8-K
Ingredion Inc false 0001046257 0001046257 2020-05-08 2020-05-08

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2020

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-13397

 

22-3514823

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

5 Westbrook Corporate Center

Westchester, Illinois

 

60154-5749

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (708) 551-2600

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

 

INGR

 

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 8, 2020, Ingredion Incorporated (the “Company”) agreed to sell its (i) 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030 in the principal amount of $600,000,000 (the “2030 Notes”) and (ii) 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050 in the principal amount of $400,000,000 (the “2050 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

The Notes were issued on May 13, 2020 pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2020, and an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2020 (the “Supplemental Indentures”), each between the Company and the Trustee.

The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-233854 (the “Registration Statement”). The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain documents related to the issuance of the Notes that will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as exhibits thereto.

The Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1. The Supplemental Indentures relating to the Notes, each including the applicable form of Note, are filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2. The legal opinion with respect to the validity of the Notes is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
    No.    

   

Exhibit

         
 

  1.1

   

Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2020, between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein

         
 

  4.1

   

Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2020, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee, including the form of 2.900% Senior Note due 2030

         
 

  4.2

   

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2020, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee, including the form of 3.900% Senior Note due 2050

         
 

  5.1

   

Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP relating to the Notes

         
 

23.1

   

Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 13, 2020

 

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED

             

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Janet M. Bawcom

 

 

Name:

 

Janet M. Bawcom

 

 

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

INGREDION INCORPORATED

$600,000,000 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030

$400,000,000 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

May 8, 2020

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park, 8th Floor

New York, New York 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Ingredion Incorporated, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and together with the 2030 Notes, the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of August 18, 1999, between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the tenth supplemental indenture and the eleventh supplemental indenture, each to be dated as of May 13, 2020 (such tenth supplemental indenture and such eleventh supplemental indenture together, the “Supplemental Indentures”; and the Base Indenture, as so amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof.

1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that:

(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (File No. 333-233854), on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Company’s debt securities, including the

 


Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Applicable Time or, to the extent not completed at the Applicable Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and Schedules I and II hereto) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Applicable Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).

(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(c) At the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package and each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the

 

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Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (i)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (i)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of the Securities did not and will not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(g) The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and, when read together with the other information included in or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will, when read together with the other information included in or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(h) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing as corporations, limited liability companies or other entities, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, and are duly qualified to do business and, as to such corporations, are in good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so incorporated, organized, existing or qualified, or to have such status, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), and, except as would not,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, have all corporate or other company power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged; and none of the subsidiaries of the Company is a “significant subsidiary,” as such term is defined in Rule 405.

(i) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except for ownership of a de minimis amount of shares by current or former employees of the Company or its subsidiaries for purposes of complying with local laws and regulations of the applicable subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and except for minority interests held by unaffiliated third parties, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company’s authorized capital stock is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(j) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization and execution thereof by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) or an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; the Supplemental Indentures have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company (assuming due authorization and execution thereof by the Trustee) will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) or an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and the Securities have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) or an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and the Securities, when issued and delivered, will conform to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by the Company.

(l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Supplemental Indentures by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such

 

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actions result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or comparable organizational document of any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets; and except for the registration of the Securities under the Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Supplemental Indentures by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the issuance of the Securities.

(m) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.

(n) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, since such date, there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus) or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Change”), other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(o) The consolidated financial statements, together with the related notes, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The financial data set forth under the caption “Summary—Summary historical financial information” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly present, on the basis stated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the information included therein.

(p) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(q) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are contemplated by governmental authorities.

 

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(r) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and regulations thereunder which have not been described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the rules and regulations under the Act, as applicable.

(s) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or comparable organizational documents, (ii) is in default in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any material license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business except, in the case of clauses (i) and (i), for those defaults, violations or failures which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary will be after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(u) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting.

(v) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(w) The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(x) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

 

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(y) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) do not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance that is regulated under any Environmental Laws because of its hazardous or deleterious properties, (iii) are not liable for any off-site disposal of such substances pursuant to any Environmental Laws, (iv) possess and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (v) have not received notice of, and are not, to the knowledge of the Company, the subject of any notice of, any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except as, with respect to clauses (i) through (v), would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(z) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(aa) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

(bb) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, (ii) the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Convention”) or (iii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”); and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its other affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA, the OECD Convention and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to achieve, and which are reasonably expected to continue to achieve, continued compliance therewith.

 

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(cc) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (i) an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”) or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is the subject of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated hereby, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(ee) To the knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, except for any such inadequacy or failure to operate or perform, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to IT Systems and Personal Data, except for any such breach, violation, outage, unauthorized use or access as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company at a price equal to 99.158% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes and 97.676% of the principal amount of the 2050 Notes, including accrued interest, if any,

 

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from May 13, 2020 to the Closing Date (as defined below) the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Notes and the 2050 Notes, respectively, set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto plus any additional principal amount of the 2030 Notes and the 2050 Notes, respectively, which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

3. Offering of Securities by the Underwriters. Upon authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on May 13, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company unless postponed as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any supplement to the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object; provided, however, that the Company shall not be prevented from filing any such document that its counsel has concluded is required by law. The Representatives shall notify the Company promptly following the Closing Date if the offering of the Securities is not completed on the Closing Date. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as practicable the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule II hereto and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

 

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(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (i) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(f) As soon as practicable after the date hereof, to make generally available to the Company’s security holders an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.

(g) [Reserved]

(h) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request so that the Underwriters may qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction, in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(i) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities being sold by the Company as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

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(j) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(k) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Business Day following the Closing Date.

