SWKS 8-K
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SWKS)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Senior Notes
On August 10, 2026, Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued $800,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $600,000,000 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $600,000,000 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, collectively with the 2028 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-297918) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 3, 2026. The Company intends to use the net proceeds received from the sale of the Notes, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, to finance the cash consideration of approximately $3.00 billion for the Mergers (as defined below). In the event the consummation of the Mergers does not occur, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the 2032 Notes for general corporate purposes.
The terms of the Notes are governed by an Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2028 Notes, a Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2032 Notes and a Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2036 Notes, each dated as of August 10, 2026 (collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures” and, collectively with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case by and between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. The Indenture contains customary covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company, with certain exceptions, to incur debt secured by liens, engage in sale and leaseback transactions and enter into certain consolidations, mergers and transfers of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
The Company may redeem all or a portion of the Notes of any series at any time and from time to time prior to maturity, in whole or in part, for cash at the applicable redemption prices set forth in the applicable Supplemental Indenture. If the Company undergoes a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to a series of Notes, holders may require the Company to repurchase the Notes of such series in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date.
In addition, if (i) the consummation of the acquisition (the “Mergers”) of Qorvo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Qorvo”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 27, 2025, as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Qorvo does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 3, 2027, (ii) the Company notifies the trustee and the holders of the 2028 Notes and the 2036 Notes that it will not pursue the consummation of the Mergers, or (iii) the Merger Agreement has been terminated without the consummation of the Mergers, the 2028 Notes and the 2036 Notes will be subject to a special mandatory redemption upon the terms and at the redemption price set forth in the Supplemental Indenture governing such series of Notes. The 2032 Notes will not be subject to any special mandatory redemption if the Mergers are not completed.
The Indenture contains customary events of default, including failure to make required payments of principal and interest, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency and default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty contained in the Indenture or the Notes.
The 2028 Notes will bear interest from and including August 10, 2026 at the rate of 5.000% per annum, the 2032 Notes will bear interest from and including August 10, 2026 at the rate of 5.750% per annum and the 2036 Notes will bear interest from and including August 10, 2026 at the rate of 6.250% per annum.
The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and are equal in right of payment with its other senior unsecured debt. The Notes are effectively subordinated to the Company’s secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing that debt. The Notes are not obligations of any of the Company’s subsidiaries and, accordingly, are structurally subordinated to all obligations of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The above summaries of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete discussions of those agreements or related documents and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of those agreements, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The description contained under Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 2.03.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On August 4, 2026, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 4, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the sale of the Notes.
The above summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be a complete discussion of that agreement or related documents and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of that agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Safe Harbor Statement
This report contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the intended use of proceeds of the Notes and about the Mergers, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact should be considered to be forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipates”, “believes”, “continue”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “may”, “plans”, “potential”, “predicts”, “projects”, “seek”, “should”, “targets”, “will”, “would”, and similar expressions or variations or negatives of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements in this report. Although forward-looking statements in this report reflect the good faith judgment of the Company’s management as of the date the statement is first made, such statements can only be based on facts and factors then known and understood by the Company. Consequently, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and actual results and outcomes may differ materially and adversely from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those in the forward-looking statements. You should consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 3, 2025, under the heading “Risk Factors” and in the other documents filed by the Company with the SEC in evaluating the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company has no plans, and undertakes no obligation, to revise or update its forward-looking statements to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this report. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
Important Information About the Mergers and Where to Find It
In connection with the Mergers, the Company has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, which includes a proxy statement of Qorvo that also constitutes a prospectus for the shares of Company common stock to be offered in the Mergers (collectively, the “Mergers Registration Statement and Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). Each of the Company and Qorvo may also file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the Mergers. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement/prospectus or registration statement or any other document that the Company or Qorvo may file with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE MERGERS REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, QORVO, THE MERGERS AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders can obtain free copies of the Mergers Registration Statement and Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents containing important information about the Company, Qorvo and the Mergers filed with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The documents filed by the Company with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge at the Company’s website at https://www.skyworksinc.com/investors or upon written request to the Company at [email protected]. The documents filed by Qorvo with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge at Qorvo’s website at https://ir.qorvo.com/ or upon written request to Qorvo at [email protected].
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
August 10, 2026
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | |
| Name: Philip Carter | ||
| Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit 1.1
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
$800,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028
$600,000,000 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032
$600,000,000 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036
Underwriting Agreement
August 4, 2026
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
BofA Securities, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
c/o BofA Securities, Inc.
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
550 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $800,000,000 principal amount of its 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $600,000,000 principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $600,000,000 principal amount of its 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of August 10, 2026 with respect to the 2028 Notes (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), a Second Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of August 10, 2026 with respect to the 2032 Notes (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) and a Third Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of August 10, 2026 with respect to the 2036 Notes (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-297918), on August 3, 2026, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to 4:25 P.M., New York City time, on August 4, 2026, the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated August 3, 2026, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
The Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 27, 2025 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), with Qorvo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Qorvo”), Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), and Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified therein, (i) Merger Sub I will be merged with and into Qorvo (the “First Merger”), with Qorvo surviving the First Merger, and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, and as the second step in a single integrated transaction with the First Merger, Qorvo will be merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II as the surviving entity in the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities, together with existing cash and cash equivalents, to finance the cash consideration of approximately $3.00 billion for the Mergers. In the event the consummation of the Mergers does not occur, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the 2032 Notes for general corporate purposes. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the 2036 Notes will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”), in whole and not in part, at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption, in the event that (i) the consummation of the Mergers does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 3, 2027, (ii) the Company notifies the Trustee and the holders of the 2028 Notes and the 2036 Notes that it will not pursue the consummation of the Mergers or (iii) the Merger Agreement has been terminated without the consummation of the Mergers. The 2032 Notes will not be subject to the Special Mandatory Redemption if the Mergers are not completed.
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2. Purchase and Sale of the Securities.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company (i) the respective principal amount of 2028 Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.472% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 10, 2026 to the Closing Date (as defined below), (ii) the respective principal amount of 2032 Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.332% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 10, 2026 to the Closing Date and (iii) the respective principal amount of 2036 Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.030% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 10, 2026 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on August 10, 2026, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
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(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing each series of Securities (collectively, the “Global Notes”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Notes will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by any Representative or any Underwriter of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of such Representative or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company (it being understood that, prior to the Closing Date, all representations and warranties with respect to Qorvo and its subsidiaries are made to the knowledge of the Company) represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
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(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a Pricing Term Sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, or filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and at the Closing Date will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act, of the Trustee.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and Qorvo included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, and their respective subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their respective cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, and their respective subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby. The unaudited pro forma financial statements, together with the related notes and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, fairly present the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis substantially consistent with the audited financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and such unaudited pro forma financial statements have been prepared, and the pro forma adjustments set forth therein have been applied, in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission), the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial statements are reasonable and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such statements. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly present the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of capital stock of the Company or Qorvo upon the exercise of stock options described as outstanding in, and the grant and/or vesting of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or the purchase of capital stock of the Company pursuant to stock repurchase programs described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company or Qorvo on any class of capital stock (other than dividends declared on capital stock of the Company or Qorvo in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice), or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (including Qorvo and its subsidiaries, assuming consummation of and giving effect to, the Mergers) taken as a whole; (ii) none of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries (including Qorvo and its subsidiaries, assuming consummation of and giving effect to, the Mergers) taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries (including Qorvo and its subsidiaries, assuming consummation of and giving effect to, the Mergers) taken as a whole; and (iii) none of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. Each of the Company and its significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act (each, a “significant subsidiary”)), and Qorvo and its subsidiaries, have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (including Qorvo and its subsidiaries, assuming consummation of and giving effect to, the Mergers) taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Securities (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.
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(i) Capitalization. The Company has the authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company and Qorvo have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby by the Company has been duly and validly taken.
(k) The Indenture. The Indenture will have been duly authorized by the Company and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
(l) The Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) [Reserved.]
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(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(p) No Violation or Default. None of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, or Qorvo or any of its subsidiaries, is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, or Qorvo or any of its subsidiaries, is a party or by which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, or Qorvo or any of its subsidiaries, is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, or Qorvo or any of its subsidiaries, is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries, as applicable, pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, (ii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
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(s) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such Actions are threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(t) Independent Accountants. (i) KPMG LLP (the “Company Auditors”), who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act; and (ii) Ernst & Young LLP (the “Qorvo Auditors”), who have certified certain financial statements of Qorvo and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to Qorvo and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(u) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its significant subsidiaries, and Qorvo and its subsidiaries, have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its significant subsidiaries, and Qorvo and its subsidiaries, own or have the right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights and copyrightable works, know-how, trade secrets, systems, procedures, proprietary or confidential information and all other worldwide intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of their respective businesses; (ii) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person; (iii) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim relating to Intellectual Property; and (iv) the Intellectual Property of the Company and its significant subsidiaries, and Qorvo and its subsidiaries, is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person.
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(w) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in each of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.
(x) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor Qorvo is, or after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(y) Taxes. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as is being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserve or accrual has been established in accordance with GAAP, the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any material tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
(z) Licenses and Permits. The Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, none of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
(aa) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the principal suppliers, contractors or customers of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.
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(bb) Certain Environmental Matters. (i) The Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under any Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company, Qorvo or their respective subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is known to be contemplated, against the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company, Qorvo or their respective subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(cc) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company, Qorvo or any member of their respective “Controlled Groups” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA), and no Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Sections 304 and 305 of ERISA); (v) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (vi) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (viii) none of the Company, Qorvo or any member of their respective Controlled Groups has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (ix) none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (A) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company, Qorvo or their respective Controlled Group affiliates in the current fiscal year of the Company, Qorvo and their respective Controlled Group affiliates compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s, Qorvo’s and their respective Controlled Group affiliates’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (B) a material increase in the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company’s, Qorvo’s and their respective subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i) through (ix) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(dd) Disclosure Controls. Each of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries maintain a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s or Qorvo’s management, as applicable, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Each of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(ee) Accounting Controls. Each of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Each of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s or Qorvo’s internal controls, as applicable.
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(ff) Insurance. The Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are adequate to protect the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries and their respective businesses except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any director, officer or employee of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) used any Company or Qorvo funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) offered, promised or authorized any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(hh) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(ii) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company, Qorvo, or any of their respective subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria (with respect to Syria, only until July 1, 2025), the Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine and any other Covered Region identified by Executive Order 14065 (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that would reasonably be expected to result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. Since April 24, 2019, the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country, in each case in violation of any Sanctions.
(jj) [Reserved.]
(kk) [Reserved.]
(ll) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company or Qorvo is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, or any other subsidiary of the Company or Qorvo, as applicable, except for any such prohibitions or restrictions as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(mm) No Broker’s Fees. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(nn) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(oo) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(pp) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(qq) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(rr) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants; (ii) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been or are expected to be remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same; and (iii) the Company, Qorvo and their respective subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
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(ss) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company, Qorvo or any of their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(tt) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(uu) Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement is in full force and effect, and the Company has not received any notice of breach or termination of the Merger Agreement.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex B hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act and will file or furnish promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed or furnished by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, to each Representative and to each Underwriter (i) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including, upon request, all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representatives’ consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; and (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (A) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (B) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (C) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (D) of the issuance by the Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (E) of the occurrence of any event or development as a result of which the Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (F) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (G) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
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(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify or qualify to do business in any jurisdiction, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities being offered in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the business day following the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds”.
(k) DTC. The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
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(l) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities (it being understood that the Company makes no representation as to the actions taken by or on behalf of any Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Securities).
(m) [Reserved.]
(n) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company.
(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
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(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters of Company Auditors. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company Auditors shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company contained in or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(g) Comfort Letters of Qorvo Auditors. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Qorvo Auditors shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of Qorvo contained in or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
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(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, tax opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(i) [Reserved.]
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(l) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization and in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or by any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(m) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(n) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.
(o) [Reserved.]
(p) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(q) [Reserved.]
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) of this Section 7.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following paragraphs in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the third paragraph, the third sentence of the seventh paragraph and the eighth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”.
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(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification or contribution could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.
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9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
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(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
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14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attention: Registration Department; c/o BofA Securities, Inc., 114 West 47th Street, NY8-114-07-01, New York, NY 10036, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal, Facsimile: (212) 901-7881; c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 270 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, Facsimile: (212) 834-6081; c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202, Attention: Transaction Management, Email: [email protected]. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (fax: (949) 725-1772); Attention: General Counsel; with a copy to: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California, Attention: Michelle Gasaway ([email protected]).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(d) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment.
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(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(f) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(i) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(ii) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 16(f):
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(g) Recognition of Financial Services and Markets (Resolution of Financial Institutions) Regulations 2024. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in, and to the exclusion of any other term or condition of, this Agreement or any other agreement, arrangement, or understanding, each party to this Agreement agrees, in accordance with regulation 33 of the FSM Regulations, to be bound by:
| a. | section 92 of the FSM Act; and |
| b. | any suspension of the exercise of any termination right in this Agreement made by the MAS under section 93 of the FSM Act, |
in relation to the qualifying pertinent financial institution or its subsidiary relating to this Agreement to the extent required by and in accordance with the FSM Regulations.
This Section 16(g) shall be interpreted in accordance with the FSM Regulations and the FSM Act.
For the purposes of this Section 16(g):
“FSM Act” shall mean the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022 of Singapore.
“FSM Regulations” shall mean the Financial Services and Markets (Resolution of Financial Institutions) Regulations 2024 of Singapore.
“MAS” shall mean the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
“qualifying pertinent financial institution” means a bank that is incorporated in Singapore and to which a direction is issued under section 52(1) of the FSM Act.
