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EX-10-h-1

 Exhibit 10-h-1 

CHANGE-IN-CONTROL RETENTION AGREEMENT 

This Agreement is entered into as of [December     , 2008] by and between The Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation
(“Nordson”), and [Name of Executive], an individual (“Employee”). 
 Employee is an executive and key employee of
Nordson and is now serving Nordson as its [Executive’s Title]. Nordson desires to assure itself of continuity of management in the event of any threatened or actual Change in Control, to provide inducements for Employee not to compete
with Nordson, and to assure itself, in the event of any threatened or actual Change in Control, of the continued performance of services by Employee on an objective and impartial basis and without distraction by concern for [his/her] employment
status and security. In order to induce Employee to remain in its employ, Nordson agrees that if Employee’s employment with Nordson is terminated after a Change in Control under certain circumstances as described below, Nordson will pay the
severance benefits set forth in this Agreement.  
 Nordson and Employee agree as follows: 

1. Operation of Agreement. This Agreement will be effective and binding immediately upon the date first set forth above (the “Effective
Date”) but will not be operative unless and until there has been a Change in Control while Employee is in the employ of Nordson. If a Change in Control occurs while Employee is in the employ of Nordson, this Agreement will become immediately
operative and (subject only to the possible undoing of the particular Change in Control, as provided in Section 14 below) will continue in effect in accordance with its terms. 

2. Retention Period. If and when a Change in Control occurs, Nordson will continue to employ Employee and Employee will continue in the employ of
Nordson during the period (the “Retention Period”) that begins on the first date on which a Change in Control occurs (the “Change in Control Date”) and ends at the close of business on the second anniversary of the Change in
Control Date, except that Employee’s employment may be terminated during the Retention Period as provided in Section 5 below. 
 3. Position,
Duties, Responsibilities. At all times during the Retention Period, Employee will: 
 (a) hold the same position with substantially the
same duties and responsibilities as an executive of Nordson as Employee held immediately before the Change in Control, as those duties and responsibilities may be extended from time to time during the Retention Period by Nordson’s Board of
Directors (the “Board”); 
 (b) observe all Nordson policies applicable to Nordson executive personnel; and 

(c) devote [his/her] business time, energy, and talent to the business of and to the furtherance of the purposes and objectives of Nordson to
generally the same extent as Employee so devoted [his/her] business time, energy, and talent before the Change in Control. 

 Nothing in this Agreement will preclude Employee from devoting reasonable periods of time to charitable and
community activities or the management of Employee’s investment assets provided those activities do not materially interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement. 

4. Compensation and Benefits During the Retention Period. During the Retention Period, Employee will be entitled to the same base salary and to the
same or equivalent other elements of total direct compensation opportunity (consisting of, short and long term incentive compensation, equity grants, and executive perquisites) and employee pension and welfare benefits as that afforded to Employee
by Nordson immediately before the Change in Control Date. 
 5. Termination Following a Change in Control. During the Retention Period,
Employee’s employment with Nordson (and the Retention Period) may be terminated only in accordance with one of the subsections of this Section 5. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “Employment Termination Date” means
the last date on which Employee is employed by Nordson. 
 (a) By Nordson for Cause. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment
under this Agreement for “Cause,” effective immediately upon giving notice of termination, if: 
 (i) Employee commits an act of
fraud, embezzlement, theft, or other similar criminal act constituting a felony and involving Nordson’s business, or 
 (ii) Employee
(except by reason of incurring a disability) breaches [his/her] agreement with respect to the time to be devoted to the business of Nordson set forth in Section 3(c) above and fails to cure that breach within 30 days of receipt of written
notice of that breach from the Board. 
 (b) By Nordson without Cause. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment under this
Agreement without Cause at any time, effective immediately upon giving notice of that termination. 
 (c) By Employee for Good Reason.
Subject to compliance with the notice and opportunity for cure requirements set forth at the end of this Section 5(c), Employee may terminate [his/her] employment under this Agreement for “Good Reason” if any of the following
circumstances occurs during the Retention Period without Employee’s express written consent: 
 (i) a reduction in Employee’s base
annual salary from that provided immediately before the Change in Control Date;
 (ii) a failure by Nordson to make available to Employee
compensation plans, employee pension plans, and employee welfare benefit plans (collectively, “Plans”) and other benefits and perquisites that provide opportunities to receive overall compensation and benefits and perquisites at least
equal to the opportunities for overall compensation and benefits and perquisites that were available to Employee immediately before the Change in Control Date; 

  
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 (iii) a change in the location of Employee’s principal place of employment by more than 50
miles from the location where Employee was principally employed immediately before the Change in Control Date; 
 (iv) a significant increase
in the frequency or duration of Employee’s business travel; or
 (v) a material and adverse change in the authorities, powers,
functions, or duties attached to Employee’s position from those authorities, powers, functions, and duties as they existed immediately before the Change in Control Date (but a change in the office or officer to whom Employee reports will not,
in itself, be deemed to be a material adverse change in Employee’s authorities, powers, functions, or duties for these purposes). 

Employee may give notice of termination for Good Reason based on any particular circumstance described in any of (i) through (v) of
this Section 5(c) only if Employee gives notice of that intention (and of the particular circumstance on which the notice is based) not later than 90 days after Employee becomes aware of the existence of that particular circumstance. Any notice
by Employee of termination for Good Reason must specify a date, not earlier than 30 days after the date on which the notice is given, that Employee proposes as [his/her] Employment Termination Date. If Nordson cures the circumstance identified by
Employee in [his/her] notice before the proposed Employment Termination Date, Employee will not be entitled to terminate for Good Reason based upon the cured circumstance and Employee’s notice will be deemed rescinded. If Nordson fails to so
cure before the proposed Employment Termination Date, Employee’s employment will terminate for Good Reason effective on that date. 

(d) By Employee without Good Reason. Employee may terminate [his/her] employment under this Agreement without Good Reason at any time,
effective immediately upon giving of notice of that termination. 
 (e) Upon Death or Retirement. Upon the death or Retirement of
Employee, Employee’s employment under this Agreement will terminate automatically and without further notice, effective as of the date of death or Retirement. For all purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” means Employee’s
termination of employment under the terms of the applicable Nordson retirement plan as in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date. 

(f) Upon Total Disability. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment under this Agreement, effective thirty days after the giving
of notice by Nordson, if Employee suffers a Total Disability. For all purposes of this Agreement, “Total Disability” means a physical or mental impairment, due to accident or illness, that renders Employee permanently incapable of
performing the duties attached to Employee’s position as those duties existed immediately before the Change in Control Date. 

  
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 6. Payments upon Termination. 

(a) Termination for Cause or without Good Reason. If during the Retention Period Nordson terminates Employee’s employment for Cause
or Employee terminates [his/her] employment without Good Reason, Employee will not be entitled to any termination, separation, severance, or similar benefits under this Agreement. 

(b) Termination Upon Employee’s Total Disability, Retirement, or Death. If during the Retention Period Employee’s employment
is terminated as a result of Employee’s Total Disability, Retirement, or death, Employee will be entitled to benefits under and in accordance with Nordson’s disability, retirement, and death benefit (including life insurance policies)
plans and policies as in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date, or benefits equivalent thereto. In addition, Nordson will pay to Employee (or to Employee’s estate in the event of Employee’s death) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus
and a Current Year Pro Rata Bonus. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “Unpaid Prior Year Bonus” means any bonus for the fiscal year ended immediately before the fiscal year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs that
remains unpaid as of the Employment Termination Date (whether or not, under normal practice, that bonus would not be paid until a date later than the Employment Termination Date). 

For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “Current Year Pro Rata Bonus” means (x) an amount calculated on the same date and
in the same manner as Employee’s annual incentive bonus under the bonus plan in effect for the fiscal year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs would have been calculated if Employee’s employment had not been terminated and, to
the extent relevant to that calculation, Employee’s performance through the entire fiscal year had been equal to [his/her] performance during the part of the fiscal year ending on the Employment Termination Date, multiplied by (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the partial fiscal year ending on the Employment Termination Date and the denominator of which is 365. Unless any payment under this Section 6(b) must be postponed by reason of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement): Nordson will pay any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued indefinitely
but not later than March 15 of the year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs; Nordson will pay any Current Year Pro Rata Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued indefinitely
but not later than March 15 of the year immediately after the year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs; and Nordson will pay any other benefits or amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6(b) at the time specified in the
applicable plan. 
 (c) Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. If during the Retention Period Employee’s employment is
terminated by Nordson without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason, Nordson will pay and provide to Employee the following compensation and benefits: 

(i) Accrued Obligations. Nordson will pay to Employee base salary through the Employment Termination Date (at the rate in effect
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Employment Termination Date), any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus, a Pro Rata Current Year Bonus, and all other amounts to which Employee is entitled under any Nordson compensation plan applicable to
Employee that is listed on Exhibit B to this Agreement. Unless any payment under this Section 6(c)(i) must be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement), Nordson will
pay any base salary within five business days of the Employment Termination Date; Nordson will pay any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued indefinitely but not later
than March 15 of the year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs; Nordson will pay any Current Year Pro Rata Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued indefinitely but not later
than March 15 of the year immediately after the year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs; and Nordson will pay any other amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6(c)(i) at the time specified in the applicable compensation
plan. 
 (ii) Severance Payment. Nordson will pay to Employee a severance payment equal to two times the sum of
(x) Employee’s annual base salary (at the rate in effect immediately before the Employment Termination Date) plus (y) Employee’s annual target incentive bonus in effect on the Employment Termination Date. Unless this payment must
be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement), Nordson will pay this amount to Employee within five business days of the Termination Date. 