(l) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

6. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto; (c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (d) the costs of producing and distributing this Agreement and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (e) the filing fees incident to securing any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of the terms of sale of the Securities, if necessary; (f) any applicable listing or other fees; (g) the fees and expenses of qualifying the Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(h) hereof and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters) (not to exceed $5,000); (h) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; and (i) all other reasonable costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company; provided that, except as provided in this Section 6(a) and in Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the Securities which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Securities made by the Underwriters.

 

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7. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d), shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b) No Underwriter shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(d) Hogan Lovells US LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion and negative assurance letter, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits 7(d)(A) and 7(d)(B), respectively.

(e) Michael N. Levy shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, as Associate General Counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7(e).

(f) The Representatives shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(g) At the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives letters, dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information with respect to the Company contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

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All references in this Section 7(g) to the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of the applicable letter.

(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of its chief executive officer, its President or a Vice President and its chief financial officer or chief accounting officer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the respective signers of the certificate, are contemplated under the Act; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Change, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and since such date there shall not have been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Material Adverse Change, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in a supplement thereto.

(j) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities.

(k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in any securities of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange, shall have been suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on the New York Stock Exchange, by the Commission, by the New York Stock Exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in

 

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hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities affecting the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or in a supplement thereto.

All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 7 shall be delivered at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, on the Closing Date.

8. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

 

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(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter (including the reimbursement of legal or other expenses), but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the public offering price of the Securities set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus, the list of names of each Underwriter set forth under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and the statements set forth (i) in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus regarding concessions and reallowances, (ii) in the seventh paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus relating to market making by the Underwriters and (iii) in the eighth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof except that the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (1) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (2) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (4) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel separate from the Company’s own counsel (in addition to local counsel) in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in

 

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the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action or actions. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (i) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9. Defaulting Underwriters. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date in the respective proportions which the principal amount of the Securities set opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal

 

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amount of the Securities set opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule I hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Securities on the Closing Date if the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which it agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2 hereof. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives do not elect to purchase the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 6(a) and 11 hereof. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto who, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities which a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representatives or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to seven full Business Days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.

10. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Section 7(i), 7(j)(i) or 7(k)(i) hereof, shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement.

11. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If the Company shall fail to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder required to be satisfied is not satisfied (other than by reason of a default by any Underwriter) or if this Agreement is terminated upon the happening of an event described in Section 7(i) or 7(j)(i) hereof pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Securities, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representatives. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses.

12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to BofA Securities, Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-02, New York, NY 10020, (fax: 646-855-5958), Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, Attention: General Counsel, facsimile: (fax: 646-291-1469); and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179 (fax: 212-834-6081), Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd floor, Attention: High Grade

 

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Transaction Management/Legal; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(b) or 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request.

(b) if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Janet M. Bawcom, Esq., Fax: (708) 551-2801.

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by the Representatives.

13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (a) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and (b) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13(a), any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

14. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.

15. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering of the Securities (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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19. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

20. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Applicable Time” shall mean 3:40 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement.

Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in Section 1(a) hereof contained in the Registration Statement at the Applicable Time.

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Applicable Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iv) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in Section 1(a) hereof above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.

Rule 158,” “Rule 163,” “Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

21. Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

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In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

As used in this Section 21, “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b), (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b) or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

[Signature pages follow]

 

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
INGREDION INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ James D. Gray

  Name:   James D. Gray
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Accepted:

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

For themselves and the other several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.

 

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Happy H. Daily

  Name:   Happy H. Daily
  Title:   Managing Director
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian D. Bednarski

  Name:   Brian D. Bednarski
  Title:   Managing Director
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Som Bhattacharyya

  Name:   Som Bhattacharyya
  Title:   Executive Director

 


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriters

   Principal Amount
of 2030 Notes to
Be Purchased
     Principal Amount
of 2050 Notes to
Be Purchased
 

BofA Securities, Inc.

   $ 138,000,000      $ 92,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     132,000,000        88,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     132,000,000        88,000,000  

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     60,000,000        40,000,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     60,000,000        40,000,000  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

     12,000,000        8,000,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     12,000,000        8,000,000  

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     12,000,000        8,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     12,000,000        8,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     12,000,000        8,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC

     6,000,000        4,000,000  

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

     6,000,000        4,000,000  

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

     6,000,000        4,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 600,000,000      $ 400,000,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

Pricing Term Sheet

Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-233854

Dated May 8, 2020

Pricing Term Sheet

Ingredion Incorporated

2.900% Senior Notes due 2030

3.900% Senior Notes due 2050

 

Issuer:    Ingredion Incorporated
Aggregate Principal Amount:   

2030 Notes: $600,000,000

2050 Notes: $400,000,000

Security Type:    Senior Notes
Maturity Date:   

2030 Notes: June 1, 2030

2050 Notes: June 1, 2050

Coupon:   

2030 Notes: 2.900%

2050 Notes: 3.900%

Price to Public:   

2030 Notes: 99.808%

2050 Notes: 98.551%

Yield to Maturity:   

2030 Notes: 2.922%

2050 Notes: 3.983%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:   

2030 Notes: +225 basis points

2050 Notes: +260 basis points

Benchmark Treasury:   

2030 Notes: 1.500% due February 15, 2030

2050 Notes: 2.375% due November 15, 2049

Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:   

2030 Notes: 107-26 / 0.672%

2050 Notes: 123-31 / 1.383%

Net Proceeds to Issuer:   

