Document:

Exhibit 4.22

 

Execution Version

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO 
 SECTIONS 3.1 AND 3.3 OF THE INDENTURE

 

The undersigned, Brian B. Yoor, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott” or the “Company”), and Karen M. Peterson, Vice President, Treasurer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to (i) Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, including each series of the Notes (as defined below), by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (ii) the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors and effective as of April 27, 2016 (the “Resolutions”), and (iii) the authority granted in the Resolutions, the following forms and terms for the series of Securities to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture):

 

1.             All covenants and conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the establishment of each series of Notes (as defined below) and the terms of each such series of Notes have been complied with.

 

2.             The Company shall issue $2,850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.350% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”).

 

The Company shall issue $2,850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.900% Notes due 2021 (the “2021 Notes”).

 

The Company shall issue $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”).

 

The Company shall issue $3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.750% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”).

 

The Company shall issue $1,650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes”).

 

The Company shall issue $3,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.900% Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Notes,” and together with the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes and the 2036 Notes, the “Notes”).

 

3.             The Company shall issue and sell the Notes to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and the additional underwriters as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to a Pricing Agreement, dated November 17, 2016 (the “Pricing

 

 

Agreement”), between the Company and the Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to be issued under and in accordance with the Indenture.

 

4.             In addition to the other terms provided in the Indenture with respect to Securities issued thereunder, the Notes shall contain the following terms:

 

(a)           The title of the 2019 Notes will be the “2.350% Notes due 2019”.

 

The title of the 2021 Notes will be the “2.900% Notes due 2021”.

 

The title of the 2023 Notes will be the “3.400% Notes due 2023”.

 

The title of the 2026 Notes will be the “3.750% Notes due 2026”.

 

The title of the 2036 Notes will be the “4.750% Notes due 2036”.

 

The title of the 2046 Notes will be the “4.900% Notes due 2046”.

 

(b)                                 The 2019 Notes will initially be limited to $2,850,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The 2021 Notes will initially be limited to $2,850,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The 2023 Notes will initially be limited to $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The 2026 Notes will initially be limited to $3,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The 2036 Notes will initially be limited to $1,650,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The 2046 Notes will initially be limited to $3,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional series of Securities under the Indenture or additional Notes of a series of Notes.  Additional Notes may be consolidated and form a single series with an existing series of the Notes and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as such series of Notes (except for the issue date, the public offering price and the first payment of interest thereon), provided, however, that if such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes of the applicable series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number.  Any reference to Notes of a series shall include any Notes of the same series issued after the date hereof.

 

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(c)           Interest shall be payable to the persons in whose names the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes, as applicable, are registered at the close of business on the applicable Regular Record Date (as defined below).

 

(d)                                 The Stated Maturity of the 2019 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 22, 2019.

 

The Stated Maturity of the 2021 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 30, 2021.

 

The Stated Maturity of the 2023 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 30, 2023.

 

The Stated Maturity of the 2026 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 30, 2026.

 

The Stated Maturity of the 2036 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 30, 2036.

 

The Stated Maturity of the 2046 Notes, on which date the principal thereof is due and payable, shall be November 30, 2046.

 

(e)                                  The 2019 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.350% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The 2021 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.900% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The 2023 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.400% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The 2026 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.750% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The 2036 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.750% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The 2046 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.900% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(f)            Interest on the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes will begin to accrue on November 22, 2016.

 

(g)           Interest on the 2019 Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 22 and November 22 in each year and interest on the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on May 22, 2017, in the case of the 2019 Notes, and May 30, 2017, in the case of the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the

 

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2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes. Interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on the Notes is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

(h)           Abbott will pay interest payable on any Interest Payment Date to the person in whose name a Note (or any Predecessor Security) is registered at the close of business on (i) in the case of the 2019 Notes, the May 7 or November 7, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date or (ii) in the case of the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes, the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each a “Regular Record Date”).

 

(i)            [Reserved].

 

(j)            [Reserved].

 

(k)           Abbott may redeem each series of the Notes, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms set forth in the applicable Note.  Abbott will be required to redeem the 2019 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes, in each case, then outstanding on the terms set forth in the applicable Note.  Abbott will not be responsible for giving notice of redemption (including notice of any Special Mandatory Redemption (as defined in the applicable form of Note, as applicable)) of the Notes to anyone other than the Trustee.

 

(l)            The 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes will not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

 

(m)          The 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(n)           [Reserved].

 

(o)           The payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes shall not be determined with reference to an index or formula.

 

(p)           There shall be no optional currency or currency unit in which the payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes shall be payable.

 

(q)           Sections 4.1, 13.2 and 13.3 of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium (as defined in the applicable Note), the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of the Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption (and calculated as though the Redemption Date were

 

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the date of such notice of redemption), with any deficit as of the Redemption Date only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date.

 

(r)            The covenants set forth in Article X of the Indenture apply to the Notes.

 

(s)            The principal amount of the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 5.2 of the Indenture.

 

(t)            The 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes will be represented by one or more Book-Entry Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

 

(u)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Notes in the form of Book-Entry Securities shall be exchangeable for Notes in definitive form registered in the name of any Person other than the Depository or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies Abbott that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Book-Entry Securities or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in each case, Abbott does not appoint a successor within 90 days; (ii) in Abbott’s discretion at any time, Abbott determines not to have all of the Notes represented in the form of Book Entry Securities and executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Book-Entry Securities shall be so exchangeable; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Any Book-Entry Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in such names as such Depository shall direct.

 

(v)           So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a Book-Entry Security, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such Book-Entry Security for all purposes under the Indenture.

 

(w)          Abbott will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on Notes represented by Book-Entry Securities registered in the name of DTC or its nominee in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Book-Entry Securities.

 

(x)           Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on any 2019 Notes, 2021 Notes, 2023 Notes, 2026 Notes, 2036 Notes or 2046 Notes in definitive form will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in Chicago, Illinois, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at Abbott’s option payment of interest may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (2) wire transfer as directed by the Holder, in immediately available funds to the Holder or its nominee.

 

(y)           The other terms and conditions of the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes shall be as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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4.             The forms of the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes shall be substantially as attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit A-3, Exhibit A-4, Exhibit A-5 and Exhibit A-6, respectively.

 

5.             The price at which the 2019 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 99.652% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2019 Notes.

 

The price at which the 2021 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 99.473% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2021 Notes.

 

The price at which the 2023 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 99.129% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2023 Notes.

 

The price at which the 2026 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 98.806% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2026 Notes.

 

The price at which the 2036 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 98.485% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2036 Notes.

 

The price at which the 2046 Notes shall be sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be 98.346% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2046 Notes.

 

6.             The 2019 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.902% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2019 Notes.

 

The 2021 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.823% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2021 Notes.

 

The 2023 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.529% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2023 Notes.

 

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The 2026 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.256% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2026 Notes.

 

The 2036 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.360% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2036 Notes.

 

The 2046 Notes initially will be offered to the public by the Underwriters at 99.221% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from November 22, 2016 to the time of delivery of the 2046 Notes.

 

7.           Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, any officer of the Company is hereby authorized and empowered to execute the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes of the Company in the forms he or she deems appropriate, and to deliver such Notes to the Trustee with a written order directing the Trustee to have the Notes authenticated and delivered to such persons as such officer designates.

 

8.           U.S. Bank National Association is hereby designated and appointed as Paying Agent and Securities Registrar with respect to the 2019 Notes, the 2021 Notes, the 2023 Notes, the 2026 Notes, the 2036 Notes and the 2046 Notes.  Abbott may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designations or approve a change in the offices where they act.

