EX-4.1 3 d937826dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

TO

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 10, 2015

 

 

 


Table of Contents

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

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  Section 1.1   Defined Terms      2   
ARTICLE II TERMS OF THE NOTES      6   
  Section 2.1   Terms of Global Notes      6   
ARTICLE III AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE      10   
  Section 3.1   Form of Global Notes      10   
  Section 3.2   Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange      11   
ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS      13   
  Section 4.1   Effectiveness      13   
  Section 4.2   Governing Law      13   
  Section 4.3   Trust Indenture Act Controls      13   
  Section 4.4   Trustee Disclaimer      13   
  Section 4.5   Counterparts and Method of Execution      13   
  Section 4.6   Effect of Headings      13   
  Section 4.7   Successors and Assigns      14   
  Section 4.8   Separability Clause      14   
  Section 4.9   Benefits of the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture      14   
  Section 4.10   Effect of Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture      14   

 

EXHIBIT A    Form of 2020 Note
EXHIBIT B    Form of 2025 Note
EXHIBIT C    Form of 2035 Note
EXHIBIT D    Form of 2045 Note


TWENTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 10, 2015, between Precision Castparts Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oregon (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 4650 S.W. Macadam Avenue, Suite 400, Portland, Oregon and U.S. Bank National Association, the successor in interest to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, which was the successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company, N.A., a national association, which was the successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago, a national association (herein called the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture, dated as of December 17, 1997 between the Company and the Trustee, as amended and supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Original Indenture”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Original Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain twenty-sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of December 20, 2012 (the “Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee, certain amendments were made to the Original Indenture with respect to the notes issued pursuant to the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture and other series of Securities that may be issued under the Original Indenture after the date of the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Original Indenture permits the terms of any series of Securities to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders of the Securities, and when authorized by a Board Resolution, for certain purposes stated therein, including to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Original Indenture by, among other things, establishing certain terms of series of Securities to be known as the Company’s 2.250% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”), 3.250% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), 4.200% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “2035 Notes”) and 4.375% Senior Notes due 2045 (the “2045 Notes” and together with the 2020 Notes, the 2025 Notes and the 2035 Notes, the “Notes” or “Securities”) and adding certain provisions thereof for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes;

WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel and a duly authorized and executed Company Order dated June 10, 2015 authorizing the execution of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Notes; and

 

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WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Original Indenture have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS TWENTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes to be issued hereunder by Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended, together with this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture is hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Indenture.” All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Original Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Original Indenture.

For all purposes of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the subject matter or the context otherwise requires and in addition to the definitions set forth in Section 101 of the Original Indenture, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article I:

Section 1.1 Defined Terms

Adjusted Treasury Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading “Week Ending” published in the Statistical Release most recently published prior to the date of determination under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue, plus 15 basis points in the case of the 2020 Notes, 20 basis points in the case of the 2025 Notes, 20 basis points in the case of the 2035 Notes and 25 basis points in the case of the 2045 Notes. If no maturity set forth under such heading exactly corresponds to the maturity of such principal, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of the relevant periods to the nearest month.

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its

 

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Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

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

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that such series of Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes (assuming, for this purpose, that such series of Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date).

Comparable Treasury Price” means with respect to any Redemption Date for the applicable Notes (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 305(B) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C or Exhibit D hereto, as applicable, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear system.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect on the Issue Date.

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes in global form, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C or Exhibit D hereto, as applicable, issued in accordance with Section 303, 305(B)(b)(iv), 305(B)(d)(ii) or 305(B)(f) hereof.

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 305(B)(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Company has appointed.

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

Issue Date” means the date on which the initial $2,000,000,000 aggregate amount of the Notes were originally issued under this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person.

Par Call Date” means (i) with respect to the 2020 Notes, May 15, 2020, (ii) with respect to the 2025 Notes, March 15, 2025, (iii) with respect to the 2035 Notes, December 15, 2034 and (iv) with respect to the 2045 Notes, December 15, 2044.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to The Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the applicable Notes or fails to make a rating of the applicable Notes publicly available for reasons beyond the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event” means the rating on the applicable Notes is lowered by both Rating Agencies and such Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under

 

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publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the rating agencies) after the earlier of (1) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (2) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided, however, that a Rating 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 Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s or its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable change of control has occurred at the time of the rating event).

Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and its successors and any one other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in The City of New York appointed by the Company and its successors (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute in its place another Primary Treasury Dealer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

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

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Statistical Release” means the statistical release designated “H.15 (519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively-traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of that person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of that person.

 

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ARTICLE II

TERMS OF THE NOTES

Section 2.1 Terms of Global Notes. In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the following terms relating to the Notes are hereby established:

1. Title of the Securities. The title of the securities issued under this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be the “2.250% Senior Notes due 2020”, the “3.250% Senior Notes due 2025”, the “4.200% Senior Notes due 2035” and the “4.375% Senior Notes due 2045”.

2. Aggregate Principal Amount. The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture) shall be $550,000,000 in the case of the 2020 Notes, $850,000,000 in the case of the 2025 Notes, $275,000,000 in the case of the 2035 Notes and $325,000,000 in the case of the 2045 Notes. The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of a particular series of Notes, issue additional notes having identical terms (including CUSIP and other relevant identifying characteristics) as the applicable Notes, so long as, on the date of issuance of such additional notes: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, or shall occur as a result of the issuance of such additional notes; (ii) such additional notes shall rank pari passu with the particular series of Notes (except the issue date, issue price and, if applicable, initial interest payment date) and shall have identical terms, conditions and benefits as the particular series of Notes and be part of the same series of Notes; and (iii) the Trustee shall have received all such opinions and other documents as it shall have requested, including an Opinion of Counsel stating that such additional notes are authorized and permitted by the Indenture and all conditions precedent to the issuance of such additional notes have been complied with by the Company. All such additional notes issued hereunder will, when issued, be considered Notes for all purposes hereunder and will be subject to and take the benefit of all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Indenture.

3. Person to Whom Interest Shall Be Payable. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the Holders of the Notes at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the next preceding June 1, or December 1, respectively, in the case of each of the 2020 Notes, the 2025 Notes, the 2035 Notes and the 2045 Notes (in each case, whether or not a Business Day).

4. Maturity Date. The entire outstanding principal amount of each series of Notes shall be payable in a single installment in the case of the 2020 Notes, on June 15, 2020, in the case of the 2025 Notes, on June 15, 2025, in the case of the 2035 Notes, on June 15, 2035 and in the case of the 2045 Notes, on June 15, 2045 (each, a “Maturity Date”).

 

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5. Interest. Interest shall be payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2015 in the case of each of the 2020 Notes, the 2025 Notes, the 2035 Notes and the 2045 Notes (for purposes of each series of Notes, each an “Interest Payment Date”). The 2020 Notes shall bear interest at 2.250% per annum from June 10, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The 2025 Notes shall bear interest at 3.250% per annum from June 10, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The 2035 Notes shall bear interest at 4.200% per annum from June 10, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The 2045 Notes shall bear interest at 4.375% per annum from June 10, 2015, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest on each series of the Notes shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal of and interest on the applicable Notes will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable, to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

6. Place of Payment. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, is hereby initially designated as the Place of Payment and initially appointed as the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes, and as agent for the Company to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands in respect of the Notes.

7. Optional Redemption. Prior to the applicable Par Call Date, the 2020 Notes will be redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the 2020 Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date (not including the portion of any such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date by the Independent Investment Banker), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

In addition, on or after the applicable Par Call Date, the 2020 Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Prior to the applicable Par Call Date, the 2025 Notes will be redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the 2025 Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date (not including the portion of any such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date by the Independent Investment Banker), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

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In addition, on or after the applicable Par Call Date, the 2025 Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Prior to the applicable Par Call Date, the 2035 Notes will be redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the 2035 Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date (not including the portion of any such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date by the Independent Investment Banker), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

In addition, on or after the applicable Par Call Date, the 2035 Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Prior to the applicable Par Call Date, the 2045 Notes will be redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if the 2045 Notes matured on the applicable Par Call Date (not including the portion of any such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date by the Independent Investment Banker), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

In addition, on or after the applicable Par Call Date, the 2045 Notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the applicable Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

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8. Change of Control Offer. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to any series of Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the applicable Notes by notifying the Holders of such Notes to that effect, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the series of Notes as to which the Change of Control Triggering Event has occurred to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of that Holder’s applicable Notes on the terms set forth herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the applicable Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice will be mailed to Holders of the applicable Notes, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the applicable Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date that notice is mailed (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice will, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to the applicable Notes occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On each Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all applicable Notes or portions of such Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control Offer; (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all such Notes or portions of such Notes properly tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the applicable Notes properly accepted, together with an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of applicable Notes or portions of applicable Notes being repurchased and that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of the applicable Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been met.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party repurchases all applicable Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any applicable Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to such Notes, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a related Change of Control Triggering Event. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the applicable Notes as a result of a related Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the applicable Notes, the Company will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the applicable Notes by virtue of any such conflict.

 

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9. No Sinking Fund. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions, or at the option of a Holder thereof.

10. Global Notes. The Global Notes representing the Notes shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of Participants, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. The Depositary for the Notes shall initially be The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

11. Sections 1302 and 1303 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes, in accordance with the provisions, terms and conditions set forth in Article Thirteen thereof.

ARTICLE III

AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE

Section 3.1 Form of Global Notes.

Solely with respect to the Notes (and not with respect to any other series of Securities that may be issued under the Original Indenture), Sections 201 through 205 of the Original Indenture are hereby amended by deleting those Sections in their entirety and by replacing them with the following:

“Section 201. Form.

General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D attached hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The written order of the Company shall specify the amount of the applicable Notes to be authenticated and the date on which such Notes are to be authenticated, and such other information as the Trustee may reasonably request or as is required by the Indenture.

Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C and Exhibit D attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding 2020 Notes, 2025 Notes, 2035 Notes or 2045 Notes, as applicable, as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of such Notes outstanding from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of such Notes outstanding represented thereby may from

 

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time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding 2020 Notes, 2025 Notes, 2035 Notes or 2045 Notes, as applicable, represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 305(B) hereof.

Section 3.2 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. Solely with respect to the Notes (and not with respect to any other series of Securities that may be issued under the Original Indenture), Section 305 of the Original Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

A. Security Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Security Register” or “Security Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment. The Security Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Security Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Paying Agent or Security Registrar not a party to the Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Security Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar.

(B) Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee, except if DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days. In such event, the Company will issue the Notes in definitive form in exchange for the Global Notes representing such Notes and an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be entitled to physical delivery in definitive form of Notes represented by such Global Note equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Notes registered in its name.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.

(c) Legends. The following legend shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

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Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(B) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(B)(a) OR 306 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.”

(d) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes.

(i) At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 309. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(a) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Security Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 1107 and 906 hereof).

(iii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(iv) The Company shall not be required to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(v) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 303 of the Indenture.

(vi) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Security Registrar pursuant to this Section 305(B) to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.”

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 4.1 Effectiveness. This Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture will become operative and binding upon each of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes as of the day and year first above written.

Section 4.2 Governing Law. This Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Section 4.3 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision of the Original Indenture that is required to be included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Act”), as in force at the date this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.

Section 4.4 Trustee Disclaimer. The recitals contained in this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

Section 4.5 Counterparts and Method of Execution. This Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties have not signed the same counterpart.

Section 4.6 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 4.7 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 4.8 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental 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 4.9 Benefits of the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

Section 4.10 Effect of Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

(a) This Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 901 of the Original Indenture, and the Original Indenture shall be read together with this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Notes, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Original Indenture and this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any provision of the Original Indenture shall conflict with any provision of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed controlling and the conflicting provision of the Original Indenture shall be null and void to the extent of such conflict.

(b) In all other respects, the Original Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
By:  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

 

(Corporate Seal)
Attest:  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]


STATE OF OREGON )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH )

On the             day of June, 2015, before me personally came [    ], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that said person is [    ] of Precision Castparts Corp., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that said person signed said person’s name thereto by like authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.

 

Notary Public

 

Official Seal
Name: _______________________
NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON
COMMISSION ________________
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ______________

 

STATE OF OREGON )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH )

On the             day of June, 2015, before me personally came [     ], to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that said person is [     ] of Precision Castparts Corp., one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that said person signed said person’s name thereto by like authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.

 

Notary Public

 

Official Seal
Name: _______________________
NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON
COMMISSION ________________
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ______________


STATE OF OREGON )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH )

On this             day of June, 2015, personally appeared before me             who stated that (s)he is the                     of U.S. Bank National Association, a corporation, and that the instrument was signed in behalf of the said corporation by authority of its board of directors and acknowledged said instrument to be its voluntary act and deed. Before me:

 

Notary Public

 

Name: _______________________
NOTARY PUBLIC-OREGON
COMMISSION ________________
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ______________


EXHIBIT A

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

CUSIP/CINS                 
2.250% Senior Notes due 2020
No.                                  

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

 

promises to pay to                     

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of                     

Dollars on June 15, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

 

Dated: June 10, 2015 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
By:  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

 

Attest:
By:   (SEAL)
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

Dated: June 10, 2015

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

    as Trustee

By:  
Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

 

2.250% Senior Notes due 2020

Precision Castparts Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Oregon (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                      or registered assigns, the principal sum of              Dollars on June 15, 2020 and to pay interest thereon from June 10, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2015, at the rate of 2.250% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of 2.250% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions.

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

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 17, 1997, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto (the “Indenture”, which term as used herein includes the twenty-seventh supplemental indenture dated June 10, 2015, establishing the title, form and terms of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.250%

 

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Senior Notes due 2020) among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, the initial principal amount of which is $550,000,000, but the aggregate amount of which is unlimited.

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

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of the Notes may be registered and the Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP 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 the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  
(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                        

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

Date:                                         

 

Your Signature:

 

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

Signature Guarantee*:                                                          

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

A-5


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest 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
officer of Trustee
or Note
Custodian

 

A-6


EXHIBIT B

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

CUSIP/CINS                     
3.250% Senior Notes due 2025
No.          $                             

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

 

promises to pay to                                         

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of                                         

Dollars on June 15, 2025.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Dated: June 10, 2015 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
By:                                                          
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]
Attest:
By:                                          (SEAL)
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

Dated: June 10, 2015

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

    as Trustee

By:                                                                      

      Authorized Signatory

 

B-1


[Back of Note]

 

3.250% Senior Notes due 2025

Precision Castparts Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Oregon (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     or registered assigns, the principal sum of                     Dollars on June 15, 2025 and to pay interest thereon from June 10, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2015, at the rate of 3.250% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of 3.250% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions.

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

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 17, 1997, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto (the “Indenture”, which term as used herein includes the twenty-seventh supplemental indenture dated June 10, 2015, establishing the title, form and terms of $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.250%

 

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Senior Notes due 2025) among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, the initial principal amount of which is $850,000,000, but the aggregate amount of which is unlimited.

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

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of the Notes may be registered and the Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP 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 the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

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

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                  

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

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

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

Signature Guarantee*:                                         

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

B-5


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest 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
officer of Trustee
or Note
Custodian

 

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EXHIBIT C

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

CUSIP/CINS                             
4.200% Senior Notes due 2035
No.                                                       

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

 

promises to pay to                                                                  

 

or registered assigns,

 

the principal sum of                                                                

Dollars on June 15, 2035.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Dated: June 10, 2015 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
By:

 

Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

 

Attest:
By:                                                                       (SEAL)
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

Dated: June 10, 2015

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

By:  
Authorized Signatory

 

 

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[Back of Note]

 

4.200% Senior Notes due 2035

Precision Castparts Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Oregon (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to             or registered assigns, the principal sum of             Dollars on June 15, 2035 and to pay interest thereon from June 10, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2015, at the rate of 4.200% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of 4.200% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions.

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

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 17, 1997, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto (the “Indenture”, which term as used herein includes the twenty-seventh supplemental indenture dated June 10, 2015, establishing the title, form and terms of $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.200%

 

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Senior Notes due 2035) among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, the initial principal amount of which is $275,000,000, but the aggregate amount of which is unlimited.

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

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of the Notes may be registered and the Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP 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 the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

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

                                                                                                                       (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                 

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

Date:                                     

 

Your Signature:

 

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

Signature Guarantee*:                                                                  

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest 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
officer of Trustee
or Note
Custodian

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

CUSIP/CINS                                      

4.375% Senior Notes due 2045

 

No.         

                    

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

promises to pay to                                              

or registered assigns,

the principal sum of                                              

Dollars on June 15, 2045.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

 

Dated: June 10, 2015

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.

By:  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]
(SEAL)

Attest:

 

By:  
Name: [    ]
Title: [    ]

Dated: June 10, 2015

This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

    as Trustee

 

By:  
Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

4.375% Senior Notes due 2045

Precision Castparts Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Oregon (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                     or registered assigns, the principal sum of                     Dollars on June 15, 2045 and to pay interest thereon from June 10, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2015, at the rate of 4.375% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of 4.375% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions.

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

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of December 17, 1997, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto (the “Indenture”, which term as used herein includes the twenty-seventh supplemental indenture dated June 10, 2015, establishing the title, form and terms of $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.375% Senior Notes due 2045) among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (successor in

 

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interest to The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, the initial principal amount of which is $325,000,000, but the aggregate amount of which is unlimited.

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

If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

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

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of the Notes may be registered and the Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP 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 the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  
(Insert assignee’s legal name)

  

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

and irrevocably appoint  

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

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

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

Signature Guarantee*:                                 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest 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
officer of Trustee
or Note
Custodian

 

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