“termination right” shall have the meaning set out in section 91 of the FSM Act.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(i) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(j) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
(k) Electronic Signatures. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
| Very truly yours, | |||
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | ||
| Name: | Philip Carter | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Accepted: As of the date first written above
For themselves and on behalf of the several
Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | |||
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| By: | /s/ Jonathan Zwart | ||
| Name: | Jonathan Zwart | ||
| Title: | Managing Director | ||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | |||
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| By: | /s/ Cody Kiechle | ||
| Name: | Cody Kiechle | ||
| Title: | Managing Director | ||
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Som Bhattacharyya | ||
| Name: | Som Bhattacharyya | ||
| Title: | Executive Director | ||
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Liz Wilson | ||
| Name: | Liz Wilson | ||
| Title: | Executive Director | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Schedule 1
| Underwriter | Principal Amount of 2028 Notes to be Purchased | Principal Amount of 2032 Notes to be Purchased | Principal Amount of 2036 Notes to be Purchased | |||||||||
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $ | 280,000,000 | $ | 210,000,000 | $ | 210,000,000 | ||||||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $ | 80,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | ||||||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $ | 80,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | ||||||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $ | 80,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | ||||||
| Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | $ | 80,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | $ | 60,000,000 | ||||||
| Academy Securities, Inc. | $ | 24,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | $ | 40,000,000 | $ | 30,000,000 | $ | 30,000,000 | ||||||
| Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited | $ | 24,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| PNC Capital Markets LLC | $ | 24,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $ | 24,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | ||||||
| U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | $ | 40,000,000 | $ | 30,000,000 | $ | 30,000,000 | ||||||
| Bank of China (Europe) S.A. | $ | 12,000,000 | $ | 9,000,000 | $ | 9,000,000 | ||||||
| HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | $ | 12,000,000 | $ | 9,000,000 | $ | 9,000,000 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 800,000,000 | $ | 600,000,000 | $ | 600,000,000 | ||||||
Schedule 2
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
| 1. | Skyworks Filter Solutions Japan Co. Ltd. | |
| 2. | Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. | |
| 3. | Skyworks Luxembourg S.a.r.l. |
Annex A
Time of Sale Information
| · | Pricing Term Sheet, dated August 4, 2026, substantially in the form of Annex B. |
Annex B
[See attached]
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Dated August 4, 2026
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-297918
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
$800,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028
$600,000,000 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032
$600,000,000 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036
Pricing Term Sheet
| 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 | 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032 | 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 | ||||
| (the “2028 Notes”) | (the “2032 Notes”) | (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the “notes”) | ||||
| Issuer: | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | |||
| Principal Amount: | $800,000,000 | $600,000,000 | $600,000,000 | |||
| Coupon: | 5.000% | 5.750% | 6.250% | |||
| Format: | SEC Registered | SEC Registered | SEC Registered | |||
| Trade Date: | August 4, 2026 | August 4, 2026 | August 4, 2026 | |||
| Settlement Date: | August 10, 2026 (T+4)(1) | August 10, 2026 (T+4)(1) | August 10, 2026 (T+4)(1) | |||
| Maturity Date: | August 10, 2028 | January 10, 2032 | August 10, 2036 | |||
| Public Offering Price: | 99.722% of the principal amount | 99.932% of the principal amount | 98.680% of the principal amount | |||
| Yield to Maturity: |
5.148% |
5.766% | 6.431% | |||
| Benchmark Spread to Treasury: | 95 basis points | 143 basis points | 180 basis points | |||
| Benchmark Treasury Issue: | 4.250% due July 31, 2028 | 4.375% due July 31, 2031 | 4.375% due May 15, 2036 | |||
| Benchmark Treasury Price: | 100-03 ⅛ | 100-05+ | 98-00 | |||
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 4.198% | 4.336% | 4.631% | |||
| Interest Payment Dates: | February 10 and August 10, commencing February 10, 2027 | January 10 and July 10, commencing January 10, 2027 | February 10 and August 10, commencing February 10, 2027 | |||
| Optional Redemption: |
Par call: None.
Make-whole call at T+15 basis points.
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Par call on or after December 10, 2031 (the date that is one month prior to maturity).
Make-whole call at T+25 basis points. |
Par call on or after May 10, 2036 (the date that is three months prior to maturity).
Make-whole call at T+30 basis points. |
| 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 | 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032 | 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 | ||||
| Special Mandatory Redemption: | Mandatorily redeemable at 101% of the principal amount of the 2028 Notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of the special mandatory redemption if (i) the consummation of the Mergers (as defined in the prospectus supplement) does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 3, 2027, (ii) the Issuer notifies the trustee and the holders of the 2028 Notes that the Issuer will not pursue the consummation of the Mergers or (iii) the Merger Agreement (as defined in the prospectus supplement) has been terminated without the consummation of the Mergers (any event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger”). | None. | Mandatorily redeemable at 101% of the principal amount of the 2036 Notes then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of the special mandatory redemption upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger. | |||
| Change of Control Repurchase Event Put: | 101% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. | 101% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. | 101% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. | |||
| CUSIP: | 83088MAP7 | 83088MAQ5 | 83088MAR3 | |||
| ISIN: | US83088MAP77 | US83088MAQ50 | US83088MAR34 | |||
| Ratings*: | [Reserved] | [Reserved] | [Reserved] | |||
| Minimum Denomination: | $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | |||
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |||
| Senior Co-Managers: | Academy Securities, Inc. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited** PNC Capital Markets LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.*** |
Academy Securities, Inc. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited** PNC Capital Markets LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.*** |
Academy Securities, Inc. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited** PNC Capital Markets LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.*** | |||
| Co-Managers: | Bank of China (Europe) S.A. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
Bank of China (Europe) S.A. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
Bank of China (Europe) S.A. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
(1) The Issuer expects that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about August 10, 2026, which will be the fourth business day following the date of pricing of the notes (such settlement cycle being herein referred to as “T+4”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade notes prior to the first business day before settlement will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle T+4, to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of notes who wish to trade notes prior to the first business day before settlement should consult their own advisors.
*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.
**Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC”) is restricted in its securities dealings in the United States and will not underwrite, subscribe, agree to purchase or procure purchasers to purchase notes that are offered or sold in the United States. Accordingly, OCBC shall not be obligated to, and shall not, underwrite, subscribe, agree to purchase or procure purchasers to purchase notes that may be offered or sold by other underwriters in the United States. OCBC shall offer and sell the notes constituting part of its allotment solely outside the United States.
***U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., is an affiliate of the trustee under the indenture governing the notes.
The Issuer has filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR, including a prospectus dated August 3, 2026 (File No. 333-297918) and a preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 3, 2026 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC toll-free at 1-866-471-2526, BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at 1-800-294-1322, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at 1-800-645-3751.
Exhibit 4.1
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
(as Issuer)
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(as Trustee)
Indenture
Dated as of August 10, 2026
DEBT SECURITIES
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF AUGUST 10, 2026
| Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 | Section(s) of Indenture | |
| Section 310(a)(1) | Section 5.09 | |
| (a)(2) | Section 5.09 | |
| (a)(3) | Not Applicable | |
| (a)(4) | Not Applicable | |
| (a)(5) | Section 5.09 | |
| (b) | Section 5.08 | |
| Section 311(a) | Section 5.13 | |
| (b) | Section 5.13 | |
| (c) | Not Applicable | |
| Section 312(a) | Section 6.01 | |
| (b) | Section 6.02 | |
| (c) | Section 6.02 | |
| Section 313(a) | Section 6.03 | |
| (b) | Section 6.03 | |
| (c) | Section 6.03 | |
| (d) | Section 6.03 | |
| Section 314(a) | Section 6.04 | |
| Section 6.05 | ||
| (b) | Not Applicable | |
| (c)(1) | Section 1.02 | |
| Section 6.04 | ||
| (c)(2) | Section 1.02 | |
| Section 6.04 | ||
| (c)(3) | Not Applicable | |
| (d) | Not Applicable | |
| (e) | Section 1.02 | |
| Section 315(a) | Section 5.01 | |
| (b) | Section 5.02 | |
| (c) | Section 5.01 | |
| (d) | Section 5.01 | |
| (e) | Section 4.14 | |
| Section 316(a)(1)(A) | Section 4.12 | |
| (a)(1)(B) | Section 4.13 | |
| (a)(2) | Not Applicable | |
| (b) | Section 4.08 | |
| Section 317(a)(1) | Section 4.03 | |
| (a)(2) | Section 4.04 | |
| (b) | Section 9.03 | |
| Section 318(a) | Section 1.07 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Article I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | ||
| Section 1.01. | Definitions | 5 |
| Section 1.02. | Officer’s Certificates and Opinions | 12 |
| Section 1.03. | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 13 |
| Section 1.04. | Acts of Holders | 13 |
| Section 1.05. | Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Issuer | 14 |
| Section 1.06. | Notice to Holders; Waiver | 14 |
| Section 1.07. | Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 15 |
| Section 1.08. | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 15 |
| Section 1.09. | Successors and Assigns | 15 |
| Section 1.10. | Separability Clause | 15 |
| Section 1.11. | Benefits of Indenture | 15 |
| Section 1.12. | Governing Law | 15 |
| Section 1.13. | Counterparts | 15 |
| Section 1.14. | Legal Holidays | 16 |
| Section 1.15. | Waiver of Jury Trial | 16 |
| Section 1.16. | USA PATRIOT Act | 16 |
| Section 1.17. | Acceptance of Trust | 16 |
| Article II THE NOTES | ||
| Section 2.01. | Form and Dating | 16 |
| Section 2.02. | Execution and Authentication | 20 |
| Section 2.03. | Temporary Notes | 21 |
| Section 2.04. | Registration, Transfer and Exchange | 21 |
| Section 2.05. | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes | 24 |
| Section 2.06. | Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 25 |
| Section 2.07. | Persons Deemed Owners | 26 |
| Section 2.08. | Cancellation | 26 |
| Section 2.09. | Computation of Interest | 27 |
| Section 2.10. | CUSIP Numbers | 27 |
| Article III DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE | ||
| Section 3.01. | Discharge of Indenture | 27 |
| Section 3.02. | Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys | 28 |
| Section 3.03. | Application of Trust Money | 30 |
| Section 3.04. | Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held | 30 |
| Section 3.05. | Return of Unclaimed Amounts | 30 |
| Section 3.06. | Reinstatement | 31 |
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ARTICLE IV
REMEDIES
| Section 4.01. | Events of Default | 31 |
| Section 4.02. | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 32 |
| Section 4.03. | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement | 33 |
| Section 4.04. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 34 |
| Section 4.05. | Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes | 34 |
| Section 4.06. | Application of Money Collected | 35 |
| Section 4.07. | Limitation on Suits | 35 |
| Section 4.08. | Contractual Right of Holders to Receive Payment of Principal | 36 |
| Section 4.09. | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 36 |
| Section 4.10. | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 36 |
| Section 4.11. | Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 36 |
| Section 4.12. | Control by Holders | 36 |
| Section 4.13. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 37 |
| Section 4.14. | Undertaking for Costs | 37 |
| Section 4.15. | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 37 |
| Article V
THE TRUSTEE | ||
| Section 5.01. | Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee | 38 |
| Section 5.02. | Notice of Defaults | 39 |
| Section 5.03. | Certain Rights of Trustee | 39 |
| Section 5.04. | Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes | 40 |
| Section 5.05. | May Hold Notes | 41 |
| Section 5.06. | Money Held in Trust | 41 |
| Section 5.07. | Compensation and Reimbursement | 41 |
| Section 5.08. | Disqualification; Conflicting Interests | 42 |
| Section 5.09. | Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 42 |
| Section 5.10. | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 42 |
| Section 5.11. | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 43 |
| Section 5.12. | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 44 |
| Section 5.13. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer | 45 |
| Section 5.14. | Appointment of Authenticating Agent | 45 |
| Article VI
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER | ||
| Section 6.01. | Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders | 46 |
| Section 6.02. | Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 46 |
| Section 6.03. | Reports by Trustee | 47 |
| Section 6.04. | Reports by Issuer | 47 |
| Section 6.05. | Compliance Certificate | 47 |
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Article VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR TRANSFER
| Section 7.01. | When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets | 48 |
| Section 7.02. | Successor Entity Substituted | 49 |
| Article VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | ||
| Section 8.01. | Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 49 |
| Section 8.02. | Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 50 |
| Section 8.03. | Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 51 |
| Section 8.04. | Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 51 |
| Section 8.05. | Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 51 |
| Section 8.06. | Documents to Be Given to Trustee | 51 |
| Section 8.07. | Notation on Notes in Respect of Supplemental Indentures | 51 |
| Article IX
COVENANTS | ||
| Section 9.01. | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 51 |
| Section 9.02. | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 52 |
| Section 9.03. | Money for Note Payments to be Held in Trust | 52 |
| Section 9.04. | Certificate to Trustee | 53 |
| Section 9.05. | Existence | 53 |
| Section 9.06. | Limitation on liens | 54 |
| Section 9.07. | Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions | 56 |
| Article X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES | ||
| Section 10.01. | Optional Redemption | 56 |
| Section 10.02. | Mandatory Redemption | 59 |
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THIS INDENTURE, between Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) having its principal office at 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, California 92617, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) is made and entered into as of this 10th day of August, 2026.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance from time to time of its debt securities in one or more series (the “Notes”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration thereof,
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Notes by the Holders (as hereinafter defined) thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes or any series thereof as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, and of any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as hereinafter defined), either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(4) all references in this instrument to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed. The words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, or other subdivision.
“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
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“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Attributable Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to authenticate Notes under Section 5.14.
“Authentication Order” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(1).
“Bankruptcy Code” means title 11, U.S. Code, as amended, or any similar state or federal law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of Directors” means (i) the Board of Directors of the Issuer, (ii) any committee of such Board of Directors, (iii) any committee of officers of the Issuer or (iv) any officer of the Issuer, in the cases of clauses (ii)-(iv), authorized with respect to any matter to exercise the powers of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City or the place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital or finance leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP; and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Issuer by any Officer thereof and delivered to the Trustee.
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“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of the time of determination, (a) the total assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus (b) the sum of (i) current liabilities of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, except for current maturities of long-term Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations, and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, all as reflected in the most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared by the Issuer in accordance with GAAP contained in an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or comparable semiannual report) timely filed or any amendment thereto (and not subsequently disclaimed as not being reliable by the Issuer) prior to the time as of which “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” is being determined.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the contiguous United States at which at any particular time this Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071; Attn: B. Scarbrough (Skyworks Solutions, Inc.).
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“Custodian” means the Person appointed by the Issuer to act as custodian for the Depositary, which Person shall be the Trustee unless and until a successor Person is appointed by the Issuer.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(2).
“Defeasance” means Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with this Indenture.
“Depositary” means with respect to the Notes of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) DTC or (ii) the Person otherwise designated as Depositary for such series by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.04, unless and until a successor Depositary for such series shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” with respect to the Notes of a series shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder with respect to such series.
“Discharged” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“DTC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(2).