2030 Notes: $594,948,000, after deducting the underwriting discount and before deducting other estimated expenses

2050 Notes: $390,704,000, after deducting the underwriting discount and before deducting other estimated expenses

Interest Payment Dates:   

2030 Notes: June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2020

2050 Notes: June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2020


Regular Record Dates:   

2030 Notes: May 15 and November 15

2050 Notes: May 15 and November 15

Optional Redemption:   

2030 Notes: Prior to March 1, 2030 (three months prior to their maturity date), at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points; par call on or after March 1, 2030

2050 Notes: Prior to December 1, 2049 (six months prior to their maturity date), at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points; par call on or after December 1, 2049

Change of Control:    If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to a series of notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase the notes of such series at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.
Trade Date:    May 8, 2020
Settlement Date (T+3):    May 13, 2020
Denominations:    $2,000 x $1,000
CUSIP/ISIN:   

2030 Notes: 457187 AC6 / US457187AC60

2050 Notes: 457187 AD4 / US457187AD44

Expected Ratings (Moody’s/S&P)*:    [intentionally omitted]
Trustee:    The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

BofA Securities, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Co-Managers:   

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

ING Financial Markets LLC

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

 

*

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

Delivery of the notes is expected to be made against payment for the notes on May 13, 2020, which will be the third business day following the date hereof (such settlement cycle being referred to as “T+3”). Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes prior to the delivery of the notes hereunder will be required, by virtue of the fact that the securities initially will settle in T+3, to specify alternate settlement arrangements at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisers.


The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus if you request it by calling BofA Securities, Inc. toll-free at (800) 294-1322, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at (800) 831-9146 or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at (212) 834-4533.

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.


SCHEDULE III

Permitted Free Writing Prospectus

None.

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED

as Issuer

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

Tenth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of May 13, 2020

 

 

$600,000,000

2.900% Senior Notes due June 1, 2030

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article 1

Relation to Indenture; Definitions; Rules of Construction

 

 

Section 1.01.

 

Relation to Indenture

     1  

Section 1.02.

 

Definitions

     1  

Section 1.03.

 

Rules of Construction

     3  

Article 2

The Securities

 

 

Section 2.01.

 

Title of the Securities

     4  

Section 2.02.

 

Aggregate Principal Amount; Additional Notes

     4  

Section 2.03.

 

Maturity Date

     4  

Section 2.04.

 

Ranking

     4  

Section 2.05.

 

Interest

     4  

Section 2.06.

 

Issuance Price

     4  

Section 2.07.

 

Defeasance and Discharge

     4  

Section 2.08.

 

Form and Dating

     5  

Section 2.09.

 

Place of Payment

     6  

Section 2.10.

 

Sinking Fund

     6  

Section 2.11.

 

Optional Redemption

     6  

Section 2.12.

 

Repurchase Upon Change of Control

     7  

Article 3

Amendments to the Indenture

 

 

Section 3.01.

 

Notice of Redemption

     8  

Section 3.02.

 

Reports by the Company

     9  

Section 3.03.

 

Events of Default

     10  

Article 4

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

Section 4.01.

 

Ratification

     10  

Section 4.02.

 

Governing Law

     10  

Section 4.03.

 

Notices

     10  

Section 4.04.

 

Counterparts and Method of Execution

     11  

Section 4.05.

 

Section Titles

     11  

Section 4.06.

 

The Trustee

     11  

Section 4.07.

 

Submission to Jurisdiction

     11  

Section 4.08.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     11  

Section 4.09.

 

Force Majeure

     11  

 

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TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 13, 2020 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), is entered into by and between Ingredion Incorporated, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company (formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc.) and the Trustee (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York) are parties to an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999 (the “Indenture”), relating to the issuance from time to time by the Company of its Securities on terms to be specified prior to the time of issuance;

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Securities;

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Indenture provides that, prior to the issuance of any Securities within a series, the terms of the series of Securities shall be established by a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate in accordance with the authority granted in one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company;

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a Certified Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of any Securities of any series then Outstanding; provided that any such change or elimination would not adversely affect such provision as applied to any series of Securities created prior to the execution of such supplemented indenture;

WHEREAS, the changes set forth herein do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities issued prior to the date hereof; and

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding agreement of the Company have been done or performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

Section 1.02. Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section.

 


“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; or (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) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of Voting Stock.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Term”), 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.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (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 is provided with fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

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

“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); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

 

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“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of 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 a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) each of BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) 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 Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

“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.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity 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 such redemption date.

“Voting Stock” means Company capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Section 1.03. Rules of Construction. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture;

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture;

(c) the terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(d) in the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture, the definitions in this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

 

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ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

There is hereby established a series of Securities pursuant to the Indenture with the following terms:

Section 2.01. Title of the Securities. The series of Securities shall be designated the 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).

Section 2.02. Aggregate Principal Amount; Additional Notes. The Notes will be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 (not including the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 3.02 or 10.04 of the Indenture or Section 2.12 of this Supplemental Indenture); provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased in the future, without giving notice or seeking consent of the Holders of the Notes, on the same terms as the Notes (except for the issue date, public offering price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date (as defined below) and the date from which interest shall accrue) and constituting a single series of Securities under the Indenture; provided further, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the previously issued Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying numbers.

Section 2.03. Maturity Date. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable is June 1, 2030, subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to acceleration and redemption.

Section 2.04. Ranking. The Notes will be unsecured senior indebtedness of the Company and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.