(iii) Continuing Plan Coverage. For a period of two years following the Employment Termination Date, Nordson will maintain in full force
and continue to provide full benefits to Employee under all life insurance, health (medical and dental), accidental death and dismemberment, pension, and disability plans and programs in which Employee was entitled to participate immediately before
the Employment Termination Date, except that (x) if Employee’s continued participation is not possible under the general terms and provisions of any such plan or program, Nordson will provide Employee with benefits equivalent to those
provided by each such plan and program, and (y) Nordson will not be required to maintain any of these plans and programs, or the equivalent thereof, after Employee has either reached the normal retirement date under the retirement or pension
plan in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date or secured full time employment with another employer that provides benefits to Employee under a comparable plan or program that are at least substantially equal to the benefits provided
by Nordson. To assure compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the timing of the provision of any benefits under this Section 6(c)(iii) will be subject to Section B of Exhibit A to this Agreement if and to the extent any
part of that section is applicable according to its terms. 
 (iv) Lump Sum Payment Based on Additional Two Years of Age and Service under
Pension and Excess Defined Benefit Plans. Nordson will pay to Employee a lump sum amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate actuarial present value, calculated as of the Employment Termination Date, of all amounts payable with respect to
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Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan, and the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan (or equivalent plans) would be increased if Employee had an
additional two years of age and an additional two years of service credit under each of these plans. Unless this payment must be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement),
Nordson will pay this amount to Employee within five business days of the Employment Termination Date. 
 (v) Career Counseling.
Nordson will make available to Employee, at Nordson’s expense, outplacement counseling services. Employee may select the organization that will provide Employee with such services, provided that Nordson will not be required to pay more than
$50,000 for any such services. To assure compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the timing of the provision of any benefits under this Section 6(c)(v) will be subject to Section B of Exhibit A to this Agreement if and
to the extent any part of that section is applicable according to its terms. 
 7. No Set-Off; No Obligation to
Seek Other Employment or to Otherwise Mitigate Damages; No Effect Upon Other Agreements. Nordson’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations under this Agreement will not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other claim whatsoever that Nordson may have against Employee. Employee will not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment
provided for under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise. Except as expressly provided in Section 6(c)(iii) as to continuing coverage of benefit plans, the amount of any payment or benefits provided for under this Agreement
will not be reduced by any compensation or benefits earned by Employee as the result of employment by another employer or otherwise after the Employee’s termination date. Except as provided in Section 15(b), the provisions of this
Agreement will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other agreement between Nordson and Employee, and the benefits provided under this Agreement will be additive to any other benefits promised to Employee under any such other agreement.
Moreover, this Agreement will not operate to negate any other assurances provided to Employee. 
 8. Effect of Disability. If Employee becomes
disabled and [his/her] disability does not rise to the level of a Total Disability during the Retention Period to such an extent that [he/she] is permanently prevented from performing [his/her] duties under this Agreement by reason of physical or
mental incapacity: 
 (a) Employee will be entitled to disability and other benefits at least equal to those that would have been available
to [him/her] had Nordson continued, throughout the period of Employee’s disability, all of its programs, benefits, and policies with respect to disabled employees that were in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date, and 

(b) if Employee recovers from [his/her] disability before the expiration of the Retention Period, [he/she] will be reinstated as an active
employee for the remainder of the Retention Period under and subject to all of the terms of this Agreement including, without limitation, Nordson’s right to terminate Employee with or without Cause under Sections 5(a) and 5(b),
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 9. Confidential Information. Employee will not, at any time after the Effective Date, either directly or
indirectly, disclose or make known to any person, firm, or corporation any confidential information, trade secret, or proprietary information of Nordson that Employee may have acquired before the Effective Date or may acquire after the Effective
Date in the performance of Employee’s duties as an employee of Nordson. Upon the termination of Employee’s employment with Nordson, Employee will deliver forthwith to Nordson any and all literature, documents, correspondence, and other
materials and records furnished to or acquired by Employee during the course of [his/her] employment. 
 10. Noncompetition. During the Retention
Period Employee will not act as a proprietor, investor, director, officer, employee, substantial stockholder, consultant, or partner in any business engaged to a material extent in direct competition with Nordson in any market in any line of
business engaged in by Nordson during the Retention Period. 
 11. Costs of Enforcement. Nordson will pay and be solely responsible for any and all
costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Employee in seeking to enforce Nordson’s obligations under this Agreement unless and to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that Nordson was relieved of those
obligations because: 
 (a) Nordson terminated Employee’s employment for Cause, 

(b) Employee voluntarily terminated [his/her] employment other than for Good Reason, or 

(c) Employee materially and willfully breached [his/her] agreement not to compete with Nordson or [his/her] agreement with respect to
confidential information and that breach directly caused substantial and demonstrable damage to Nordson. 
 Nordson will forthwith pay directly or reimburse
Employee for any and all such costs and expenses upon presentation from time to time by Employee or by counsel selected by Employee of a statement or statements prepared by Employee or by that counsel of the amount of such costs and expenses. If and
to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction renders a final binding judgment determining that Nordson was relieved of its obligations for any of the reasons set forth in (a), (b) or (c) above, Employee will repay the amount of those
payments or reimbursements to Nordson. In addition to the payment and reimbursement of expenses of enforcement provided for in this Section 11, Nordson will pay to Employee in cash, as and when Nordson makes any payment on behalf of, or
reimbursement to, Employee, an additional amount sufficient to pay all federal, state, and local taxes (whether income taxes or other taxes) incurred by Employee as a result of (x) payment of the expense or receipt of the reimbursement, and
(y) receipt of the additional cash payment. Nordson will also pay to Employee interest (calculated at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate from time to time in effect, compounded monthly) on any payments or benefits that are paid or provided to
Employee later than the date on which due under the terms of this Agreement. To assure compliance with Section 409A, Nordson will make any payments to or on behalf of Employee that are required under this Section 11 subject to and as
provided in Section B of Exhibit A to this Agreement. 
 12. Tax Provisions Regarding Gross-Ups and Compliance with Section 409A a Part of this
Agreement. All of the provisions of Exhibit A to this Agreement, captioned “Tax Provision Exhibit – 280G Gross-Up, Compliance with Section 409A, and 409A Gross-Up” will apply as between Nordson and Employee as fully if those
provisions had been written directly into the body of this Agreement. 

  
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 13. “Change in Control” Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control will have
occurred if at any time any of the following events occurs: 
 (a) a report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form, or report), each as promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, disclosing that any “person” (as the term “person” is used in
Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) is or has become a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Nordson representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of Nordson’s then
outstanding securities; 
 (b) Nordson files a report or proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
disclosing that a Change in Control of Nordson has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future pursuant to any then-existing contract or transaction; 

(c) Nordson is merged or consolidated with another corporation and, as a result thereof, securities representing less than 50% of the combined
voting power of the surviving or resulting corporation’s securities (or of the securities of a parent corporation in case of a merger in which the surviving or resulting corporation becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent corporation)
are owned in the aggregate by holders of Nordson’s securities immediately before such merger or consolidation; 
 (d) all or
substantially all of the assets of Nordson are sold in a single transaction or a series of related transactions to a single purchaser or a group of affiliated purchasers; or 