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect on the date of this Indenture.
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“Global Note” means each note in global form issued in accordance with this Indenture and bearing the Global Note Legend.
“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.01(2), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture.
“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a correlative meaning.
“Holder” and “Holder of Notes” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register.
“Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, obligations (other than Non-recourse Obligations) of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).
“Indenture” or “this Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Note, means the date specified in such Note on which an installment of interest on such Note is scheduled to be paid.
“Issue Date” of any Note (or portion thereof) means the earlier of (a) the date of such Note or (b) the date of any Note (or portion thereof) for which such Note was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
“Legal Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“Maturity” when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which all or a portion of the principal amount outstanding under such Note becomes due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise.
“Maturity Date” when used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal becomes due and payable.
“Non-recourse Obligation” means Indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of properties of the Issuer or any direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Issuer, as to which the obligee with respect to such indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Issuer or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Issuer or such subsidiary’s assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).
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“Notes” has the meaning specified in the Recitals of the Issuer on the first page of this Indenture, including any replacement Notes issued therefor in accordance with this Indenture.
“Issuer” means Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, unless and until a successor entity or assign shall have assumed the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor entity or assign.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of the Issuer.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer of the Issuer.
“Opinion of Counsel” means, with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, a written opinion of counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be, which counsel may be an employee of the Issuer or the Trustee who is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, as the case may be. Such opinion may include customary qualifications and assumptions.
“Outstanding” when used with respect to the Notes or any series of Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all Notes or all Notes of such series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) such Notes or such Notes of such series, as the case may be, theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) such Notes or such Notes of such series, as the case may be, or portions thereof, for whose payment, redemption, discharge or defeasance (including Discharge or Defeasance pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 of this Indenture) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent other than the Issuer, or, if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent, has been set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer; provided, in any case, that if such Notes or such Notes of such series, as the case may be, are to be redeemed prior to their Maturity Date, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to any redemption provision adopted under Section 2.01 of this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) such Notes or such Notes of such series, as the case may be, in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes or other Notes of such series, as the case may be, have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, or which shall have been paid, in each case, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.05 (except with respect to any such Note or any such Note of such series, as the case may be, as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Note or such Note of such series, as the case may be, is held by a person in whose hands such Notes or such Notes of such series, as the case may be, is a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Issuer); and
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(d) solely to the extent provided in Article III, Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, which are subject to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Section 3.02.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, Outstanding have given a direction concerning the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or concerning the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture, or concerning a consent on behalf of the Holders of the Notes or the Holders of the Notes of such series, as the case may be, to the waiver of any past default and its consequences, Notes or the Notes of such series, as the case may be, owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, or any Affiliate of the Issuer or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. In determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver hereunder, only Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, which a Responsible Officer assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee knows to be owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or the Notes of such series, as the case may be, or any Affiliate of the Issuer or such other obligor shall be so disregarded. Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act as owner with respect to such Notes or Notes of such series, as the case may be, and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or the Notes of such series, as the case may be, or any Affiliate of the Issuer or such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person appointed by the Issuer to distribute amounts payable by the Issuer on the Notes. The Issuer may act as its own Paying Agent. As of the date of this Indenture, the Issuer has appointed the Trustee as Paying Agent with respect to all Notes issuable hereunder.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government, or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment” means the place specified pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Predecessor Notes” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a lost, destroyed, mutilated, or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed, mutilated, or stolen Note.
“Record Date” means any date as of which the Holder of a Note of any series will be determined for any purpose described herein, such determination to be made as of the close of business on such date by reference to the Security Register, and in relation to a determination of a payment of an installment of interest on the Notes of any series, shall have the meaning specified in such series of Notes.
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“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Notes to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption in any notice of redemption issued pursuant to any redemption provision adopted under Section 2.01 of this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Notes to be redeemed, means the price specified in any optional redemption provision pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v)(f).
“Registrar” means the Person who maintains the Security Register, which Person shall be the Trustee unless and until a successor Registrar is appointed by the Issuer.
“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Revolving Credit Agreement” means the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2021, among the Issuer, the borrowing subsidiaries party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of March 6, 2023, the Second Amendment, dated as of November 18, 2025, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time (such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, modification, replacement or refinancing may be successive or non-successive); provided that any such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, modification, replacement or refinancing is in the form of a revolving credit facility (or similar arrangement).
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04.
“Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.06.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of that date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the parent.
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“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force as of the date hereof; provided that, with respect to every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Indenture, “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as then in effect.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean, or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person “Trustee” as used with respect to the Notes of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Notes of that series.
“U.S. Government Obligations” means (a) securities that are direct obligations of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and (b) securities that are obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, and also includes depository receipts issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any of the securities described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), and any payment of interest or principal payable under any of the securities described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) that is held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt, or from any amount received by the custodian in respect of such securities, or from any specific payment of interest or principal payable under the securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.02. Officer’s Certificates and Opinions. Every Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and other certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to any action to be taken by the Trustee shall include the following:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read all covenants and conditions of this Indenture relating to such proposed action, including the definitions of all applicable capitalized terms;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
(1) In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to the other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
(2) Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, legal counsel, unless such officer knows that any such certificate, opinion, or representation is erroneous. Any opinion of counsel for the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that any such certificate, opinion, or representation is erroneous.
(3) Where any Person is required to make, give, or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other instruments under this Indenture, such instruments may, but need not, be consolidated and form a single instrument.
Section 1.04. Acts of Holders.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and (if expressly required by the applicable terms of this Indenture) to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 5.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.04.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership, on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(3) The ownership of Notes shall for all purposes be determined by reference to the Security Register, as such register shall exist as of the applicable Record Date.
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(4) If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Issuer may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a Record Date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. If such Record Date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after such Record Date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such Record Date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Notes Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Notes Outstanding shall be computed as of such Record Date, provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such Record Date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after such Record Date.
(5) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind each subsequent Holder of such Note, and each Holder of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, with respect to anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance upon such action, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
Section 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Issuer. Any request, order, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other action to be taken by the Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders hereunder (including any Authentication Order), and any notice to be given to the Trustee or the Issuer with respect to any action taken or to be taken by the Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders hereunder, shall be sufficient if made in writing and
(1) if to be furnished or delivered to or filed with the Trustee by the Issuer or any Holder, delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, including without limitation, by means of electronic delivery, including, without limitation, email and electronic facsimile or other electronic delivery, or
(2) if to be furnished or delivered to the Issuer by the Trustee or any Holder, and except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(3), mailed to the Issuer, first-class postage prepaid, at the following address: c/o Skyworks Solutions, Inc., 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, California 92617 Attention: Contracts and General Counsel, Facsimile No.: (949) 725-1772, Telephone No.: (949) 231-3000 or at any other address hereafter furnished in writing by the Issuer to the Trustee.
Section 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly provided herein or in such Note) if (1) in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register as of the applicable Record Date, if any, or (2) given by electronic delivery, not later than the latest date or earlier than the earliest date prescribed by this Indenture or such Note for the giving of such notice; provided that if the Holder to which any such notice or communication is to be mailed, delivered, given or otherwise transmitted is a Depositary or its nominee, such notice or communication may instead be given by such other means as may be required or permitted by the procedures of the Depositary. In any case where notice to Holders is given, neither the failure to give such notice, nor any defect in any notice so given, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided in this Section 1.06 within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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Section 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA, such required provision shall control.
Section 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents hereof are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Indenture.
Section 1.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in any Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder, the Authenticating Agent, the Registrar, any Paying Agent, and the Holders of Notes (or such of them as may be affected thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 1.13. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. This Indenture shall be valid, binding and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Indenture may be executed in a number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For the avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings. All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any such communication sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign or other electronic signature provider that the Issuer plans to use (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the authorized representative), in English. The Issuer agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
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Section 1.14. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity Date or other payment date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity Date or other payment date; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity Date or other payment date, as the case may be.
Section 1.15. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 1.16. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
Section 1.17. Acceptance of Trust. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, the initial Trustee named herein, accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Article II
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(1) General.
(i) The Notes of each series shall be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law, stock exchange rule or DTC rule or usage or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, all as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Issuer shall furnish any such legends to the Trustee in writing.
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(ii) The Definitive Notes, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of those methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by any applicable rule of any securities exchange, all as determined by the Officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
(iii) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall, however, limit the effect of the second paragraph of Section 2.02(1). However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling. All Notes of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
(iv) No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
(v) The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Notes may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to (x) a Board Resolution, (y) an Officer’s Certificate or (z) one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Notes of any series:
(a) the title of the Notes of the series (which shall distinguish the Notes of the series from all other Notes);
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(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the series pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 8.07 or any optional redemption provision pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v)(f);
(c) the date or dates on which the principal of the Notes of the series is payable;
(d) the rate or rates at which the Notes of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Record Dates, if any, for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable;
(e) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes of the series shall be payable;
(f) any optional redemption, mandatory redemption, sinking fund and any change of control put provisions;
(g) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Notes of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.02;
(h) the issue date;
(i) the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of, premium and interest, if any, on the Notes of the series will be made if other than U.S. dollars;
(j) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Notes of the series, and any subordination in right of payment, if any, of the Notes of the series;
(k) the issue price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes) at which the Notes will be issued;
(l) if the Notes of the series are issuable in whole or in part in the form of Definitive Notes or as one or more Global Notes, and if so, the identity of the Depositary for such Global Notes if other than DTC;
(m) any other terms of the series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provisions of this Indenture);
(n) if the Notes of such series will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the Issuer or any other Person, the terms and conditions upon which such Notes will be so convertible or exchangeable;
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(o) any additions to, deletions of or changes in the Events of Default which apply to the Notes of the series; and
(p) any additions to, deletions of or changes in any covenants of the Issuer with respect to the Notes of a particular series.
Notwithstanding Section 2.01(1)(v)(b) and unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Notes, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Notes may be increased and additional Notes of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased; provided that, any such additional Notes shall have identical terms as the outstanding Notes of such series, other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price, first Interest Payment Date, interest accrual date and amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date applicable thereto; provided further, that any such additional Notes shall be treated as a single class with the outstanding Notes of such series for all purposes under this Indenture, subject to any applicable United States Federal income tax provisions.
(2) Global Notes.
(i) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01(1) above that the Notes of a series or a portion thereof are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery one or more Global Notes that (a) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Notes of such series issued in such form and not yet cancelled, (b) shall be registered, in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.04, or in the name of a nominee of such Depositary, (c) shall be deposited with the Trustee, as Custodian for the Depositary, and (d) shall bear a legend substantially as follows (“Global Note Legend”):
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
(ii) Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.04 for a Global Note must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation, provided that the Depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary.
(iii) Any Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate. The aggregate principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar, as provided in this Indenture.
(3) Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized signatory | ||
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
(1) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Notes of any series executed on behalf of the Issuer by any Officer to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer specifying the principal amount and registered Holder of each Note and whether such Note shall be a Definitive Note or a Global Note, and signed by an Officer (the “Authentication Order”) shall thereupon in accordance with the procedures acceptable to the Trustee set forth in the Authentication Order, and subject to the provisions hereof, authenticate and deliver such Notes to or upon the written order of the Issuer, without any further action by the Issuer except as set forth in this Section 2.02. The signature of any Officer on the Notes may be manual, facsimile or by other electronic means. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Note that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. In authenticating such Notes and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 5.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) a copy of the Board Resolution relating to such series;
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(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any, and the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.06;
(c) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the Notes of such series pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v), and prepared in accordance with Section 1.02; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 1.02.
(2) Notes bearing the manual or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time on or after the date hereof the proper officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes.
(3) The Notes shall be in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of Notes.
Section 2.03. Temporary Notes. Until certificates representing Notes of a series are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver temporary Notes of such series. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes of a series in exchange for temporary Notes of such series. Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.04. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
(1) Securities Register. The Trustee shall keep a register of the Notes (the “Security Register”) which shall provide for the registration of such Notes, and for transfers of such Notes in accordance with information, if any, to be provided to the Trustee by the Issuer, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe. Such register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times the information contained in such register or registers shall be available for inspection at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at such other office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 9.02.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 9.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, series and Maturity Date.
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(2) Transfer of Global Notes. Any other provision of this Section 2.04 notwithstanding, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Notes, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Notes of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes of each series.
(3) Legends.
Each Global Note shall bear the legend specified in clause (i) of Section 2.01(2) on the face thereof, and any additional legend or legends as may be specified in a Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of Notes.
(4) Definitive Notes.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, a Global Note may be exchanged for Notes of the same series registered in the names of any Person designated by the Depositary in the event that (a) the Depositary has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or such Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and the Issuer has not appointed a successor Depositary within 90 days of receiving such notice or of becoming aware of such cessation, (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the applicable Notes, or (c) the Issuer, in its sole discretion, determines that the applicable Notes issued in the form of Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Notes as evidenced by a Company Order delivered to the Trustee. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (a) or (c) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (b) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note of the same series or any portion thereof shall be a Global Note provided that any such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note.
(ii) If at any time the Depositary for the Notes of any series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Notes or if the Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, the Issuer may within 90 days of receiving such notice or of becoming aware of such cessation appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Notes.
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(iii) If, in accordance with this Section 2.04(4), Notes of any series in global form will no longer be represented by Global Notes, the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate and make available for delivery, Definitive Notes of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Notes of such series, in exchange for such Global Notes.
(iv) If a Definitive Note is issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Note after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on any Record Date for the payment of interest and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of such Definitive Notes, but shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such Global Note is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(v) Definitive Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.04(4) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee (or an Authenticating Agent appointed pursuant to this Indenture) shall authenticate and make available for delivery Definitive Notes at the Registrar’s request, and upon direction of the Issuer. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange.
(vi) When Definitive Notes are presented to the Trustee with a request to register the transfer of such Definitive Notes or to exchange such Definitive Notes for an equal principal amount of Definitive Notes of other authorized denominations of the same series, the Trustee shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transaction are met provided, however, that the Definitive Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(vii) At such time as all interests in Global Notes of any series have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes of such series or cancelled, such Global Notes shall be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note of any series is exchanged for Definitive Notes of such series or cancelled, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be reduced and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.
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(5) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, (i) all Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange, (ii) all transfers and exchanges of the Notes may be made only in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture, and (iii) the transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may only be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the procedures promulgated by the Depositary.