 

Each of the undersigned, for himself or herself, states that he or she has read and is familiar with the provisions of Article 3 of the Indenture relating to the issuance of Securities thereunder and the definitions relating thereto; that he or she is generally familiar with the other provisions of the Indenture and with the affairs of the Company and its corporate acts and proceedings; and that, in his or her opinion, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions referred to above have been complied with.

 

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Dated November 22, 2016.
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Brian B. Yoor
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Brian B. Yoor
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Karen M. Peterson
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Karen M. Peterson
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President, Treasurer
    
				

 

[Signature Page to Officers’ Certificate]

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

 

Form of 2019 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

2.350% Note due 2019

 

	
No. [  ]
    	
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CUSIP No. 002824 BC3

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 22, 2019 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 22 and November 22 in each year, commencing on May 22, 2017 at the rate of 2.350% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 7 or November 7, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in

 

 

principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

 

If (x) the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (as defined below) does not occur on or before December 31, 2017 (the “Extended Termination Date”) or (y) Abbott notifies the Trustee that Abbott will not pursue the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (the earlier of the date of delivery of such notice described in clause (y) and the Extended Termination Date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date”), Abbott will be required to redeem the Securities of this series then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).

 

In the event that Abbott becomes obligated to redeem Securities of this series pursuant to the Special Mandatory Redemption, Abbott will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date, deliver notice to the Trustee of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which such Securities will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no later than the third Business Day following the date of such notice) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed.  The Trustee will then promptly mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depositary (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depositary’s customary procedures, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address.  Unless Abbott defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the Special Mandatory Redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“St. Jude Medical” means St. Jude Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and its successors.

 

“St. Jude Medical Acquisition” means the acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott pursuant to the St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement (as defined below).

 

“St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 27, 2016, by and among Abbott, St. Jude Medical, Vault Merger Sub, Inc. and Vault Merger Sub, LLC, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A-2

 

Form of 2021 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

2.900% Note due 2021

 

	
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CUSIP No. 002824 BD1

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 30, 2021 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year, commencing on May 30, 2017 at the rate of 2.900% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after October 30, 2021 (one month prior to the maturity date of the Securities of this series), the Redemption Price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury

 

 

securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

	
 
    	
 
    
	
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A-3

 

Form of 2023 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

3.400% Note due 2023

 

	
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CUSIP No. 002824 BE9

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 30, 2023 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year, commencing on May 30, 2017 at the rate of 3.400% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after September 30, 2023 (two months prior to the maturity date of the Securities of this series), the Redemption Price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury

 

 

securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

If (x) the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (as defined below) does not occur on or before December 31, 2017 (the “Extended Termination Date”) or (y) Abbott notifies the Trustee that Abbott will not pursue the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (the earlier of the date of delivery of such notice described in clause (y) and the Extended Termination Date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date”), Abbott will be required to redeem the Securities of this series then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).

 

In the event that Abbott becomes obligated to redeem Securities of this series pursuant to the Special Mandatory Redemption, Abbott will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date, deliver notice to the Trustee of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which such Securities will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no later than the third Business Day following the date of such notice) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed.  The Trustee will then promptly mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depositary (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depositary’s customary procedures, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address.  Unless Abbott defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the Special Mandatory Redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“St. Jude Medical” means St. Jude Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and its successors.

 

“St. Jude Medical Acquisition” means the acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott pursuant to the St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement (as defined below).

 

 

“St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 27, 2016, by and among Abbott, St. Jude Medical, Vault Merger Sub, Inc. and Vault Merger Sub, LLC, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in

 

 

the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

 

	
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A-4

 

Form of 2026 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

3.750% Note due 2026

 

	
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CUSIP No. 002824 BF6

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 30, 2026 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year, commencing on May 30, 2017 at the rate of 3.750% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after August 30, 2026 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Securities of this series), the Redemption Price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury

 

 

securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

If (x) the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (as defined below) does not occur on or before December 31, 2017 (the “Extended Termination Date”) or (y) Abbott notifies the Trustee that Abbott will not pursue the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (the earlier of the date of delivery of such notice described in clause (y) and the Extended Termination Date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date”), Abbott will be required to redeem the Securities of this series then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).

 

In the event that Abbott becomes obligated to redeem Securities of this series pursuant to the Special Mandatory Redemption, Abbott will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date, deliver notice to the Trustee of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which such Securities will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no later than the third Business Day following the date of such notice) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed.  The Trustee will then promptly mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depositary (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depositary’s customary procedures, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address.  Unless Abbott defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the Special Mandatory Redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“St. Jude Medical” means St. Jude Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and its successors.

 

“St. Jude Medical Acquisition” means the acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott pursuant to the St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement (as defined below).

 

 

“St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 27, 2016, by and among Abbott, St. Jude Medical, Vault Merger Sub, Inc. and Vault Merger Sub, LLC, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in

 

 

the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

 

	
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A-5

 

Form of 2036 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

4.750% Note due 2036

 

	
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$[       ]
    

 

CUSIP No. 002824 BG4

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 30, 2036 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year, commencing on May 30, 2017 at the rate of 4.750% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after May 30, 2036 (six months prior to the maturity date of the Securities of this series), the Redemption Price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury

 

 

securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

If (x) the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (as defined below) does not occur on or before December 31, 2017 (the “Extended Termination Date”) or (y) Abbott notifies the Trustee that Abbott will not pursue the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (the earlier of the date of delivery of such notice described in clause (y) and the Extended Termination Date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date”), Abbott will be required to redeem the Securities of this series then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).

 

In the event that Abbott becomes obligated to redeem Securities of this series pursuant to the Special Mandatory Redemption, Abbott will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date, deliver notice to the Trustee of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which such Securities will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no later than the third Business Day following the date of such notice) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed.  The Trustee will then promptly mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depositary (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depositary’s customary procedures, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address.  Unless Abbott defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the Special Mandatory Redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“St. Jude Medical” means St. Jude Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and its successors.

 

“St. Jude Medical Acquisition” means the acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott pursuant to the St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement (as defined below).

 

 

“St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 27, 2016, by and among Abbott, St. Jude Medical, Vault Merger Sub, Inc. and Vault Merger Sub, LLC, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in

 

 

the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

 

	
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
U.S. Bank National   Association,
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT A-6

 

Form of 2046 Notes

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

4.900% Note due 2046

 

	
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CUSIP No. 002824 BH2

 

This Security is a Book-Entry Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

 

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Illinois (herein called “Abbott” or the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of [       ] DOLLARS ($[       ]) on November 30, 2046 and to pay interest thereon from November 22, 2016 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 in each year, commencing on May 30, 2017 at the rate of 4.900% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  The Company will compute the amount of interest payable on the Securities on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then that interest or principal will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day but no further interest will be paid in respect of the delay in such payment.

 

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or any Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

The Company will pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on this Security in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.

 

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

 

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

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under that certain Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental thereto entered into pursuant to the applicable

 

 

provisions thereof and, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security established pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof), the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture, all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officers’ Certificate dated November 22, 2016 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of this series, at any time at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of: (1) the greater of (the “Applicable Premium”): (x) 100% of the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed or (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of such series being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Yield (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus (2) in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of any Security of this series being redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Securities of this series are redeemed on or after May 30, 2046 (six months prior to the maturity date of the Securities of this series), the Redemption Price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed.

 

If the Company has given notice as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any Securities of this series called for redemption have been made available on the Redemption Date, such Securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for redemption. Thereafter, the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If the Company exercises its right to redeem all or fewer than all of the Securities of this series, the Company will mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depository (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depository’s customary procedures, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed at its registered address a notice of optional redemption, which will specify the Redemption Date, the place or places where such Securities of this series are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and the Redemption Price.  The Trustee will not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

 

 

The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. In connection with any optional redemption, if any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of optional redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and upon surrender of the Securities, a Security or Securities of the same series will be issued in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion.  In connection with any optional redemption, if less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the numbers of Securities to be redeemed in part by random lot, or, if the Securities to be redeemed are represented by Book-Entry Securities, the Securities to be redeemed will be selected by DTC in accordance with its applicable procedures.