(e) during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals who were Directors of Nordson at the beginning of the period cease to constitute at
least a majority of the Board unless the election, or nomination for election by Nordson’s shareholders, of more than one half of any new Directors of Nordson was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors of Nordson then still
in office who were Directors of Nordson at the beginning of the 24 month period. 
 14. Possible Undoing of a Change in Control and Its Effect on this
Agreement. If a Change in Control as defined in Section 13(a) occurs while Employee is in the employ of Nordson with the result (as provided in Section 1) that this Agreement becomes operative and, thereafter, on any later date, all
three of the following conditions are satisfied: 
 (a) the acquiring person has transferred or otherwise disposed of sufficient securities
of Nordson in one or more transactions, to a person or persons other than affiliates of the acquiring person or any persons with whom the acquiring person has agreed to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of
securities of Nordson, so that, after the transfer or other disposition, the acquiring person is no longer the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Nordson representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of Nordson’s
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 (b) no other event constituting a Change in Control had occurred; and 

(c) Employee’s employment with Nordson has not been terminated by Nordson without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason; 

then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the filing of the report constituting a Change in Control under Section 13(a) will be treated as if it had not
occurred and this Agreement will return to the status it had immediately before the filing of the report constituting a Change in Control under Section 13(a). Accordingly, if and when a subsequent Change in Control occurs, this Agreement will
again become operative on the date of that subsequent Change in Control. 
 15. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Employee Rights. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement creates any right or duty on the part of Nordson or Employee to have
Employee remain in the employ of Nordson before any Change in Control and Employee will have no rights under this Agreement if [his/her] employment with Nordson is terminated for any reason or for no reason before any Change in Control. Nothing
expressed or implied in this Agreement creates any duty on the part of Nordson to continue in effect, or continue to provide to Employee, any plan or benefit unless and until a Change in Control occurs. If, before a Change in Control, Nordson ceases
to provide any plan or benefit to Employee, nothing in this Agreement will be construed to require Nordson to reinstitute that plan or benefit to Employee upon the later occurrence of a Change in Control. 

(b) Prior Employment Agreement Superseded. Nordson and Employee intend that this Agreement will supersede and replace the Employment
Agreement between Nordson and Employee dated                      (the “Prior Employment Agreement”). As of the Effective Date, the Prior
Employment Agreement will cease to be of any force or effect. 
 (c) Notices. All communications provided for in this Agreement are to
be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or when mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to Nordson (Attention: Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary) at its principal executive office and to Employee at [his/her] principal residence, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance with this Section 15(c), except that notices of
change of address will be effective only upon receipt. 
 (d) Assignment, Binding Effect. 

(i) This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of Nordson and Nordson’s successors and assigns. Nordson will
require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and or assets of Nordson, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Employee, to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that Nordson would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. 

  
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 (ii) This Agreement will be binding upon Employee and this Agreement and all rights of Employee
under this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Employee and [his/her] personal or legal representatives, executors, or administrators. No right, benefit, or interest of Employee under this Agreement will be subject to
assignment, anticipation, alienation, sale, encumbrance, charge, pledge, hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy, or similar process; except that Employee may assign any right, benefit, or interest under this Agreement if that assignment is
permitted under the terms of any plan or policy of insurance or annuity contract governing the right, benefit, or interest. 
 (e) Invalid
Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable will be ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of the prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions of this Agreement and
all remaining portions of this Agreement will continue to be in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties will negotiate in good faith to replace that provision with another
provision that will be valid and enforceable and that is as close as practicable to the provision held invalid or unenforceable. 
 (f)
Modification. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing, specifically referring to this agreement, and signed by both parties. 

(g) Waiver of Breach. The failure at any time of a party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to require performance by
the other party of any of the provisions of this Agreement will not be construed to be a waiver of those provisions or to affect either the validity of this Agreement or any part of this Agreement or the right of either party thereafter to enforce
each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. 
 (h) Governing Law. This Agreement has been made in and is
to be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio applicable to contracts made in and to be performed entirely within that state. 

(i) Employment by Subsidiary. If the recitals to this Agreement indicate that as of the Effective Date Employee is employed by a
subsidiary of Nordson, all references to continued employment of Employee by Nordson are to be construed as references to continued employment of Employee by the subsidiary and any termination of Employee’s employment with the subsidiary are to
be construed as termination of Employee’s employment with Nordson. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to a Change in Control are to changes in control of Nordson, not of the subsidiary and all references to the Board are to the Board of
Directors of Nordson, not of the subsidiary. 

  
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 In witness whereof, Nordson and Employee have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

  

									
	Nordson Corporation	 		 	Employee
				
	By:	 	  
	 		 	  

				
	Title:	 	  
	 		 	[EMPLOYEE’S NAME]

  
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 EXHIBIT A: 

Tax Provision Exhibit – 280G Gross-Up, Compliance 

with Section 409A, and 409A Gross-Up 

A. Gross-Up of Payments Deemed to be Excess Parachute Payments.  

A.1 Acknowledgement; Determination by Accounting Firm. Nordson and Employee acknowledge that, following a change in ownership or control (as that term
is defined in the Treasury Regulations published under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code), one or more payments or distributions to be made by Nordson or an affiliated entity to or for the benefit of Employee (whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached, under some other plan, agreement, or arrangement, or otherwise) (a “Payment”) may be determined to be an “excess parachute
payment” that is not deductible by Nordson or any affiliated entity for Federal income tax purposes and with respect to which Employee will be subject to an excise tax because of Sections 280G and 4999, respectively, of the Internal Revenue
Code. If a change in ownership or control occurs, either Employee or Nordson may direct the Accounting Firm, which, subject to any inconsistent position asserted by the Internal Revenue Service, will make all determinations required to be made under
this Section A, to determine whether any Payment will be an excess parachute payment and to communicate its determination, together with detailed supporting calculations, to Nordson and to Employee within 30 days after its receipt of the
direction from Employee or Nordson, as the case may be. Nordson and Employee will cooperate with each other and the Accounting Firm and will provide necessary information so that the Accounting Firm may make all such determinations. 

A.2 Gross-Up Payments. If the Accounting Firm determines that any Payment gives rise, directly or indirectly, to liability on the part of Employee for
excise tax under Section 4999 (and/or any penalties and/or interest with respect to any such excise tax), Nordson will make additional cash payments (each, a “Gross-Up Payment”) to Employee, from time to time in such amounts as are
necessary to put Employee in the same position, after payment of all federal, state, and local taxes (whether income taxes, excise taxes under Section 4999 or otherwise, or other taxes) and any and all penalties and interest with respect to any
such excise tax, as Employee would have been in after payment of all federal, state, and local income taxes if the Payments had not given rise to an excise tax under Section 4999 and no such penalties or interest had been imposed.
Nordson’s obligation to make Gross-Up Payments under this Section A is not contingent on termination of Employee’s employment with Nordson. Nordson will make each Gross-Up Payment to Employee within 30 days of the time that the related
Payment constituting an excess parachute payment is paid or provided to Employee. 
 A.3 Further Gross-Up Payments as Determined by the IRS. If the
Internal Revenue Service determines that any Payment gives rise, directly or indirectly, to liability on the part of Employee for excise tax under Section 4999 (and/or any penalties and/or interest with respect to any such excise tax) in excess
of the amount, if any, previously determined by the Accounting Firm, Nordson will make further Goss-Up Payments to Employee in cash and in such amounts as are necessary to put Employee in the same position, after payment of all federal, state, and
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any and all penalties and interest with respect to any such excise tax, as Employee would have been in after payment of all federal, state, and local income taxes if the Payments had not given
rise to an excise tax under Section 4999 and no such penalties or interest had been imposed. Nordson will make any additional Gross-Up Payments required by this Section A.3 not later than the due date of any payment indicated by the Internal
Revenue Service with respect to the underlying matters to which the additional Gross-Up Payment relates. 
 A.4 Contest of IRS Determination by
Nordson. If Nordson desires to contest any determination by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the amount of excise tax under Section 4999, Employee will, upon receipt from Nordson of an unconditional written undertaking to
indemnify and hold Employee harmless (on an after tax basis) from any and all adverse consequences that might arise from the contesting of that determination, cooperate with Nordson in that contest at Nordson’s sole expense. Nothing in this
Section A will require Employee to incur any expense other than expenses with respect to which Nordson has paid to Employee sufficient sums so that after the payment of the expense by Employee and taking into account the payment by Nordson with
respect to that expense and any and all taxes that may be imposed upon Employee as a result of [his/her] receipt of that payment, the net effect is no cost to Employee. Nothing in this Section A will require Employee to extend the statute of
limitations with respect to any item or issue in [his/her] tax returns other than, exclusively, the excise tax under Section 4999. If, as the result of the contest of any assertion by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to excise tax
under Section 4999, Employee receives a refund of a Section 4999 excise tax previously paid and/or any interest with respect thereto, Employee will promptly pay to Nordson such amount as will leave Employee, net of the repayment and all
tax effects, in the same position, after all taxes and interest, that [he/she] would have been in if the refunded excise tax had never been paid. To assure compliance with Section 409A, Nordson will make payments to Employee with respect to
expenses as contemplated in this Section A.4 subject to and as provided in Sections B.1 and B.2. 
 A.5 Accounting Firm Fees and Expenses. Nordson
will bear and pay all fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm for services performed pursuant to this Section A that are incurred at any time from the Effective Date through the tenth anniversary of Employee’s death (“Applicable Fees and
Expenses”). To assure compliance with Section 409A, Nordson will pay any Applicable Fees and Expenses subject to and as provided in Sections B.1 and B.2. 