Section 2.05. Interest. The Notes will bear interest from May 13, 2020, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at a rate of 2.900% per annum, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 1, 2020. The Company will pay interest to the person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date. The Company will compute interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Section 2.06. Issuance Price. The purchase price to be paid to the Company for the sale of the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2020, between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, shall be 99.158% of the principal amount of the Notes and the initial offering price to the public of the Notes shall be 99.808% of the principal amount of the Notes.

Section 2.07. Defeasance and Discharge. Section 2.12 of this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to Section 12.02 of the Indenture for all purposes under the Indenture.

 

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Section 2.08. Form and Dating. (a) The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

(b) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Notes conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(c) All references in Section 2.05 of the Indenture or any other provision of the Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Security or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security by means of a manual signature shall be deemed to include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign).

(d) The Notes will be issued in the form of a fully-registered Global Security. The Global Security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Except as set forth in the Prospectus dated September 19, 2019, the Global Security may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only by the Depositary to its nominee or by its nominee to such Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or its nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. If the Depositary notifies the Company that it is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days of such notice or the Company becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered, the Company will issue Notes in certificated form in exchange for the Global Security. The Company will also issue Notes in certificated form if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Depositary requests the issuance of certificated Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time determine not to have the Notes represented by a Global Security, and, in such event, will issue Notes in certificated form in exchange for the Global Security. In any such instance, an owner of an interest in the Global Security would be entitled to physical delivery of such Notes in certificated form. Notes so issued in certificated form will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and will be issued in registered form only. The initial Depositary for the Global Security representing the Notes is The Depository Trust Company.

Holders of beneficial interests in the Notes shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as securities custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.

 

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Section 2.09. Place of Payment. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration shall be the initial office where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange, where the Notes may be presented for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes or the Indenture may be served. The Company may from time to time designate such other office or additional offices for such purposes in accordance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

Section 2.10. Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund and will not be subject to mandatory redemption.

Section 2.11. Optional Redemption. (a) The Notes, at any time and from time to time prior to March 1, 2030 (the “Par Call Date”) will be redeemable at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the Par Call Date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 35 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

(b) Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or, in the case of Global Securities, delivered in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed (which notice, so long as the Notes are represented by a Global Security, will be given to the Depositary (or its nominee) or a successor depositary (or its nominee)). Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a Global Security.

 

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Section 2.12. Repurchase Upon Change of Control. (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, 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, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder (or, in the case of Global Securities, give notice in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), 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 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 or delivered. The notice shall, if mailed or delivered 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.

(b) 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 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 its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

(c) 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 (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

(ii) deposit with the paying agent 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.

(d) Interest on the Notes and portions of a Note properly tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Repurchase Event and not withdrawn will cease to accrue on and after the payment date for such Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have failed to accept such Notes and such portions of Notes for payment or failed to deposit the aggregate purchase price in respect thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.

(e) The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate 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.

 

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(f) 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.

ARTICLE 3

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

Section 3.01. Notice of Redemption. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 3.02 of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 3.02 of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“In case the Company shall be obligated, or shall exercise the right, to redeem Securities as provided for in the first sentence of Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (unless, by the terms of the instrument establishing such series of Securities or the terms of such Securities, such date is fixed) and the Company, or, upon a Company Request given to the Trustee no less than 25 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall give notice of such redemption prepared by the Company to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, with respect to registered Securities, by sending a notice of such redemption not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register and, with respect to unregistered Securities, by publishing in an Authorized Newspaper notice of such redemption on two separate days, each of which is not less than 10 nor more than the 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice which is sent or published, as the case may be, in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder actually receives such notice. In any case, failure duly to give notice, or any defect in the notice, to the Holder of any registered Security of any series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.

In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of registered Securities when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the designation of the series of the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers), the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of the Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed will be made at the offices or agencies to be maintained by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.03 upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice, and that, on and after such date, interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue.

 

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If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed shall specify the Securities to be redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, such notice shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series in authorized denominations and in a principal amount at Stated Maturity equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

If less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee written notice, at least 30 days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption, as to the aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity of Securities of such series to be redeemed, which shall be an integral multiple of the minimum authorized denomination of such series, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities so to be redeemed and, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part only, the principal amount at Stated Maturity so to be redeemed; provided, however, that in the case of Global Securities the Securities will be selected for partial redemption in accordance with the procedures of the depositary. If less than all the Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company, and the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing thereof at least 25 days before the relevant redemption date.”

Section 3.02. Reports by the Company. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 5.03(a) of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 5.03(a) of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a debt security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;”

 

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Section 3.03. Events of Default. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 6.01(5) of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 6.01(5) of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“default in the payment when due of any scheduled principal on any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at maturity having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $100,000,000 or its equivalent in another currency (but excluding Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or otherwise arising under this Indenture), or a default in the performance of any other term or provision of any such Indebtedness which default shall have resulted in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within the later of (x) the period specified in such instrument and (y) 15 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding;”

ARTICLE 4

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 4.01. Ratification. The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

Section 4.02. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Section 4.03. Notices. The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”); provided, however, that any such instructions or directions sent to the Trustee pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture must be signed manually or by way of an electronic signature (including, without limitation, DocuSign or AdobeSign) and, provided further, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to execute and deliver such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures, either manual or digital as described above, of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to provide the Trustee with e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.

Section 4.04. Counterparts and Method of Execution. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties have not signed the same counterpart. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and any instructions or directions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture signed manually or by way of an electronic signature (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign) and transmitted by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) shall constitute effective execution and delivery as to the parties hereto.