 

If the Company delivers a notice of optional redemption in accordance with the Indenture, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to the notice will become due and payable on the date and at the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company is in default in the payment of the Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, such date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the optional redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Securities being redeemed, the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, on (a) the Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (b) if such on-line market data is not at that time provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the applicable pricing supplement opposite the caption “INVEST RATE” on Reuters on page USAUCTION10 or page USAUCTION11 (or any other page as may replace that page on that service), in any case for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of the Redemption Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported at that time or the yields reported as of that time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury constant maturities yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported at that time, in (a) Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market” (or any comparable successor publication) or (b) if not yet published at that time, H.15 Daily Update, or such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such yield, opposite the caption “U.S. government securities/Treasury bills/secondary market,” for actively traded U.S. Treasury

 

 

securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining term of those Securities as of such Redemption Date.  Such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (x) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (y) interpolating linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining term of those Securities and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and less than the remaining term of those Securities.

 

If (x) the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (as defined below) does not occur on or before December 31, 2017 (the “Extended Termination Date”) or (y) Abbott notifies the Trustee that Abbott will not pursue the consummation of the St. Jude Medical Acquisition (the earlier of the date of delivery of such notice described in clause (y) and the Extended Termination Date, the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date”), Abbott will be required to redeem the Securities of this series then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (as defined below) (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).

 

In the event that Abbott becomes obligated to redeem Securities of this series pursuant to the Special Mandatory Redemption, Abbott will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Date, deliver notice to the Trustee of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which such Securities will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no later than the third Business Day following the date of such notice) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed.  The Trustee will then promptly mail, or deliver electronically if such Securities are held by any Depositary (including, without limitation, DTC) in accordance with such Depositary’s customary procedures, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of Securities to be redeemed at its registered address.  Unless Abbott defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities to be redeemed.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Securities of this series that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date will be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates in accordance with this Security and the Indenture.

 

For purposes of the Special Mandatory Redemption provisions of this Security, the following term will be applicable:

 

“St. Jude Medical” means St. Jude Medical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and its successors.

 

“St. Jude Medical Acquisition” means the acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott pursuant to the St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement (as defined below).

 

 

“St. Jude Medical Transaction Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 27, 2016, by and among Abbott, St. Jude Medical, Vault Merger Sub, Inc. and Vault Merger Sub, LLC, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

The Securities of this series will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.

 

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

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of this Security, alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in

 

 

the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

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

 

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

 

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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

 

Dated:               , 2016

 

	
 
    	
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

	
 
    	
U.S. Bank National Association,
    
	
 
    	
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Authorized   OfficerExhibit 10.10

 

As Amended and Restated

effective May 1, 2016

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ FEE PLAN

 

SECTION 1.

PURPOSE

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ FEE PLAN - referred to below as the “Plan” - has been established by ABBOTT LABORATORIES - referred to below as the “Company” - to attract and retain as members of its Board of Directors persons who are not full-time employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries but whose business experience and judgment are a valuable asset to the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

SECTION 2.
 DIRECTORS COVERED

 

As used in the Plan, the term “Director” means any person who is elected to the Board of Directors of the Company in April, 1962 or at any time thereafter, and is not a full-time employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

SECTION 3.
  FEES PAYABLE TO DIRECTORS

 

3.1                                                Each Director shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($10,500.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected a Director) that he holds such office with the Company.

 

3.2                               A Director who serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.3                               A Director who serves as Lead Director of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.  The Lead Director shall not be entitled to any fees under Section 3.6.

 

3.4                               Audit Committee Fees

 

(a)                                 A Director who serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of Two Thousand Eighty Three Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($2,083.33) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

 

(b)                                 Each Director who serves on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (other than the Chairman of the Audit Committee) shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.5                               A Director who serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents ($1,666.66) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.6                               Except as provided in Section 3.3, a Director who serves as Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.7                               A Director who serves as Chairman of the Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.8                               A Director who serves as Chairman of any other Committee created by this Board of Directors shall be entitled to a deferred monthly fee of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for each calendar month or portion thereof (excluding the month in which he is first elected to such position) that he holds such position.

 

3.9                               A Director’s Deferred Fee Account shall be credited with interest annually. During the calendar years 1968 and prior, the rate of interest credited to deferred fees shall be four (4) percent per annum. During the calendar years 1969 through 1992, the rate of interest credited to deferred fees shall be the average of the prime rates being charged by the two largest commercial banks in the City of Chicago as of the end of the month coincident with or last preceding the date upon which said interest is so credited. During the calendar years 1993 through 2007, the rate of interest credited to deferred fees shall be equal to: (a) the average of the prime rates being charged by the two largest commercial banks in the City of Chicago as of the end of the month coincident with or last preceding the date upon which said interest is so credited; plus (b) two hundred twenty-five (225) basis points.  For the calendar year 2008 and subsequent years, the rate of interest credited to deferred fees shall be equal to: (a) the average of the “prime rate” of interest published by The Wall Street Journal (Mid-West Edition) or comparable successor quotation service on the first business day of January and the last business day of each month of the fiscal year; plus (b) two hundred twenty-five (225) basis points.  For purposes of this provision, the term “deferred fees” shall include “deferred monthly fees,” and “deferred meeting fees,” and shall also include any such interest credited thereon.

 

3.10                        For purposes of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8, the automatic deferral of the fees specified therein shall be subject to a Director’s election to receive such fees currently pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 9.1 of the Plan.

 

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SECTION 4.
 PAYMENT OF DIRECTORS’ FEES

 

4.1                               Any Director may, by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company no later than December 31 in a calendar year, elect to receive current payment of all or any portion of the monthly and meeting fees earned by him in calendar years subsequent to the calendar year in which he files such notice, in which case such fees shall not be deferred but shall be paid quarterly as earned and no interest shall be credited thereon.  Such election shall be irrevocable as of December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the fees will be earned. Notwithstanding the timing requirements described above, an individual who is newly elected as a Director may make the election described above by filing it with the Secretary of the Company within the thirty (30) day period immediately following the date he or she first becomes a Director eligible to participate in the Plan (and all plans that would be aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(c)(2)(i)), provided, that the compensation subject to such election relates solely to services performed after the date of such election and provided further, that such election shall become irrevocable on the thirtieth day following the date he or she first becomes a Director eligible to participate in the Plan.  In no event shall the fees subject to an election under this Section 4.1 be paid later than the last day of the “applicable 21⁄2 month period”, as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4)(i)(A).  Any Director who has previously provided notice pursuant to this Section 4.1 may, by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company no later than December 31 in a calendar year, elect to defer payment of all or a portion of the monthly and meeting fees earned by him in calendar years subsequent to the year in which he files such notice, in which case such fees shall be paid to him in accordance with Section 4.2 below.

 

4.2                               A Director’s deferred fees earned pursuant to the Plan shall commence to be paid on the first day of the calendar month next following the earlier of his death or his attainment of age sixty-five (65) if he is not then serving as a Director, or the termination of his service as a Director if he serves as a Director after the attainment of age sixty-five (65).

 

4.3                               A Director’s deferred fees that have commenced to be payable pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be payable in annual installments in the order in which they shall have been deferred (i.e., the deferred fees and earnings thereon for the earliest year of service as a Director will be paid on the date provided for in Section 4.2, the deferred fees for the next earliest year of service as a Director will be paid on the anniversary of the payment of the first installment, etc.).