B. Compliance with Section 409A and 409A Gross Up. 

B.1 Six Month Delay on Certain Payments, Benefits, and Reimbursements. If Employee is a “specified employee” for purposes of
Section 409A, as determined under Nordson’s policy for determining specified employees on the Employment Termination Date, each payment, benefit, or reimbursement paid or provided under this Agreement that constitutes a “deferral of
compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, that is to be paid or provided as a result of a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and that would otherwise be paid or provided at any time (a
“Scheduled Time”) that is on or before the date that is exactly six months after the Employment Termination Date (other than payments, benefits, or reimbursements that are treated as separation pay under Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of
the Treasury Regulations) will not be paid or provided at the Scheduled Time but will be accumulated (together with interest at the applicable federal rate under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code in effect on the Termination Date) through the
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Employment Termination Date and will be paid or provided to Employee during the period of 30 consecutive days that starts exactly six months and one day after the Employment Termination Date,
except that if Employee dies before the end of six months after the Employment Termination Date, the payments, benefits, or reimbursements will be accumulated only through the date of [his/her] death and will be paid or provided not later than 30
days after the date of death. 
 B.2 Additional Limitations on Reimbursements and In-Kind Benefits. The reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits
provided under any section of this Agreement that are taxable benefits (and that are not disability pay or death benefit plans within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) are intended to comply, to the maximum extent possible, with the
exception to Section 409A set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations. To the extent that any reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits provided under any section of this Agreement either do not qualify for that
exception, or are provided beyond the applicable time periods set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, then they will be subject to the following additional rules: (a) any reimbursement of eligible expenses will
be paid within 30 days following Employee’s written request for reimbursement; provided that Employee provides written notice no later than 60 days before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was
incurred so that Nordson can make the reimbursement within the time periods required by Section 409A; (b) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during any calendar year will not affect the amount
of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, during any other calendar year; and (c) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit. 

B.3 Compliance Generally. Nordson and Employee intend that the payments and benefits provided under the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached
will either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A. The Agreement is to be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects that intent and Nordson will not take any action that is
inconsistent with that intent. Without limiting the foregoing, the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement may not be deferred, accelerated, extended, paid out, or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional
tax under Section 409A upon Employee. 
 B.4 Section 409A Gross-Up. If, notwithstanding the efforts of the parties to comply with
Section 409A, Employee is subject to any excise tax under Section 409A, Nordson will make additional payments (“409A Gross-Up Payments”) to Employee so that after taking into account any such additional tax and any related
interest and/or penalties and the 409A Gross-Up Payments, Employee will be in the same position as if no excise tax under Section 409A and no related interest or penalties had been imposed upon [him/her] pursuant to Section 409A. The
Accounting Firm will have the same general duties with respect to the determination of the amount of any Section 409A Gross-Up Payments as it has with respect to the determination of Gross-Up Payments with respect to Section 4999 under
Section A above and the parties will follow procedures in connection with the determination and payment of any Section 409A Gross-Up Payments that are similar to those specified in Section A above in connection with the determination
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 B.4 Termination of Employment to Constitute a Separation from Service. The parties intend that the phrase
“termination of employment” and words and phrases of similar import mean a “separation from service” with Nordson within the meaning of Section 409A. Employee and Nordson will take all steps necessary (including taking into
account this Section B.4 when considering any further agreement regarding provision of services by Employee to Nordson after the Employment Termination Date) to ensure that (a) any termination of employment under this Agreement constitutes a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and (b) the Employment Termination Date is the date on which Employee experiences a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. 

C. Definitions. 
 C.1 Accounting Firm. The
term “Accounting Firm” means the independent auditors of Nordson for the fiscal year immediately preceding the earlier of (a) the year in which the Termination Date occurred, or (b) the year, if any, in which occurred the first
Change of Control occurring after the Effective Date, and that firm’s successor or successors; unless that firm is unable or unwilling to serve and perform in the capacity contemplated by this Agreement, in which case Nordson must select
another accounting firm that (i) is of recognized regional or national standing and (ii) is not then the independent auditors for Nordson or any affiliated corporation. 

C.2 Sections 280G, 409A, and 4999. Each of the terms “Section 280G,” “Section 409A,” and “Section 4999,” respectively,
means that numbered section of the Internal Revenue Code. References in the Agreement to any of these sections are intended to include any proposed, temporary, or final regulations, or any other guidance, promulgated with respect to that specific
section by the U.S. Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B: 

Compensation and Employment Benefit Plans 
  

	1.	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2004 Management Incentive Compensation Plan 

  

	2.	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2004 Long-Term Performance Plan 

  

	3.	The Nordson Corporation Salaried Employees Pension Plan 

  

	4.	The Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan 

  

	5.	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan 

  

	6.	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan 

  

	7.	The Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Benefit Plan 

  

	8.	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Benefit Plan 

  

	9.	The Amended and Restated 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Defined Contribution) 

  

	10.	The Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan 

  

	11.	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan 

  

	12.	The Amended and Restated 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit) 

  

	11.	The Nordson Corporation Employees’ Savings Trust Plan (NEST) 

  

	12.	The Nordson Corporation Salaried Employees’ Health Care Plan 

  

	13.	The Nordson Corporation Prescription Drug and Dental Plans 

  

	14.	The Nordson Corporation Short Term and Long Term Disability Plans 

  

	15.	The Nordson Corporation Group Life Insurance Plan-Salaried 

  

	16.	The Nordson Corporation Group Travel Accident Plan 

  

	17.	Nordson Corporation’s Car Allowance Plan 

  

	18.	Nordson Corporation’s policy of reimbursement for club dues, airline travel clubs, and the like 

  

	19.	Nordson Corporation’s policies regarding vacation, holidays, and paid time off.Exhibit 4.2

EXHIBITS 4.2 AND 4.3

INGRAM MICRO INC.

 

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 2.02 AND 11.04 OF THE INDENTURE

 

December 15, 2014

The undersigned, William D. Humes , hereby certifies that he is the Chief Financial Officer of Ingram Micro Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and authorized, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company effective as of November 10, 2014 (the “Resolutions”) and the Certificate of the Pricing Officer of the Company dated December 10, 2014 (the “Pricing Officer’s Certificate”), and in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 11.04 of the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated as of August 10, 2012 between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), to make the representations and certifications below on behalf of the Company:

 

1.           Attached hereto as Annex A is a true and correct copy of a specimen note (the “Form of Note”) representing the Company’s 4.950% Notes Due 2024 (the “Notes”).  The Notes are a separate Series of Securities under the Indenture.

 

The Company is issuing initially $500 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.  The Company may issue additional Notes from time to time after the date hereof, in which case any additional Notes so issued shall have identical terms as the Notes previously issued (other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price), and such additional Notes will be treated as a single Series with the previously issued Notes for all purposes under the Indenture; provided, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes issued hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.

2.           The Form of Note sets forth certain of the terms required to be set forth in this certificate pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture, and said terms are incorporated herein by reference.  The Notes were offered at an initial public offering price of 99.649% of the principal amount thereof.

3.           The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain ratings-based events as set forth in the Notes under “Interest Rate Adjustment.”

 

4.           In lieu of the provisions set forth in Article 3 of the Indenture, the following redemption and prepayment terms shall apply to the Notes:

 

“Section 3.01       Procedures for Notice of Optional Redemption and

 

  

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Selection of Notes.

 

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for the redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 (the “Optional Redemption Date”) (or such shorter period as the Trustee in its sole discretion may allow), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in Section 3.05 of this Indenture.

 

If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select, not more than 60 days before the redemption date, the particular Notes or portions thereof for redemption from the outstanding Notes not previously called by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.  The Trustee may select for redemption or repurchase portions of the principal of Notes that have denominations larger than $1,000.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  Notes and portions of them selected shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or repurchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or repurchase.

 

Section 3.02         Notes Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder, at the expense of the Company, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

 

No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part.

 

Section 3.03         Optional Redemption.