Section 4.05. Section Titles. Section titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Supplemental Indenture as set forth in the text.

Section 4.06. The Trustee. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 4.07. Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

Section 4.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING THE INDENTURE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 4.09. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, INGREDION INCORPORATED AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ James D. Gray

  Name: James D. Gray
 

Title:   Executive Vice President and

            Chief Financial Officer

By:  

/s/ C. Kevin Wilson

  Name: C. Kevin Wilson
 

Title:   Vice President and Corporate

            Treasurer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Linda Wirfel

  Name: Linda Wirfel
  Title: Vice President


Exhibit A

THIS NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY SELECTED OR APPROVED BY THE COMPANY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE 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.

 

No.__    $__________

INGREDION INCORPORATED

2.900% Senior Notes due 2030

CUSIP: 457187 AC6

ISIN: US457187AC60

Ingredion Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. and herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to:

CEDE & CO.

or registered assigns, the principal sum of

*__________ DOLLARS*

on June 1, 2030 and to pay interest on such principal sum at the rate of 2.900% per annum.

The Company will bear interest from May 13, 2020, or the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 1, 2020, until the principal hereof is otherwise paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the registered holder (the “Holder”) of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on


the regular record date (the “Regular Record Date”) for such Interest Payment Date, which, except in the case of interest payable at Maturity, shall be May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date and, in the case of interest payable at Maturity, shall be the date such that interest payable at Maturity is payable to the same Person to whom principal on this Note is payable. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on a special record date (the “Special Record Date”) fixed by the Company for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to Holders not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

Payment of the principal of this Note and the interest thereon will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York (or such other place or places as designated by the Company from time to time in accordance with the Indenture), in such currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issuable in one or more series, unlimited in aggregate principal amount except as may be otherwise provided in respect of the Securities of a particular series, issued and to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 13, 2020 (the “Indenture”), and is one of a series initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $600,000,000 and designated as 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”); provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased in the future, without giving notice or seeking consent of the Holders of the Notes, on the same terms as the Notes (except for the issue date, public offering price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date and the date from which interest shall accrue) and constituting a single series of Securities under the Indenture; provided further, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the previously issued Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying numbers. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Securities (including Holders of the Notes).

The Indenture, the Notes and certain covenants and other provisions of the Indenture and the Notes are subject to defeasance and/or discharge at the option of the Company as provided in the Indenture.

As long as this Note is represented in global form (the “Global Security”) registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, except as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, no Global Security shall be exchangeable or transferrable.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal plus any accrued interest may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, except that certain amendments which do not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of the Notes may be made without the approval of Holders of the Notes. No amendment or modification may, among other things, change the Stated Maturity of any Security, reduce the principal amount thereof, reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest thereon, reduce any premium payable upon redemption thereon or reduce the aforesaid majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such amendment or modification, without the consent of each Holder affected.

This series of Notes is redeemable, at any time and from time to time prior to March 1, 2030 (the “Par Call Date”), at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the Par Call Date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 35 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or, in the case of Global Securities, delivered in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed (which notice, so long as the Notes are represented by a Global Security, will be given to the Depositary (or its nominee) or a successor depositary (or its nominee)). Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a Global Security.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Term”), 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (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 is provided with fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) each of BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) 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 Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

“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.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity 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 such redemption date.

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, 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, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder (or, in the case of Global Securities, give notice in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), 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 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 or delivered. The notice shall, if mailed or delivered 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.

 

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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 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 its 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:

 

 

accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

 

 

deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

 

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.

Interest on the Notes and portions of a Note properly tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Repurchase Event and not withdrawn will cease to accrue on and after the payment date for such Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have failed to accept such Notes and such portions of Notes for payment or failed to deposit the aggregate purchase price in respect thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.

The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate 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.

“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).

 

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“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; or (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) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of Voting Stock.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

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

“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); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of 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 a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Voting Stock” means Company capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Notwithstanding any provision in the Indenture or any provision of this Note, the Holder of this Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

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

 

 

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

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED
By:  

 

  Name:   James D. Gray
  Title:  

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

By:  

 

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:  

Senior Vice President,

General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.                                                                        
    THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
    as Trustee
Dated: May 13, 2020      
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

       

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

and all rights thereunder and irrevocably appoint    

 

 

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

 

 

Dated:                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS IT APPEARS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE WITHIN NOTE.

THE SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION” THAT IS A MEMBER OR PARTICIPANT IN A “SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM” (E.G., THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM, THE STOCK EXCHANGE MEDALLION PROGRAM OR THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION PROGRAM).

EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED

as Issuer

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of May 13, 2020

 

 

$400,000,000

3.900% Senior Notes due June 1, 2050

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article 1

Relation to Indenture; Definitions; Rules of Construction

 

 

Section 1.01.  

Relation to Indenture

     1  
Section 1.02.  

Definitions

     1  
Section 1.03.  

Rules of Construction

     3  

Article 2

The Securities

 

 

Section 2.01.  

Title of the Securities

     4  
Section 2.02.  

Aggregate Principal Amount; Additional Notes

     4  
Section 2.03.  

Maturity Date

     4  
Section 2.04.  

Ranking

     4  
Section 2.05.  

Interest

     4  
Section 2.06.  

Issuance Price

     4  
Section 2.07.  

Defeasance and Discharge

     4  
Section 2.08.  

Form and Dating

     5  
Section 2.09.  

Place of Payment

     6  
Section 2.10.  

Sinking Fund

     6  
Section 2.11.  

Optional Redemption

     6  
Section 2.12.  

Repurchase Upon Change of Control

     7  

Article 3

Amendments to the Indenture

 

 

Section 3.01.  

