or requirements of any county, municipality or subdivision or other local authority of any jurisdiction.
This opinion speaks only as
of the date hereof and we assume no obligations to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after the date
of this opinion letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion of any facts, whether existing before or arising after the
date hereof, that might change the opinions expressed above.
This opinion is furnished to
you in connection with the Registration Statement and the offering of the Securities and, except as set forth below, may not be relied
upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance.
HEICO Corporation
July 27, 2023
Page 5
We hereby consent to reliance
on this opinion letter and the opinions provided herein by the law firm Akerman LLP solely in connection with the legal opinion provided
by that law firm that is included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Base Prospectus,
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement forming part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent,
we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Ballard Spahr LLP |
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Ballard Spahr LLP
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Exhibit 5.4
July 27, 2023
Midwest Microwave Solutions, Inc.
c/o HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
Re: Public Offering of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior
Notes due 2028 and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 of HEICO Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel
to Midwest Microwave Solutions, Inc., an Iowa corporation (“Guarantor”), in connection with (i) that certain registration
statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) on July 17, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”), by HEICO
Corporation, a Florida corporation (“Company”), Guarantor, and certain other subsidiaries of the Company (collectively,
the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and (ii) the offering and sale of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “5.250%
Notes”) and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “5.350% Notes” and collectively with the 5.250%
Notes, the “Notes”) by the Company and the related guarantees of the Notes by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the “Note
Guarantees” and collectively with the Notes, the “Securities”). The Registration Statement relates to, among
other things, the issuance and sale of debt securities of the Company (“Debt Securities”) and guarantees of the Debt
Securities by the Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantees” and each, a “Guarantee,”)
in one or more offerings from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis (the “Offerings”) pursuant to Rule 415
of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Rules”). The offering of the Securities
will be as set forth in the prospectus dated July 17, 2023, forming a part of the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”),
as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”),
and the final prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”).
The Securities will be issued
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and Truist Bank, a North Carolina
banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in substantially the same form as the form of indenture attached as
Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement (the “Final Base Indenture”) and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated
as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and
collectively, with the Final Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
This opinion is being furnished
in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
July 27, 2023
Page 2
For purposes of this opinion,
we have reviewed final forms of the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Final Prospectus Supplement,
the Indenture, the Notes, and the Note Guarantees.
We have also examined and
relied upon copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (a) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Guarantor
filed with the Iowa Secretary of State on August 26, 2015 (“Articles of Incorporation”), (b) Amended and Restated Bylaws
of Guarantor dated August 21, 2015, (c) Certificate of Existence of Guarantor issued by the Iowa Secretary of State on July 27, 2023 (the
“Good Standing Certificate”), (d) Action by Unanimous Written Consent of the Directors and Managers of the Company
and Subsidiary Guarantors dated July 17, 2023, (e) Unanimous Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company
dated July 17, 2023, (f) Minutes of the Pricing Committee of the Company dated July 19, 2023, and (g) Certificate to Counsel by Carlos
L. Macau, Jr., Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Treasurer of Guarantor dated July 27, 2023
(the “Certificate to Counsel”).
In connection with this opinion,
we have conducted such inquiries and examinations of law as we deem necessary or appropriate for rendering this opinion. We have not reviewed
any documents other than the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Final Prospectus Supplement,
the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, and the documents listed in clauses (a) through (g) in the immediately preceding paragraph
and have not conducted any examination of any public records, and the opinions rendered herein are limited accordingly.
For purposes of this opinion,
we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
We have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in
connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties and the due authorization,
execution, and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have
not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of
the Company, Guarantor, and others, including but not limited to the statements and representations set forth in the Certificate to Counsel.