(6) The Issuer shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes under any optional redemption provision pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v)(f) and ending at the close of business on the date of such mailing or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Note to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed.
Section 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.
(1) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Issuer and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability or expense that they may suffer if such Note is replaced and subsequently presented or otherwise claimed for payment, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer may in its discretion execute and, upon request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor, series, Maturity Date, and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
(2) In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
(3) Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.05, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
(4) Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.05 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(5) The provisions of this Section 2.05 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
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Section 2.06. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(1) Interest on any Note which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall, if so provided in such Note, be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the applicable Record Date, notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Note subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date (unless, if so provided in such Note, such Interest Payment Date is also the Maturity Date, in which case such interest shall be payable to the Person to whom principal is payable).
(2) Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the applicable Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder; and, except as hereinafter provided, such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names any such Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Issuer shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee and, upon request (given at least three (3) Business Days before such notice is to be sent (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee)), the Trustee shall, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holder of each such Note at his address as it appears in the Security Register (or given by electronic delivery or pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary), not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed or given as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii).
(ii) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (ii), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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(3) If any installment of interest on any Note called for redemption pursuant to any optional redemption provision under Section 2.01(1)(v)(f) is due and payable on or prior to the Redemption Date and is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the Redemption Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.06, such interest shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Notes.
(4) Interest on Notes may be paid at the office or agency maintained by the Issuer in the United States pursuant to Section 9.02 or, at the Issuer’s option, through DTC, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or Euroclear System to the Person entitled thereto or by such other means as may be specified in the form of such Note.
(5) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.06 and the provisions of Section 2.04, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.
Section 2.07. Persons Deemed Owners.
(1) Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered on the Security Register as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.06) interest, and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(2) None of the Issuer, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, the Registrar or any Co-Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests and each of them may act or refrain from acting without liability on any information relating to such records provided by the Depositary.
Section 2.08. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. Acquisition of such Notes by the Issuer shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Note shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section 2.08, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of all cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures and, upon written request, deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Issuer.
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Section 2.09. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Notes shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, unless otherwise specified in the Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture relating to a particular series of Notes.
Section 2.10. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, as the case may be, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number.
Article III
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 3.01. Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture will be Discharged with respect to the Notes of one or more series and will cease to be of further effect as to all such Notes (except as to any surviving rights of transfer or exchange of such Notes expressly provided for herein), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Issuer acknowledging the Discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes of such series, when
(1) either
(i) all Notes of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (except (a) mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid, as provided in Section 2.05 and (b) Notes of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.05) have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation or have been cancelled; or
(ii) all such Notes of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation:
(a) have become due and payable (whether by the sending of a notice of redemption or otherwise), or
(b) will, in accordance with their Maturity Date, become due and payable within one year, or
(c) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and, in any of the cases described in (a) or (b) above or in this clause (c), the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes of such series for that purpose, U.S. dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in such amounts sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled or for cancellation, for principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes of such series to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes of such series that have become due and payable), or to the Maturity Date or the Redemption Date, as the case may be;
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(2) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it with respect to the Notes of such series under this Indenture; and
(3) except for Section 3.01(1)(i) or 3.01(1)(ii) in which the Notes of a series have become due and payable at their Maturity Date, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent to the Discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the Discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes of such series, the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.01(1) and the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 5.07 and to any Authenticating Agent under Section 5.14 shall survive, and the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 3.03 and 3.05 shall survive.
Section 3.02. Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys. At the Issuer’s option, either (a) the Issuer shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to the Notes of any series (“Legal Defeasance”) and/or (b) the Issuer shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.01(3), 4.01(6), 7.01, 9.05, 9.06 and 9.07 (and any other Sections, covenants or Events of Default applicable to such Notes that are determined pursuant to Section 2.01 to be subject to this provision) with respect to the Notes of such series at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”):
(1) The Issuer shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee, as trust funds, in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series, an amount of money, in cash in U.S. dollars sufficient, or in non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which, when due, will be sufficient, or a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of, or based on a written report or certificate of, a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, investment bank or appraisal firm, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes of such series with respect to principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes of any series that have become due and payable), or to the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) No Event of Default, or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default, with respect to the Notes of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar substantially concurrent deposit relating to other indebtedness or other instruments being defeased, discharged, repurchased, redeemed, repaid or otherwise acquired or retired), and the granting of liens to secure such borrowing);
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(3) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent to the Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable, contemplated by this Section 3.02 have been complied with, and:
(i) in the case of an Opinion of Counsel relating to a Legal Defeasance, stating that:
(A) the Issuer has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(B) since the date hereof there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, to the effect, in either case, that and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that the holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance has not occurred, which Opinion of Counsel (in the case of a Legal Defeasance) must be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect or a change in applicable Federal income tax law or related treasury regulations after the date of this Indenture;
(ii) in the case of an Opinion of Counsel relating to a Covenant Defeasance, stating that the deposit and defeasance contemplated by this Section 3.02 will not cause the Holders of the Notes of such series to recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Issuer’s exercise of its option under this Section 3.02 and such Holders will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised.
If in connection with the exercise by the Issuer of any option under this Section 3.02, any series of Notes is to be redeemed, either notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to any redemption provision adopted under Section 2.01 of this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.
If the Issuer exercises its option under Section 3.02(a), payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Issuer exercises its option under Section 3.02(b), payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in any of Section 4.01(3) or (6) or with respect to Article VII or IX.
Notwithstanding the exercise by the Issuer of its option under Section 3.02(b) with respect to Section 7.01, the obligation of any successor entity to assume the obligations to the Trustee under Section 5.07 shall not be discharged.
“Discharged” means, as to any series of Notes, that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Notes of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to such series of Notes (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Issuer acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Notes of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in Section 3.01(1) or 3.02(1), as applicable, above, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and the interest, if any, on such series of Notes when such payments are due; (B) in the case of a Discharge pursuant to this Section 3.02, the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.04, 2.05, 3.02(1), 3.03, and 9.02 and its obligations under Section 5.07; (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; and (D) as otherwise set forth in Section 3.01 or Section 3.02, as applicable.
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Section 3.03. Application of Trust Money. All money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 and all proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations and the interest thereon shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, for whose payment such money and U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee; but such money and U.S. Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 3.04. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held. Upon the Discharge of this Indenture or a Defeasance, in each case, with respect to the Notes of a series, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes (other than the Trustee) shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 3.05. Return of Unclaimed Amounts. Subject to applicable abandoned property law, any amounts deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any series of Notes or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any series of Notes and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of such series of Notes for two years after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such series of Notes, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee on demand or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of any Notes of such series shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect (until such time as such unclaimed amounts shall escheat, if at all, to any applicable jurisdiction) and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee or Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks (in each case on any day of the week) in a newspaper printed in the English language and customarily published at least once a day at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City and State of New York, a notice that said amounts have not been so applied and that after a date named therein any unclaimed balance of said amounts then remaining will be promptly returned to the Issuer.
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Section 3.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 3.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Holders of Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 3.01 until such time as the Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 3.03.
Article IV
REMEDIES
Section 4.01. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means with respect to Notes of any series, any of the following events:
(1) default in the payment of any principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes of such series when due (whether at maturity, upon optional redemption or otherwise);
(2) failure to pay any interest on any Note of such series, when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, warranty or agreement (other than as set forth in clause (1) or (2) above of this Section 4.01) of the Issuer under this Indenture in respect of the Notes of such series; provided that a default under this clause (3) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series then outstanding deliver a notice to the Issuer that specifies the default, demands it to be remedied and states that such notice is a “Notice of Default” and the Issuer does not cure such default within 60 days after receipt by the Issuer of such Notice of Default or such longer time as may be specified in such Notice of Default;
(4) the entry of an order for relief against the Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code by a court having jurisdiction in the premises or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Issuer as bankrupt or insolvent under any other applicable Federal or state law, or the entry of a decree or order approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or state law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Issuer or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;
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(5) the consent by the Issuer to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against any of them, or the filing by the Issuer of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by the Issuer to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Issuer or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or the making by the Issuer of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Issuer in writing of the Issuer’s inability to pay debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer in furtherance of any such action; and
(6) (a) a failure to make any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, on any Indebtedness of the Issuer (other than Indebtedness of the Issuer owing to any of its Subsidiaries) outstanding in an amount in excess of $400 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time and continuance of this failure to pay or (b) a default on any indebtedness of the Issuer (other than Indebtedness owing to any of its Subsidiaries), which default results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $400 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time without such Indebtedness having been discharged or the acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of clause (a) or (b) above; provided, however, that if any failure, default or acceleration referred to in clauses (a) or (b) ceases or is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default under this Indenture will be deemed cured.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. Upon becoming aware of any default or Event of Default, the Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such default or Event of Default.
No Event of Default with respect to a single series of Notes issued hereunder (and under or pursuant to any supplemental indenture or Board Resolution) necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Notes.
Section 4.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(1) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 4.01) with respect to the Notes of any series occurs and is continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series may declare the principal of all Outstanding Notes of such series, and the interest to the date of acceleration, if any, accrued thereon, to be immediately due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) specifying the event of default. If an Event of Default described in clause (4) or (5) of Section 4.01 occurs, then the principal amount of all the Notes then outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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(2) At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made with respect to the Notes of any series and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article IV provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and waive such event of default and its consequences, except with respect to a default in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby, if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of interest, if any, on such series of Notes,
(b) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any such series of Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest thereon at the rate prescribed therefor by the Notes of such series, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
(c) interest on overdue installments of interest at the rate prescribed therefor by the Notes of such series to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, and
(d) the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.07; and
(ii) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest of the Notes of such series which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 4.13.
Section 4.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement.
(1) The Issuer covenants that if:
(i) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Note of any series when such interest becomes due and payable, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of (or premium, if any, on) the principal of any Note of any series at the Maturity thereof, and
(iii) any such default continues for any period of grace provided in relation to such default pursuant to Section 4.01, then, with respect to such series of Notes, the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series, the whole amount then due and payable on all Notes of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, together with interest (to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest at the rate of interest prescribed therefor by the Notes of such series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.07.
(2) If the Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Notes and collect the money adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Notes, wherever situated.
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(3) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of Notes, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of such series of Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 4.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
(1) In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition, or other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or any obligor upon the Notes or the property of the Issuer or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary and advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.07) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.07.
(2) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 4.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes of such series or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series.
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Section 4.06. Application of Money Collected. Any money or property collected by the Trustee from the Issuer pursuant to this Article IV shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Notes of any series and the notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 5.07.
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such series of Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind.
Third: To the Issuer.
Section 4.07. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Note of any series may institute any action under this Indenture, unless and until:
(1) such Holder has given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes of such series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders has or have offered the Trustee, and if requested, provided indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and
(5) no inconsistent direction has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes of such series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and proportionate benefit of all the Holders of all Notes of such series.
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Section 4.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Payment of Principal, Premium (if any) and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.06) interest on such Note on or after the Maturity Date (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective date, and such right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 4.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 4.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as provided in Section 2.05(5), no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right or remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 4.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article IV or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 4.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes of such series provided that:
(1) the Trustee is offered, and, if requested, provided indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(2) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, and
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(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against all fees, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred or to be incurred by taking such action.
Section 4.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 4.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series may, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, waive any past default hereunder with respect to the Notes of such series, except a default not theretofore cured:
(1) in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision in this Indenture which, under Article VIII, cannot be modified without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note of such series.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 4.14. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 4.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series to which the suit relates, or to any suit instituted by any Holder pursuant to Section 4.08.
Section 4.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law (other than any bankruptcy law) wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Article V
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(1) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to a series of Notes:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties with respect to such series of Notes as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to such series of Notes shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of negligence and willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(2) If an Event of Default with respect to a series of Notes has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series of Notes and any indenture supplemental hereto relating to such series of Notes, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(3) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 5.01(1);
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series relating to the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with respect to such series of Notes, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to such series of Notes; and
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(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial loss, expense or liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(4) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 5.01.
Section 5.02. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to any series of Notes for which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Notes of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register (or give electronically or pursuant to the procedures of the Depositary), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any Note of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee determines in good faith that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes of such series, and provided further that, in the case of any default of the type specified in clause (3) of Section 4.01, no such notice to Holders of Notes of such series shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section 5.02, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
Section 5.03. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Issuer described herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence and willful misconduct on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered, and, if requested, provided to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the losses, costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
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(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(9) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss or profit irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action);
(10) the Trustee shall not be required to give any note, bond, or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture;
(11) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, or acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances, sabotage; epidemics; pandemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities; computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action; and
(12) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
Section 5.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of the Notes or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be charged with notice or knowledge of any Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 4.01 or of the identity of a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in its Corporate Trust Office shall have actual knowledge thereof or (ii) notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee in accordance with Section 1.05 from the Issuer or any Holder.
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Section 5.05. May Hold Notes. The Trustee or any Paying Agent, Registrar, or other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Sections 5.08 and 5.12, may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar, or such other agent.
Section 5.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Issuer.
Section 5.07. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Issuer covenants and agrees:
(1) to pay the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, compensation as may be agreed in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence and willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence and willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes upon all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any retiring Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.07, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 4.01, such expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law.
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The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Section 5.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such interest or resign as Trustee, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the TIA during the period of time required by this Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA.
Section 5.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 5.09, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article V.
Section 5.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article V shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 5.11.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Notes of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 5.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of such series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Notes of any series by Act of the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.
(4) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 5.08 after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
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(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 5.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Holder, or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Notes, or (B) subject to Section 4.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Notes and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Notes of one or more series, the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Notes of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Notes of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Notes of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 5.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 5.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of any series shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 5.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of such series.
(6) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Notes of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of any series to all Holders of Notes of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 5.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Notes, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges and subject to its lien, if any, provided by Section 5.07, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
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In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Notes of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Notes, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Notes of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Notes of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Notes of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article V.
Section 5.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided that such entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article V, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor Trustee by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
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Section 5.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. If and when the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor of the Issuer (or of any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Issuer (or against any such other obligor, as the case may be).
Section 5.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
(1) At any time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the approval of the Issuer, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Notes which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 2.05, and Notes so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 and, if other than the Issuer itself, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 5.14, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.14, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 5.14.
(2) Any entity into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any entity succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such entity shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 5.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
(3) An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and, if other than the Issuer, to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if other than the Issuer, to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.14, the Trustee, with the approval of the Issuer, may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Notes of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register (or shall give such notice electronically or pursuant to the procedures of the Depositary). Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 5.14.
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(4) The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 5.14.
(5) If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section 5.14, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| As Authenticating Agent | ||
| Authorized signatory | ||
Article VI
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER
Section 6.01. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after the Record Date for the payment of interest in respect of each series of Notes, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, a list of the names and addresses of the Holders of such Notes as of such date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, provided that, in the case of (1) and (2), if the Trustee shall be the Registrar, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
Section 6.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(1) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Notes of each series contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 6.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Trustee. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
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(2) Holders of Notes may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders of Notes with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes.
(3) Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer that the Issuer shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes in accordance with Section 6.02(2), regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 6.03. Reports by Trustee.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 following the date of the initial issuance of Notes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of Notes as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 15, to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(2) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(3) A copy of each such report shall, at the time for such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with the Issuer, with each stock exchange upon which any Notes are listed (if so listed) and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to promptly notify the Trustee when any Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 6.04. Reports by Issuer.
The Issuer shall comply with the provisions of Section 314(a) and 314(c) of the TIA. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(1), (2) and/or (3) shall be for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or matters determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates provided pursuant to Section 6.05 below). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained herein, or whether any such reports, information or documents have or have not been provided as required by the TIA. The Trustee is entitled to assume such compliance with the TIA unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee is informed otherwise.
Section 6.05. Compliance Certificate.
(1) The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a default or Event of Default has occurred, describing such default or Event of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
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(2) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any default or Event of Default, and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(3) Except with respect to receipt of Note payments when due and any default or Event of Default information contained in the Officer’s Certificates delivered to it pursuant to this Section 6.05, the Trustee shall have no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Issuer’s compliance with, or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.
Article VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR TRANSFER
Section 7.01. When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Issuer may not consolidate or merge with or into another entity, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ property and assets (taken as a whole) to another entity unless:
(1) either (a) the Issuer shall be the continuing Person or (b) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) are sold, leased, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of (i) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no default or other event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any consolidation, merger, sale or lease, conveyance or transfer described in this Section 7.01, properties or assets of the Issuer would become subject to any lien which would not be permitted by Section 9.06 without equally and ratably securing the Notes of such series, the Issuer or such successor Person, as the case may be, will take steps as are necessary to effectively secure the Notes of such series equally and ratably with, or prior to, all Indebtedness secured by those liens as and to the extent required by Section 9.06; and
(4) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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Section 7.02. Successor Entity Substituted. The successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or any successor Person to which such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of its and its Subsidiaries’ assets (taken as a whole) is made, in each case other than a lease, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Issuer herein; and thereafter the Issuer shall be discharged and released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such successor Person and such discharge and release of the Issuer.
Article VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article VII;
(2) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer;
(3) to add any additional events of default for the benefit of Holders of the Notes;
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Notes in uncertificated form, or relating to the transfer and legending of Notes;
(5) to secure the Notes or to add guarantees of the Notes;
(6) to add or appoint a successor or separate Trustee;
(7) to cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake or inconsistency;
(8) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the Defeasance (whether Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance) or Discharge of any series of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.02;
(9) to make any other change that would not adversely affect the contractual rights of any Holders of the Notes of the applicable series;
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(10) to make any change necessary to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental Indenture under the TIA;
(11) to conform any provision in this Indenture, or in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the Notes of any series, or the terms of the Notes of any series, to the prospectus supplement, offering memorandum, offering circular or any other document pursuant to which the Notes of such series were offered; and
(12) to reflect the issuance of additional Notes of any series of Notes.
Section 8.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series affected by such supplemental indenture (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such securities), the Issuer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes of such series under this Indenture; provided however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note of such series affected thereby:
(1) make any change to the percentage of principal amount of Notes the Holders of which must consent to an amendment, modification, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time of payment for interest on any Note;
(3) reduce the principal amount or extend the stated Maturity of any Note;
(4) reduce the Redemption Price or repurchase price of any Note, change the date on which any Note is subject to redemption or repurchase (provided that this shall not apply to changes in the notice period for any redemption or repurchase) or add redemption or repurchase provisions to the Notes;
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note; or
(6) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Notes.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series may waive compliance by the Issuer with certain restrictive provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Notes of such series. The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any series may waive any past default under this Indenture, except a default not theretofore cured in the payment of principal or interest and any covenants and provisions of this Indenture which this Indenture (or the applicable Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the series of Notes) expressly provides cannot be amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note of the applicable series affected thereby.
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Section 8.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article VIII or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 5.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 1.02, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. Upon request of the Issuer and, in the case of Section 8.02, upon filing with the Trustee of evidence of an Act of Holders as aforementioned, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, powers, trusts, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article VIII, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties, powers, trusts and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be determined, exercised and enforced thereunder to the extent provided therein.
Section 8.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article VIII shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
Section 8.06. Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 5.01, may receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article VIII complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.07. Notation on Notes in Respect of Supplemental Indentures. Notes of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes of any series so modified as to conform to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Notes of such series then Outstanding.
Article IX
COVENANTS
Section 9.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Notes that it shall pay or cause to be paid the principal, premium, if any, and interest on such series of Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in such series of Notes, and shall duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in this Indenture for the benefit of such series of Notes.
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Payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on a Global Note registered in the name of or held by the DTC or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Global Note. If any of the Notes are no longer represented by a Global Note, payment of interest on certificated Notes in definitive form may, at the option of the Issuer, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States by the payee.
The Issuer shall pay any interest (including any post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the applicable rate of interest determined from time to time in the manner provided for in each series of Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law) on overdue installments of interest and (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rates to the extent lawful.
Section 9.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. So long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall maintain an office or agency in the United States (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided, that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall not be the office of service of legal process on the Issuer. Upon any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer (including, without limitation, its bankruptcy, voluntary or judicial liquidation, composition with creditors, reprieve from payment, controlled management, fraudulent conveyance, general settlement with creditors, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally), the Trustee shall automatically serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where one or more series of Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 9.03. Money for Note Payments to be Held in Trust. If the Issuer shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on any series of Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such series of Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Holders of the Notes of such series or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents, it shall, on or prior to (and if on, then before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)) each due date of the principal, premium, if any, or interest, on any series of Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series entitled to the same and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 9.03, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, on Notes of any series in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee prompt notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes of such series) in the making of any such payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, on such Notes; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Issuer may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the discharge of this Indenture, or a Discharge or Defeasance of a series of Notes, or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent or, if for any other purpose, all sums so held in trust by the Issuer in respect of all series of Notes or Notes of such series, as applicable, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Section 9.04. Certificate to Trustee. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer ending after the initial issuance of Notes under this Indenture, an Officer’s Certificate that complies with TIA Section 314(a)(4) stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Issuer, they would normally have knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance of any of its covenants or agreements contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof and the actions the Issuer intends to take in connection therewith.
Section 9.05. Existence. Subject to Article VII, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate (or, if not a corporation, other type of entity) existence.
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Section 9.06. Limitation on Liens. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any lien on any property or asset (including the capital stock of any Subsidiary), to secure any Indebtedness of the Issuer, any Significant Subsidiary or any other Person, without securing the Notes equally and ratably with such Indebtedness for so long as such Indebtedness shall be so secured. The foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) liens existing on the date of this Indenture (or the applicable Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the series of Notes);
(2) (x) liens on assets or property of a Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary securing only Indebtedness of such Person; provided such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with such Person or entity becoming a Subsidiary and such liens do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person becoming a Subsidiary and the proceeds and products of such assets (and the proceeds and products thereof); and (y) liens on assets or property at the time acquired; provided such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with such acquisition and such liens do not extend to any assets other than those so acquired (and the proceeds and products thereof);
(3) liens existing on assets created at the time of, or within 18 months after, the acquisition, purchase, lease (including any Capital Lease Obligations, or any synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease), improvement or development of such assets to secure all or a portion of the purchase price or lease for, or the costs of improvement or development of, such assets;
(4) liens to secure any modification, extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or refunding (or successive modifications, extensions, renewals, refinancings, replacements or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by liens referred to in clauses (1) through (3) above or liens created in connection with any amendment, consent or waiver relating to such Indebtedness, so long as such lien is limited to all or part of substantially the same (or same type of) property which secured the lien modified, extended, renewed, refinanced, replaced or refunded, plus accessions, additions and improvements on such property and after-acquired property and the Indebtedness so secured does not exceed the sum of (A) the greater of (x) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness secured by and (y) the fair market value (as determined by the Issuer’s Board of Directors) of the assets subject to, such liens at the time of such modification, extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or refunding, or such amendment, consent or waiver, as the case may be, plus (B) an amount necessary to pay accrued but unpaid interest on such Indebtedness and any premium (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and any fees, costs, expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount (in lieu of upfront fees), consent fees, amendment fees or similar fees) or penalties incurred in connection with such modification, extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or refunding;
(5) liens on property incurred in Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by the second paragraph of Section 9.07;
(6) liens in favor of only the Issuer or one or more Subsidiaries granted by the Issuer or a Subsidiary to secure any obligations owed to the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer;
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(7) liens on assets of any subsidiary of the Issuer registered or regulated as a “broker” or “dealer” as such terms are defined in Sections 3(a) (4) and (5) of the Exchange Act, as amended, created or otherwise arising in the ordinary course of such Subsidiary’s business;
(8) customary liens in respect of a deposit for the benefit of a Holder of a series of Notes for a Discharge or Defeasance of such Notes or holders of other Indebtedness for a discharge or defeasance of such other Indebtedness;
(9) liens on securities deemed to exist under repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(10) liens in favor of the Trustee granted in accordance with this Indenture;
(11) liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent by more than 30 days (or, if failure to pay prior to delinquency but after the due date does not result in additional material amounts being due, which are not yet delinquent by more than 30 days) or not yet subject to penalties for nonpayment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Issuer or any Subsidiary, as applicable, has maintained adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(12) any attachment or judgment lien in existence less than 60 days after the entry thereof or with respect to which (i) execution has been stayed, (ii) payment is covered in full by insurance, or (iii) the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall in good faith be prosecuting on appeal or proceedings for review and shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required by GAAP with respect to such judgment or award;
(13) liens securing Swap Contracts of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;
(14) liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(15) liens on the assets of, or capital stock or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary or any joint venture and which secures Indebtedness or other obligations of such Subsidiary or joint venture (or of another Subsidiary);
(16) liens securing obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000,000; and
(17) liens otherwise prohibited by this Section 9.06, securing Indebtedness which, together with the value of Attributable Debt incurred in Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 9.07 below, do not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets measured at the date of incurrence of such liens.
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Any lien created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph may provide by its terms that any such lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the lien securing such other Indebtedness.
Section 9.07. Limitation on Sale-Leaseback Transactions. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any Person pursuant to which the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary leases any property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or the Significant Subsidiary to such Person (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) except that a Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted if the Issuer or such Significant Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on the property to be leased (without equally and ratably securing the Outstanding Notes) in an amount equal to the present value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the lease remaining on the date as of which the amount is being determined, discounted at the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease, compounded semi-annually (such amount is referred to as the “Attributable Debt”).
The foregoing shall not apply to:
(a) temporary leases for a term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years;
(b) leases between only the Issuer and one or more Subsidiaries of the Issuer or only between or among Subsidiaries of the Issuer;
(c) leases where the proceeds are at least equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the property and the Issuer applies within 270 days after the sale an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or the Attributable Debt associated with the property to (i) the retirement of long-term secured Indebtedness, (ii) the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of properties, facilities or equipment or (iii) a combination thereof; or
(d) leases of property executed by the time of, or within 12 months after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the commencement of commercial operation of the property.
Article X
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 10.01. Optional Redemption. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v)(f), the Issuer shall not be permitted to optionally redeem Notes of any series.
(a) The Issuer may, with respect to any series of Notes, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Notes of such series, or any part thereof, prior to the Maturity Date thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for with respect to such series of Notes. If a series of Notes is redeemable and the Issuer wants to redeem prior to the Maturity Date thereof all or part of the Notes of such series pursuant to the terms of such Notes, it shall notify the Trustee of the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture (or Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate) pursuant to which the redemption shall occur and of the information set forth in Section 10.01(b) below. Notice of redemption of Notes of a series shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer; provided, that if the Issuer requests the Trustee to give such notice, it shall provide an execution version of such notice to the Trustee at least five days prior to the date such notice is required to be sent to the Holders (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee).
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(b) Notice of redemption to the Holders of Notes of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed or otherwise delivered electronically or in accordance with the procedures of DTC to holders of Global Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, not fewer than 10 nor more than 60 days (unless in connection with a Discharge or Defeasance) prior to the applicable date specified for redemption (the “Redemption Date”), to each such Holder at such Holder’s last address appearing in the Security Register (or by electronic delivery or pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary). All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculating the Redemption Price;
(iii) if fewer than all outstanding Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the Notes of such series to be redeemed from the Holder to whom the notice is given and that on and after the Redemption Date, subject to the waiver by the Issuer in its sole discretion or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to such redemption, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued in accordance with Section 10.01(e);
(iv) that, subject to the waiver by the Issuer in its sole discretion or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to such redemption, on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each Note called for redemption, and that interest, if any, thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date;
(v) the place where Notes called for redemption are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, which shall be the office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture;
(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(vii) that the Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
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(viii) the CUSIP and/or ISIN number, and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP and/or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and
(ix) any conditions precedent to such redemption and, that in the Issuer’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was sent) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Issuer’s sole discretion if in the good faith judgement of the Issuer any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied;
(c) On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in this Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest on, all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.
(d) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, subject to the waiver by the Issuer in its sole discretion or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent to such redemption, the Notes (or portions thereof) so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Any installment of interest due and payable on or prior to the Redemption Date with respect to any Notes so called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such on the relevant Record Date according to the terms and the provisions of Section 2.06 of this Indenture. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor by the Note.
(e) Any Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 9.02 of this Indenture (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge and at the expense of the Issuer, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of such Note so surrendered.
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(f) If fewer than all the Notes of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes of such series not previously called for redemption, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary in the case of Global Notes, and may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Notes of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes of such series.
