Exhibits 4.1 and 1.1
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)
June 25, 2002
Commission file number 1-13163
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina |
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13-3951308 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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(IRS Employer |
of incorporation or organization) |
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Identification No.) |
1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
40213
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(502) 874-8300
Former name or former address, if changed since last report:
N/A
Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
Exhibits are filed herewith in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-42969) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 1998 relating to an
aggregate of $2,000,000,000 of senior debt securities of YUM! Brands, Inc., formerly TRICON Global Restaurants,
Inc. ("YUM! Brands").
Item 7. EXHIBITS
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated June 25, 2002, between YUM! Brands and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as
representative for itself and the other Underwriters named therein.
4.1 Officers' Certificate establishing YUM! Brands' 7.70% Senior Notes due July 1, 2012 as a series of
securities under the Indenture dated as of May 1, 1998 between YUM! Brands and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as
successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago.
4.2 Form of 7.70% Senior Note due July 1, 2012 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
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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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YUM! BRANDS, INC.
(Registrant)
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Date: July 2, 2002 |
/s/ Matthew M. Preston
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
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Exhibit 1.1
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June 25, 2002
YUM! Brands, Inc.
1441 Gardiner Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40213
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We (the "Managers") are acting on behalf of the
underwriter or underwriters (including ourselves) named below (such underwriter or
underwriters being herein called the "Underwriters"), and we understand that YUM! Brands,
Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount ($397,800,000 initial offering price) of its
7.70% Senior Notes due July 1, 2012 (the "Debt Securities").
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or
incorporated by reference herein, the Company hereby agrees to sell and the Underwriters
agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of the Debt Securities
set forth opposite their names at a purchase price of 98.325% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from June 28, 2002:
UNDERWRITER |
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
DEBT SECURITIES |
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Salomon Smith Barney Inc. |
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$ 143,590,000 | |
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
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143,590,000 | |
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc |
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143,590,000 | |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
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30,770,000 | |
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. |
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30,770,000 | |
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. |
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10,255,000 | |
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. |
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10,255,000 | |
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Total |
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$ 400,000,000 |
The Underwriters will pay for the Debt Securities upon
delivery thereof to The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its designated custodian at
10:00 a.m. (New York time) on June 28, 2002, or at such other time, not later than 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on June 28, 2002, as shall be designated by the Managers. The times
and dates of such payments and deliveries are each hereinafter referred to as the "Closing
Date."
The Debt Securities shall have the terms set forth in
the Prospectus dated March 30, 2001, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated
June 25, 2002, including the following:
TERMS OF DEBT SECURITIES:
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Maturity Date: |
July 1, 2012 |
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Interest Rate: |
7.70% |
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Redemption Provisions: |
As set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under "Description of Notes." |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
January 1 and July 1 commencing January 1, 2003 (interest accrues from June 28, 2002). |
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Form and Denominations: |
Global Note registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC.
Beneficial interests in such Global Note will be in denominations of $1,000
and integral multiples thereof. |
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Ranking: |
The Debt Securities will be senior unsecured debt obligations of the
Company issued under the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1998 (the "Indenture"),
by and among the Company, as issuer, and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as
successor trustee (the "Trustee"), and will rank PARI PASSU with all other
senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding. |
All provisions contained in the document entitled YUM!
Brands, Inc. Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities) dated June 25,
2002, a copy of which is attached hereto, are hereby incorporated by reference in their
entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein, except that if any term defined in such
document is otherwise defined herein, the definition set forth herein shall control.
As evidenced by the Company's countersignature of this
Agreement, the Company hereby confirms its engagement of the services of A. G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc. as, and A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to
render services as, a "qualified independent underwriter, "within the meaning of Section
(b)(15) of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., with respect to the offering and sale of the Debt Securities. The Company
agrees promptly to reimburse A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. for all out-of-pocket expenses,
including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with the
services to be rendered hereunder as a "qualified independent underwriter."
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. hereby represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, the Company and the Underwriters that with respect to the offering
and sale of the Debt Securities as described in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement:
- A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. constitutes a "qualified independent underwriter" within the meaning
of Section (b)(15) of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.;
- A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. has participated in the preparation of the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement and has exercised the usual standards of "due diligence" in respect
thereto;
- A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. has undertaken the legal responsibilities and liabilities of an
underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, specifically including those inherent
in Section 11 thereof;
- Based upon (A) a review of the Company, including an examination of the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, information regarding the earnings, assets, capital structure and growth
rate of the Company and other pertinent financial and statistical data, (B) inquiries of and
conferences with the management of the Company and its counsel and independent public
accountants regarding the business and operations of the Company, (C) consideration of the
prospects for the industry in which the Company competes, estimates of the business potential
of the Company, assessments of its management, the general condition of the securities markets,
market prices of the capital stock and debt securities of, and financial and operating data
concerning, companies believed by A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. to be comparable to the Company
with debt securities of maturity and seniority similar to the Debt Securities and the demand
for securities of comparable companies similar to the Debt Securities, and (D) such other
studies, analyses and investigations as A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. has deemed appropriate, and
assuming that the offering and sale of the Debt Securities is made as contemplated herein and
in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. recommends, as of the
date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, that the yield on the Debt Securities be
not less than 7.78%, which minimum yield should in no way be considered or relied upon as an
indication of the value of the Debt Securities; and
- A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. will furnish to the Underwriters at the time of delivery of the Debt
Securities a letter, dated the time of delivery of the Debt Securities, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, to the effect of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. hereby agrees with the Company
and the Underwriters that, as part of its services hereunder, in the event of any
amendment or supplement to either the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, A. G.
Edwards & Sons, Inc. will render services as a "qualified independent underwriter, "in
accordance with Rule 2710 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., as such term is defined in Section (b)(15) of Rule 2720 of the Conduct
Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. with respect to the
offering and sale of the Debt Securities as described in either the Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement, as so amended or supplemented, that are substantially the same as
those services being rendered with respect to the offering and sale of the Debt
Securities as described in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (including those
described above).
In addition, the Company agrees with A. G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc. that the indemnification and contribution provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
Standard Provisions (Debt Securities), which are incorporated herein by reference, shall
also apply to A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. in its capacity as qualified independent
underwriter and that A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., in its capacity as qualified independent
underwriter, may rely upon the truth and accuracy of each representation and warranty
made by the Company in Section 1 thereof. The Company agrees to cooperate with A. G.
Edwards & Sons, Inc. to enable it to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement
and to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., in its capacity
as qualified independent underwriter, each of the opinions, certificates and letters
referred to in Sections 5(b), (c), (e), (f) and (g) of the Underwriting Agreement
Standard Provisions (Debt Securities).
Please confirm your agreement by having an authorized
officer sign a copy of this Agreement in the space set forth below.
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Very truly yours,
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SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC.
By: Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
acting severally on behalf of themselves
and the Underwriters named herein
By: /s/ James Oakes
Name: James Oakes
Title: Managing Director
NOTICE INFORMATION:
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
388 Greenwich Street, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone No.: (212) 816-9276
Facsimile No.: (212) 816-7912
Attention: General Counsel
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.,
As Qualified Independent Underwriter
By: /s/ Patrick G. Doherty
Name: Patrick G. Doherty
Title: Patrick G. Doherty
NOTICE INFORMATION:
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
One North Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63103
Telephone No.: (314) 955-3000
Facsimile No.: (314) 955-3565
Attention: General Counsel
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Accepted:
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
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By: /s/ Denise L. Ramos
Name: Denise L. Ramos
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
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By: /s/ Matthew M. Preston
Name: Matthew M. Preston
Title: Vice President and Associate General Counsel |
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NOTICE INFORMATION:
YUM! Brands, Inc.
1441 Gardiner Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40213
Telephone No.: (502) 874-1000
Facsimile No.: (502) 874-8016
Attention: Matthew M. Preston, Esq.
and Denise L. Ramos
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
STANDARD PROVISIONS
(DEBT SECURITIES)
June 25, 2002
From time to time, YUM! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation (the "Company"), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements that
provide for the sale of designated securities to the several underwriters named therein.
The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such
underwriting agreement (an "Underwriting Agreement"). The Underwriting Agreement,
including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as "this
Agreement. "Terms defined in this Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement including a prospectus, which,
among other things, relates to the Debt Securities and has filed with, or transmitted for
filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for filing to, the
Commission a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") specifically relating to
the Debt Securities pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), and/or a term sheet or an abbreviated term sheet (each, a "Term
Sheet"), pursuant to Rule 434 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Securities Act (the "Securities Act Regulations"), specifically relating to the Debt
Securities. The term Registration Statement means the registration statement as amended
to the date of this Agreement. The term Basic Prospectus means the prospectus included in
the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement was declared effective
by the Commission. The term Prospectus means the Basic Prospectus in the form in which it
has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior
to the date of this Agreement together with the final Prospectus Supplement. The term
preliminary prospectus means a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to
the Debt Securities together with the Basic Prospectus. Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents, financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference therein or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents,
financial statements and schedules filed by the Company with the Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and so incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated therein (such incorporated documents, financial
statements and schedules being herein called the "Incorporated Documents").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement any prospectus, prospectus
supplement, term sheet or abbreviated term sheet prepared or filed with respect to an
offering pursuant to the Registration Statement of a series of securities other than the
Debt Securities shall not be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus.
- REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants to each of the
Underwriters that:
- (i) The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission
and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect nor, to the Company's
knowledge, are any proceedings for such purpose pending before or threatened by the Commission, (ii) as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company met the applicable requirements for use of Form S-3
under the Securities Act with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of $2,000,000,000 in aggregate
public offering price of Debt Securities and (iii) as of its effective date, the Registration Statement met the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(l)(x) under the Securities Act and complied in all material respects with
said Rule.
- (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act
and incorporated or to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complies or will comply, in all material
respects, with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
will comply, in all material respects, with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act") and (iv) the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, do not and will not, as of the date thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company makes no representations and warranties
(l) as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters
expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (2)
as to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of
the Trustee (the "Form T-l") under the Trust Indenture Act.
- Each of the Company and KFC Corporation, Pizza Hut, Inc. and Taco Bell Corp. (each a
"Principal Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its state of incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would
not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock or other securities evidencing equity ownership of each Principal Subsidiary have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned by the Company free
and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance.
- The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has
been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, valid execution,
and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (x) enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) the
laws of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally (whether now or hereafter in effect), (ii) laws limiting rights of
indemnity or contribution, or (iii) equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 6.12 of
the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable; and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus.
- This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the
Company.
- The Debt Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued, executed, and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to and duly paid for in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Prospectus and this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits
of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that (x) enforcement thereof may be limited by (i)
the laws of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or similar laws relating
to or affecting creditors' rights generally (whether now or hereafter in effect), (ii) laws limiting rights of
indemnity or contribution, or (iii) equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 6.12 of
the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable; and the Debt Securities will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
- The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company,
the issuance and sale of the Debt Securities and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement, the Debt Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, will not conflict with or constitute a
breach or violation of or default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, (B) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, which breach or default would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one
enterprise, (C) any statute, law or regulation to which the Company or any of its properties may be subject,
which violation would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (D) any judgment,
order, or decree of any governmental body, agency, or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; and no consent, approval, authorization, or order of or qualification or registration with any
governmental body or agency is, to the Company's knowledge, required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Debt Securities or the Indenture, other than registration thereof under the
Securities Act, qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such registrations or
qualifications as may be necessary under the Blue Sky laws or other securities laws of the various states in
which the Debt Securities may be offered and sold.
- There has not been any material adverse change (or development involving a
prospective material adverse change) in the business, properties, earnings, or financial condition of the Company
and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis from that set forth in the Company's last periodic report filed with
the Commission under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
- There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that is required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and is not so described, or any applicable statute, regulation,
contract, or other document that is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that
is not so described.
- The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Debt Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company," as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
- KPMG LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and
its subsidiaries, are, to the Company's knowledge, independent public accountants as required by the Securities
Act and the Securities Act Regulations.
- PUBLIC OFFERING. The Company is advised by the Manager that the Underwriters propose to make
a public offering of their respective portions of the Debt Securities as soon after this Agreement has been
entered into as in the Manager's judgment is advisable. The terms of the public offering of the Debt Securities
have been provided by the Manager to the Company and are in all material respects completely set forth in the
Prospectus.
- PURCHASE AND DELIVERY. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, payment for the Debt
Securities shall be made by wire transfer, of immediately available funds, by the Underwriters to the order of
the Company, at the time set forth in this Agreement, upon delivery to the Manager for the respective accounts of
the several Underwriters of the Debt Securities, registered in such names and in such denominations as the
Manager shall request in writing not less than two full business days prior to the date of delivery.
- PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii)
the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture
and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the
Debt Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Debt Securities and any certificates for the
Debt Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and
other advisors or agents (including transfer agents and registrars), as well as the fees and disbursements of the
Trustee and its counsel, (v) the qualification of the Debt Securities under state securities laws or the
applicable laws of any foreign jurisdiction in which the Debt Securities are offered in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of any
Blue Sky Survey, and any amendment thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each
preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheet, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the
fees charged by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations for the rating of the Debt Securities, and
(viii) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to the listing of the Debt Securities on any securities
exchange.
- CONDITIONS TO CLOSING. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to
(i) the condition that the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct
(or, with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Section 1 that are not qualified as to
materiality, are true and correct in all material respects) and the Company has complied with all agreements
required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed, and (ii) the following additional
conditions precedent:
- The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the Securities Act Regulations and in
accordance with Section 6(b) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall
have been complied with to the Manager's reasonable satisfaction.
- OPINION OF COUNSEL EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY. On the applicable Closing Date,
the Underwriters shall have received an opinion of Matthew M. Preston, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the
Company, or such other counsel as may be selected by the Company and agreed to by the Manager, dated as of the
applicable Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager to the effect that:
- The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of North Carolina. Each Principal Subsidiary is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.
- The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture and to issue and sell the Debt Securities.
- This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
- The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
- The Debt Securities have been duly authorized by the Company.
- The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the
Company, the issuance and sale of the Debt Securities, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Debt Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, will not
conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of or default (with the passage of time or otherwise)
under (A) the Restated Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, (B) subject to the Company's
compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness
contained therein, any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, which breach or default would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect
on the consolidated financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as
one enterprise, (C) any statute, law or regulation to which the Company or any of its properties may be
subject, or (D) to such counsel's knowledge, after due inquiry, any judgment, order, or decree of any
governmental body, agency, or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
except that such counsel may state that the opinion set forth in clause (C) of this paragraph (vi) is
limited to those statutes, laws or regulations in effect on the date of this opinion which, in such
counsel's experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement
and such counsel expresses no opinion as to the Blue Sky laws or other securities laws of the various
states in which the Debt Securities may be offered and sold.
- No consent, approval, authorization, or order of or qualification or
registration with any court or other governmental body or agency is, to such counsel's knowledge,
required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Debt Securities
or the Indenture, other than such registrations or qualifications as may be necessary under the Blue
Sky laws or other securities laws of the various states in which the Debt Securities may be offered and
sold.
- To such counsel's knowledge after due inquiry, there is no legal or
governmental proceeding pending or threatened, no statute or regulation, and no agreement, instrument,
or other document to which, in any case, the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or by which,
in any case, any of the properties of the Company or its subsidiaries is bound, that is required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or that is required to be filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement, that is not so described or filed.
- Each document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time such document was filed with
the Commission appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that
in each case such counsel need not express an opinion as to the financial statements, schedules and
other financial data included or incorporated by reference in, or excluded from, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company,
counsel employed by the Company, representatives of the independent accountants for the
Company, representatives of the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, at which
the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were
discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and has not made any independent check or
verification thereof, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel's
attention that have led him to believe that the Registration Statement (including the
documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein), at the time
the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29,
2001, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference therein), as of the date of this Agreement and at the Closing
Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel need
express no opinion or belief with respect to (i) the financial statements, schedules and
other financial data included or incorporated by reference in, or excluded from, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or (ii) the Form T-1.
- OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY. On the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have
received an opinion from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, counsel to the Company, dated as of the applicable Closing
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager to the effect that:
- Assuming the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed, and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, valid execution, and delivery by the Trustee,
the Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (x) enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) the
laws of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally (whether now or thereafter in effect), (ii) laws
limiting rights of indemnity or contribution, or (iii) equitable principles of general applicability
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (y) the
waiver contained in Section 6.12 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
- Assuming the Debt Securities have been duly authorized by the
Company, when issued, executed, and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture,
and delivered to and duly paid for in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Prospectus and
this Agreement, the Debt Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that (x) enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) the laws of
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or similar laws relating to
or affecting creditors' rights generally (whether now or hereafter in effect), (ii) laws limiting rights
of indemnity or contribution, or (iii) equitable principles of general applicability (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and (y) the waiver contained
in Section 6.12 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
- The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of
the Debt Securities" and "Description of Notes," insofar as they purport to summarize certain
provisions of the Indenture and the Debt Securities, are in all material respects accurate summaries of
such provisions and, to the extent that such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal
matters, legal proceedings or legal conclusions, are accurate and complete in all material respects.
- The Registration Statement (excluding the documents incorporated, or
deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein), at the time the Registration Statement became
effective, and the Prospectus (excluding the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by
reference therein), as of the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, each appeared on its face
to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Trust Indenture Act, except that in each
case such counsel need not express an opinion as to (i) the documents incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (ii) the financial
statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference in, or excluded
from, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or (ii) the Form T-1.
- The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and
sale of the Debt Securities, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement,
the Debt Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, will not conflict with or constitute a breach
or violation of or default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or (B) subject to the Company's compliance with any applicable
covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained therein, any agreement or
other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is filed as an exhibit to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2001, which breach or default
would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company,
counsel employed by the Company, representatives of the independent accountants of the
Company, representatives of the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, at which
the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were
discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as provided in subparagraphs
(iii) and (iv) above) and have made no independent check or verification thereof, on the
basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel's attention that have led them
to believe that the Registration Statement (excluding the documents incorporated, or
deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein), at the time the Company filed its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus (excluding the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by
reference therein), as of the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, contained
or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel need
express no opinion or belief with respect to (i) the documents incorporated, or deemed to
be incorporated, by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (ii) the
financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by
reference in, or excluded from, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or (iii) the
exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1.
- OPINION OF UNDERWRITERS' COUNSEL. On the applicable Closing Date, the
Underwriters shall have received an opinion from counsel to the Underwriters, dated as of the applicable Closing
Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
- OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. On the applicable Closing Date, the Underwriters shall
have received a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that (i)
the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct (or, with
respect to the representations and warranties contained in Section 1 that are not qualified as to materiality,
true and correct in all material respects) with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of
the date of such certificate and (ii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions
required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date of
such certificate.
- COMFORT LETTER. On the date hereof, the Underwriters shall have received a
letter (an "Auditor's Letter") from KPMG LLP ("KPMG"), or such other independent certified public accountants as
may be selected by the Company (KPMG or such other independent certified public accountants that have certified
the financial statements covered by any applicable Auditor's Letter each, successively, the "Company's
Auditors"), dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters,
containing statements and information of a type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information (including, without
limitation, any pro forma financial statements and pro forma financial information) contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and, if financial statements for any assets, business
or entity acquired by the Company are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, the Underwriters shall have received a similar "comfort letter" from the Company's Auditors, dated as
of the date hereof, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, with respect to such
financial statements and any financial information with respect to such assets, business or entity, as the case
may be, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Without
limitation to the foregoing, the letter delivered by the Company's Auditors shall state that nothing has come to
their attention that caused them to believe that at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of
such letter, there was any change in the outstanding capital stock of the Company or any increase in consolidated
long-term debt of the Company or any decrease in the stockholders' equity of the Company, in each case as
compared with the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or, during the period from the date of such balance sheet
to a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there were any decreases, as
compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated net sales and operating revenues or
net income of the Company, except in each such case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement
and Prospectus or except for such exceptions enumerated in such letter as shall have been agreed to by the
Underwriters and the Company.
- SUBSEQUENT DELIVERY OF COMFORT LETTER. On the applicable Closing Date, the
Underwriters shall have received from each firm of independent public accountants which delivered a letter
pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, to the effect that they
reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, except that the
specified date referred to shall be a date not more than five days prior to the applicable Closing Date.
- OTHER DOCUMENTS. On the applicable Closing Date, counsel to the Underwriters
shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose
of enabling such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of Debt Securities as herein contemplated and related
proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties
or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained.
- COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters
contained herein, the Company covenants as follows:
- NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. The Company will promptly advise the Manager of (i)
the filing and effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement other than by virtue of the Company's
filing any report required to be filed under the Exchange Act and the filing of any supplement to the Prospectus
other than any amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other that the Debt
Securities, (ii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus, or for any additional information from the Company (other than any such request
relating to an offering of securities other than the Debt Securities), (iii) the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of
any Prospectus relating to the Debt Securities or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Debt Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order or notice of suspension of qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as reasonably possible the
withdrawal thereof.
- NOTICE OF CERTAIN PROPOSED FILINGS. During the period from the date of this
Agreement to and including the last Closing Date, at or prior to the filing by the Company of any amendment to
the Registration Statement or of any supplement to the Prospectus (other than any amendment or supplement
relating solely to an offering of securities other than the Debt Securities), or any document the Company is
required to file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish the
Manager and the Underwriters with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a reasonable
amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file any such document to which the Manager shall
reasonably object, unless, in the judgment of the Company or its counsel, such amendment or supplement or other
document is necessary to comply with law. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will promptly cause each
applicable supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with or transmitted for filing with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) or 424(c) under the Securities Act or pursuant to such other rule or regulation of
the Commission as then deemed appropriate by the Company.
- COPIES OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS. The Company will
furnish (in New York) to the Underwriters, without charge, one original signed copy of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits) and all amendments thereto that shall become effective, and as many copies of the
Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements and amendments thereto as the
Underwriters may reasonably request, in each case within a reasonable period of time following the date on which
this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Company and the Manager, or the date on which such document
becomes effective, or the date on which such document is requested by the Underwriters, as applicable.
- REVISIONS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS -- MATERIAL CHANGES. If, at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Debt Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act
by the Underwriters, any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Prospectus would include an
untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for any reason it is necessary to
amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, or the
respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or any other applicable law, the Company will
promptly notify the Underwriters, by telephone or by facsimile (in either case with written confirmation from the
Company by mail), and will promptly prepare and, subject to Section 6(b), cause to be filed with the Commission
the appropriate documents or appropriate amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
as the case may be, and will supply without charge to the Underwriters one copy of a signed copy of any such
amended Registration Statement and will supply without charge to the Underwriters as many copies of any such
amended or supplemented Prospectus as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request.
- COMPLIANCE WITH EXCHANGE ACT. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will comply, in a timely
manner, with all applicable requirements under the Exchange Act relating to the filing with the Commission of the
Company's reports pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, if then applicable, the
Company's proxy statements pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act.
- EARNINGS STATEMENT. The Company will make generally available to its security
holders earnings statements that satisfy the provisions of Section 11 (a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
promulgated thereunder.
- BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will, with such assistance from the
Underwriters as the Company may reasonably request, endeavor to qualify the Debt Securities for offer and sale
under the Blue Sky laws or other securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters shall reasonably
request and will maintain such qualifications for as long as required with respect to the offer, sale, and
distribution of the Debt Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be obligated to register or
qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now subject.
- SUSPENSION PERIOD. During the period from the date of this Agreement to and
including the last Closing Date, the Company shall not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any
debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year after the last Closing Date and which are
substantially similar to the Debt Securities, without the prior written consent of the Manager.
- INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
- The Company agrees to indemnify and hold each Underwriter and each person, if
any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, or liabilities as incurred,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (and actions in respect thereof) arise out of, are based
upon, or are caused by any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of, are based
upon or are caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Company agrees to reimburse each such
indemnified party for any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action as such expenses are incurred;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be liable to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of, are based upon, or are caused by (i) any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon the Form T-1, (ii) any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission included in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Underwriters in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or (iii) any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission in the preliminary prospectus if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission is corrected in the Prospectus and if, having previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company
with copies of such Prospectus, the Underwriters thereafter failed to deliver such Prospectus, prior to or
concurrently with the sale of a Debt Security or Debt Securities to the person asserting such loss, claim,
damage, or liability who purchased such Debt Security or Debt Securities which are the subject thereof from the
Underwriters.
- Each Underwriter severally (and not jointly) agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriters, but only with
respect to such losses, claims, damages, and liabilities (and actions in respect thereof) that arise out of, are
based upon, or are caused by any untrue statement or omission or allegedly untrue statement or omission included
in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter in writing expressly for use in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
- In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be
instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section 7, such person (the "indemnified party") will promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, will retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and will pay the fees
and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party will
have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be borne by the
indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the
retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the indemnifying party (whether or not the indemnifying party was an original named party to such
proceeding) and the indemnified party and such indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there
may be actual or potential conflicts of interest between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
including situations in which there may be one or more legal defenses available to the indemnified party which
are different from, or additional to, those available to the indemnifying party. It is understood that the
indemnifying party will not, in connection with any proceeding or substantially similar or related proceedings in
the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any
local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such reasonable fees and expenses will be reimbursed
as they are incurred. Such firm will be designated in writing by the Manager (in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to the second preceding paragraph) or by the Company (in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to the
first preceding paragraph), as the case may be. The indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement of
any claim, action or proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent, or if
there shall be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party
will, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding in
respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act
by, the indemnified party. Any provision of this paragraph (c) to the contrary notwithstanding, no failure by an
indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party as required hereunder will relieve the indemnifying party from
any liability it may have had to an indemnified party otherwise than under Section 7(a) or (b).
- If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7
is unavailable to an indemnified party or is insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying the
indemnified party thereunder, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of Debt
Securities by the Underwriters, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the offering of Debt Securities by the Underwriters
will be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds received by the Company from the offering
of such Debt Securities bears to the total discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters from the
Company in respect thereof. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the
other, will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied
or to be supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
- The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable
if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to therein. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, and liabilities referred to in
paragraph (d) above will be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Any other provisions of this Section 7 to the contrary notwithstanding (i) no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
applicable Debt Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds
the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Debt
Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations with respect to such securities and not joint.
- The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and will not
limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
- TERMINATION. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the
Company if, at any time prior to the Closing Date, (i) there shall have occurred (A) any material adverse change
(or development involving a prospective material adverse change) in the business, properties, earnings, or
financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (B) any suspension or material limitation
of trading in the Company's capital stock by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE"), or
(C) any decrease by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation with respect to the ratings
of any of the debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any public announcement by any such
organization to the effect that it has placed any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company on what is
commonly termed a "watch list" with negative implications (the events described in the foregoing clauses (A)
through (C) the "Company-Specific Events"), the effect of any of which Company-Specific Events shall have made it
impracticable, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to market such Debt Securities, or (ii) there shall
have occurred (A) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the NYSE or the
establishment of minimum prices on the NYSE, (B) a declaration of a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York by either federal or New York State authorities, or (C) any outbreak or material
escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis (the events described in the
foregoing clauses (A) through (C) the "Market Events"), the effect of any of which Market Events (other than the
Market Event described in Clause (B), which shall not be subject to the following qualification) shall have made
it impracticable, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to market such Debt Securities.
- DEFAULTING UNDERWRITERS. If on the Closing Date any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail
or refuse to purchase Debt Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase on such date, and the aggregate
amount of Debt Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of the Debt Securities to be purchased on such date,
the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the amount of Debt Securities set
forth opposite their respective names above bears to the aggregate amount of Debt Securities set forth opposite
the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Manager may specify, to
purchase the Debt Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date. If on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Debt Securities and the aggregate amount of Debt Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more
than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of Debt Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements
satisfactory to the Manager and the Company for the purchase of such Debt Securities are not made within 36 hours
after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the Manager or the Company shall have the right to postpone
the Closing Date but in no event for longer then seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any
action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any
default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
- SURVIVABILITY. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of
them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any
controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the
Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Debt Securities.
- CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the
Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Debt Securities except as
provided in Sections 4 and 7 hereof; but, if for any other reason (other than a default by the Underwriters under
Section 9 hereof) Debt Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Manager for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by
the Manager, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Debt Securities, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Debt Securities except as provided in Sections 4 and 7
hereof.
- NOTICES. In all dealings hereunder, the Manager shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters of Debt Securities, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement,
request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Manager.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all
communications hereunder will be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
if delivered by hand, mailed via Express Mail, deposited with Federal Express or any
nationally recognized commercial courier service for "next day" delivery, or telecopied
and confirmed in writing (by telecopied facsimile or otherwise) to the respective
addresses or telecopier numbers set forth on the signature page hereto, or to such other
address or telecopier number as either party may hereafter designate to the other in
writing; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7(c)
hereof shall be delivered in a manner provided above to such Underwriter at its address
set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire,
which address will be supplied to the Company by the Manager upon request. Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
- SUCCESSORS; NON-TRANSFERABILITY. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the parties hereto, their respective successors, and the officers, directors, and controlling persons
referred to in Section 7 hereof. No other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. Neither party to
this Agreement may assign its rights hereunder without the written consent of the other parties.
- COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which will
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
- TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time shall be of the essence with respect to this Agreement. As used
herein, "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
- APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York, including without limitation, New York General Obligations Law Section 5-1401.
- HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of
reference only and will not affect the construction of any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Exhibit 4.1
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
Pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3(a) of the
Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between YUM! Brands, Inc. (formerly
TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc.), a North Carolina corporation (the "Company"), and Bank
One Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the "Trustee"), the undersigned, Denise L.
Ramos, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company, and Matthew M. Preston, Vice
President and Associate General Counsel of the Company hereby certify on behalf of the
Company as follows:
- AUTHORIZATION. The establishment of a series of Securities of the Company has been approved
and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors of the Company on September 22, 1997.
- COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. All covenants and conditions precedent
provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of a series of Securities have been complied with.
- TERMS. The terms of the series of Securities established pursuant to this Officers'
Certificate shall be as follows:
- TITLES. The title of the series of Securities is the "7.70% Senior Notes due July 1,
2012" (the "Notes").
- AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture (except for Notes (i) authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11,
3.6, 9.5 or 10.3 of the Indenture or (ii) which, pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Indenture, are deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered) is initially limited to $400,000,000, subject, however to the Company's
right to increase such limit upon the delivery to the trustee of an Officers' Certificate specifying a higher
amount.
- REGISTERED SECURITIES IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM. The Notes will be issued in book-entry form
("Book-Entry Notes") and represented by one or more global notes (the "Global Notes") in fully registered form,
without coupons. The initial Depositary with respect to the Global Notes will be The Depository Trust Company,
New York, New York ("DTC"), as Depositary for the accounts of its participants. So long as the Depositary for a
Global Note, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the Global Note, the Depositary or its nominee, as the
case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes in book-entry form represented by such
Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture. Book-Entry Notes will not be exchangeable for Notes in
definitive form ("Definitive Notes") except that, if the Depositary with respect to any Global Note or Notes is
at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days, the Company will issue Definitive Notes in exchange for the Book-Entry Notes represented
by any such Global Note or Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
not to have a Global Note or Notes, and, in such event, will issue Definitive Notes in exchange for the
Book-Entry Notes represented by such Global Note or Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the
Indenture.
- PERSONS TO WHOM INTEREST PAYABLE. Interest will be payable to the Person in whose
name a Note is registered at the close of business (whether or not a Business Day) on the Regular Record Date
with respect to such Note, except for interest payable on a Note surrendered for redemption as set forth in
paragraph (viii) below.
- STATED MATURITY. The principal amounts of the Notes will be payable on July 1, 2012,
subject to earlier redemption as set forth in paragraph (viii) below.
- RATE OF INTEREST; INTEREST PAYMENT DATES; REGULAR RECORD DATES; ACCRUAL OF INTEREST.
The Notes will bear interest at the rate of 7.70% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable semiannually
in arrears January 1 and July 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on January 1, 2003.
The Regular Record Date shall be December 15 or June 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Notes will bear interest from June 28, 2002, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for until the principal thereof is paid or
made available for payment. Interest payments shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including the
most recent Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and
including June 28, 2002, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with respect to such Note), to but
excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
- PLACE OF PAYMENT; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE; NOTICES TO COMPANY. Payment
of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for such
purpose; provided, 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 register of Securities; and provided,
further, that the Holder of the Notes shall be entitled to receive payments of principal of and interest on the
Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds, if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been
received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.
The Notes may be presented for exchange and registration
of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, or at the office of any transfer agent hereafter designated by the
Company for such purpose. Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Notes and the Indenture may be served at YUM! Brands, Inc., 1441 Gardiner Lane,
Louisville, Kentucky 40213, Attention: Treasurer.
- REDEMPTION. The Notes are not entitled to any mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments. However, the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to
be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined herein) on the
Notes to be redeemed discounted to the date of redemption, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 45 basis points, plus, in each
case accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption; provided, however, that the installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is prior to the relevant Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States
Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such
Notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers (as
defined herein) appointed by the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any
Redemption Date, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical
release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such
release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on
such business day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as
determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third business day
preceding such Redemption Date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Salomon Smith
Barney Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. or their
affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers and their respective
successors and, at the option of the Company, additional Primary Treasury Dealers;
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to any
Note, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof to be redeemed and
interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such
redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an interest payment
date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest
payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such
Redemption Date.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
Redemption Date.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be
redeemed. 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. If less than all of the Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the
Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
- DENOMINATIONS. The Notes are issuable in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof.
- SECURITY REGISTER; PAYING AGENT. The register of Securities for the Notes will be
initially maintained at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
the initial Paying Agent.
- FORM. The Notes will be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto and may have such other terms as are provided in such form.
Capitalized terms used in this Officers' Certificate and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
Each of the undersigned, for himself or herself, states
that he or she has read and is familiar with the provisions of Article Two of the
Indenture relating to the establishment of Securities thereunder and the establishment of
a form of Security representing a series of Securities thereunder and, in each case, the
definitions therein relating thereto; that he or she is generally familiar with the other
provisions of the Indenture and with the affairs of the Company and its acts and
proceedings and that the statements and opinions made by him or her in this Certificate
are based upon such familiarity; and that he or she has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to determine whether or not the
covenants and conditions referred to above have been complied with; and in his or her
opinion, such covenants and conditions have been complied with.
Insofar as this Certificate relates to legal matters it
is based upon the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee contemporaneously herewith
pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Indenture and relating to the Notes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto signed
this Certificate on behalf of the Company as of this 26th day of June, 2002.
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YUM! BRANDS, INC.
By: /s/ Denise L. Ramos
Name: Denise L. Ramos
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
By: /s/ Matthew M. Preston
Name: Matthew M. Preston
Title: Vice President and Associate General Counsel |
EXHIBIT A
Form of Note
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this
certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company,
New York, New York ("DTC") to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or
such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment is
made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of
DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
REGISTERED |
YUM! BRANDS, INC |
REGISTERED |
7.70% SENIOR NOTE DUE July 1, 2012
NO. R- |
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Principal Amount: $
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CUSIP: 988498 AA 9
YUM! Brands, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina (herein referred to as the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture as hereinafter referred to)
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of DOLLARS, on July 1, 2012 and to pay interest thereon from June 28, 2002
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for semiannually in arrears on January 1 and July 1, in each year, commencing on
January 1, 2003 at the rate of 7.70% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined herein),
be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the
December 15 or June 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any
such interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date and may either be paid
to the person in whose name this Note (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 of which shall be given to Holders
of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal and
interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and at any other office
or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, 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 register of Securities; and provided, further, that the
Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive payments of principal of and interest on
this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds, if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to
the applicable payment date.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of
this Note set forth herein, which further provisions shall for all proposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed authenticating agent by manual signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, YUM! Brands, Inc. has caused this
instrument to be signed by the manual signature of its Chairman of the Board, one of its
Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, or the Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.
(SEAL)
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YUM! BRANDS, INC.
By:
Name: Denise L. Ramos
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
ATTEST:
By:
Name: Matthew M. Preston
Title: Assistant Secretary
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Authorized Signatory
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
7.70% SENIOR NOTE DUE July 1, 2012
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of
securities (herein called the "Securities") of the Company (which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), issued and to be
issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Note is one of a series designated by the Company
as its 7.70% Senior Notes due July 1, 2012, initially limited in aggregate principal
amount to $400,000,000.
The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture,
dated as of May 1, 1998 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and Bank One
Trust Company, N.A., as successor Trustee (herein called the "Trustee, "which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The Notes are issuable in registered form, without
coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender
of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where the
Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.
Interest on the Notes shall be calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are not entitled to any mandatory redemption
or sinking fund payments. However, the Notes are redeemable, at the option of the
Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 30 but not more
than 60 days prior notice mailed to DTC, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of
the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined herein) on the Notes discounted to the date
of redemption, on a semiannual basis, at the Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus 45
basis points plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and
accrued interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) is deposited with the Trustee on or
before the Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such
date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes (or such portions thereof) called for
redemption.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States
Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers (as
defined herein) appointed by the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any
Redemption Date, (i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical
release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such
release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on
such business day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, the average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as
determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third business day
preceding such Redemption Date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Salomon Smith
Barney Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. or their
affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers and their respective
successors and, at the option of the Company, additional Primary Treasury Dealers;
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means the remaining
scheduled payments of the principal of and interest on the Notes that would be due after
the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such
Redemption Date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Notes, the amount of
the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of
interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
Redemption Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is prior to the Redemption Date of any Note will be payable to the
Holder of such Note, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Date referred to above, all as provided in the
Indenture.
All notices of redemption shall state the Redemption
Date, the Redemption Price, if fewer than all the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the
particular Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest
on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption will cease to accrue on the
Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption. If
fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Notes for
redemption will be made by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a
new Note or Notes of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
authorized denominations in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless
the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the Company
of this Note shall relate, in the case that this Note is redeemed or to be redeemed by
the Company only in part to that portion of the principal amount of this Note that has
been or is to be redeemed.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable
in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Notes may not
enforce their rights pursuant to the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein
specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities.
The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture
and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of
this Note or, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Eight,
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
The Indenture permits the Company, by irrevocably
depositing, in amounts and maturities sufficient to pay and discharge at the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, the entire indebtedness on all
Outstanding Notes, cash or direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States government, and which are
not subject to prepayment, redemption or call, with the Trustee in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders of all Outstanding Notes, to defease the Indenture with respect to
such Notes, and upon such deposit the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
its entire indebtedness on such Notes. Thereafter, Holders would be able to look only to
such trust fund for payment of principal and interest at the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be. The Indenture also permits, in certain circumstances
therein specified, the Company to be released from certain of its obligations under the
Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions therein provided.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the register
of Securities, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other
offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
No service charge shall be made by the Company, the
Trustee or the Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to
Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.5 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).
Prior to due presentment of this Note 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 Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York of the United States of
America, including without limitation, New York General Obligations Law Sections 5-1401
and 5-1402 and New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 327.
All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were
written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian
- Under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act (State)
(Cust.)
(Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivor- ship and not as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
Please Insert Social Security or Employer
Identification number of assignee
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Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address
Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the
Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the
within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.