 

The Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if an interest payment date occurs before a redemption), at its option, at a redemption price (the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to:

 

	
  

	
a)

	
if the Optional Redemption Date is before September 15, 2024, the greater of:

 

(i)           100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including the Optional Redemption Date, or

 

(ii)           the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be

 

  

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redeemed (not including any portion of those payments in interest accrued as of the Optional Redemption Date) discounted to the Optional Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the Optional Redemption Date; provided that the principal amount of a Note remaining outstanding after redemption in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

	
  

	
b)

	
if Optional Redemption Date is on or after September 15, 2024, 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the Optional Redemption Date; provided that the principal amount of a Note remaining outstanding after redemption in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Calculation of the foregoing shall be made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided, however, that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 

Section 3.04         Notice of Redemption.

 

Holders of Notes to be redeemed as provided in Section 3.03 will receive notice thereof by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days before the Optional Redemption Date.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

	
  

	
(1)

	
the Optional Redemption Date;

 

	
  

	
(2)

	
the Optional Redemption Price;

 

	
  

	
(3)

	
the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

	
  

	
(4)

	
that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Optional Redemption Price;

 

	
  

	
(5)

	
that interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Optional Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the Optional Redemption Price of and accrued interest on;

 

	
  

	
(6)

	
the CUSIP number, if any; and

 

	
  

	
(7)

	
any other information as may be required by the terms of the Notes being redeemed.

 

At the Company’s request, and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 11.04 hereof, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

 

  

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Section 3.05          Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Optional Redemption Date at the Optional Redemption Price.  A notice of redemption may not be conditional.

 

Section 3.06          Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

On or before the Optional Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price of all Notes to be redeemed on that date.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Optional Redemption Price of all Notes to be redeemed.

 

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the Optional Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption, and, other than the right to receive the Optional Redemption Price of the Notes, all rights under the Notes to be redeemed shall terminate.  If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Optional Redemption Date, until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.  If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date.

 

Section 3.07          Redemption for Tax Reasons.

 

If a Permitted Merger Transaction occurs and, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, any law, treaty, regulations or rulings of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in, or amendment to, the application, administration or interpretation of such law, treaty, regulations or rulings (including pursuant to a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of the Permitted Merger Transaction, the surviving entity has become, is, or, on the next interest payment date, will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes as described in Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture, the surviving entity may at any time at its option redeem, in whole, but not in part, the Notes on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest which will become due on those Notes to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption and all Additional Amount, if any, then due.”

 

5.            In addition to the covenants set forth in Article 4 of the Indenture, the Notes shall include the following additional covenants.  Such additional covenants set forth

 

  

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 in Sections 4.08 and 4.10 below shall be subject to covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 8.03 of the Indenture, and the exception with respect to payment of transfer taxes or similar governmental charges set forth in the parenthetical clause in Section 2.04(h)(2) of the Indenture shall apply to exchange or transfer pursuant to Section 4.09:

 

“Section 4.08        Liens.

 

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or incur any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of any Subsidiary or any Principal Property of the Company or of any Subsidiary, whether those shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of any Subsidiary or Principal Property are owned at the date of this Indenture or acquired afterwards, unless the Company secures or causes the applicable Subsidiary to secure the Notes outstanding under this Indenture equally and ratably with (or, at the Company’s option, prior to) all Indebtedness secured by the particular Lien, so long as the Indebtedness is so secured. This covenant does not apply in the case of:

 

(1)           the creation of any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property acquired after the date of this Indenture (including acquisitions by way of merger or consolidation) by the Company or any Subsidiary, contemporaneously with that acquisition, or within 180 days thereafter, to secure or provide for the payment or financing of any part of the purchase price, or the assumption of any Lien upon any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property acquired after the date of this Indenture existing at the time of the acquisition, or the acquisition of any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property subject to any Lien without the assumption of that Lien, provided that every Lien referred to in this clause (a) will attach only to the shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property so acquired and fixed improvements on that Principal Property;

 

(2)           any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property existing on the date of this Indenture;

 

(3)           any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(4)           any Lien on any Principal Property being constructed or improved securing loans to finance the construction or improvements of that Principal Property;

 

(5)           any Lien on shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property incurred in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt governmental obligations,

 

  

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including, without limitation, industrial revenue bonds and similar financings;

 

(6)           any mechanics’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, carriers’ or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith;

 

(7)           any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent, or already delinquent but the validity of which is being contested in good faith;

 

(8)           any Lien on any shares of stock, Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property arising in connection with legal proceedings being contested in good faith, including any judgment Lien so long as execution on the Lien is stayed;

 

(9)           any landlord’s Lien on fixtures located on premises leased by the Company or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and tenants’ rights under leases, easements and similar Liens not materially impairing the use or value of the property involved;

 

(10)         any Lien arising by reason of deposits necessary to qualify the Company or a Subsidiary to conduct business, maintain self-insurance, or obtain the benefit of, or comply with, any law, including Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits, or to secure performance of statutory obligations, leases and contracts (other than for borrowed money) entered into in the ordinary course of business or to secure obligation on surety or appeal bonds;

 

(11)         any Lien on the Company’s current assets to secure loans to the Company that mature within twelve months from their creation and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(12)         any Lien incurred in the normal course of business in connection with bankers’ acceptance financing or used in the ordinary course of trade practices, statutory lessor and vendor privilege liens and liens in connection with good faith bids, tenders and deposits;

 

(13)         any Lien in favor of any bank on property or assets held in the ordinary course of business in accounts maintained with such bank in connection with treasury, depositary and cash management services or automated clearing house transfers of funds;

 

(14)         any Lien on all goods held for sale on consignment;

 

(15)         any Lien under any agreement for the sale of trade accounts

 

  

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receivable (or an undivided interest in a specified amount of such trade accounts receivable) and granted to a purchaser or any assignee of such purchaser which has financed the relevant purchase of trade accounts;

 

(16)         any Lien on trade accounts receivable or interests therein of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any accounts receivable securitization program (including any accounts receivable securitization program structured as such that remains on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and on any related property that would ordinarily be subject to a Lien in connection therewith such as proceeds and records;

 

(17)         any Lien created by a lease, which under GAAP as in effect as of the date of this Indenture would be characterized as an operating lease, whether entered into before or after the date of this Indenture; and

 

(18)         any renewal of or substitution for any Lien permitted by any of the preceding clauses, provided, in the case of a Lien permitted under clauses (1), (2) or (4), that the Indebtedness secured is not increased nor the Lien extended to any additional assets.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 4.08(a), the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may create or assume Liens in addition to those permitted by Section 4.08(a), and renew, extend or replace those Liens, without equally and ratably securing the Notes outstanding under this Indenture, provided that at the time of and after giving effect to the creation, assumption, renewal, extension or replacement, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets of the Company measured at the date of incurrence of the Lien.

 

Section 4.09      Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

(a)           Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (the date of such occurrence, the “Change of Control Date”), unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem under Section 3.03, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of Notes to purchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if an interest payment date occurs before a purchase date) (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”), pursuant to and in accordance with the offer described in this Section 4.09 (the “Change of Control Offer”); provided that after giving effect to the purchase, any Notes that remain outstanding shall have a denomination of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 above that amount.

 

  

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(b)           Within 30 days following the Change of Control Date, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, except to the extent that the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes as described under Section 3.03, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to purchase Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (other than as may be required by law) (such date, the “Change of Control Payment Date”).  The notice will, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice.

 

(c)           On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1)           Accept for payment all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer;

 

(2)           Deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; and

 

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

 

(d)           Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Notes to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(e)           The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Triggering Event.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the terms described in the Notes, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.09 by virtue thereof.

 

(f)           The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for a Change of Control Offer by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not

 

  

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withdrawn under its offer.  The Company shall not purchase any Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under this Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the change of control payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

(g)           If Holders of not less than 95% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this Section 4.09 and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.09(f), purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company may, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if an interest payment date occurs before a redemption date).

 

Section 4.10          Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

 

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, except to the Company or to a Subsidiary, any Principal Property as an entirety, or any substantial portion of the Company’s Principal Property, with the intention of taking back a lease of such Principal Property, except a lease for a period of three years or less at the end of which it is intended that the use of that Principal Property by the lessee will be discontinued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary may sell any Principal Property and lease it back for a longer period:

 

(1)           if the Company or such applicable Subsidiary would be entitled pursuant to Section 4.08(a) to create a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased securing Funded Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to the sale and lease-back transaction without equally and ratably securing the outstanding Notes;

 

(2)           if the Company promptly informs the Trustee of the transaction, and the Company causes an amount equal to the fair value (as determined by resolution of its Board of Directors) of the Principal Property to be applied (i) to the purchase of other Principal Property that will constitute Principal Property having a fair value at least equal to the fair value of the Principal Property sold, or (ii) to the retirement within 270 days after receipt of the proceeds of Funded Debt incurred or assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary, including the Notes; provided, further that, in lieu of applying all of or any part of such net proceeds to such retirement, the Company may, within 75 days after the sale, deliver or cause to be delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation either debentures or debt securities evidencing Funded Debt of the Company (which may include the Notes) or of a Subsidiary previously authenticated and delivered by the applicable trustee, and not yet tendered for sinking fund purposes

 

  

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or called for a sinking fund or otherwise applied as a credit against an obligation to redeem or retire such debt securities or debentures, and an Officer’s Certificate (which will be delivered to the Trustee) stating that the Company elects to deliver or cause to be delivered the debentures or debt securities in lieu of retiring Funded Debt as provided in this Indenture;

 

(3)           if the Company or such applicable Subsidiary executes a lease of Principal Property by the time of, or within 270 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation of the Principal Property; or

 

(4)           in any such transaction between the Company and a Subsidiary or between two Subsidiaries.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding Section 4.10(a), the Company or any Subsidiary may enter into sale and lease-back transactions in addition to those permitted by Section 4.10(a), without any obligation to retire any outstanding Notes or other Funded Debt; provided that at the time of entering into and giving effect to such sale and lease-back transactions, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets of the Company.

 

(c)           If the Company delivers debentures or debt securities to the Trustee and the Company duly delivers the Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.10(a)(2), the amount of cash that the Company shall be required to apply to the retirement of Funded Debt under Section 4.10(a)(2) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate of the then applicable optional redemption prices of the applicable debentures or debt securities, so delivered, or, if there are no such redemption prices, the principal amount of such debentures or debt securities.  If the applicable debentures or debt securities provide for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of the maturity, then the amount of cash shall be reduced by the amount of principal of such debentures or debt securities that would be due and payable as of the date of such application upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pursuant to which such debentures or debt securities were issued.

 

5.           In lieu of the provisions set forth in Section 5.01 of the Indenture, the following terms shall apply to the Notes:

 

“Section 5.01        Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

 

(a)           The Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person (other than a consolidation with or merger with or into a Subsidiary or a sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to a Subsidiary) or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless either:

 

(1)           the Company will be the continuing person; or

 

  

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(2)           pursuant to a Permitted Merger Transaction, the surviving entity (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from or which shall have received assets, as the case may be, in connection with such Permitted Merger Transaction shall assume, pursuant to a supplemental indenture, all of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

(b)           If the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of the surviving entity (if other than the Company) is other than the United States, and if the surviving entity is required by law to withhold or deduct any Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on any payments made by the surviving entity under or with respect to the Notes, subject to the proviso in this Section 5.01(b), the surviving entity shall pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by the Holders and beneficial owners of the Notes, after such withholding or deduction of such Taxes, will not be less than the amounts which would have been received by the Holders and beneficial owners of the Notes in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction of such Taxes; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts shall be payable with respect to:

 

(1)           any Tax, to the extent such Tax would not have been imposed but for the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner of, member or shareholder of the relevant Holder, if the relevant Holder is an estate, trust, nominee, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) (i) being a citizen or resident or national of, or incorporated in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in which such Taxes are imposed or (ii) having, or having had, any other present or former connection with the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction other than solely as a result of the acquisition or holding of such Notes, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Note or the Indenture or the receipt of payments in respect of such Note;

 

(2)           any Tax, to the extent such Tax was imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the later of the date on which such payment became due and the date the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

(3)           any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar Tax;

 

(4)           any Tax withheld, deducted or imposed on a payment to an individual and that is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and 27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income, or any law implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to, such directive;

  

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(5)           any Tax imposed on any payment made on any Note presented for payment (where presentation is required) by or on behalf of a Holder of a Note who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another paying agent in a member state of the European Union;

 

(6)           any Tax payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes;

 

(7)           any Tax to the extent such Tax is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of Notes, following the surviving entity’s reasonable written request addressed to the Holder at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable to the Holder or beneficial owner, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

 

(8)           any Tax imposed or withheld pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version), current or future U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder or any official interpretation, or any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code;

 

(9)           any Tax imposed on a payment on a Note to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Note or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner with respect to the Holder, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a partner or member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficial owner, beneficiary, settlor, partner or member been the Holder;

 

(10)         any withholding Tax imposed by the United States or a political subdivision thereof; or

 

(11)         any combination of clauses (1) through (10) above.

 

(c)           Whenever in this Indenture or the Notes there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, the Notes, such reference shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional

 

  

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Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.”

 

7.           In addition to the definitions set forth in Article 1 of the Indenture, the Notes shall include the following additional definitions, which, in the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture, shall control:

 

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture.

 

“Attributable Debt” means when used in connection with a sale and lease-back transaction referred to in Section 4.10, on any date as of which the amount of Attributable Debt is to be determined, the product of (a) the net proceeds from the sale and lease-back transaction multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full years of the term of the lease relating to the property involved in the sale and lease-back transaction (without regard to any options to renew or extend such term) remaining on the date of the making of the computation, and the denominator of which is the number of full years of the term of the lease measured from the first day of the term.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

 

(1)           the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

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

 

(3)           the Company or one of its Subsidiaries consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company or one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the outstanding Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or

 

(4)           the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

 

  

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (b) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction.

 

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

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) 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.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Optional Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer  Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

“Consolidated Assets” means, at any date, the Company’s total assets and the assets of the Company’s consolidated Subsidiaries that would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company’s consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, at any date, the remainder of (a) the Consolidated Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Period, minus (b) the Intangible Assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as recorded in accordance with GAAP in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as of such last day.

 

“Exempted Debt” means the sum, without duplication, of the following items outstanding as of the date Exempted Debt is being determined:

 

(1)           Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred after the date of this Indenture and secured by Liens created or assumed or permitted to exist pursuant to Section 4.08; and

 

(2)           Attributable Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of all sale and lease-back transactions with regard to any property entered into pursuant to Section 4.10.

 

“Fiscal Period” means a fiscal period of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, which shall be either a calendar quarter or an aggregate period comprised of three consecutive periods of four weeks and five weeks (or, on occasion, six weeks instead of five), currently commencing on or about each

 

  

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January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., and its successors.

 

“Funded Debt” means all indebtedness for money borrowed, including purchase money indebtedness, having a maturity of more than one year from the date of its creation or having a maturity of less than one year but by its terms being renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor, beyond one year from the date of its creation.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and their respective successors or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

“Intangible Assets” means, with respect to any Person, that portion of the book value of the assets of such Person which would be treated as intangibles under GAAP, including all items such as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, brands, trade secrets, customer lists, vendor relationships, copyrights, patents, licenses, franchise conversion rights and rights with respect to any of the foregoing and all unamortized debt or equity discount and expenses less any accumulated amortization recorded.

 

 “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P); a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch); and the equivalent investment grade rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Agencies appointed by the Company.

 

 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a Subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

 

“Permitted Merger Transaction” means any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other legal entity, or any sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another legal entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any country in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, Switzerland or any U.S. state.

 

“Principal Property” means the Company’s corporate headquarters and any warehouse or distribution center owned at the date of this Indenture or acquired after that date by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is located within the United States, other than: (i) any property which in the opinion of the Company’s Board of Directors is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company as an entity; or (ii) any portion of a particular property which is similarly found not to be of material importance to the use or operation of such property.

 

  

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“Rating Agency” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; provided, that if more than one of such Rating Agencies cease to rate the Notes or fail to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, the Company will appoint a replacement for each such Rating Agency that is a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act.

 

“Ratings Event” means ratings of the Notes are lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies in any case on any day during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing on the date 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended for so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies).

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute for such firm another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any three other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Independent Investment Banker after consultation with the Company.

 

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

 

“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction in which an entity is a tax resident.

 

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

 

“Taxes” means any present or future tax, duty, assessment or similar charge.

 

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Optional Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three

 

  

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months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Optional Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Optional Redemption Date.

 

8.           The undersigned is authorized to approve the form, terms and conditions of the Notes pursuant to the Resolutions and the Pricing Officer’s Certificate.

 

9.           Attached hereto as Annex B is a true and correct copy of the Resolutions and the Pricing Officer’s Certificate.

 

10.           The Notes shall be issued as Global Securities (subject to exchange for definitive certificated Notes under the circumstances provided in the Indenture) and The Depository Trust Company shall be Depository for the Notes.

 

11.           Attached hereto as Annex C is a true and correct copy of the letter addressed to the Trustee entitling the Trustee to rely on certain paragraphs of the Opinion of Counsel attached thereto, which Opinion relates to the Notes and is delivered in compliance with Section 11.04(2) of the Indenture.