Notice of Redemption

     8  
Section 3.02.  

Reports by the Company

     9  
Section 3.03.  

Events of Default

     10  

Article 4

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

Section 4.01.  

Ratification

     10  
Section 4.02.  

Governing Law

     10  
Section 4.03.  

Notices

     10  
Section 4.04.  

Counterparts and Method of Execution

     11  
Section 4.05.  

Section Titles

     11  
Section 4.06.  

The Trustee

     11  
Section 4.07.  

Submission to Jurisdiction

     11  
Section 4.08.  

Waiver of Jury Trial

     11  
Section 4.09.  

Force Majeure

     11  

 

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ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This ELEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 13, 2020 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), is entered into by and between Ingredion Incorporated, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company (formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc.) and the Trustee (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York) are parties to an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999 (the “Indenture”), relating to the issuance from time to time by the Company of its Securities on terms to be specified prior to the time of issuance;

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Securities;

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Indenture provides that, prior to the issuance of any Securities within a series, the terms of the series of Securities shall be established by a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate in accordance with the authority granted in one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company;

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by a Certified Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of any Securities of any series then Outstanding; provided that any such change or elimination would not adversely affect such provision as applied to any series of Securities created prior to the execution of such supplemented indenture;

WHEREAS, the changes set forth herein do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities issued prior to the date hereof; and

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding agreement of the Company have been done or performed;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

Section 1.02. Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section.


“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; or (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) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of Voting Stock.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Term”), 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.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (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 is provided with fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

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

“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); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

 

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“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of 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 a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) each of BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) 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 Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

“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.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity 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 such redemption date.

“Voting Stock” means Company capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Section 1.03. Rules of Construction. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture;

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture;

(c) the terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(d) in the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture, the definitions in this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

 

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ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

There is hereby established a series of Securities pursuant to the Indenture with the following terms:

Section 2.01. Title of the Securities. The series of Securities shall be designated the 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “Notes”).

Section 2.02. Aggregate Principal Amount; Additional Notes. The Notes will be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 (not including the Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 3.02 or 10.04 of the Indenture or Section 2.12 of this Supplemental Indenture); provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased in the future, without giving notice or seeking consent of the Holders of the Notes, on the same terms as the Notes (except for the issue date, public offering price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date (as defined below) and the date from which interest shall accrue) and constituting a single series of Securities under the Indenture; provided further, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the previously issued Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying numbers.

Section 2.03. Maturity Date. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable is June 1, 2050, subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to acceleration and redemption.

Section 2.04. Ranking. The Notes will be unsecured senior indebtedness of the Company and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.

Section 2.05. Interest. The Notes will bear interest from May 13, 2020, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at a rate of 3.900% per annum, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 1, 2020. The Company will pay interest to the person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date. The Company will compute interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Section 2.06. Issuance Price. The purchase price to be paid to the Company for the sale of the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 8, 2020, between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, shall be 97.676% of the principal amount of the Notes and the initial offering price to the public of the Notes shall be 98.551% of the principal amount of the Notes.

Section 2.07. Defeasance and Discharge. Section 2.12 of this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to Section 12.02 of the Indenture for all purposes under the Indenture.

 

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Section 2.08. Form and Dating. (a) The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

(b) The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Notes conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(c) All references in Section 2.05 of the Indenture or any other provision of the Indenture to the execution, attestation or authentication of any Security or any certificate of authentication appearing on or attached to any Security by means of a manual signature shall be deemed to include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign).

(d) The Notes will be issued in the form of a fully-registered Global Security. The Global Security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. Except as set forth in the Prospectus dated September 19, 2019, the Global Security may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only by the Depositary to its nominee or by its nominee to such Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or its nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. If the Depositary notifies the Company that it is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days of such notice or the Company becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered, the Company will issue Notes in certificated form in exchange for the Global Security. The Company will also issue Notes in certificated form if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Depositary requests the issuance of certificated Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time determine not to have the Notes represented by a Global Security, and, in such event, will issue Notes in certificated form in exchange for the Global Security. In any such instance, an owner of an interest in the Global Security would be entitled to physical delivery of such Notes in certificated form. Notes so issued in certificated form will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and will be issued in registered form only. The initial Depositary for the Global Security representing the Notes is The Depository Trust Company.

Holders of beneficial interests in the Notes shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as securities custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.

 

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Section 2.09. Place of Payment. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee located at The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration shall be the initial office where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange, where the Notes may be presented for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes or the Indenture may be served. The Company may from time to time designate such other office or additional offices for such purposes in accordance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

Section 2.10. Sinking Fund. The Notes shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund and will not be subject to mandatory redemption.

Section 2.11. Optional Redemption. (a) The Notes, at any time and from time to time prior to December 1, 2049 (the “Par Call Date”) will be redeemable at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the Par Call Date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 40 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

(b) Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or, in the case of Global Securities, delivered in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed (which notice, so long as the Notes are represented by a Global Security, will be given to the Depositary (or its nominee) or a successor depositary (or its nominee)). Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a Global Security.

 

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Section 2.12. Repurchase Upon Change of Control. (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, 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, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder (or, in the case of Global Securities, give notice in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), 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 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 or delivered. The notice shall, if mailed or delivered 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.