We
have also assumed that, at the time of the issuance and delivery of each of any Securities and at the time of issuance, delivery, and
execution of the instrument evidencing the same: (i) the Registration Statement continues to be effective and will comply with all
applicable laws at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement; (ii) the Base Prospectus,
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, and Final Prospectus Supplement comply with all applicable laws; (iii) all Securities will be
issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement,
Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, and Final Prospectus Supplement; (iv) the Securities will be issued and sold
in the form and containing the terms set forth in the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Final
Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture, the Notes, and the Note Guarantees; and (v) the Company and Guarantor will have obtained any
legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of any regulatory authorities necessary to issue and sell the Securities
being offered and to execute and deliver the Indenture.
July 27, 2023
Page 3
Based upon and subject to
the qualifications, assumptions, and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1.
Based solely on the Articles of Incorporation and the Good Standing Certificate, Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Iowa.
2.
Guarantor has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, the Indenture, including
the Note Guarantees issued in accordance therewith.
The opinions in this letter
are based solely on the laws of the State of Iowa, as currently in effect. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed
to be an opinion as to the applicability or effect of or compliance with the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Iowa or
any federal or state “Blue Sky” laws and regulations.
The opinions expressed in
this letter are strictly limited to the matters stated herein, and no other opinions may be implied. This opinion is provided as a legal
opinion only, effective as of the date of this letter, and not as representations of fact. Except
as expressly set forth herein, we have not undertaken any independent investigation, examination or inquiry to determine the existence
or absence of any facts (and have not caused the review of any court file or indices) and no inference as to our knowledge concerning
any facts should be drawn as a result of the limited representation undertaken by us.
The opinions expressed herein
are rendered and speak only as of the date hereof and we specifically disclaim any responsibility to update such opinions subsequent to
the date hereof or to advise you of subsequent developments affecting such opinions. This opinion
is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible
retroactive effect.
This opinion letter is rendered
to you in connection with the Registration Statement and the offering and sale of the Securities. Without our prior written consent, this
opinion letter may not be relied upon for any other purpose or by any other person except that Akerman LLP may rely on the opinion included
herein for the purposes of delivering its opinion to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement and the offering and sale
of the Securities. Additionally, this opinion may be filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on
Form 8-K and be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and our firm may be referred to under the caption “Legal
Matters” in the Registration Statement provided such reference discloses our limited representation and opinion as to only those
matters described in this letter. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under the Securities Act or the Rules.
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Exhibit 5.5
July 27, 2023
HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as special counsel
to HEICO Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company”), in connection with (i) the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on July 17, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”) of the proposed issuance
and sale from time to time (a) by the Company of Common Stock; Class A Common Stock; preferred stock; debt securities, in one or more
series (the “Debt Securities”), which may be issued pursuant to an indenture to be dated on or about the date of the
first issuance of Debt Securities thereunder, by and between the Company and a trustee to be selected by the Company, in the form attached
as Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement (as defined below), as such indenture may be amended or supplemented from time to time; depositary
shares; warrants; and units consisting of any combination of the foregoing securities (collectively, the “Company Securities”)
and (b) by Decavo LLC, an Oregon limited liability company (“Decavo”), and Engineering Design Team, Inc., an Oregon
corporation (“EDT” and, together with Decavo, the “Oregon Subsidiary Guarantors”), subsidiaries
of the Company, who together with other subsidiaries of the Company comprise the "Subsidiary Guarantors", of guarantees
of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”, and the Guarantees together with the Company Securities, the “Shelf
Securities”), and (ii) the offering and sale of $600,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "5.250% Notes")
and $600,000,000 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the "5.350% Notes" and collectively with the 5.250% Notes, the "Notes")
by the Company and the related guarantees of the Notes by the Subsidiary Guarantors (the "Note Guarantees" and collectively
with the Notes, the "Securities"). The Shelf Securities may be sold from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the
1933 Act. The offering of the Securities will be as set forth in the prospectus dated July 17, 2023, forming a part of the Registration
Statement (the "Base Prospectus"), as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the
"Preliminary Prospectus Supplement") and the final prospectus supplement dated July 19, 2023 (the "Final Prospectus
Supplement").