 

4.4                               A Director’s deferred fees shall continue to be paid until all deferred fees which he is entitled to receive under the Plan shall have been paid to him (or, in case of his death, to his beneficiary).

 

4.5                               If a Director incurs a termination of service as a Director within two (2) years following the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below), the aggregate unpaid balance of such Director’s deferred fees plus all unpaid interest credited thereon, shall be paid to such Director in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following the date of such termination of service; provided, however, that if such Change in Control does not constitute a “change in

 

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control event” (as defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)), then the aggregate unpaid balance of such Director’s deferred fees shall be paid in accordance with Sections 4.2 and 4.3.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if a Director has made the alternative election set forth in Section 9.1, and if such Director incurs a termination of service as a Director within five (5) years following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the aggregate unpaid balance of such Director’s fees deposited to the Director’s Grantor Trust (as defined below) plus all unpaid interest credited thereon, shall be paid to such Director from the Director’s Grantor Trust in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following the date of such termination of service.

 

4.6                               A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred on the earliest of the following dates:

 

(i)                                     the date any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (a) of paragraph (iii) below; or

 

(ii)                                  the date the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

 

(iii)                               the date on which there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation or other entity, other than (a) a merger or consolidation (I) immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board of Directors immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or, if the Company or the entity surviving such merger or consolidation is then a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof and (II) which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by

 

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being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (b) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(iv)                              the date the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company, in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

 

(1)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

(2)                                 For purposes of this Plan: “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time; and “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange

 

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Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

4.7                               A “Potential Change in Control” shall exist during any period in which the circumstances described in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), below, exist (provided, however, that a Potential Change in Control shall cease to exist not later than the occurrence of a Change in Control):

 

(i)                                     The Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control, provided that a Potential Change in Control described in this paragraph (i) shall cease to exist upon the expiration or other termination of all such agreements.

 

(ii)                                  Any Person (without regard to the exclusions set forth in subsections (i) through (iv) of such definition) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control; provided that a Potential Change in Control described in this paragraph (ii) shall cease to exist upon the withdrawal of such intention, or upon a determination by the Board of Directors that there is no reasonable chance that such actions would be consummated.

 

(iii)                               Any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of either the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities (not including any securities beneficially owned by such Person which are or were acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates).

 

(iv)                              The Board of Directors adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control exists; provided that a Potential Change in Control described in this paragraph (iv) shall cease to exist upon a determination by the Board of Directors that the reasons that gave rise to the resolution providing for the existence of a Potential Change in Control have expired or no longer exist.

 

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4.8                               The provisions of Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and this Section 4.8 may not be amended or deleted, nor superseded by any other provision of this Plan, (i) during the pendency of a Potential Change in Control and (ii) during the period beginning on the date of a Change in Control and ending on the date five (5) years following such Change in Control.

 

SECTION 5.
 DIRECTORS’ RETIREMENT BENEFIT

 

5.1                               Effective April 30, 1998, each of the persons serving as a Director on December 12, 1997 shall be credited with a retirement benefit of $4,167 a month for 120 months of continuous service and no additional retirement benefits shall accrue under the Plan. Each of the persons serving as a Director on December 12, 1997 may elect: (a) to have his or her retirement benefit under the Plan treated as provided in Section 5.2 of the Plan; or (b) to have the present value of that retirement benefit credited to an unfunded phantom stock account and converted into phantom stock units based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on April 30, 1998, with those phantom stock units then being credited with the same cash and stock dividends, stock splits and other distributions and adjustments as are paid on the Company’s common stock. The phantom stock units shall be payable to the Director in annual payments commencing on the first day of the calendar month next following the earlier of the Director’s death or termination of service as a Director, in an amount determined by the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the first business day preceding the payment date. Unless the retirement benefit is terminated, the annual benefit shall continue to be paid on the anniversary of the day on which the first such retirement benefit payment was made, until the benefit has been paid for ten years, or until the death of the Director or surviving spouse, if earlier. If a Director should die with such benefit still in effect, prior to receipt of all payments due hereunder, the annual benefit shall continue to be paid to the surviving spouse of such Director until all payments due hereunder have been made or until the death of the surviving spouse, if earlier.

 

5.2                               Any person serving as a Director on December 12, 1997 who elects to have his or her retirement benefit paid pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall receive a monthly benefit equal to $4,167. Payment of the monthly benefit shall commence on the first day of the calendar month next following the earlier of the Director’s death or termination of service as a Director. Unless the retirement benefit is terminated, the monthly benefit shall continue to be paid on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, until the benefit has been paid for one hundred and twenty (120) months, or until the death of the Director or surviving spouse, if earlier. If a Director should die with such benefit still in effect, prior to receipt of all payments due hereunder, the monthly benefit shall continue to the surviving spouse of such Director until all payments due hereunder have been made or until the death of the surviving spouse, if earlier.

 

5.3                               Directors who retired on or before December 12, 1997 will receive the form and amount of retirement benefit payable under the terms of the Plan in effect at the time of their retirement.

 

5.4                               Each Director who is granted a retirement benefit hereunder shall make him or herself available for such consultation with the Board of Directors or any committee or member thereof, as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, following such Director’s termination of service as a Director. The Company shall reimburse each such Director for all reasonable travel, lodging and subsistence expenses incurred

 

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by the Director at the request of the Company in rendering such consultation. The Company may terminate the retirement benefit if the Director should fail to render such consultation, unless prevented by disability or other reason beyond the Director’s control.

 

5.5                               It is recognized that during a Director’s period of service as a Director and as a consultant hereunder, a Director will acquire knowledge of the affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, the disclosure of which would be contrary to the best interests of the Company. Accordingly, the Company may terminate the retirement benefit if, without the express consent of the Company, the Director accepts election to the Board of Directors of, acquires a partnership or proprietary interest in, or renders services as an employee or consultant to, any business entity which is engaged in substantial competition with the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

5.6                               An individual will be considered a Director’s “surviving spouse” for purposes of Section 5 only if the Director and such individual were married in a religious or civil ceremony recognized under the laws of the state where the marriage was contracted and the marriage remained legally effective at the date of the Director’s death.

 

SECTION 6.
 CONVERSION TO COMMON STOCK UNITS

 

6.1                               Any Director who is then serving as a director may, by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company, irrevocably elect to have all or any portion of deferred fees previously earned but not yet paid, transferred from the Director’s Deferred Fee Account to a stock account established under this Section 6 (“Stock Account”). Any election as to a portion of such fees shall be expressed as a percentage and the same percentage shall be applied to all such fees regardless of the calendar year in which earned or to all deferred fees earned in designated calendar years, as specified by the Director. A Director may make no more than one notional investment election under this Section 6.l in any calendar year. All such elections may apply only to deferred fees for which an election has not previously been made and shall be irrevocable.

 

6.2                               Any Director may, by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company, elect to have all or any portion of deferred fees earned subsequent to the date such notice is filed credited to a Stock Account established under this Section 6. Fees covered by such election shall be credited to such account at the end of each calendar quarter in, or for which, such fees are earned. Such election may be revoked or modified by such Director, by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company, as to deferred fees to be earned in calendar years subsequent to the calendar year such notice is filed, but shall be irrevocable as to deferred fees earned prior to such year.

 

6.3                               Deferred fees credited to a Stock Account under Section 6.1 shall be converted to Common Stock Units by dividing the deferred fees so credited by the closing price of common shares of the Company on the date the notice of election under Section 6 is received by the Company (or the next business day, if there are no sales on such date) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Reporting System. Deferred fees credited to a Stock Account under Section 6.2 shall be converted to Common Stock Units by dividing the deferred fees so credited by the closing price of common shares of the Company as of the last business day of the calendar quarter for which the credit is made, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Reporting System.

 

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6.4                               Each Common Stock Unit shall be credited with (or adjusted for) the same cash and stock dividends, stock splits and other distributions and adjustments as are received by or applicable to one common share of the Company. All cash dividends and other cash distributions credited to Common Stock Units shall be converted to additional Common Stock Units by dividing each such dividend or distribution by the closing price of common shares of the Company on the payment date for such dividend or distribution, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange Composite Reporting System.

 

6.5                               The value of the Common Stock Units credited each Director shall be paid to the Director in cash on the dates specified in Section 4.3 (or, if applicable, Section 4.5). The amount of each payment shall be determined by multiplying the Common Stock Units payable on each date specified in Section 4.3 (or, if applicable, Section 4.5) by the closing price of common shares of the Company on the day prior to the payment date (or the next preceding business day if there are no sales on such date), as reported by the New York Stock Exchange Composite Reporting System.

 

SECTION 7.
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1                               Each Director or former Director entitled to payment of deferred fees hereunder, from time to time may name any person or persons (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any deferred Director’s fees earned by him and payable to him are to be paid in case of his death before he receives any or all of such deferred Director’s fees.  Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Director or former Director, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Director or former Director in writing with the Secretary of the Company during his lifetime. If a deceased Director or former Director shall have failed to name a beneficiary in the manner provided above, or if the beneficiary named by a deceased Director or former Director dies before him or before payment of all the Director’s or former Director’s deferred Directors’ fees, the Company, in its discretion, may direct payment of the remaining installments required by Section 4.3 to either:

 

(a)                                 any one or more or all of the next of kin (including the surviving spouse) of the Director or former Director, and in such proportions as the Company determines; or

 

(b)                                 the legal representative or representatives of the estate of the last to die of the Director or former Director and his last surviving beneficiary.

 

The person or persons to whom any deceased Director’s or former Director’s deferred Directors’ fees are payable under this Section will be referred to as his “beneficiary.”

 

7.2                               Establishment of the Plan and coverage thereunder of any person shall not be construed to confer any right on the part of such person to be nominated for reelection to the Board of Directors of the Company, or to be reelected to the Board of Directors.

 

7.3                               Payment of deferred Directors’ fees will be made only to the person entitled thereto in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and deferred Directors’ fees are not in any way subject to the debts or other obligations of persons entitled thereto, and may not be voluntarily or 

 

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involuntarily sold, transferred or assigned. When a person entitled to a payment under the Plan is under legal disability or, in the Company’s opinion, is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs, the Company may direct that payment be made to such person’s legal representative, or to a relative or friend of such person for his benefit. Any payment made in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be in complete discharge of the Company’s obligation to make such payment under the Plan.

 

7.4                               Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Company under the terms of the Plan shall be by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office.

 

7.5                               Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, any amounts under the Plan that were earned and vested before January 1, 2005 (as determined in accordance with Code Section 409A) with respect to a Director who retired before January 1, 2005 (“Grandfathered Amounts”) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan as administered and as in effect on December 31, 2004.  Amendments made to the Plan pursuant to this amendment and restatement or otherwise shall not affect the Grandfathered Amounts unless expressly provided for in the amendment.  The terms and conditions applicable to the Grandfathered Amounts are set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

7.6                               To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.  The Plan will be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code will have no force and effect until amended to comply therewith (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code).  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, for all purposes of this Plan, a Director shall not be deemed to have had a termination of service as a Director until the Director has incurred a separation from service as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) and, to the extent required to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Code Section 409A and applicable guidance issued thereunder, payment of the amounts payable under the Plan that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period after the date of termination shall instead be paid on the first business day after the expiration of such six-month period, plus interest thereon, at a rate equal to the rate specified in Section 9.8 (to the extent that such interest is not already provided to the Director under Section 9.10), from the respective dates on which such amounts would otherwise have been paid until the actual date of payment.  In addition, for purposes of the Plan, each amount to be paid and each installment payment shall be construed as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

 

7.7                               Except as expressly provided herein, the provisions of the Plan as they were in effect immediately prior to the January 1, 2013 amendment shall continue to apply to any Director who retired or otherwise terminated service as a Director prior to January 1, 2013.

 

SECTION 8.
 AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE

 

While the Company expects to continue the Plan, it must necessarily reserve, and does hereby reserve, the right to amend or discontinue the Plan at any time; provided, however, that any amendment or discontinuance of the Plan shall be prospective in operation only, and shall

 

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not affect the payment of any deferred Directors’ fees theretofore earned by any Director, or the conditions under which any such fees are to be paid or forfeited under the Plan. Any discontinuance of the Plan by the Company shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

SECTION 9.
 ALTERNATE PAYMENT OF FEES

 

9.1                               By written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company prior to each calendar year beginning after December 31, 1988, a Director may elect to receive all or a portion of his fees earned in the following calendar year in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.  An election under this Section 9.1 shall become irrevocable as of December 31 of the calendar year prior to the year in which such monthly and meeting fees will be earned (or, in the case of a new Director, on the 30th day following the Director’s first participation in the Plan and all plans that would be aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Treasury Regulation  §1.409A-1(c)(2)(i),  provided, that the compensation subject to such election relates solely to services performed after the date of such election).

 

9.2                               If payment of a Director’s fees is made pursuant to Section 9.1, such fees shall not be deferred and a portion of the gross amount of such fees shall be paid currently in cash for the Director directly to a “Grantor Trust” established by the Director, provided such trust is in a form which the Company determines to be substantially similar to the trust attached to this plan as Exhibit B; and the balance of the gross amount of such fees shall be paid currently in cash directly to the Director, provided that the portion paid directly to the Director shall be an amount equal to the aggregate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the gross fees paid pursuant to this Section 9.2 (determined in accordance with Section 9.14).  In no event shall such fees be paid to the Grantor Trust or directly to the Director later than the last day of the “applicable 21⁄2 month period,” as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4)(i)(A).

 

9.3                               The Company will establish and maintain four separate accounts in the name of each Director who has made an election under Section 9.1 as follows: a “Pre-Tax  Fee Account,” an “After-Tax Fee Account,” a “Pre-Tax Stock Account” and an “After-Tax Stock Account” (collectively, the “Accounts”).

 

(a)                                 The Pre-Tax Fee Account shall reflect the total amount of any fees paid in cash to a Director or deposited to a Director’s Grantor Trust, including the amount equal to the aggregate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the fees paid pursuant to Section 9.2, and Interest to be credited to a Director pursuant to Section 9.8.  The After-Tax Fee Account shall reflect such gross amounts but shall be maintained on an after-tax basis.

 

(b)                                 The Pre-Tax Stock Account shall reflect the total amount of fees converted to Common Stock Units pursuant to Section 6, including the amount equal to the aggregate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the fees paid pursuant to Section 9.2, and any 

 

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adjustments made pursuant to Section 9.9. The After-Tax Stock Account shall reflect such gross amounts but shall be maintained on an after-tax basis.

 

(c)                                  The Accounts established pursuant to this Section 9.3 are for the convenience of the administration of the Plan and no trust relationship with respect to such Accounts is intended or should be implied.

 

9.4                               As of the end of each calendar year, the Company shall adjust each Director’s Pre-Tax Fee Account as follows:

 

(a)                                 FIRST, charge, in any year in which the Director is entitled to receive a distribution from his or her Grantor Trust, an amount equal to the distribution from the fee account maintained thereunder that would have been made to the Director if the aggregate amounts paid according to Section 9.2 had instead been deferred under Section 3;

 

(b)                                 NEXT, credit an amount equal to the gross amount of any fees paid for that year, not converted to Common Stock Units, that are paid to the Director (including the amount deposited in the Director’s Grantor Trust and the amount equal to the aggregate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the fees paid pursuant to Section 9.2) according to Section 9.2; and

 

(c)                                  FINALLY, credit an amount equal to the Interest earned for that year according to Section 9.8.