(b) 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 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 its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

(c) 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 (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

(ii) deposit with the paying agent 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.

(d) Interest on the Notes and portions of a Note properly tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Repurchase Event and not withdrawn will cease to accrue on and after the payment date for such Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have failed to accept such Notes and such portions of Notes for payment or failed to deposit the aggregate purchase price in respect thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.

(e) The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate 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.

 

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(f) 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.

ARTICLE 3

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDENTURE

Section 3.01. Notice of Redemption. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 3.02 of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 3.02 of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“In case the Company shall be obligated, or shall exercise the right, to redeem Securities as provided for in the first sentence of Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (unless, by the terms of the instrument establishing such series of Securities or the terms of such Securities, such date is fixed) and the Company, or, upon a Company Request given to the Trustee no less than 25 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall give notice of such redemption prepared by the Company to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, with respect to registered Securities, by sending a notice of such redemption not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register and, with respect to unregistered Securities, by publishing in an Authorized Newspaper notice of such redemption on two separate days, each of which is not less than 10 nor more than the 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice which is sent or published, as the case may be, in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder actually receives such notice. In any case, failure duly to give notice, or any defect in the notice, to the Holder of any registered Security of any series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.

In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of registered Securities when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the designation of the series of the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers), the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of the Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed will be made at the offices or agencies to be maintained by the Company in accordance

 

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with the provisions of Section 4.03 upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice, and that, on and after such date, interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed shall specify the Securities to be redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, such notice shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series in authorized denominations and in a principal amount at Stated Maturity equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

If less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee written notice, at least 30 days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption, as to the aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity of Securities of such series to be redeemed, which shall be an integral multiple of the minimum authorized denomination of such series, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities so to be redeemed and, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part only, the principal amount at Stated Maturity so to be redeemed; provided, however, that in the case of Global Securities the Securities will be selected for partial redemption in accordance with the procedures of the depositary. If less than all the Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company, and the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing thereof at least 25 days before the relevant redemption date.”

Section 3.02. Reports by the Company. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 5.03(a) of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 5.03(a) of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a debt security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;”

 

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Section 3.03. Events of Default. For purposes of this series of Notes, Section 6.01(5) of the Indenture is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following, which shall constitute Section 6.01(5) of the Indenture with respect to this series of Notes:

“default in the payment when due of any scheduled principal on any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at maturity having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $100,000,000 or its equivalent in another currency (but excluding Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or otherwise arising under this Indenture), or a default in the performance of any other term or provision of any such Indebtedness which default shall have resulted in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within the later of (x) the period specified in such instrument and (y) 15 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding;”

ARTICLE 4

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 4.01. Ratification. The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

Section 4.02. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Section 4.03. Notices. The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”); provided, however, that any such instructions or directions sent to the Trustee pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture must be signed manually or by way of an electronic signature (including, without limitation, DocuSign or AdobeSign) and, provided further, that the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to execute and deliver such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures, either manual or digital as described above, of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to provide the Trustee with e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.

Section 4.04. Counterparts and Method of Execution. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties have not signed the same counterpart. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and any instructions or directions pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture signed manually or by way of an electronic signature (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign) and transmitted by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) shall constitute effective execution and delivery as to the parties hereto.

Section 4.05. Section Titles. Section titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Supplemental Indenture as set forth in the text.

Section 4.06. The Trustee. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

Section 4.07. Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

Section 4.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING THE INDENTURE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 4.09. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, INGREDION INCORPORATED AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ James D. Gray
  Name: James D. Gray
 

Title:   Executive Vice President and

            Chief Financial Officer

By:   /s/ C. Kevin Wilson
  Name: C. Kevin Wilson
 

Title:   Vice President and Corporate

            Treasurer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:   /s/ Linda Wirfel
  Name: Linda Wirfel
  Title:   Vice President


Exhibit A

THIS NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY SELECTED OR APPROVED BY THE COMPANY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE 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.

 

No.__    $__________

INGREDION INCORPORATED

3.900% Senior Notes due 2050

CUSIP: 457187 AD4

ISIN: US457187AD44

Ingredion Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. and herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to:

CEDE & CO.

or registered assigns, the principal sum of

*__________ DOLLARS*

on June 1, 2050 and to pay interest on such principal sum at the rate of 3.900% per annum.

The Company will bear interest from May 13, 2020, or the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 1, 2020, until the principal hereof is otherwise paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the registered holder (the “Holder”) of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on

 


the regular record date (the “Regular Record Date”) for such Interest Payment Date, which, except in the case of interest payable at Maturity, shall be May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date and, in the case of interest payable at Maturity, shall be the date such that interest payable at Maturity is payable to the same Person to whom principal on this Note is payable. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Holder of this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) of record at the close of business on a special record date (the “Special Record Date”) fixed by the Company for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to Holders not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

Payment of the principal of this Note and the interest thereon will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York (or such other place or places as designated by the Company from time to time in accordance with the Indenture), in such currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issuable in one or more series, unlimited in aggregate principal amount except as may be otherwise provided in respect of the Securities of a particular series, issued and to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor trustee to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 13, 2020 (the “Indenture”), and is one of a series initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $400,000,000 and designated as 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “Notes”); provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may be increased in the future, without giving notice or seeking consent of the Holders of the Notes, on the same terms as the Notes (except for the issue date, public offering price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date and the date from which interest shall accrue) and constituting a single series of Securities under the Indenture; provided further, however, that if the additional Notes are not fungible with the previously issued Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying numbers. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Securities (including Holders of the Notes).