The Securities will be issued
pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Truist Bank, a North Carolina banking
corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in substantially the same form as the form of indenture attached as Exhibit
4.9 to the Registration Statement, (the “Final Base Indenture”) and the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27,
2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and collectively,
with the Final Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
This opinion is being furnished
in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act.
HEICO Corporation
Opinion of Stoel Rives LLP
July 27, 2023
Page 2 of 3
Documents Reviewed
In connection with this opinion
letter, we have examined the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement,
the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees. In addition, we have examined and relied upon the following:
(i) a certificate from the
Treasurer of Decavo, dated July 27, 2023, certifying as to true and correct copies of (A) the articles of organization of Decavo, dated
as of April 20, 2009, as amended and restated by the amended and restated articles of organization filed by Decavo with the Secretary
of State of the State of Oregon (the “OR SOS”) on March 19, 2019, and as further amended and restated by the amended
and restated articles of organization filed by Decavo with the OR SOS on October 27, 2021; (B) the operating agreement of Decavo; and
(C) the unanimous written consent of the Board of Managers of Decavo effective July 17, 2023; and (D) the incumbency and specimen signature(s)
of the individual(s) authorized to execute and deliver the Indenture on behalf of Decavo;
(ii) a certificate from the
Treasurer of EDT, dated July 27, 2023, certifying as to true and correct copies of (A) the articles of incorporation of EDT, dated as
of December 11, 1987, as filed by EDT with the OR SOS on December 16, 1987, as amended by the Articles of Merger, dated as of December
18, 2008, as filed by EDT with the OR SOS on December 19, 2008; (B) the bylaws of EDT; (C) the unanimous written consent of the Board
of Directors of EDT effective July 17, 2023; and (D) the incumbency and specimen signature(s) of the individual(s) authorized to execute
and deliver the Indenture on behalf of EDT;
(iii) a Certificate of Existence
dated July 13, 2023 issued by the OR SOS attesting to the existence of Decavo in the State of Oregon;
(iv) a Certificate of Existence
dated July 13, 2023 issued by the OR SOS attesting to the existence of EDT in the State of Oregon; and
(v) originals, or copies identified
to our satisfaction as being true copies, of such other records, documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes
of this opinion letter.
Assumptions Underlying Our Opinions
In our examination, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity
of the originals of such copies.
Our Opinions
Based on and subject to the
foregoing and the exclusions, qualifications, limitations and other assumptions set forth in this opinion letter, we are of the opinion
that:
1. Organizational Status.
Decavo is a limited liability company validly existing under the laws of the State of Oregon. EDT is a corporation validly existing under
the laws of the State of Oregon.
2. Power and Authority.
Decavo has the limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including
the Note Guarantees, and guarantee the Notes pursuant to the Indenture. EDT has the corporate power and corporate authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the Note Guarantees, and guarantee the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
HEICO Corporation
Opinion of Stoel Rives LLP
July 27, 2023
Page 3 of 3
Qualifications, Exceptions and Limitations Applicable
to Our Opinions
It is understood that this
opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Note Guarantees while the Registration Statement is effective
under the 1933 Act.
Our opinion is limited to
the laws of the State of Oregon and we do not express any opinion concerning any other laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
we express no opinion with respect to (i) the qualification of the Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any
foreign jurisdiction or (ii) the compliance with any federal or state law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or
issuance thereof.
Please note that we are opining
only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon
currently existing statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in
any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
This opinion letter is to
be construed in accordance with the report by the TriBar Opinion Committee, Third Party “Closing” Opinions, 53 BUS LAW. 592
(Feb. 1998).
Miscellaneous
We consent to your filing
this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K
promulgated under the Securities Act and to reference the firm’s name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Base
Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Final Prospectus Supplement which forms part of the Registration Statement. In giving
this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. Without our prior written consent, this opinion letter may not be relied
upon for any other purpose or by any other person except that Akerman LLP may rely on the opinion included herein for the purpose of delivering
its opinion to the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities.
Very truly yours, |
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Exhibit 99.1
HEICO CORPORATION CLOSES $1.2 BILLION
INVESTMENT GRADE SENIOR NOTES OFFERING
HOLLYWOOD, FL / ACCESSWIRE / July 27, 2023 / HEICO Corporation
(NYSE:HEI.A)(NYSE:HEI) today announced that it closed an offering of $600 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes
due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $600 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.350% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033
Notes”, and together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”).
HEICO intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to
fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Wencor Group (the “Wencor Acquisition”), including related fees
and expenses, and, use any remaining amounts, for general corporate purposes. HEICO temporarily used a portion of the net proceeds to
repay outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit agreement and may invest funds that are not immediately needed for these purposes
in short-term investments, including marketable securities.
Laurans A. Mendelson, HEICO's Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, along
with Co-Presidents, Eric A. Mendelson and Victor H. Mendelson remarked, “HEICO’s excellent performance and credit profile
enabled us to achieve an investment grade rating on our inaugural notes offering, which allows us to efficiently finance a portion of
the Wencor Acquisition.” Carlos L. Macau Jr., HEICO’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, added, “The recent
notes offering has allowed us to diversify our capital structure and position HEICO for continued growth and success. We are committed
to our investment grade rating, and plan to reduce our leverage to historical norms over the next few years.”
Subject to the receipt of customary closing conditions and required
regulatory approvals, the Wencor Acquisition is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2023. If the closing of the Wencor Acquisition
has not occurred on or prior to the earlier of (i) February 14, 2024 (subject to extension to such later date), or (ii) the date the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 15, 2023, including any amendment thereof, is terminated, HEICO will redeem
the 2033 Notes in whole at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued
and unpaid interest on the principal amount of such notes.
Truist Securities, BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, PNC Capital
Markets, TD Securities and Credit Agricole served as joint book-running managers for the offering. King & Spalding LLP served as legal
counsel to the joint book running managers. Akerman LLP served as legal counsel to HEICO.
About HEICO
HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in the design, production, servicing
and distribution of products and services to certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics
industries through its Hollywood, Florida-based Flight Support Group and its Miami, Florida-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO’s
customers include a majority of the world’s airlines and overhaul shops, as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military
agencies worldwide, in addition to medical, telecommunications and electronics equipment manufacturers. For more information about HEICO,
please visit our website at www.heico.com.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or an offer to buy any securities,
nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus
meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking
statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and contingencies, including the successful and timely acquisition of Wencor Group.
HEICO’s actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements as a result of factors
including, but not limited to: the severity, magnitude and duration of public health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic (“Health
Emergencies”); HEICO’s liquidity and the amount and timing of cash generation; lower commercial air travel caused by Health Emergencies
and their aftermath, airline fleet changes or airline purchasing decisions, which could cause lower demand for our goods and services;
product specification costs and requirements, which could cause an increase to our costs to complete contracts; governmental and regulatory
demands, export policies and restrictions, reductions in defense, space or homeland security spending by U.S. and/or foreign customers
or competition from existing and new competitors, which could reduce our sales; our ability to introduce new products and services at
profitable pricing levels, which could reduce our sales or sales growth; product development or manufacturing difficulties, which could
increase our product development and manufacturing costs and delay sales; our ability to make acquisitions, including obtaining any applicable
domestic and/or foreign governmental approvals, and achieve operating synergies from acquired businesses; customer credit risk; interest,
foreign currency exchange and income tax rates; economic conditions, including the effects of inflation, within and outside of the aviation,
defense, space, medical, telecommunications, and electronics industries, which could negatively impact our costs and revenues; and defense
spending or budget cuts, which could reduce our defense-related revenue. With regard to the Wencor Acquisition, regulatory approvals may
delay or otherwise impact the closing of the acquisition, and Wencor’s business may not perform as expected and it may not achieve its
projected proforma adjusted revenue and EBITDA due to the same factors listed above that may affect HEICO’s business. Parties receiving
this material are encouraged to review all of HEICO’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited
to filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. HEICO undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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