 

9.5                               As of the end of each calendar year, the Company shall adjust each Director’s After-Tax Fee Account as follows:

 

(a)                                 FIRST, charge, in any year in which the Director is in receipt of a benefit distribution from his or her Grantor Trust, an amount equal to the product of (i) the distribution that would have been made to the Director if the aggregate amounts paid according to Section 9.2 had instead been deferred under Section 3, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the balance in the Director’s After-Tax Fee Account as of the end of the prior fiscal year and the denominator of which is the balance of the Director’s Pre-Tax Fee Account as of that same date;

 

(b)                                 NEXT, credit an amount equal to the fees not converted to Common Stock Units that are paid that year to the Director directly to the Director’s Grantor Trust according to Section 9.2; and

 

(c)                                  FINALLY, credit an amount equal to the After-Tax Interest earned for that year according to Section 9.8.

 

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9.6                               As of the end of each calendar year, the Company shall adjust each Director’s Pre-Tax Stock Account as follows:

 

(a)                                 FIRST, charge, in any year in which the Director is entitled to receive a distribution from his or her Grantor Trust, an amount equal to the distribution that would have been made to the Director if the aggregate amount of fees paid according to Section 9.2 had instead been deferred under Section 3 and the adjustments had been made under Section 6;

 

(b)                                 NEXT, credit an amount equal to the total amount of any fees for that year that are converted to Common Stock Units and paid to the Director (including the amount deposited in the Director’s Grantor Trust and the amount equal to the aggregate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the fees paid pursuant to Section 9.2) and allocated to the Stock Account maintained thereunder) according to Section 9.2; and

 

(c)                                  NEXT, credit an amount equal to the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust for the year; and

 

(d)                                 FINALLY, credit an amount equal to the Book Value Adjustments to be made for that year according to Section 9.9.

 

9.7                               As of the end of each calendar year, the Company shall adjust each Director’s After-Tax Stock Account as follows:

 

(a)                                 FIRST, charge, in any year in which the Director is entitled to receive a distribution from his or her Grantor Trust, an amount equal to the product of (i) the distribution that would have been made to the Director if the aggregate amounts paid according to Section 9.2 had instead been deferred under Section 3 and the adjustments had been made under Section 6, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the balance in the Director’s After-Tax Stock Account as of the end of the prior fiscal year and the denominator of which is the balance of the Director’s Pre-Tax Stock Account as of that same date;

 

(b)                                 NEXT, credit an amount equal to the fees converted to Common Stock Units that are paid that year to the Director directly to the Director’s Grantor Trust and allocated to the Stock Account maintained thereunder according to Section 9.2; and

 

(c)                                  NEXT, credit an amount equal to the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust for the year; and

 

(d)                                 FINALLY, credit an amount equal to the Book Value Adjustments to be made for that year according to Section 9.9.

 

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(a)                                 As of the end of each calendar year, a Director’s Pre-Tax Fee Account shall be credited with interest (“Interest”) at the following rate:

 

(i)                                     the average of the “prime rate” of interest published by the Wall Street Journal (Mid-West Edition) or comparable successor quotation service on the first business day of January and the last business day of each month of the fiscal year;

 

(ii)                                  plus two hundred twenty-five (225) basis points.

 

(b)                                 As of the end of each calendar year, a Director’s After-Tax Fee Account shall be credited with the amount of Interest set forth above, multiplied by (one minus the aggregate of the applicable federal, state and local individual income tax rates and employment tax rate, determined in accordance with subsection 8.5) (the “After-Tax Interest”).

 

9.9                               As of the end of each calendar year, a Director’s Pre-Tax Stock Account and After-Tax Stock Account shall be adjusted as provided in Section 6.4, to the extent applicable, and shall also be adjusted to reflect the increase or decrease in the fair market value of the Company’s common stock determined in accordance with Section 6.5, except that (i) any reference to the payment date in such Section shall mean December 31 of the applicable calendar year for purposes of this Section, and (ii) adjustments to the After-Tax Stock Account shall be made on an after-tax basis.  Such adjustments shall be referred to as “Book Value Adjustments.”

 

9.10                        In addition to any fees paid to a Director’s Grantor Trust under Section 9.2 during the year, the Company shall also make a payment (an “Interest Payment”) with respect to each Director who has established a Grantor Trust for each year in which the Grantor Trust is in effect.  Prior to January 1, 2013, the Interest Payment equaled the excess, if any, of the Director’s Net Interest Accrual (as defined below) over the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust for the year (the “Pre-Amendment Amount”) and was paid to the Director’s Grantor Trust within thirty (30) days beginning April 1 of the following fiscal year.  Effective as January 1, 2013, the Interest Payment shall equal the excess, if any, of the gross amount of the Interest credited to the Director (as defined in Section 9.8(a)), over the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust for the year, as adjusted by the amounts described in Schedule A, and shall be paid within thirty (30) days beginning April 1 of the following calendar year.  A portion of such gross Interest Payment, equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Interest Accrual over the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust (i.e., the Pre-Amendment Amount), shall be deposited in the Director’s Grantor Trust, with the balance paid to the Director; provided, however, in the event that the net earnings of the Director’s Grantor Trust exceeds the Net Interest Accrual, a distribution from the Grantor Trust shall be required in accordance with Section 9.15.  A Director’s Net Interest Accrual for a year is an amount equal to the After-Tax Interest credited to the Director’s After-Tax Fee Account for that year in accordance with Section 9.8(b).

 

9.11                        In addition to the fees paid under Section 9.2 during the year and the Interest Payment described above, the Company shall also make a payment (a “Principal Payment”) with respect to each Director who has established a Grantor Trust for each year in which the Grantor Trust is in effect, to be credited to the Stock Account maintained thereunder.   Prior to January 1, 2013, the Principal Payment equaled the excess, if any, of 75 percent of the fair market value (as 

 

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determined in accordance with Section 6.5) of the balance of the Director’s After-Tax Stock Account on December 31 over the balance in the Stock Account maintained under the Director’s Grantor Trust as of that same date, and was paid within the thirty (30)-day period beginning April 1 of the following calendar year.  Effective as of January 1, 2013, the Principal Payment shall equal the excess, if any, of 75 percent of the fair market value (as determined in accordance with Section 6.5) of the balance of the Director’s Pre-Tax Stock Account on December 31 over the balance in the Stock Account maintained under the Director’s Grantor Trust as of that same date, and shall be paid within the thirty (30)-day period beginning April 1 of the following calendar year.  For the calendar year in which the last installment distribution is made from the Director’s Grantor Trust (meaning, the year that is X years following the year of the event triggering the payments, where X is the same number of years served by the Director), the payment made under this Section 9.11 shall equal the excess, if any, of 100 percent of the balance of the Director’s After-Tax Stock Account over the balance in the Stock Account maintained under the Director’s Grantor Trust as of that same date.

 

9.12                        Each Director’s Grantor Trust assets shall be invested solely in the instruments specified by investment guidelines established by the Committee.  Such investment guidelines, once established, may be changed by the Committee, provided that any change shall not take effect until the year following the year in which the change is made and provided further that the instruments specified shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 3(b) of the form of Grantor Trust attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

9.13                        For purposes of Section 9, a Director’s federal income tax rate shall be deemed to be the highest marginal rate of federal individual income tax in effect in the calendar year in which a calculation under this Section is to be made and state and local tax rates shall be deemed to be the highest marginal rates of individual income tax in effect in the state and locality of the Director’s residence on the date such a calculation is made, net of any federal tax benefits without a benefit for any net capital losses. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Director is not a citizen or resident of the United States, his or her income tax rates shall be deemed to be the highest marginal income tax rates actually imposed on the Director’s benefits under this Plan or earnings under his or her Grantor Trust without a benefit for any net capital losses.

 

9.14                        If a portion of a Director’s fees have been paid to a Grantor Trust pursuant to Section 9.2, then those fees and earnings thereon shall be paid to him or her from the Grantor Trust in the order in which they were earned (i.e., the fees for the earliest year of service as a Director will be the first fees distributed from the Grantor Trust(s), the fees for the next earliest year of service as a Director will be paid on the anniversary of the payment of the first installment, etc.)  The distribution of a Director’s fees shall continue until all fees to which the Director is entitled to receive under the Plan shall have been paid in accordance with the terms of the Grantor Trust(s).

 

9.15                        Abbott, as the administrator of the Director’s Grantor Trust, may direct the trustee to distribute to the Director from the income of such Grantor Trust, a sum of money sufficient to pay the taxes on trust earnings for such year, to the extent a sufficient sum of money has not been paid to the Director pursuant to Section 9.10 or 9.11, as applicable.  The taxes shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.13.

 

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9.16                        Abbott, as the administrator of the Director’s Grantor Trust, may direct the trustee to pay the appropriate federal, state and local individual income taxes attributable to the fees and other payments paid to the Director pursuant to Sections 9.2, 9.10 and 9.11 to the applicable tax authorities on behalf of the Director.  The taxes shall be determined in accordance with Section 9.13.

 

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Exhibit A

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ FEE PLAN

 

[Abbott Laboratories Non-Employee Directors’ Fee Plan, as amended, as filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Abbott Laboratories Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 2006.]

 

 

Exhibit B

 

IRREVOCABLE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made this        day of               , 20   , by and between                                                   of                               ,                            (the “grantor”), and The Northern Trust Company located at Chicago, Illinois, as trustee (the “trustee”),

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, the grantor desires to establish and maintain a trust to hold certain benefits received by the grantor under the Abbott Laboratories Non-Employee Directors’ Fee Plan, as it may be amended from time to time;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 Introduction

 

I-1.                             Name.  This agreement and the trust hereby evidenced (the “trust”) may be referred to as the “                                                Grantor Trust.”

 

I-2.                             The Trust Fund.  The “trust fund” as at any date means all property then held by the trustee under this agreement.

 

I-3.                             Status of the Trust.  The trust shall be irrevocable.  The trust is intended to constitute a grantor trust under Sections 671-678 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and shall be construed accordingly.

 

I-4.                             The Administrator.  Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) shall act as the “administrator” of the trust, and as such shall have certain powers, rights and duties under this agreement as described below.  Abbott will certify to the trustee from time to time the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of Abbott as the administrator.  The trustee may rely on the latest certificate received without further inquiry or verification.

 

I-5.                             Acceptance.  The trustee accepts the duties and obligations of the “trustee” hereunder, agrees to accept funds delivered to it by the grantor or the administrator, and agrees to hold such funds (and any proceeds from the investment of such funds) in trust in accordance with this agreement.

 

 

ARTICLE II
 Distribution of the Trust Fund

 

II-1.                        Separate Accounts.  The administrator shall maintain two separate accounts under the trust, a “deferred account” and a “stock account.” Funds delivered to the trustee shall be allocated between the accounts by the trustee as directed by the administrator.  As of the end of each calendar year, the administrator shall charge each account with all distributions made from such account during that year; and credit each account with its share of income and realized gains and charge each account with its share of expenses and realized losses for the year.  The trustee shall be required to make separate investments of the trust fund for the accounts, and may not administer and invest all funds delivered to it under the trust as one trust fund.

 

II-2.                        Distributions Prior to the Grantor’s Death.  Principal and accumulated income shall not be distributed from the trust prior to the grantor’s termination of service as a Director of Abbott (the grantor’s “settlement date”); provided that, each year the administrator may direct the trustee to distribute to the grantor a portion of the income of the trust fund for that year, with the balance of such income to be accumulated in the trust.  The administrator shall inform the trustee of the grantor’s settlement date.  Thereafter, the trustee shall distribute the trust fund to the grantor, if then living, in a series of annual installments, commencing on the first day of the month next following the later of the grantor’s settlement date or the date the grantor attains age 65 years.  The administrator shall inform the trustee of the number of installment distributions and the amount of each installment distribution under this paragraph II-2, and the trustee shall be fully protected in relying on such information received from the administrator.

 

II-3.                        Distributions After the Grantor’s Death.  The grantor, from time to time may name any person or persons (who may be named contingently or successively and who may be natural persons or fiduciaries) to whom the principal of the trust fund and all accrued or undistributed income thereof shall be distributed in a lump sum or, if the beneficiary is the grantor’s spouse (or a trust for which the grantor’s spouse is the sole income beneficiary), in installments, as directed by the grantor, upon the grantor’s death.  If the grantor directs an installment method of distribution to the spouse as beneficiary, any amounts remaining at the death of the spouse beneficiary shall be distributed in a lump sum to the executor or administrator of the spouse beneficiary’s estate.  If the grantor directs an installment method of distribution to a trust for which the grantor’s spouse is the sole income beneficiary, any amounts remaining at the death of the spouse shall be distributed in a lump sum to such trust.  Despite the foregoing, if (i) the beneficiary is a trust for which the grantor’s spouse is the sole income beneficiary, (ii) payments are being made pursuant to this paragraph II-3 other than in a lump sum and (iii) income earned by the trust fund for the year exceeds the amount of the annual installment payment, then such trust may elect to withdraw such excess income by written notice to the trustee.  Each designation shall revoke all prior designations, shall be in writing and shall be effective only when filed by the grantor with the administrator during the grantor’s lifetime.  If the grantor fails to direct a method of distribution, the distribution shall be made in a lump sum.  If the grantor fails to designate a beneficiary as provided above, then on the grantor’s death, the trustee shall distribute the balance of the trust fund in a lump sum to the executor or administrator of the grantor’s estate.

 

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II-4.                        Facility of Payment.  When a person entitled to a distribution hereunder is under legal disability, or, in the trustee’s opinion, is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his or her financial affairs, the trustee may make such distribution to such person’s legal representative, or to a relative or friend of such person for such person’s benefit.  Any distribution made in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be a full and complete discharge of any liability for such distribution hereunder.

 

II-5.                        Perpetuities.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement, on the day next preceding the end of 21 years after the death of the last to die of the grantor and the grantor’s descendants living on the date of this instrument, the trustee shall immediately distribute any remaining balance in the trust to the beneficiaries then entitled to distributions hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III
 Management of the Trust Fund

 

III-1.                   General Powers.  The trustee shall, with respect to the trust fund, have the following powers, rights and duties in addition to those provided elsewhere in this agreement or by law:

 

(a)                                 Subject to the limitations of subparagraph (b) next below, to sell, contract to sell, purchase, grant or exercise options to purchase, and otherwise deal with all assets of the trust fund, in such way, for such considerations, and on such terms and conditions as the trustee decides.

 

(b)                                 To retain in cash such amounts as the trustee considers advisable; and to invest and reinvest the balance of the trust fund, without distinction between principal and income, in common stock of Abbott Laboratories, or in obligations of the United States Government and its agencies or which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government or in any mutual fund, common trust fund or collective investment fund which invests solely in such obligations; and any such investment made or retained by the trustee in good faith shall be proper despite any resulting risk or lack of diversification or marketability.

 

(c)                                  To deposit cash in any depositary (including the banking department of the bank acting as trustee) without liability for interest, and to invest cash in savings accounts or time certificates of deposit bearing a reasonable rate of interest in any such depositary.

 

(d)                                 To invest, subject to the limitations of subparagraph (b) above, in any common or commingled trust fund or funds maintained or administered by the trustee solely for the investment of trust funds.

 

(e)                                  To borrow from anyone, with the administrator’s approval, such sum or sums from time to time as the trustee considers desirable to carry out this trust, and to mortgage or pledge all or part of the trust fund as security.

 

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(f)                                   To retain any funds or property subject to any dispute without liability for interest and to decline to make payment or delivery thereof until final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction or until an appropriate release is obtained.

 

(g)                                  To begin, maintain or defend any litigation necessary in connection with the administration of this trust, except that the trustee shall not be obliged or required to do so unless indemnified to the trustee’s satisfaction.

 

(h)                                 To compromise, contest, settle or abandon claims or demands.

 

(i)                                     To give proxies to vote stocks and other voting securities, to join in or oppose (alone or jointly with others) voting trusts, mergers, consolidations, foreclosures, reorganizations, liquidations, or other changes in the financial structure of any corporation, and to exercise or sell stock subscription or conversion rights.

 

(j)                                    To hold securities or other property in the name of a nominee, in a depositary, or in any other way, with or without disclosing the trust relationship.

 

(k)                                 To divide or distribute the trust fund in undivided interests or wholly or partly in kind.

 

(l)                                     To pay any tax imposed on or with respect to the trust; to defer making payment of any such tax if it is indemnified to its satisfaction in the premises; and to require before making any payment such release or other document from any lawful taxing authority and such indemnity from the intended payee as the trustee considers necessary for its protection.

 

(m)                             To deal without restriction with the legal representative of the grantor’s estate or the trustee or other legal representative of any trust created by the grantor or a trust or estate in which a beneficiary has an interest, even though the trustee, individually, shall be acting in such other capacity, without liability for any loss that may result.

 

(n)                                 To appoint or remove by written instrument any bank or corporation qualified to act as successor trustee, wherever located, as special trustee as to part or all of the trust fund, including property as to which the trustee does not act, and such special trustee, except as specifically limited or provided by this or the appointing instrument, shall have all of the rights, titles, powers, duties, discretions and immunities of the trustee, without liability for any action taken or omitted to be taken under this or the appointing instrument.

 

(o)                                 To appoint or remove by written instrument any bank, wherever located, as custodian of part or all of the trust fund, and each such custodian shall have such rights, powers, duties and discretions as are delegated to it by the trustee.

 

(p)                                 To employ agents, attorneys, accountants or other persons, and to delegate to them such powers as the trustee considers desirable, and the trustee shall be

 

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protected in acting or refraining from acting on the advice of persons so employed without court action.

 

(q)                                 To perform any and all other acts which in the trustee’s judgment are appropriate for the proper management, investment and distribution of the trust fund.

 

III-2.                   Principal and Income.  Any income earned on the trust fund, which is not distributed as provided in Article II shall be accumulated and from time to time added to the principal of the trust.  The grantor’s interest in the trust shall include all assets or other property held by the trustee hereunder, including principal and accumulated income.

 

III-3.                   Statements.  The trustee shall prepare and deliver monthly to the administrator and annually to the grantor, if then living, otherwise to each beneficiary then entitled to distributions under this agreement, a statement (or series of statements) setting forth (or which taken together set forth) all investments, receipts, disbursements and other transactions effected by the trustee during the reporting period; and showing the trust fund and the value thereof at the end of such period.

 

III-4.                   Compensation and Expenses.  All reasonable costs, charges and expenses incurred in the administration of this trust, including compensation to the trustee, any compensation to agents, attorneys, accountants and other persons employed by the trustee, and expenses incurred in connection with the sale, investment and reinvestment of the trust fund shall be paid from the trust fund.

 

ARTICLE IV
 General Provisions

 

IV-1.                    Interests Not Transferable.  The interests of the grantor or other persons entitled to distributions hereunder are not subject to their debts or other obligations and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated, assigned or encumbered.

 

IV-2.                    Disagreement as to Acts.  If there is a disagreement between the trustee and anyone as to any act or transaction reported in any accounting, the trustee shall have the right to a settlement of its account by any proper court.

 

IV-3.                    Trustee’s Obligations.  No power, duty or responsibility is imposed on the trustee except as set forth in this agreement.  The trustee is not obliged to determine whether funds delivered to or distributions from the trust are proper under the trust, or whether any tax is due or payable as a result of any such delivery or distribution.  The trustee shall be protected in making any distribution from the trust as directed pursuant to Article II without inquiring as to whether the distributee is entitled thereto; and the trustee shall not be liable for any distribution made in good faith without written notice or knowledge that the distribution is not proper under the terms of this agreement.

 

IV-4.                    Good Faith Actions.  The trustee’s exercise or non-exercise of its powers and discretions in good faith shall be conclusive on all persons.  No one shall be obliged to see to the application of any money paid or property delivered to the trustee.  The certificate of the trustee that it is acting according to this agreement will fully protect all persons dealing with the trustee.

 

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IV-5.                    Waiver of Notice.  Any notice required under this agreement may be waived by the person entitled to such notice.

 

IV-6.                    Controlling Law.  The laws of the State of Illinois shall govern the interpretation and validity of the provisions of this agreement and all questions relating to the management, administration, investment and distribution of the trust hereby created.

 

IV-7.                    Successors.  This agreement shall be binding on all persons entitled to distributions hereunder and their respective heirs and legal representatives, and on the trustee and its successors.

 

ARTICLE V
 Changes in Trustee

 

V-1.                         Resignation or Removal of Trustee.  The trustee may resign at any time by giving thirty days’ advance written notice to the administrator and the grantor.  The administrator may remove a trustee by written notice to the trustee and the grantor.

 

V-2.                         Appointment of Successor Trustee.  The administrator shall fill any vacancy in the office of trustee as soon as practicable by written notice to the successor trustee; and shall give prompt written notice thereof to the grantor, if then living, otherwise to each beneficiary then entitled to payments or distributions under this agreement.  A successor trustee shall be a bank (as defined in Section 581 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended).

 

V-3.                         Duties of Resigning or Removed Trustee and of Successor Trustee.  A trustee that resigns or is removed shall furnish promptly to the administrator and the successor trustee an account of its administration of the trust from the date of its last account.  Each successor trustee shall succeed to the title to the trust fund vested in its predecessor without the signing or filing of any instrument, but each predecessor trustee shall execute all documents and do all acts necessary to vest such title of record in the successor trustee.  Each successor trustee shall have all the powers conferred by this agreement as if originally named trustee.  No successor trustee shall be personally liable for any act or failure to act of a predecessor trustee.  With the approval of the administrator, a successor trustee may accept the account furnished and the property delivered by a predecessor trustee without incurring any liability for so doing, and such acceptance will be complete discharge to the predecessor trustee.

 

ARTICLE VI
 Amendment and Termination

 

VI-1.                    Amendment.  With the consent of the administrator, this trust may be amended from time to time by the grantor, if then living, otherwise by a majority of the beneficiaries then entitled to payments or distributions hereunder, except as follows:

 

(a)                                 The duties and liabilities of the trustee cannot be changed substantially without its consent.

 

(b)                                 This trust may not be amended so as to make the trust revocable.

 

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VI-2.                    Termination.  This trust shall not terminate, and all rights, titles, powers, duties, discretions and immunities imposed on or reserved to the trustee, the administrator, the grantor and the beneficiaries shall continue in effect, until all assets of the trust have been distributed by the trustee as provided in Article II.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the grantor has executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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