The Indenture, the Notes and certain covenants and other provisions of the Indenture and the Notes are subject to defeasance and/or discharge at the option of the Company as provided in the Indenture.

As long as this Note is represented in global form (the “Global Security”) registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, except as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, no Global Security shall be exchangeable or transferrable.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal plus any accrued interest may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, except that certain amendments which do not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of the Notes may be made without the approval of Holders of the Notes. No amendment or modification may, among other things, change the Stated Maturity of any Security, reduce the principal amount thereof, reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest thereon, reduce any premium payable upon redemption thereon or reduce the aforesaid majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such amendment or modification, without the consent of each Holder affected.

This series of Notes is redeemable, at any time and from time to time prior to December 1, 2049 (the “Par Call Date”), at the Company’s option at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) from the redemption date to the Par Call Date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus 40 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. At any time and from time to time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date of the Notes to be redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

Notice of any redemption will be mailed (or, in the case of Global Securities, delivered in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed (which notice, so long as the Notes are represented by a Global Security, will be given to the Depositary (or its nominee) or a successor depositary (or its nominee)). Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by the Depositary, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, or by the Trustee by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a Global Security.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as if the maturity date of such Notes were the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Term”), 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.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (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 is provided with fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) each of BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (or their respective affiliates that are Primary Treasury Dealers) 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 Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Company.

“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.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity 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 such redemption date.

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes, the Company will make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, 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, but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder (or, in the case of Global Securities, give notice in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures), 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 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 or delivered. The notice shall, if mailed or delivered 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.

 

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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 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 its 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:

 

   

accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (equal to $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

 

   

deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

   

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.

Interest on the Notes and portions of a Note properly tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Repurchase Event and not withdrawn will cease to accrue on and after the payment date for such Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless the Company shall have failed to accept such Notes and such portions of Notes for payment or failed to deposit the aggregate purchase price in respect thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph.

The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate 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.

“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).

 

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“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; or (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) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of Voting Stock.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

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

“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); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of 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 a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Voting Stock” means Company capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Notwithstanding any provision in the Indenture or any provision of this Note, the Holder of this Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

 

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

 

 

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

 

INGREDION INCORPORATED
By:  

 

  Name:   James D. Gray
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer
By:  

 

  Name:   Janet M. Bawcom
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

 

This is one of the Securities of the

series designated herein referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

    THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
    as Trustee
Dated: May 13, 2020      
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

          

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

and all rights thereunder and irrevocably appoint    

 

 

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

 

 

Dated:                             

 

 

 

 

 

THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS IT APPEARS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE WITHIN NOTE.

THE SIGNATURE MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION” THAT IS A MEMBER OR PARTICIPANT IN A “SIGNATURE GUARANTEE PROGRAM” (E.G., THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM, THE STOCK EXCHANGE MEDALLION PROGRAM OR THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION PROGRAM).

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Hogan Lovells US LLP]

May 13, 2020

Board of Directors

Ingredion Incorporated

5 Westbrook Corporate Center

Westchester, Illinois 60154

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Ingredion Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the issuance pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 1999 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented and amended by the tenth supplemental indenture dated as of May 13, 2020 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”) and the eleventh supplemental indenture dated as of May 13, 2020 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”) (the Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture and the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), of (i) $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and (ii) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.900% Senior Notes due 2050 (the “2050 Notes” and together with the 2030 Notes, the “Securities”) and the sale of the Securities pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated May 8, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-233854) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on September 19, 2019. This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.


Board of Directors

Ingredion Incorporated

  - 2 -   May 13, 2020

 

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that (i) the Trustee has all requisite power and authority under all applicable laws, rules, regulations and governing documents to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture and has complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates to the Trustee’s right to enforce the Indenture against the Company, (ii) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture, (iii) the Trustee is validly existing and in good standing in all necessary jurisdictions, (iv) the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, (v) there has been no mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding or fraud, duress or undue influence in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Indenture, and the conduct of all parties to the Indenture has complied with any requirements of good faith, fair dealing and conscionability and (vi) there are and have been no agreements or understandings among the parties, written or oral, and there is and has been no usage of trade or course of prior dealing among the parties (and no act or omission of any party) that would, in any such case, define, supplement or qualify the terms of the Indenture. We also have assumed the validity and constitutionality of each relevant statute, rule, regulation and agency action covered by this opinion letter.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the applicable provisions of the following, as currently in effect: (i) the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended; and (ii) the laws of the State of New York (but not including any laws, statutes, ordinances, administrative decisions, rules or regulations of any political subdivision below the state level). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations (and in particular, we express no opinion as to any effect that such other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations may have on the opinion expressed herein).

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized on behalf of the Company and that, following (i) receipt by the Company of the consideration therefor specified in the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company.

The opinion expressed above with respect to the valid and binding nature of obligations may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory and other law regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers) and by the exercise of judicial discretion and the application of principles of equity, good faith, fair dealing, reasonableness, conscionability and materiality (regardless of whether the Securities are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

This opinion letter has been prepared for your use in connection with the filing by the Company with the Commission of a Current Report on Form 8-K on the date hereof (the “Form 8-K”), which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this opinion letter.


Board of Directors

Ingredion Incorporated

  - 3 -   May 13, 2020

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Form 8-K, and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus dated September 19, 2019 and under the caption “Legal Matters” in the supplement to the prospectus dated May 8, 2020, each of which constitutes part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP