EXHIBIT 4.7
Terms
of the Securities
VISTEON CORPORATION
July 31, 2000
7.95%
Notes due August 1, 2005
8.25% Notes due August 1, 2010
Two
series of Securities are hereby established pursuant to
Section 2.01 of the Indenture dated as of June 23, 2000
(the “Indenture”) between Visteon Corporation (the
“Corporation”) and Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (the
“Trustee”), as follows:
1. Each
capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
2. The
designation of the 7.95% Notes due August 1, 2005 shall be the
“7.95% Notes due August 1, 2005” (the “Notes due
2005”), and the designation of the 8.25% Notes due
August 1, 2010 shall be the “ 8.25 % Notes due
August 1, 2010” (the “Notes due 2010” and,
together with the Notes due 2005, the “Designated
Securities”).
3. The
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes due 2005 and
the Notes due 2010 that may be authenticated and delivered under
the Indenture (except for Designated Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, other Designated Securities of the same series pursuant
to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 3.02 or 10.04 of the Indenture)
is $500,000,000 and $700,000,000, respectively.
4. The
dates on which the principal amounts of the Notes due 2005 and the
Notes due 2010 shall be payable shall be August 1, 2005 and
August 1, 2010, respectively.
5. The
rates at which the Notes due 2005 and the Notes due 2010 shall bear
interest shall be 7.95% per annum and 8.25% per annum,
respectively. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. The date from which interest shall
accrue for the Designated Securities of each series shall be
August 3, 2000. The Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable shall be February 1 and August 1 of each
year, commencing February 1, 2001. The record date for the interest
payable on the Designated Securities on any Interest Payment Date
shall be the close of business on the 15 th day preceding
such Interest Payment Date.
6. The
form of Security for each of the Notes due 2005 and the Notes due
2010 shall be as set forth on Attachments A-l and A-2 hereto,
respectively.
7. The
place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest and Additional Amounts on the Designated Securities shall
be payable shall be the office of the Trustee, 14 Wall Street, 8
th
Floor, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Services; provided, however, that at the option of the Corporation,
payment of interest on registered securities may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer
of immediately available funds if the Holder holds U.S. $10,000,000
or more in aggregate principal amount and sends wire transfer
instructions to the Trustee as required in the Indenture.
8. The
Securities of each series are subject to redemption, in whole at
any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the
Corporation, at a redemption price equal to the greater of
(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
redeemed, and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Securities,
discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
applicable Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points for the Notes due
2005 or the applicable Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points for the
Notes due 2010, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest on
the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.
“TREASURY
RATE” means, with respect to any redemption date,
(1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average
for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H. 55(519)”
or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury
Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated
or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding
to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor
release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation
date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to
the Comparable Treasury Price of such redemption date. The Treasury
Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.
“BUSINESS
DAY” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday in New York, New York and on which commercial banks
are open for business in New York, New York.
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“COMPARABLE
TREASURY ISSUE” means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of
the Designated Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Designated
Securities.
“INDEPENDENT
INVESTMENT BANKER” means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and its
successor or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the
Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking
institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after
consultation with the Corporation.
“COMPARABLE
TREASURY PRICE” means (1) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or, (2) if the Independent Investment Banker
obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
the average of all such quotations.
“REFERENCE
TREASURY DEALER” means (1) each of Goldman, Sachs &
Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Smith Barney
Inc. and their respective successors, provided, however, that if
any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government
securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury
Dealer”), the Corporation will substitute for such firm
another Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other. Primary
Treasury Dealer selected by the Independent Investment Banker after
consultation with the Corporation.