 

12.           The undersigned has reviewed the provisions of the Indenture, including the covenants and conditions precedent pertaining to the authentication and issuance of the Notes.

 

13.           In connection with this certificate, the undersigned has examined documents, corporate records and certificates and has spoken with other officers of the Company.

 

14.           The undersigned has made such examination and investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants and conditions precedent of the Indenture pertaining to the authentication and issuance of the Notes have been satisfied.

 

15.           In my opinion all of the covenants and conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture for the authentication and issuance of the Notes have been satisfied.

 

Terms used herein that are not otherwise defined but that are defined in the Indenture or the Notes shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer has executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

	
INGRAM MICRO INC.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
/s/ William D. Humes

	 
	
Name:

	
William D. Humes

	 
	
Title:

	
Chief Financial Officer

	 

 

[Signature Page to Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to the Indenture]

  

 

  

ANNEX A

 

Form of Note

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

(Face of Note)

 

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS  DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE  BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE  REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.04 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.04(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.13 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

  

 

  

CUSIP 457153 AG9

 

 

4.950% Notes due 2024

 

 

	
No. 1 

	
$500,000,000

 

 

INGRAM MICRO INC.

 

promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of FIVE HUNDRED MILLION Dollars on December 15,  2024.

 

Interest Payment Dates:  June 15 and December 15

Record Dates:  June 1 and December 1

  

 

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:  December 15, 2014

 

 

	
INGRAM MICRO INC.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
By:

	
 

	 
	
Name:

	
William D. Humes

	 
	
Title:

	
Chief Financial Officer

	 

 

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE NOTE]

 

 

  

 

  

 

This is one of the Global Securities referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture:

Dated: December 15, 2014

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

By:                                                  

Name: Anthony D’ Amato

Title: Associate

 

 

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE NOTE]

 

  

 

  

 

(Back of Note)

 

 

4.950% Notes due 2024

 

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Officer’s Certificate referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.           INTEREST.  Ingram Micro Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 4.950% per annum  (the “Original Interest Rate”) from the date hereof until maturity.  The Company will pay interest semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest will accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date will be June 15, 2015.  The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2.           METHOD OF PAYMENT.  The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of Notes; provided that all payments of principal, premium and interest with respect to Notes the Holders of which have given wire transfer instructions to the Trustee will be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof. Such payment will be 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.

 

3.           PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.  Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

4.           INDENTURE.  This Note is a duly authenticated security of the Company issued and to be issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of August 10, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee.  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by the Officer’s Certificate dated December 15, 2014 delivered pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 11.04 thereto (the “Officer’s Certificate”) and by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “Act”).  The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture, the Officer’s Certificate and the Act for a statement of such terms.  To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture or the

 

  

 

  

Officer’s Certificate, the provisions of the Indenture or the Officer’s Certificate, as the case may be, will govern and be controlling.

 

5.           OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.  Subject to the terms and conditions of Article 3 of the Officer’s Certificate, the Company may redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at its option.  If the Optional Redemption Date is before September 15, 2024, the Optional Redemption Price shall equal the greater of:

 

(1)           100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including the Optional Redemption Date, or

 

(2)           the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of those payments in interest accrued as of the Optional Redemption Date) discounted to the Optional Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the Optional Redemption Date; provided that the principal amount of a Note remaining outstanding after redemption in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

If the Optional Redemption Date is on or after September 15, 2024, the Optional Redemption Price shall equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the Optional Redemption Date; provided that the principal amount of a note remaining outstanding after redemption in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Calculation of the foregoing shall be made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided, however, that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 

On or before the Optional Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price of and accrued interest for all Notes to be redeemed on the Optional Redemption Date.

 

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the Optional Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, and other than the right to receive the Optional Redemption Price of the Notes, all rights under the Notes to be redeemed shall terminate.  If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Optional Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal.

 

6.           REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem under paragraph 5 above, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of Notes to purchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase, pursuant to and in accordance with the offer described in this paragraph; provided that after giving effect to the purchase, any Notes that remain outstanding shall have a denomination of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 above that amount.

 

  

 

  

7.           NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.  Holders of Notes to be redeemed as provided in Article 3 of the Officer’s Certificate will receive notice thereof by first-class mail at least 30 and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption.

 

8.           INTEREST RATE ADJUSTMENT.

 

The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if Moody’s or S&P (or, if applicable, any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that is selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be, (each, a “Substitute Rating Agency”)) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below. Each of Moody’s, S&P and any Substitute Rating Agency is an “Interest Rate Rating Agency”, and together they are “Interest Rate Rating Agencies”.

 

If the rating of the Notes from Moody’s (or, if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes will increase from the Original Interest Rate by an amount equal to the percentage set forth opposite that rating:

 

	
Moody’s Rating Percentage*

	  
	
Ba1

	
0.25%

	
Ba2

	
0.50%

	
Ba3

	
0.75%

	
B1 or below

	
1.00%

 

If the rating of the Notes from S&P (or, if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Notes will increase from the Original Interest Rate by an amount equal to the percentage set forth opposite that rating:

 

	
S&P Rating Percentage *

	  
	
BB+

	
0.25%

	
BB

	
0.50%

	
BB-

	
0.75%

	
B+ or below

	
1.00%

 

*Including the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.

 

 

Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments.

 

  

 

  

No adjustment in the interest rate on the Notes shall be made solely as a result of an Interest Rate Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating on the Notes. If at any time less than two Interest Rate Rating Agencies provide a rating on the Notes for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating on the Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the per annum interest rate on the Notes pursuant to the tables above, (1) such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last Interest Rate Rating Agency to provide a rating on the Notes but which has since ceased to provide such rating, (2) the relative ratings scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table, and (3) the per annum interest rate on the Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the Original Interest Rate plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of clause (2) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Interest Rate Rating Agency). For so long as (a) only one Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Notes, any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by that Interest Rate Rating Agency shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the applicable table above and (b) no Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the Original Interest Rate. If Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, the Company will not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the per annum interest rate on the Notes shall be determined in the manner described above as if either only one or no Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Notes, as the case may be.

 

If at any time the interest rate on the Notes has been adjusted upward and any of the Interest Rate Rating Agencies subsequently increases its rating of the Notes, the interest rate on the Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate on the Notes equals the Original Interest Rate plus the applicable percentages set forth opposite the ratings in effect immediately following the increase in the tables above; provided that if Moody’s or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating on the Notes to “Baa3”  (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher and S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating on the Notes to “BBB-” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the per annum interest rate on the Notes will be decreased to the Original Interest Rate.

 

Any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first day of the interest period during which a rating change occurs requiring an adjustment in the interest rate.

 

If any Interest Rate Rating Agency changes its rating of the Notes more than once during any particular interest period, the last such change by such agency to occur will control in the event of a conflict for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Notes described above.

 

The interest rates on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by any Interest Rate Rating Agency) if the Notes become rated “Baa2” (or its equivalent) or higher by Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency) and “BBB”  (or its equivalent) or higher by S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency), or one of those ratings if rated by only one Interest Rate Rating Agency, in each case with a stable or positive outlook.

 

  

 

  

If the interest rate payable on the Notes is increased as described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

 

The determination of the foregoing shall be made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such determination shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and the Holders in writing upon any such determination, and the Trustee may conclusively rely upon any such notice and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance thereupon.

 

9.           DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.  The Notes are in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Notes may be transferred or exchanged as provided in the Indenture.  The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture and the Officer’s Certificate.  The Company need not exchange or transfer any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.  Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

10.         PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.  The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

11.         AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER.  The Indenture and the Officer’s Certificate may be amended as provided in the Indenture.  Subject to certain exceptions, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or this Officer’s Certificate or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, and the Company’s compliance with any provision of the Indenture with respect to the Notes may be waived by written notice to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes affected by the waiver (voting as one class).  Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or modified in order to: (i) cure ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, provided that such amendment or modification shall not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders; (ii) provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations in the case of a merger or consolidation and the Company’s discharge upon such assumption; (iii) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes; (iv) provide for or add guarantors with respect to the Notes; (v) secure the Notes; (vi) establish the form or forms of Notes; (vii) conform any provision in the Indenture to the “Description of Debt Securities” filed on Form S-3 or the “Description of the Notes” in any accompanying prospectus supplements; or (viii) make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of Holders.

 

12.         DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.  Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 6.01 of the Indenture, an “event of default” occurs if there is a:  (i) default in paying interest on any Notes when they become due and the default continues for a period of 30 days or more; (ii) default in paying principal, or premium, if any, on the Notes when due; (iii) default in the performance or breach of any covenant in the Indenture (other than defaults in (i) and (ii) above) and the default or breach continues for a period of 60 days or more after the Company receives written notice from the Trustee or the Trustee receives notice from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; or (iv) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency occur with respect to the Company.

 

  

 

  

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in subsection (iv) above with respect to the Company) under the Indenture occurs with respect to the Notes and is continuing, then the Trustee may and, at the direction of the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, will by written notice, require the Company to repay immediately the entire principal amount of the outstanding Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and premium, if any.  If an Event of Default specified in subsection (iv) above with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then the entire principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall automatically become due immediately and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest.

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of premium or interest on, or the principal of, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration of such Notes and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration.

 

The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

13.         TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY.  The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services or the Company or its Affiliates, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee.

 

14.         NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.  No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, Indenture or Officer’s Certificate or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.  The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

15.         AUTHENTICATION.  This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

16.         ABBREVIATIONS.  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as:  TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

17.         CUSIP NUMBERS.  The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption

 

  

 

  

and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or the omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

18.         COPIES OF INDENTURE. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.  Requests may be made to:

 

Ingram Micro Inc.

1600 E. St. Andrew Place

Santa Ana, CA 92705-4926

Facsimile No.:  (714) 566-7900

Attention:  General Counsel

 

19.         GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

 

  

 

  

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

                                                                                                                                          

	
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:

	 
	 	
(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security number or tax identification number)

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

	
and irrevocably appoint

	 

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

	
Date:_______________________

 

	 	
Your Signature:

	 
	 	 	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

	 	 	 
	 	
Tax Identification No:

	 
	 	 	 
	 	
Signature Guarantee:

	 

 

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

  

 

  

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Officer’s Certificate, check the box below:

o         Section 4.09

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Officer’s Certificate, state the amount you elect to have purchased:  $_________________

 

	
Date:_______________________

 

	 	
Your Signature:

	 
	 	 	
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

	 	 	 
	 	
Tax Identification No:

	 
	 	 	 
	 	
Signature Guarantee:

	 

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

  

 

  

ANNEX B

RESOLUTIONS AND PRICING OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

Ingram Micro Inc. Board Resolutions Adopted Effective November 10, 2014

 

The Securities Offering

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Ingram Micro Inc. (the “Corporation”) has determined that it is in the best interests of the Corporation to undertake an offering (the “Offering”) of up to $[•] million aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the “Securities”);

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel (the “Authorized Officers”) shall approve, and that the Authorized Officers are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, and, subject in each case to the determination and approval by the Pricing Officer (as defined below) of the matters delegated to each Authorized Officer (as set forth below), to negotiate, execute and deliver the Securities, an underwriting agreement (including determination of the underwriting discount) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and/or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, acting as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriters”), an indenture (the “Indenture”) with a trustee to be appointed by the Authorized Officers, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities shall be issued, and such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Offering, in each case in such form and having such terms as may be approved by the Authorized Officer executing the same, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such Authorized Officer’s execution thereof.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that upon the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Securities, in an aggregate principal amount as set forth in the Indenture, may forthwith be executed by the Corporation and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to or upon the order of the Corporation and signed by such officers of the Corporation as provided in the Indenture, such Securities so authenticated and delivered thereby entitling the holders thereof to such rights, and subjecting them to such limitations, as are set forth in the Indenture; and that each of the officers of the Corporation as provided in the Indenture be, and hereby are, authorized, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute such Securities in substantially the form provided by the Indenture, with such changes therein and additions and supplements thereto as shall be approved by the officer executing such Securities (such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such officer’s execution thereof), provided that the signature of any such officer upon such Securities may be in facsimile or via email or may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities, the Corporation hereby adopting as binding upon it the facsimile signature of any person who shall be an officer of the Corporation at the time of the execution of such Securities, notwithstanding the fact that at the time such Securities shall be authenticated or delivered or disposed of, he or she shall have ceased to be such officer of the Corporation, and if any officer who signs such Security or whose facsimile signature appears thereon shall cease to be an officer prior to the issuance of the Securities, such Securities so signed or bearing such facsimile signature shall nevertheless be valid, and provided that the seal of the Corporation may be in facsimile and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities.

 

1933 Act Registration

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to cause to be prepared, executed and filed with the 

 

 

  

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Commission any supplements to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.333-183108), as such officer may deem necessary or desirable or as may be required by the Commission, and to do such other acts or things and execute such other documents and file such exhibits as such officer may deem necessary or desirable to cause the Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented, to comply with the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Agent for Service

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that for the purpose of complying with the laws of the various states wherein the Securities are to be offered and sold, the Board of Directors hereby appoints the Secretary of State or Securities Commissioner or such other entity as designated in each state as the Corporation’s Agent upon whom may be served any notice, process or pleading in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities or out of any alleged violation of the aforesaid laws with power conferred upon him as such Agent by such laws; and hereby consents that any action or proceeding against the Corporation may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue within such states by service of process upon said officer with the same effect as if the Corporation were organized or created under the laws of such state and had been lawfully served with process in such state.

 

Expenses

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to pay the expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the Offering.

 

Approval by Pricing Officer

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the issuance of the Securities and any documentation related thereto shall be subject to final approval of the terms thereof, including, but not limited to, the maturity date and interest rate of the Securities, by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation (the “Pricing Officer”), which shall be evidenced by delivery of a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 1 attached hereto (the “Pricing Certificate”).

 

General

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to take or cause to be taken all such further actions, and to execute and deliver or cause to be delivered all such further instruments and documents in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and to incur all such fees and expenses, all as in their judgment is deemed necessary or advisable in order to carry into effect each of the foregoing resolutions and that the actions of any officer of the Corporation authorized  by  the  foregoing  resolutions  or  which  would  have  been  authorized  by  the  foregoing resolutions except that such actions were taken prior to the adoption of such resolutions be, and they hereby are, ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted as actions of the Corporation.

 

 

  

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EXHIBIT 1

 

CERTIFICATE OF

PRICING OFFICER OF

INGRAM MICRO INC. (a Delaware corporation)

 

The undersigned, the Chief Financial Officer of Ingram Micro Inc. (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

Pursuant to the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation effective as of November 10, 2014, and the authority granted to the undersigned therein, the undersigned hereby approves the terms of the offering of the 4.950% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 of the Corporation, in accordance with such resolutions and the following:

 

	
 

Title of Securities:

	 	
 

4.950% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 of the Corporation

	
 

Aggregate Principal Amount:

	 	
 

$500,000,000

	
 

Purchase Price to Underwriters (as % of Principal Amount):

	 	
 

            98.999%

	
 

Discount to Underwriters (as % of Principal Amount):

	 	
 

             0.650%

	
 

Price to Investors (as % of Principal Amount:

	 	
 

            99.649%

	
 

Interest Rate:

	 	
 

              4.950%

	
 

Yield to Maturity:

	 	
 

              4.995%

	
 

Maturity Date:

	 	
 

December 15, 2024

	
 

Pricing Date:

	 	
 

December 10, 2014

	
 

Closing Date:

	 	
 

December 15, 2014

  

  

  

Dated as of: December 10, 2014

 

	 	 
	
/s/ William D. Humes

	 
	
William D. Humes

	 
	
Chief Financial Officer

	 

 

[Signature Page to the Pricing Officer’s Certificate]

 

  

 

  

ANNEX C

TRUSTEE RELIANCE LETTER

December 15, 2014

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee

Trust & Security Services

60 Wall Street

MS NYC60-1630

New York, NY 10005

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Ingram Micro Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% notes due 2024 (the “Securities”).  The Securities are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture dated as of August 10, 2012 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and yourself, as Trustee, and an Officer’s Certificate dated December 15, 2014 issued pursuant thereto.

 

We have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

 

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional qualification set forth below, we are of the opinion that the (i) form and terms of the Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of the Indenture; and (ii) conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the Securities have been complied with.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth above, we hereby advise you that: (i) we have read the provisions of the Indenture setting forth conditions precedent to authentication and delivery of the Securities; (ii) we have examined the documents and instruments referred to above; and (iii) it is 

 

 

  

  

  

 

 

	
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

	
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December 15, 2014

 

 

our opinion that this examination is sufficient to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions precedent referred to above have been complied with.

 

We are members of the Bars of the State of New York and the State of California, and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America.

 

Attached is a copy of our opinion dated today given in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to a group of underwriters.  We advise you that, in your capacity as Trustee under the Indenture, you may rely on the opinions in paragraph numbers 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8 in the attached opinion subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth therein, as if it were addressed to you.

 

This opinion is rendered solely to you in your capacity as Trustee under the Indenture.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

 

	
Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Davis Polk & Warwell LLP

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