(g) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
(h) Unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes of a series shall relate, in the case of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 10.02. Mandatory Redemption. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01(1)(v)(f), the Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes of any series.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | ||
| Name: | Philip Carter | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Name: | Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
Exhibit 4.2
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
(as Issuer)
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(as Trustee)
First Supplemental Indenture
5.000% Senior Notes due 2028
Dated as of August 10, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
| Article I DEFINITIONS | 1 |
| Section 1.1 Definitions | 1 |
| Article II TERMS OF THE NOTES | 4 |
| Section 2.1 Title | 4 |
| Section 2.2 Aggregate Principal Amount | 5 |
| Section 2.3 Maturity | 5 |
| Section 2.4 Interest | 5 |
| Section 2.5 Place of Payment | 5 |
| Section 2.6 Optional Redemption | 5 |
| Section 2.7 Change of Control Repurchase | 5 |
| Section 2.8 Special Mandatory Redemption | 7 |
| Section 2.9 Issue Date | 7 |
| Section 2.10 Issue Price | 7 |
| Section 2.11 Definitive and Global Notes | 8 |
| Section 2.12 Denomination | 8 |
| Section 2.13 Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations | 8 |
| Section 2.14 Events of Default | 8 |
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THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, between Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), having its principal office at 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, California 92617, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), is made and entered into as of this 10th day of August, 2026.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities;
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein, not otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings given them in the Indenture, as supplemented;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has authorized the issuance of up to $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Senior Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to establish the terms of the Senior Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, this First Supplemental Indenture shall modify the Indenture only with respect to the Senior Notes.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Issuer’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Issuer’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Issuer’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or (4) the Issuer consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Issuer outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction.
“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the contiguous United States at which at any particular time this First Supplemental Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attn. B. Scarbrough (Skyworks Solutions, Inc.).
“First Supplemental Indenture” means this First Supplemental Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 27, 2025, by and among the Issuer, Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub I”), Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub II”), and Qorvo (as defined below), as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mergers” means the series of transactions pursuant to the Merger Agreement pursuant to which (i) Merger Sub I will be merged with and into Qorvo (the “First Merger”), with Qorvo surviving the First Merger, and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, and as the second step in a single integrated transaction with the First Merger, Qorvo will be merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II as the surviving entity in the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer.
“Qorvo” means Qorvo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Rating Agency” means (1) each of S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of S&P and Fitch ceases to rate the Senior Notes or fails to make a rating of the Senior Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the control of the Issuer, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement for such rating agency.
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“Ratings Event” means the rating of the Senior Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and the Senior Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Senior Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing on the earlier of (x) the date of the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control and (y) the date of public notice of an agreement that, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided, however, that a Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) unless the Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply announces or publicly confirms or informs the Trustee in writing at the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Ratings Event).
“Record Date” means any date as of which the Holder of a Senior Note will be determined for any purpose described herein, such determination to be made as of the close of business on such date by reference to the Security Register, and in relation to a determination of a payment of an installment of interest on the Senior Notes, shall have the meaning specified in the Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes” has the meaning assigned in the Recitals.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Special Mandatory Redemption” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Date” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(b).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Issuer in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
| · | The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Issuer after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Issuer shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Maturity Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Maturity Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date. |
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| · | If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Issuer shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Maturity Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Maturity Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Maturity Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Maturity Date and one with a maturity date following the Maturity Date, the Issuer shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Maturity Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Maturity Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. |
“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
Article II
TERMS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Title. The Senior Notes (i) are hereby established under the Indenture, (ii) shall constitute a series of Notes having the title “5.000% Senior Notes due 2028” to be issued on the date hereof and (iii) shall be in the form attached as Exhibit A.
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Section 2.2 Aggregate Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture shall be unlimited.
Section 2.3 Maturity. The entire outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes shall be payable on August 10, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”).
Section 2.4 Interest. The Senior Notes shall accrue interest at a rate of 5.000% per year. Interest shall accrue on the Senior Notes from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Issue Date of the Senior Notes), payable semiannually in arrears on February 10 and August 10 of each year, beginning on February 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be January 26 and July 26 of each year.
Section 2.5 Place of Payment. The place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with respect to the Senior Notes shall be payable shall be the Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.6 Optional Redemption.
(a) The Senior Notes shall be redeemable at any time, and from time to time, prior to the Maturity Date by the Issuer pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of this Section 2.6.
(b) Prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Maturity Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01(1)(v)(f) and Article X of the Indenture.
Section 2.7 Change of Control Repurchase.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, except as set forth in paragraph (f) below or unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) the Senior Notes as set forth in Section 2.6, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Senior Notes to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Senior Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase.
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(b) Within 45 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Issuer, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Issuer shall send a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Senior Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent. The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.
(c) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Senior Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 2.7, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.7 by virtue of compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
(d) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes properly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to its offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes so accepted for payment; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Senior Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes being purchased by the Issuer.
(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver by wire transfer (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to each Holder of Senior Notes so accepted for payment the purchase price for the Senior Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Senior Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Senior Notes surrendered.
(f) The Issuer shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Senior Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
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(g) Should the Issuer choose to exercise its rights under Section 3.01 or 3.02 of the Indenture, it shall no longer be obligated to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes following a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
Section 2.8 Special Mandatory Redemption.
(a) If (i) the consummation of the Mergers does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 3, 2027, (ii) the Issuer notifies the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes that the Issuer will not pursue the consummation of the Mergers or (iii) the Merger Agreement has been terminated without the consummation of the Mergers (any event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger”), the Issuer will be required to redeem the Senior Notes then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).
(b) In the event that the Issuer becomes obligated to redeem the Senior Notes pursuant to this Section 2.8, the Issuer will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the date on which a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger occurred, deliver notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which the Senior Notes will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no earlier than five days and no later than thirty days following the date of such notice, unless some longer minimum period may be required by DTC) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed. At the Issuer’s request, given at least two Business Days before such notice is to be sent, the Trustee will then promptly mail, or electronically deliver, according to the procedures of DTC, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of the Senior Notes to be redeemed. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Senior Notes to be redeemed.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Senior Notes 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 Record Dates in accordance with the Senior Notes and the Indenture.
Section 2.9 Issue Date. The issue date (the “Issue Date”) of the Senior Notes is August 10, 2026.
Section 2.10 Issue Price. The issue price of the Senior Notes is 99.722% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes.
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Section 2.11 Definitive and Global Notes. The Senior Notes are issuable in whole or in part in the form of Global Notes and the Depositary for such Global Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Section 2.12 Denomination. The Senior Notes shall be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.13 Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations.
(a) Sub-clause (b) of the first paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add after “9.07” thereof:
“and Section 2.7 of the First Supplemental Indenture”
(b) The last sentence of the third to last paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add to the end thereof:
“and the Issuer shall no longer be obligated to make an offer under Section 2.7 of the First Supplemental Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.”
Section 2.14 Events of Default.
(a) In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 4.01 of the Indenture, the Senior Notes shall include the following additional Event of Default designated as clause (7) of such Section, which shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 4.01 of the Indenture:
“(7) a failure by the Issuer to redeem the Senior Notes following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in conformity with Section 2.8 of the First Supplemental Indenture.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | ||
| Name: | Philip Carter | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
| as Trustee | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Name: | Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
EXHIBIT A
Form of Senior Note
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
No. R-[●]
5.000% Senior Note due 2028
CUSIP
No. 83088MAP7
ISIN No. US83088MAP77
Principal Amount: $[●]
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto on August 10, 2028.
Interest Payment Dates: February 10 and August 10, beginning on February 10, 2027.
Record Dates: January 26 and July 26.
Additional provisions of this Senior Note are set forth on the other side of this Senior Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| Dated: | |||
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the First Supplemental Indenture.
| By: | |||
| Authorized signatory | |||
[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $[●]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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5.000% Senior Notes due 2028
| 1. | Interest |
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest semiannually on February 10 and August 10 of each year, beginning on February 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be January 26 and July 26 of each year. Interest on this Senior Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from August 10, 2026 until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
| 2. | Method of Payment |
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Senior Note (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date. Holders must surrender this Senior Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Global Note. If any of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Note, payment of interest on certificated Senior Notes in definitive form may, at the option of the Issuer, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Senior Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States by the payee.
| 3. | Paying Agent and Registrar |
Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may act as Paying Agent.
| 4. | Indenture |
The Issuer issued this Senior Note under an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of this Senior Note include those stated in the Indenture, and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. This Senior Note is subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Senior Note and the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern such provision.
This Senior Note is a senior unsecured obligation of the Issuer of which an unlimited aggregate principal amount may be at any one time Outstanding. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Significant Subsidiaries to, among other things, create, incur, assume or permit to exist Liens and enter into certain Sale-Leaseback Transactions. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer to consolidate or merge with or into another entity, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ property and assets (taken as a whole) to another entity.
| 5. | Optional Redemption |
Prior to the Maturity Date of this Senior Note, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes prior to the Maturity Date, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Maturity Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
| 6. | Special Mandatory Redemption |
The Issuer may be required to redeem all outstanding Senior Notes upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, as described in Section 2.8 of the First Supplemental Indenture.
| 7. | Sinking Fund |
This Senior Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
| 8. | Notice of Redemption |
If the Issuer elects to redeem this Senior Note pursuant to Section 5 hereof, notice of redemption shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer to the Holders; provided, that if the Issuer requests the Trustee to give such notice, it shall provide an execution version of such notice to the Trustee at least five days prior to the date such notice is required to be sent to the Holders (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee).
Such notice of redemption to the Holders of this Senior Note at the option of the Issuer shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed or otherwise delivered electronically or in accordance with the procedures of DTC to holders of Global Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, not fewer than 10 nor more than 60 (unless in connection with a Discharge or Defeasance) days prior to the Redemption Date to each such Holder at such Holder’s last address appearing in the Security Register (or by electronic delivery or pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary).
| 9. | Repurchase of this Senior Note at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event |
If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) this Senior Note as described in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to each Holder of this Senior Note to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the applicable percentage of this Senior Note at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such percentage of this Senior Note plus any accrued and unpaid interest on this Senior Note repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase, as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
| 10. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange |
Senior Notes may be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange this Senior Note in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Issuer and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not register the transfer of or exchange this Senior Note if selected for redemption (except, in the event it will be redeemed in part, the portion not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange this Senior Note for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
| 11. | Persons Deemed Owners |
With certain exceptions, the registered Holder of this Senior Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
| 12. | Unclaimed Money |
Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest, if any, remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its request. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as unsecured general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
| 13. | Discharge and Defeasance |
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under this Senior Note and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money in cash in U.S. dollars, or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of this Senior Note with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
| 14. | Amendment, Waiver |
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture may be amended under certain circumstances with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes and (ii) certain defaults may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of any Senior Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture: (i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Senior Notes; (ii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer; (iii) to add any additional events of default for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes; (iv) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in uncertificated form, or relating to the transfer and legending of Senior Notes; (v) to secure the Senior Notes or to add guarantees of the Senior Notes; (vi) to add or appoint a successor or separate Trustee; (vii) to cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake or inconsistency; (viii) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance (whether legal defeasance or covenant defeasance) and discharge of Senior Notes; provided that the interests of the holders of the Senior Notes are not adversely affected in any material respect; (ix) to make any other change that would not adversely affect the rights of any Holders of the Senior Notes; (x) to make any change necessary to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture or any supplemental Indenture under the TIA; (xi) to conform any provision in the Indenture to the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” in the prospectus, dated as of August 3, 2026, and to the section entitled “Description of the Notes” in the prospectus supplement, dated as of August 3, 2026; and (xii) to reflect the issuance of additional Notes as permitted by Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Indenture.
| 15. | Defaults and Remedies |
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) with respect to this Senior Note occurs and is continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may declare the principal of all Outstanding Senior Notes, and the interest to the date of acceleration, if any, accrued thereon, to be immediately due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) specifying the Event of Default. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, then the principal amount of all the Senior Notes then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Senior Notes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may rescind and annul any such acceleration with respect to the Senior Notes and its consequences.
No Holder of this Senior Note may institute any action, unless and until: (i) such Holder has given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes; (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such Holder or Holders has or have offered the Trustee, and if requested, provided indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (iv) the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and (v) no inconsistent direction has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes.
| 16. | Trustee Dealings with the Issuer |
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of this Senior Note and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
| 17. | Authentication |
This Senior Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Senior Note.
| 18. | Governing Law |
THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
| 19. | CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
The Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on this Senior Note and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Senior Note or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder of this Senior Note upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Senior Note.
Exhibit 4.3
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
(as Issuer)
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(as Trustee)
Second Supplemental Indenture
5.750% Senior Notes due 2032
Dated as of August 10, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Article I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
| Section 1.1 | Definitions | 1 |
| Article II TERMS OF THE NOTES | 4 | |
| Section 2.1 | Title | 4 |
| Section 2.2 | Aggregate Principal Amount | 4 |
| Section 2.3 | Maturity | 4 |
| Section 2.4 | Interest | 5 |
| Section 2.5 | Place of Payment | 5 |
| Section 2.6 | Optional Redemption | 5 |
| Section 2.7 | Change of Control Repurchase | 5 |
| Section 2.8 | Issue Date | 7 |
| Section 2.9 | Issue Price | 7 |
| Section 2.10 | Definitive and Global Notes | 7 |
| Section 2.11 | Denomination | 7 |
| Section 2.12 | Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations | 7 |
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THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, between Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), having its principal office at 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, California 92617, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), is made and entered into as of this 10th day of August, 2026.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities;
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein, not otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings given them in the Indenture, as supplemented;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has authorized the issuance of up to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Senior Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to establish the terms of the Senior Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, this Second Supplemental Indenture shall modify the Indenture only with respect to the Senior Notes.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Issuer’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Issuer’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Issuer’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or (4) the Issuer consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Issuer outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction.
“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the contiguous United States at which at any particular time this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attn. B. Scarbrough (Skyworks Solutions, Inc.).
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.
“Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 27, 2025, by and among the Issuer, Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub I”), Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub II”), and Qorvo (as defined below), as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mergers” means the series of transactions pursuant to the Merger Agreement pursuant to which (i) Merger Sub I will be merged with and into Qorvo (the “First Merger”), with Qorvo surviving the First Merger, and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, and as the second step in a single integrated transaction with the First Merger, Qorvo will be merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II as the surviving entity in the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer.
“Par Call Date” means December 10, 2031 (one month prior to the Maturity Date of the Senior Notes).
“Qorvo” means Qorvo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Rating Agency” means (1) each of S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of S&P and Fitch ceases to rate the Senior Notes or fails to make a rating of the Senior Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the control of the Issuer, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement for such rating agency.
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“Ratings Event” means the rating of the Senior Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and the Senior Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Senior Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing on the earlier of (x) the date of the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control and (y) the date of public notice of an agreement that, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided, however, that a Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) unless the Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply announces or publicly confirms or informs the Trustee in writing at the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Ratings Event).
“Record Date” means any date as of which the Holder of a Senior Note will be determined for any purpose described herein, such determination to be made as of the close of business on such date by reference to the Security Register, and in relation to a determination of a payment of an installment of interest on the Senior Notes, shall have the meaning specified in the Senior Notes.
“Second Supplemental Indenture” means this Second Supplemental Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Senior Notes” has the meaning assigned in the Recitals.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Issuer in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
| · | The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Issuer after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Issuer shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date. |
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| · | If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Issuer shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Issuer shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. |
“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
Article II
TERMS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Title. The Senior Notes (i) are hereby established under the Indenture, (ii) shall constitute a series of Notes having the title “5.750% Senior Notes due 2032” to be issued on the date hereof and (iii) shall be in the form attached as Exhibit A.
Section 2.2 Aggregate Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be unlimited.
Section 2.3 Maturity. The entire outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes shall be payable on January 10, 2032 (the “Maturity Date”).
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Section 2.4 Interest. The Senior Notes shall accrue interest at a rate of 5.750% per year. Interest shall accrue on the Senior Notes from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Issue Date of the Senior Notes), payable semiannually in arrears on January 10 and July 10 of each year, beginning on January 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be December 26 and June 25 of each year.
Section 2.5 Place of Payment. The place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with respect to the Senior Notes shall be payable shall be the Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.6 Optional Redemption.
(a) The Senior Notes shall be redeemable at any time, and from time to time, by the Issuer pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of this Section 2.6.
(b) Prior to the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes prior to the Par Call Date, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time and from time to time, on or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option, either in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01(1)(v)(f) and Article X of the Indenture.
Section 2.7 Change of Control Repurchase.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, except as set forth in paragraph (f) below or unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) the Senior Notes as set forth in Section 2.6, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Senior Notes to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Senior Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase.
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(b) Within 45 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Issuer, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Issuer shall send a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Senior Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent. The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.
(c) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Senior Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 2.7, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.7 by virtue of compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
(d) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes properly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to its offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes so accepted for payment; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Senior Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes being purchased by the Issuer.
(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver by wire transfer (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to each Holder of Senior Notes so accepted for payment the purchase price for the Senior Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Senior Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Senior Notes surrendered.
(f) The Issuer shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Senior Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
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(g) Should the Issuer choose to exercise its rights under Section 3.01 or 3.02 of the Indenture, it shall no longer be obligated to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes following a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
Section 2.8 Issue Date. The issue date (the “Issue Date”) of the Senior Notes is August 10, 2026.
Section 2.9 Issue Price. The issue price of the Senior Notes is 99.932% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes.
Section 2.10 Definitive and Global Notes. The Senior Notes are issuable in whole or in part in the form of Global Notes and the Depositary for such Global Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Section 2.11 Denomination. The Senior Notes shall be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.12 Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations.
(a) Sub-clause (b) of the first paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add after “9.07” thereof:
“and Section 2.7 of the Second Supplemental Indenture”
(b) The last sentence of the third to last paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add to the end thereof:
“and the Issuer shall no longer be obligated to make an offer under Section 2.7 of the Second Supplemental Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | ||
| Name: | Philip Carter | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Name: | Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
EXHIBIT A
Form of Senior Note
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
No. R-[●]
5.750% Senior Note due 2032
CUSIP
No. 83088MAQ5
ISIN No. US83088MAQ50
Principal Amount: $[●]
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto on January 10, 2032.
Interest Payment Dates: January 10 and July 10, beginning on January 10, 2027.
Record Dates: December 26 and June 25.
Additional provisions of this Senior Note are set forth on the other side of this Senior Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
| Dated: |
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the Second Supplemental Indenture.
| By: | ||
| Authorized signatory |
[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $[●]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
| Date of Exchange | Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note | Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note | Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase | Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee | ||||
5.750% Senior Notes due 2032
| 1. | Interest |
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest semiannually on January 10 and July 10 of each year, beginning on January 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be December 26 and June 25 of each year. Interest on this Senior Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from August 10, 2026 until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
| 2. | Method of Payment |
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Senior Note (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date. Holders must surrender this Senior Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Global Note. If any of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Note, payment of interest on certificated Senior Notes in definitive form may, at the option of the Issuer, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Senior Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States by the payee.
| 3. | Paying Agent and Registrar |
Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may act as Paying Agent.
| 4. | Indenture |
The Issuer issued this Senior Note under an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of this Senior Note include those stated in the Indenture, and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. This Senior Note is subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Senior Note and the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern such provision.
This Senior Note is a senior unsecured obligation of the Issuer of which an unlimited aggregate principal amount may be at any one time Outstanding. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Significant Subsidiaries to, among other things, create, incur, assume or permit to exist Liens and enter into certain Sale-Leaseback Transactions. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer to consolidate or merge with or into another entity, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ property and assets (taken as a whole) to another entity.
| 5. | Optional Redemption |
Prior to December 10, 2031 (one month prior to the Maturity Date of this Senior Note) (the “Par Call Date”), the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes prior to the Par Call Date, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time and from time to time, on or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option, either in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
| 6. | Sinking Fund |
This Senior Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
| 7. | Notice of Redemption |
If the Issuer elects to redeem this Senior Note pursuant to Section 5 hereof, notice of redemption shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer to the Holders; provided, that if the Issuer requests the Trustee to give such notice, it shall provide an execution version of such notice to the Trustee at least five days prior to the date such notice is required to be sent to the Holders (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee).
Such notice of redemption to the Holders of this Senior Note at the option of the Issuer shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed or otherwise delivered electronically or in accordance with the procedures of DTC to holders of Global Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, not fewer than 10 nor more than 60 (unless in connection with a Discharge or Defeasance) days prior to the Redemption Date to each such Holder at such Holder’s last address appearing in the Security Register (or by electronic delivery or pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary).
| 8. | Repurchase of this Senior Note at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event |
If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) this Senior Note as described in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to each Holder of this Senior Note to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the applicable percentage of this Senior Note at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such percentage of this Senior Note plus any accrued and unpaid interest on this Senior Note repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase, as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
| 9. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange |
Senior Notes may be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange this Senior Note in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Issuer and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not register the transfer of or exchange this Senior Note if selected for redemption (except, in the event it will be redeemed in part, the portion not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange this Senior Note for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
| 10. | Persons Deemed Owners |
With certain exceptions, the registered Holder of this Senior Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
| 11. | Unclaimed Money |
Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest, if any, remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its request. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as unsecured general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
| 12. | Discharge and Defeasance |
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under this Senior Note and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money in cash in U.S. dollars, or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of this Senior Note with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
| 13. | Amendment, Waiver |
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture may be amended under certain circumstances with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes and (ii) certain defaults may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of any Senior Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture: (i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Senior Notes; (ii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer; (iii) to add any additional events of default for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes; (iv) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in uncertificated form, or relating to the transfer and legending of Senior Notes; (v) to secure the Senior Notes or to add guarantees of the Senior Notes; (vi) to add or appoint a successor or separate Trustee; (vii) to cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake or inconsistency; (viii) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance (whether legal defeasance or covenant defeasance) and discharge of Senior Notes; provided that the interests of the holders of the Senior Notes are not adversely affected in any material respect; (ix) to make any other change that would not adversely affect the rights of any Holders of the Senior Notes; (x) to make any change necessary to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture or any supplemental Indenture under the TIA; (xi) to conform any provision in the Indenture to the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” in the prospectus, dated as of August 3, 2026, and to the section entitled “Description of the Notes” in the prospectus supplement, dated as of August 3, 2026; and (xii) to reflect the issuance of additional Notes as permitted by Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Indenture.
| 14. | Defaults and Remedies |
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) with respect to this Senior Note occurs and is continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may declare the principal of all Outstanding Senior Notes, and the interest to the date of acceleration, if any, accrued thereon, to be immediately due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) specifying the Event of Default. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, then the principal amount of all the Senior Notes then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Senior Notes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may rescind and annul any such acceleration with respect to the Senior Notes and its consequences.
No Holder of this Senior Note may institute any action, unless and until: (i) such Holder has given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes; (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such Holder or Holders has or have offered the Trustee, and if requested, provided indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (iv) the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and (v) no inconsistent direction has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes.
| 15. | Trustee Dealings with the Issuer |
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of this Senior Note and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
| 16. | Authentication |
This Senior Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Senior Note.
| 17. | Governing Law |
THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
| 18. | CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
The Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on this Senior Note and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Senior Note or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder of this Senior Note upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Senior Note.
Exhibit 4.4
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
(as Issuer)
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(as Trustee)
Third Supplemental Indenture
6.250% Senior Notes due 2036
Dated as of August 10, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
| Article I DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||
| Section 1.1 | Definitions | 1 | |
| Article II TERMS OF THE NOTES | 5 | ||
| Section 2.1 | Title | 5 | |
| Section 2.2 | Aggregate Principal Amount | 5 | |
| Section 2.3 | Maturity | 5 | |
| Section 2.4 | Interest | 5 | |
| Section 2.5 | Place of Payment | 5 | |
| Section 2.6 | Optional Redemption | 5 | |
| Section 2.7 | Change of Control Repurchase | 6 | |
| Section 2.8 | Special Mandatory Redemption | 7 | |
| Section 2.9 | Issue Date | 8 | |
| Section 2.10 | Issue Price | 8 | |
| Section 2.11 | Definitive and Global Notes | 8 | |
| Section 2.12 | Denomination | 8 | |
| Section 2.13 | Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations | 8 | |
| Section 2.14 | Events of Default | 8 | |
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THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, between Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), having its principal office at 5260 California Avenue, Irvine, California 92617, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), is made and entered into as of this 10th day of August, 2026.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of debt securities;
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein, not otherwise defined, shall have the same meanings given them in the Indenture, as supplemented;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has authorized the issuance of up to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Senior Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to establish the terms of the Senior Notes in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, this Third Supplemental Indenture shall modify the Indenture only with respect to the Senior Notes.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Issuer’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) and 13(d)(5) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Issuer’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Issuer’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or (4) the Issuer consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Issuer outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction.
“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the contiguous United States at which at any particular time this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attn. B. Scarbrough (Skyworks Solutions, Inc.).
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) or a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Issuer.
“Issue Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 27, 2025, by and among the Issuer, Comet Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub I”), Comet Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub II”), and Qorvo (as defined below), as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Mergers” means the series of transactions pursuant to the Merger Agreement pursuant to which (i) Merger Sub I will be merged with and into Qorvo (the “First Merger”), with Qorvo surviving the First Merger, and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, and as the second step in a single integrated transaction with the First Merger, Qorvo will be merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II as the surviving entity in the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer.
“Par Call Date” means May 10, 2036 (three months prior to the Maturity Date of the Senior Notes).
“Qorvo” means Qorvo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Rating Agency” means (1) each of S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of S&P and Fitch ceases to rate the Senior Notes or fails to make a rating of the Senior Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the control of the Issuer, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Issuer (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement for such rating agency.
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“Ratings Event” means the rating of the Senior Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and the Senior Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Senior Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing on the earlier of (x) the date of the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control and (y) the date of public notice of an agreement that, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided, however, that a Ratings Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Ratings Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event) unless the Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply announces or publicly confirms or informs the Trustee in writing at the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s request that the reduction was the result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Ratings Event).
“Record Date” means any date as of which the Holder of a Senior Note will be determined for any purpose described herein, such determination to be made as of the close of business on such date by reference to the Security Register, and in relation to a determination of a payment of an installment of interest on the Senior Notes, shall have the meaning specified in the Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes” has the meaning assigned in the Recitals.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Special Mandatory Redemption” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Date” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(b).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Price” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.8(a).
“Third Supplemental Indenture” means this Third Supplemental Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Issuer in accordance with the following two paragraphs:
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| · | The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Issuer after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Issuer shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the Redemption Date. |
| · | If on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Issuer shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Issuer shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. |
“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
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Article II
TERMS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Title. The Senior Notes (i) are hereby established under the Indenture, (ii) shall constitute a series of Notes having the title “6.250% Senior Notes due 2036” to be issued on the date hereof and (iii) shall be in the form attached as Exhibit A.
Section 2.2 Aggregate Principal Amount. The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be unlimited.
Section 2.3 Maturity. The entire outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes shall be payable on August 10, 2036 (the “Maturity Date”).
Section 2.4 Interest. The Senior Notes shall accrue interest at a rate of 6.250% per year. Interest shall accrue on the Senior Notes from the most recent Interest Payment Date to or for which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Issue Date of the Senior Notes), payable semiannually in arrears on February 10 and August 10 of each year, beginning on February 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be January 26 and July 26 of each year.
Section 2.5 Place of Payment. The place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with respect to the Senior Notes shall be payable shall be the Corporate Trust Office.
Section 2.6 Optional Redemption.
(a) The Senior Notes shall be redeemable at any time, and from time to time, by the Issuer pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of this Section 2.6.
(b) Prior to the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes prior to the Par Call Date, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
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In addition, at any time and from time to time, on or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option, either in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01(1)(v)(f) and Article X of the Indenture.
Section 2.7 Change of Control Repurchase.
(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, except as set forth in paragraph (f) below or unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) the Senior Notes as set forth in Section 2.6, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer to each Holder of the Senior Notes to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Senior Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase.
(b) Within 45 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the option of the Issuer, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change of Control, the Issuer shall send a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Senior Notes on the payment date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent. The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.
(c) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Senior Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 2.7, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 2.7 by virtue of compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
(d) On the repurchase date following a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes properly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to its offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Senior Notes or portions of the Senior Notes so accepted for payment; and
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(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Senior Notes properly accepted, together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes being purchased by the Issuer.
(e) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver by wire transfer (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to each Holder of Senior Notes so accepted for payment the purchase price for the Senior Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Senior Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Senior Notes surrendered.
(f) The Issuer shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Issuer and such third party purchases all Senior Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
(g) Should the Issuer choose to exercise its rights under Section 3.01 or 3.02 of the Indenture, it shall no longer be obligated to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes following a Change of Control Repurchase Event.
Section 2.8 Special Mandatory Redemption.
(a) If (i) the consummation of the Mergers does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on November 3, 2027, (ii) the Issuer notifies the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes that the Issuer will not pursue the consummation of the Mergers or (iii) the Merger Agreement has been terminated without the consummation of the Mergers (any event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger”), the Issuer will be required to redeem the Senior Notes then outstanding (such redemption, the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Price”).
(b) In the event that the Issuer becomes obligated to redeem the Senior Notes pursuant to this Section 2.8, the Issuer will promptly, and in any event not more than ten Business Days after the date on which a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger occurred, deliver notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes of the Special Mandatory Redemption and the date upon which the Senior Notes will be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date,” which date shall be no earlier than five days and no later than thirty days following the date of such notice, unless some longer minimum period may be required by DTC) together with a notice of Special Mandatory Redemption for the Trustee to deliver to each registered Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed. At the Issuer’s request, given at least two Business Days before such notice is to be sent, the Trustee will then promptly mail, or electronically deliver, according to the procedures of DTC, such notice of Special Mandatory Redemption to each registered Holder of the Senior Notes to be redeemed. Unless the Issuer defaults in payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price, on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Senior Notes to be redeemed.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the Senior Notes 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 Record Dates in accordance with the Senior Notes and the Indenture.
Section 2.9 Issue Date. The issue date (the “Issue Date”) of the Senior Notes is August 10, 2026.
Section 2.10 Issue Price. The issue price of the Senior Notes is 98.680% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes.
Section 2.11 Definitive and Global Notes. The Senior Notes are issuable in whole or in part in the form of Global Notes and the Depositary for such Global Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company.
Section 2.12 Denomination. The Senior Notes shall be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.13 Defeasance and Discharge of Covenants upon Deposit of Moneys, U.S. Government Obligations.
(a) Sub-clause (b) of the first paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add after “9.07” thereof:
“and Section 2.7 of the Third Supplemental Indenture”
(b) The last sentence of the third to last paragraph of Section 3.02 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented to add to the end thereof:
“and the Issuer shall no longer be obligated to make an offer under Section 2.7 of the Third Supplemental Indenture upon the occurrence of a Change of Control.”
Section 2.14 Events of Default.
(a) In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 4.01 of the Indenture, the Senior Notes shall include the following additional Event of Default designated as clause (7) of such Section, which shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 4.01 of the Indenture:
“(7) a failure by the Issuer to redeem the Senior Notes following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in conformity with Section 2.8 of the Third Supplemental Indenture.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Philip Carter | ||
| Name: | Philip Carter | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |||
| as Trustee | |||
| By: | /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Name: | Bradley E. Scarbrough | ||
| Title: | Vice President | ||
EXHIBIT A
Form of Senior Note
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
No. R-[●]
6.250% Senior Note due 2036
CUSIP
No. 83088MAR3
ISIN No. US83088MAR34
Principal Amount: $[●]
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto on August 10, 2036.
Interest Payment Dates: February 10 and August 10, beginning on February 10, 2027.
Record Dates: January 26 and July 26.
Additional provisions of this Senior Note are set forth on the other side of this Senior Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Dated: | ||
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the Third Supplemental Indenture.
| By: | ||
| Authorized signatory |
[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $[●]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date of | Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note | Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note | Principal amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase | Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee | ||||
6.250% Senior Notes due 2036
| 1. | Interest |
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest semiannually on February 10 and August 10 of each year, beginning on February 10, 2027. The Record Dates for payment of interest shall be January 26 and July 26 of each year. Interest on this Senior Note shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from August 10, 2026 until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
| 2. | Method of Payment |
The Issuer shall pay interest on this Senior Note (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date. Holders must surrender this Senior Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note registered in the name of or held by DTC or its nominee shall be made in immediately available funds to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder of such Global Note. If any of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Note, payment of interest on certificated Senior Notes in definitive form may, at the option of the Issuer, be made by (i) check mailed directly to Holders at their registered addresses or (ii) upon request of any Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Senior Notes, wire transfer to an account located in the United States by the payee.
| 3. | Paying Agent and Registrar |
Initially, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may act as Paying Agent.
| 4. | Indenture |
The Issuer issued this Senior Note under an Indenture dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of this Senior Note include those stated in the Indenture, and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. This Senior Note is subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Senior Note and the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern such provision.
This Senior Note is a senior unsecured obligation of the Issuer of which an unlimited aggregate principal amount may be at any one time Outstanding. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Significant Subsidiaries to, among other things, create, incur, assume or permit to exist Liens and enter into certain Sale-Leaseback Transactions. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer to consolidate or merge with or into another entity, or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ property and assets (taken as a whole) to another entity.
| 5. | Optional Redemption |
Prior to May 10, 2036 (three months prior to the Maturity Date of this Senior Note) (the “Par Call Date”), the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part. If the Issuer elects to redeem the Senior Notes prior to the Par Call Date, it will pay a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the Senior Notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and
(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed,
plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time and from time to time, on or after the Par Call Date, the Issuer may redeem the Senior Notes at its option, either in whole or in part, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
| 6. | Special Mandatory Redemption |
The Issuer may be required to redeem all outstanding Senior Notes upon the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, as described in Section 2.8 of the Third Supplemental Indenture.
| 7. | Sinking Fund |
This Senior Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
| 8. | Notice of Redemption |
If the Issuer elects to redeem this Senior Note pursuant to Section 5 hereof, notice of redemption shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer to the Holders; provided, that if the Issuer requests the Trustee to give such notice, it shall provide an execution version of such notice to the Trustee at least five days prior to the date such notice is required to be sent to the Holders (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee).
Such notice of redemption to the Holders of this Senior Note at the option of the Issuer shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed or otherwise delivered electronically or in accordance with the procedures of DTC to holders of Global Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, not fewer than 10 nor more than 60 (unless in connection with a Discharge or Defeasance) days prior to the Redemption Date to each such Holder at such Holder’s last address appearing in the Security Register (or by electronic delivery or pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary).
| 9. | Repurchase of this Senior Note at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event |
If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Issuer has redeemed (or given notice of redemption of) this Senior Note as described in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to each Holder of this Senior Note to repurchase all or any part (in excess of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of the applicable percentage of this Senior Note at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such percentage of this Senior Note plus any accrued and unpaid interest on this Senior Note repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase, as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
| 10. | Denominations; Transfer; Exchange |
Senior Notes may be issued in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange this Senior Note in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Issuer and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not register the transfer of or exchange this Senior Note if selected for redemption (except, in the event it will be redeemed in part, the portion not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange this Senior Note for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
| 11. | Persons Deemed Owners |
With certain exceptions, the registered Holder of this Senior Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
| 12. | Unclaimed Money |
Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest, if any, remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its request. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as unsecured general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
| 13. | Discharge and Defeasance |
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under this Senior Note and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money in cash in U.S. dollars, or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of this Senior Note with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
| 14. | Amendment, Waiver |
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture may be amended under certain circumstances with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes and (ii) certain defaults may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of any Senior Notes, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture: (i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Senior Notes; (ii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer; (iii) to add any additional events of default for the benefit of Holders of the Senior Notes; (iv) to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Senior Notes in uncertificated form, or relating to the transfer and legending of Senior Notes; (v) to secure the Senior Notes or to add guarantees of the Senior Notes; (vi) to add or appoint a successor or separate Trustee; (vii) to cure any ambiguity, defect, mistake or inconsistency; (viii) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture as necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance (whether legal defeasance or covenant defeasance) and discharge of Senior Notes; provided that the interests of the holders of the Senior Notes are not adversely affected in any material respect; (ix) to make any other change that would not adversely affect the rights of any Holders of the Senior Notes; (x) to make any change necessary to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture or any supplemental Indenture under the TIA; (xi) to conform any provision in the Indenture to the section entitled “Description of Debt Securities” in the prospectus, dated as of August 3, 2026, and to the section entitled “Description of the Notes” in the prospectus supplement, dated as of August 3, 2026; and (xii) to reflect the issuance of additional Notes as permitted by Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Indenture.
| 15. | Defaults and Remedies |
If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) with respect to this Senior Note occurs and is continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may declare the principal of all Outstanding Senior Notes, and the interest to the date of acceleration, if any, accrued thereon, to be immediately due and payable by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) specifying the Event of Default. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, then the principal amount of all the Senior Notes then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Senior Notes, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes may rescind and annul any such acceleration with respect to the Senior Notes and its consequences.
No Holder of this Senior Note may institute any action, unless and until: (i) such Holder has given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes; (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such Holder or Holders has or have offered the Trustee, and if requested, provided indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (iv) the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and (v) no inconsistent direction has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes.
| 16. | Trustee Dealings with the Issuer |
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of this Senior Note and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
| 17. | Authentication |
This Senior Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Senior Note.
| 18. | Governing Law |
THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
| 19. | CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
The Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on this Senior Note and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Senior Note or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder of this Senior Note upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Senior Note.
Exhibit 5.1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llp
ONE MANHATTAN WEST
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 5260 California Avenue Irvine, California 92617 |
NEW YORK, NY 10001
Tel: (212) 735-3000 Fax: (212) 735-2000 www.skadden.com
August 10, 2026 |
FIRM/AFFILIATE OFFICES
BOSTON CHICAGO HOUSTON LOS ANGELES PALO ALTO WASHINGTON, D.C. WILMINGTON
ABU DHABI BEIJING BRUSSELS FRANKFURT HONG KONG LONDON MUNICH PARIS SÃO PAULO SEOUL SINGAPORE TOKYO TORONTO |
| Re: | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-297918) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special United States counsel to Skyworks Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of (i) $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), (ii) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.750%% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and (iii) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.250% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, collectively with the 2028 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”) to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of August 10, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2028 Notes (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2028 Notes Indenture”), the Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2032 Notes (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2032 Notes Indenture”) and the Third Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2036 Notes (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2036 Notes Indenture”; the 2028 Notes Indenture, the 2032 Notes Indenture and the 2036 Notes Indenture, collectively, the “Indentures”), each dated as of August 10, 2026, between the Company and the Trustee.
This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
August 10, 2026
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In rendering the opinion stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following:
(a) the registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-297918) of the Company relating to the Notes and other securities of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 3, 2026 under the Securities Act allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), including the information deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations (such registration statement being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”);
(b) the prospectus, dated August 3, 2026 (the “Base Prospectus”), which forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement;
(c) the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 3, 2026 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(d) the prospectus supplement, dated August 4, 2026 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(e) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, dated August 4, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the sale by the Company to the Underwriters of the Notes;
(f) executed copies of the Indentures;
(g) the global certificates evidencing the Notes, executed by the Company and registered in the name of Cede & Co. (the “Note Certificates”), delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication and delivery;
(h) an executed copy of a certificate of Robert J. Terry, Secretary of the Company, dated the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”);
(i) a copy of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of July 31, 2026 and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate as being in effect on the date of the resolutions referred to below and as of the date hereof;
(j) a copy of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated By-laws (the “By-laws”), certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate as being in effect on the date of the resolutions referred to below and as of the date hereof; and
(k) a copy of certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
August 10, 2026
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We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion stated below.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts relevant to the opinion stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate and the factual representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement.
We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws, of the State of New York and (ii) the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) (all of the foregoing being referred to as “Opined-on Law”).
As used herein, “Transaction Documents” means the Underwriting Agreement, the Indentures and the Note Certificates.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Note Certificates have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Company and duly executed by the Company under the DGCL, and when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York.
The opinion stated herein is subject to the following assumptions and qualifications:
(a) we do not express any opinion with respect to the effect on the opinion stated herein of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other similar laws or governmental orders affecting creditors’ rights generally, and the opinion stated herein is limited by such laws and governmental orders and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);
(b) we do not express any opinion with respect to any law, rule, regulation or order that is applicable to any party to any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule, regulation or order is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any such party or any of its affiliates as a result of the specific assets or business operations of such party or such affiliates;
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
August 10, 2026
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(c) except to the extent expressly stated in the opinion contained herein, we have assumed that each of the Transaction Documents constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each party to such Transaction Document, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;
(d) we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of any provision contained in any Transaction Document relating to any indemnification, contribution, non-reliance, exculpation, release, limitation or exclusion of remedies, waiver or other provisions having similar effect that may be contrary to public policy or violative of federal or state securities laws, rules, regulations or orders, or to the extent any such provision purports to waive or alter, or has the effect of waiving or altering, any statute of limitations;
(e) we do not express any opinion whether the execution or delivery of any Transaction Document by the Company, or the performance by the Company of its obligations under any Transaction Document will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any covenant, restriction or provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or results of operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(f) the opinion stated herein is limited to the agreements and documents specifically identified in the opinion contained herein (the “Specified Documents”) without regard to any agreement or other document referenced in any Specified Document (including agreements or other documents incorporated by reference or attached or annexed thereto) and without regard to any other agreement or document relating to any Specified Document that is not a Transaction Document;
(g) this opinion letter shall be interpreted in accordance with customary practice of United States lawyers who regularly give opinions in transactions of this type;
(h) subsequent to the effectiveness of the Base Indenture and immediately prior to the effectiveness of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, respectively, the Indenture has not been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in any way that affects or relates to the Note Certificates other than by the applicable Transaction Documents relating to each series of Notes; and
(i) to the extent that any opinion relates to the enforceability of the choice of New York law and choice of New York forum provisions contained in any Transaction Document, the opinion stated herein is subject to the qualification that such enforceability may be subject to, in each case, (i) the exceptions and limitations in New York General Obligations Law Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 and (ii) principles of comity and constitutionality.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
August 10, 2026
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In addition, in rendering the foregoing opinion we have also assumed that, at all applicable times:
(a) neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents nor the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Notes: (i) constituted or will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any lease, indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Company or its property is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (i) with respect to those agreements or instruments expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York which are listed in Part II of the Registration Statement or the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 3, 2025), (ii) contravened or will contravene any order or decree of any governmental authority to which the Company or its properties is subject, or (iii) violated or will violate any law, rule or regulation to which the Company or its properties is subject (except that we do not make the assumption set forth in this clause (iii) with respect to the Opined-on Law); and
(b) neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents nor the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance and sale of the Notes, required or will require the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
August 10, 2026
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We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. We also hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. This opinion letter is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |