Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
AVON PRODUCTS, INC.,
as Issuer
6.500% NOTES DUE 2019
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 2,
2009
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of February 27,
2008
Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas,
as Trustee
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of the 2 nd day of March, 2009, between AVON
PRODUCTS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of New York, as Issuer (herein called the “
Company ”), having its principal office at 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0196, and DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, with its principal office at 60 Wall
Street, 27 th Floor, New York, New York 10005
a banking corporation duly organized under the State of New York,
as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore
executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of February 27,
2008 (the “ Original Indenture ” and,
together with this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “
Indenture ”) providing for the issuance by the
Company from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series
(in the Original Indenture and herein called the “
Securities ”), and the Trustee is the successor
Trustee under the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore
executed and delivered a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
March 3, 2008, providing for the issuance by the Company of
$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.800% notes due 2013,
and a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3,
2008, providing for the issuance by the Company of $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 5.750% notes due 2018; and
WHEREAS, simultaneously herewith,
the Company is executing and delivering to the Trustee a Third
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2009, providing
for the issuance by the Company of $500,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5.625% Notes due March 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the
exercise of the power and authority conferred upon and reserved to
it under the provisions of the Original Indenture, including
Section 3.01 thereof, has duly determined to make, execute and
deliver to the Trustee this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to the
Original Indenture as permitted by Sections 3.01 and 9.01 of
the Original Indenture in order to establish the form or terms of,
and to provide for the creation and issue of, a series of
Securities under the Original Indenture in the aggregate principal
amount of $350,000,000; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to
make the Securities provided for herein, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent and issued upon the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter and in the Original Indenture set forth
against payment therefor, the valid, binding and legal obligations
of the Company and to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a
valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been
done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in order to establish the
terms of a series of Securities, and for and in consideration of
the premises and of the covenants contained in the Original
Indenture and in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and for other
good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed
as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
1.01 Definitions . Each
capitalized term that is used herein and is defined in the Original
Indenture shall have the meaning specified in the Original
Indenture unless that term is otherwise defined herein.
1.02 Section References
. Each reference to a particular section set forth in this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, refer to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
TITLE AND TERMS OF
SECURITIES
2.01 Title of the Securities
. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture hereby establishes a series of
Securities designated as the “6.500% Notes due March 1,
2019” of the Company (collectively referred to herein as the
“ Notes ”). For purposes of the Original
Indenture, the Notes shall constitute a single series of
Securities.
2.02 Term of the Notes . The
Notes shall mature on March 1, 2019 (the “ Stated
Maturity ”). In the event that the Stated Maturity is
not a Business Day, principal and interest payable at maturity
shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
effect as if that Business Day were the Stated Maturity and no
interest shall accrue or be payable for the period from and after
the Stated Maturity to the next succeeding Business Day.
2.03 Amount and Denominations;
Currency of Payment . The aggregate principal amount in which
the Notes may be issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is
initially limited to $350,000,000.
The Notes shall be issued in the
form of one or more Registered Global Securities in the name of
Cede & Co., as registered owner and nominee for The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“
DTC ”). DTC shall initially act as Depositary
for the Notes.
The Notes shall be denominated in
United States dollars in denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
2.04 Interest and Interest
Rates . Each Note shall bear interest at the rate of
6.500% per annum from the date of issue or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date (as defined in Section 2.05
below) to which interest on such Note has been paid or duly
provided for, commencing with the Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the date of issue, until the principal thereof is paid
or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable to the
persons in whose name a Note is registered on the fifteenth
calendar day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date (the “ Regular Record Dates ”).
Interest on each Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprising twelve 30-day months.
2.05 Interest Payments . The
interest payment dates for each Note shall be March 1 and
September 1, in each year (the “ Interest Payment
Dates ”), commencing September 1, 2009 payable
to the persons in whose name a Note is registered on the Regular
Record Dates. Interest shall also be payable at maturity of any
Note.
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If an Interest Payment Date with
respect to the Notes would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the
next succeeding Business Day with respect to the Notes and no
interest shall accrue or be payable on such next succeeding
Business Day for the period from and after such original Interest
Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.
Except as provided in the
immediately preceding paragraph, interest payments shall be in the
amount of interest accrued, from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from
March 2, 2009 to, but excluding, the Interest Payment
Date.
2.06 Place of Payment, Transfer
and Exchange . The Company authorizes and appoints the Trustee
as the sole paying agent (the “ Paying Agent
”) with respect to the Notes represented by Registered Global
Securities, without prejudice to the Company’s authority to
appoint additional paying agents from time to time pursuant to the
Original Indenture. Payments of principal on each Note and interest
thereon payable at maturity or upon redemption shall be made in
immediately available funds in such currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, at the request of the Holder,
at the office or agency of the Paying Agent in New York, New York
or any other duly appointed Paying Agent, provided that the
Note is presented to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying Agent
to make the payments in immediately available funds in accordance
with its normal procedures. So long as any Notes are represented by
a Registered Global Security, interest (other than interest payable
at maturity or upon redemption) shall be paid in immediately
available funds by wire transfer to the Depositary for such Notes,
on the written order of the Depositary. In addition, the Company
may maintain a drop agent, in such location or locations as the
Company may select, to provide the Holders with an office at which
they may present the Notes for payment. The Company hereby
acknowledges that any drop agent maintained will accept Notes for
presentment, take payment instructions from the Holder and forward
the Notes presented and any related payment instructions to the
Paying Agent by overnight courier, for next day delivery. Notes
presented as set forth in the previous sentence shall be deemed to
be presented to the Paying Agent on the Business Day next
succeeding the day the Notes are delivered to the drop agent.
Payment of interest (other than interest payable in accordance with
the preceding provisions of this Section 2.06 will, subject to
certain exceptions provided in the Original Indenture, be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security register as of the applicable
Regular Record Date or, at the option of the Company, by wire
transfer to an account maintained by such Person with a bank
located in the United States.
The Company appoints the Trustee as
the sole Security Registrar with respect to the Notes. The Notes
may be presented by the Holders thereof for registration of
transfer or exchange at the office or agency of the Security
registrar or any successor or co-registrar in New York, New York.
In addition, the Company may maintain a drop agent, in such
location or locations as the Company may select, to provide the
Holders with an office at which they may present the Notes for
registration of transfer or exchange. The Company hereby
acknowledges that any drop agent maintained by the Company will
accept Notes for registration of transfer or exchange and forward
those Notes to the Security registrar by overnight courier, for
next day delivery. Notes accepted as set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence shall be deemed to be presented to the Security
registrar on the Business Day next succeeding the day that Notes
are delivered to the drop agent.
2.07 No Sinking Fund . The
Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking
fund payments with respect to the Notes.
2.08 Redemption at Option of the
Company . The Notes will be redeemable, as a whole or in part,
at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, by
the Company mailing notice to the registered address of each Holder
of the Notes at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to
the
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redemption. The Redemption Price will be equal
to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of
the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on those Notes
discounted, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of
the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis
points with respect to any Notes being redeemed. Accrued interest,
if any, will be paid to the Redemption Date.
As used in this Section 2.08
only, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective
meanings:
“ Comparable Treasury
Issue ” means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes being redeemed. “ Independent Investment
Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers
appointed by the Trustee at the Company’s written
direction.
“ Comparable Treasury
Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
as determined by the Company (i) the average of the Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after
excluding the highest and lowest of 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.
“ Redemption
Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed, means the date which is a Business Day fixed for such
redemption by the Company pursuant to the Indenture.
“ 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., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
“ Reference Treasury
Dealers ” means any four nationally recognized
investment banking firms, and their successors, selected by the
Company that are each also a primary U.S. Government securities
dealer. If any Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a
primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will
substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm
that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.
“ Remaining Scheduled
Payments ” means, with respect to the Notes to be
redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on those Notes that would be due after the related
Redemption Date but for that redemption; provided, however,
that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with
respect to the Notes to be redeemed, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment on those Notes will be
reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Notes to such
Redemption Date.
“ Treasury Rate
” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per
annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity
(computed as of the second Business Day immediately preceding that
Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that
Redemption Date.
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On or after the Redemption Date,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the
Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest). On or before
the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent
(or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of
and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, pro rata, by lot or by a
method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.
2.09 Change of Control Repurchase
Event . If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined
below) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem
the Notes pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof or has defeased the
Notes pursuant to Article 12 of the Original Indenture, the Company
will be required to make an offer to each Holder of Notes to
repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of
that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to
101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus
any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased
to, but not including, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days
following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined
below), but after the public announcement of an impending Change of
Control, the Company will mail 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 Notes with respect to which a Change of
Control Repurchase Event shall have occurred on the payment date
specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The
notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the
Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is
conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on
or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.
The Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or 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 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
the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the
Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the
Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase
Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such
conflict.
On the Change of Control Repurchase
Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in
integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the
Company’s offer; (ii) deposit with the Trustee an amount
equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Notes or
portions of Notes properly tendered; and (iii) deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted,
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Notes being purchased by the
Company.
The Trustee will promptly mail to
each holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the
Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate (upon its receipt
of executed Notes from the Company) and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes
surrendered; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal
amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
The Company will not be required to
make an offer to repurchase the 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 Company, and such third party
purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its
offer.
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As used in this Section 2.09,
the terms set forth below shall have the following respective
meanings:
“ Below Investment Grade
Rating Event ” means, the Notes are rated below
Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from
the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result
in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following
public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which
period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is
under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by
any of the Rating Agencies).
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, 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 Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the
consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its
subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the
Company’s Voting Stock; (3) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors
are not Continuing Directors; or (4) the adoption of a plan
relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to
involve a Change of Control if (i) (a) the Company
becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and
(b) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company
immediately following that transaction are substantially the same
as the holders of voting stock immediately prior to that
transaction, and/or (ii)(a) the Company reincorporates in another
jurisdiction and (b) the holders of the Company’s Voting
Stock immediately following the reincorporation are substantially
the same as the holders of Voting Stock immediately prior to the
reincorporation.
“ Change of Control
Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a
Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating
Event.
“ Continuing
Directors ” means, as of any date of determination,
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the
issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or
elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority
of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of
Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a
specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement
in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director).
“ Fitch ”
means Fitch Ratings Ltd.
“ Investment
Grade ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by
Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating
categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P
(or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of
S&P); and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its
equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); or the
equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional
Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the
Company.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody&rsquo