“THE
REFERENCE TREASURY DEALER QUOTATIONS” means, with respect to
each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the
bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
9. If
(a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws
(or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the
United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein), or any change in, or amendments to, the
official position regarding the application or interpretation of
such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is
announced or becomes effective on or after July 19, 2000, the
Corporation becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts (as defined below) with respect to the Designated
Securities or (b) any act is taken by a taxing authority of
the United States on or after the date hereof, whether or not such
act is taken with respect to the Corporation or any affiliate, that
results in a substantial probability that the Corporation
will
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or may
be required to pay such Additional Amounts, then the Corporation
may, at its option, redeem, in whole, but not in part, each
affected series of the Designated Securities on not less than 30
nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the relevant
Designated Securities, together with interest accrued thereon to
the date fixed for redemption; provided that the Corporation
determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay
such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable
measures available to it, not including substitution of the obligor
under the Designated Securities. No redemption pursuant to
(2) above may be made unless the Corporation shall have
received an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an
act taken by a taxing authority of the United States results in a
substantial probability that it will or may be required to pay
Additional Amounts and the Corporation shall have delivered to the
Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating
that based on such opinion the Corporation is entitled to redeem
the Designated Securities pursuant to their terms.
10. The
Corporation shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay
the Designated Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of the Holder thereof.
11. The
Designated Securities shall be issued in the form of one or more
fully registered Global Securities in registered form and deposited
with, or on behalf of, the Depository Trust Company, New York
(“DTC”), and registered in the name of Cede & Co.,
DTC’s nominee. The securities will not be issued in
definitive form. If any of the Euroclear System
(“Euroclear”), Clearstream Banking Societé
anonyme (“Clearstream Luxembourg”) or DTC notifies the
Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a
clearing system in connection with the Global Securities or, in the
case of DTC only, DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in each
case a successor clearing system is not appointed by the
Corporation within 90 days after receiving such notice from
Euroclear, Clearstream Luxembourg or DTC or on becoming aware that
DTC is no longer so registered, the Corporation will issue or cause
to be issued individual certificates in registered form on
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, book-entry
interests in the Designated Securities represented by such Global
Securities upon delivery of such Global Securities for
cancellation. In the event definitive Designated Securities are
issued, the Corporation will promptly appoint a paying agent and
transfer agent in Luxembourg. The Corporation will publish the name
of the Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent in Luxembourg. In
the event definitive Designated Securities are issued, the Holders
thereof will be able to receive payments on the Designated
Securities and effect transfers of the Designated Securities at the
offices of the Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent.
12. The
Corporation will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set
forth below, pay as additional interest on the Designated
Securities such Additional Amounts as are necessary in order that
the net payment by the Corporation’s paying agents of the
Principal of and interest on the Designated Securities to a Holder
who is a non-United States
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person
(as defined below), after deduction for any present or future tax,
assessment or governmental charge of the United States or a
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein,
imposed by withholding with respect to the payment, will not be
less than the amount provided in the Designated Securities to be
then due and payable; provided, however, that the foregoing
obligation to pay Additional Amounts shall not apply:
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to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the Holder, or a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member or shareholder of the Holder if the Holder is
an estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person holding a
power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder,
being considered as: |
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being or having been present or engaged in trade or business in
the United States or having or having had a permanent establishment
in the United States; |
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having a current or former relationship with the United States,
including a relationship as a citizen or resident thereof; |
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being or having been a foreign or domestic personal holding
company, a passive foreign investment company or a controlled
foreign corporation with respect to the United States or a
corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States
federal income tax; or |
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being or having been a “10-percent shareholder” of
the Corporation as defined in Section 871 (h) (3) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), or any successor provision; |
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to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the
Designated Securities, or a portion thereof, or that is a fiduciary
or partnership, but only to the extent that a beneficiary or
settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a beneficial owner or member
of the partnership would not have been entitled to the payment of
an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner
or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of
the payment; |
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to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the failure of the Holder or any other
person to comply with certification, identification or
information |
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reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence,
identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or
beneficial owner of such Designated Securities, if compliance is
required by statute, by regulation of the United States Treasury
Department or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such
tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
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to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed
otherwise than by withholding by the Corporation or a paying agent
from the payment; |
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to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of a change in law, regulation, or
administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective
more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly
provided for, whichever occurs later; |
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to an estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer,
wealth or personal property tax or a similar tax, assessment or
governmental charge; |
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to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to
be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or
interest on any Designated Security, if such payment can be made
without such withholding by any other paying agent; or |
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in the case of any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4),
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The
Designated Securities are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal
or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial
interpretation applicable thereto. Except as herein specifically
provided, the Corporation will not be required to make any payment
with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed
by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein.
As
used herein, the term “United States” means the United
States of America (including the States and the District of
Columbia) and its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction. “United States person”
means (1) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the
United States, (2) a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or
(3) any estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source; and
“non-United States person” means a person who is not a
United States person.
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13. The
provisions of Article Twelve of the Indenture relating to
defeasance of Securities shall apply to the Designated
Securities.
14. The
Corporation’s Luxembourg Stock Exchange listing agent shall
be BNP Paribas Luxembourg, 10A Boulevard Royal, L-2093
Luxembourg.
15. The
Notes due 2005 shall be offered at an initial public offering price
equal to 99.875% of their principal amount, and in payment for the
Notes due 2005 the Corporation shall receive 99.525% of their
principal amount (99.875% of their principal amount less
underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.350%).
The
Notes due 2010 shall be offered at an initial public offering price
equal to 99.853% of their principal amount, and in payment for the
Notes due 2010 the Corporation shall receive 99.403% of their
principal amount (99.853% of their principal amount less
underwriting discounts and commissions of 0.450%).
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Attachment A-1
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
(“DTC”), to Visteon Corporation or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede
& Co., has an interest herein.
VISTEON CORPORATION
7.95%
Notes due August 1, 2005
CUSIP No. 92839U AA 5
VISTEON
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
“Corporation”), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars ( $
) at the office of the Trustee (as hereinafter defined), 14 Wall
Street, 8 th Floor, New
York, NY 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services, on
August 1, 2005, in such coin or 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, and to pay interest on said
principal sum at the rate of 7.95% per annum at the office of the
Trustee, 14 Wall Street, 8 th Floor, New
York, NY 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services, in like
coin or currency from August 3, 2000, semi-annually on
February 1 and August 1, until payment of said principal sum
has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable on any
February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided
in the Indenture referred to below, be paid to the person in whose
name this Note is registered at the close of business on the
fifteenth day preceding each such February 1 or August 1 at the
office of the Trustee, 14 Wall Street, 8 th Floor, New
York, NY 10005, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services; at the
option of the Corporation, interest may be paid by check to the
registered holder hereof entitled thereto at his, her or its last
address as it appears on the registry books, or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds if the registered Holder hereof holds
U.S. $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount and sends
wire transfer instructions to the Trustee as required in the
Indenture, and principal may be paid by check to the registered
Holder hereof or other person entitled thereto against surrender of
this Note.
This
Note represents $
of the Corporation’s 7.95% Notes due August 1, 2005 (the
“Securities”), all issued or to be issued under and
pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 23, 2000 (the
“Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the
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Corporation to Bank One Trust Company, N.A., Trustee (the
“Trustee”), to which Indenture and any indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Corporation and the
Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or
more series, which different series may be issued in various
aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may
bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to
different redemption provisions (if any) and may otherwise vary as
provided in the Indenture.
Initially,
the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar.
The
Corporation will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set
forth below, pay as additional interest on this Note such
Additional Amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment
by the Corporation’s paying agents of the principal of and
interest on this Note to a Holder who is a non-United States person
(as defined below), after deduction for any present or future tax,
assessment or governmental charge of the United States or a
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein,
imposed by withholding with respect to the payment, will not be
less than the amount provided in this Note to be then due and
payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay
Additional Amounts shall not apply:
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to a tax, assessment or governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the Holder, or a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member or shareholder of the Holder if the Holder is
an estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person holding a
power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder,
being considered as: |
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being or having been present or engaged in trade or business in
the United States or having or having had a permanent establishment
in the United States; |
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having a current or former relationship with the United States,
including a relationship as a citiz |
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