AVON PRODUCTS, INC., as Issuer 5.625% NOTES DUE 2014

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EX-4.1 3 dex41.htm THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Third Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AVON PRODUCTS, INC.,

as Issuer

5.625% NOTES DUE 2014

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 2, 2009

To

INDENTURE

Dated as of February 27, 2008

 

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Trustee


THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the 2nd day of March, 2009, between AVON PRODUCTS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Issuer (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105-0196, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, with its principal office at 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10005 a banking corporation duly organized under the State of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2008 (the “Original Indenture” and, together with this Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (in the Original Indenture and herein called the “Securities”), and the Trustee is the successor Trustee under the Original Indenture; and

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008, providing for the issuance by the Company of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.800% notes due 2013, and a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008, providing for the issuance by the Company of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.750% notes due 2018; and

WHEREAS, simultaneously herewith, the Company is executing and delivering to the Trustee a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2009, providing for the issuance by the Company of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Notes due March 1, 2019; and

WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the power and authority conferred upon and reserved to it under the provisions of the Original Indenture, including Section 3.01 thereof, has duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this Third Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture as permitted by Sections 3.01 and 9.01 of the Original Indenture in order to establish the form or terms of, and to provide for the creation and issue of, a series of Securities under the Original Indenture in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Securities provided for herein, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent and issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter and in the Original Indenture set forth against payment therefor, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company and to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That, in order to establish the terms of a series of Securities, and for and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained in the Original Indenture and in this Third Supplemental Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

1.01 Definitions. Each capitalized term that is used herein and is defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meaning specified in the Original Indenture unless that term is otherwise defined herein.

1.02 Section References. Each reference to a particular section set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to this Third Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE II

TITLE AND TERMS OF SECURITIES

2.01 Title of the Securities. This Third Supplemental Indenture hereby establishes a series of Securities designated as the “5.625% Notes due March 1, 2014” of the Company (collectively referred to herein as the “Notes”). For purposes of the Original Indenture, the Notes shall constitute a single series of Securities.

2.02 Term of the Notes. The Notes shall mature on March 1, 2014 (the “Stated Maturity”). In the event that the Stated Maturity is not a Business Day, principal and interest payable at maturity shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same effect as if that Business Day were the Stated Maturity and no interest shall accrue or be payable for the period from and after the Stated Maturity to the next succeeding Business Day.

2.03 Amount and Denominations; Currency of Payment. The aggregate principal amount in which the Notes may be issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture is initially limited to $500,000,000.

The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities in the name of Cede & Co., as registered owner and nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”). DTC shall initially act as Depositary for the Notes.

The Notes shall be denominated in United States dollars in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

2.04 Interest and Interest Rates. Each Note shall bear interest at the rate of 5.625% per annum from the date of issue or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined in Section 2.05 below) to which interest on such Note has been paid or duly provided for, commencing with the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of issue, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable to the persons in whose name a Note is registered on the fifteenth calendar day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date (the “Regular Record Dates”). Interest on each Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprising twelve 30-day months.

2.05 Interest Payments. The interest payment dates for each Note shall be March 1 and September 1, in each year (the “Interest Payment Dates”), commencing September 1, 2009 payable to the persons in whose name a Note is registered on the Regular Record Dates. Interest shall also be payable at maturity of any Note.

 

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If an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day with respect to the Notes and no interest shall accrue or be payable on such next succeeding Business Day for the period from and after such original Interest Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day.

Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, interest payments shall be in the amount of interest accrued, from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from March 2, 2009 to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date.

2.06 Place of Payment, Transfer and Exchange. The Company authorizes and appoints the Trustee as the sole paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) with respect to the Notes represented by Registered Global Securities, without prejudice to the Company’s authority to appoint additional paying agents from time to time pursuant to the Original Indenture. Payments of principal on each Note and interest thereon payable at maturity or upon redemption shall be made in immediately available funds in such currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, at the request of the Holder, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent in New York, New York or any other duly appointed Paying Agent, provided that the Note is presented to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying Agent to make the payments in immediately available funds in accordance with its normal procedures. So long as any Notes are represented by a Registered Global Security, interest (other than interest payable at maturity or upon redemption) shall be paid in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the Depositary for such Notes, on the written order of the Depositary. In addition, the Company may maintain a drop agent, in such location or locations as the Company may select, to provide the Holders with an office at which they may present the Notes for payment. The Company hereby acknowledges that any drop agent maintained will accept Notes for presentment, take payment instructions from the Holder and forward the Notes presented and any related payment instructions to the Paying Agent by overnight courier, for next day delivery. Notes presented as set forth in the previous sentence shall be deemed to be presented to the Paying Agent on the Business Day next succeeding the day the Notes are delivered to the drop agent. Payment of interest (other than interest payable in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 2.06 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Original Indenture, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security register as of the applicable Regular Record Date or, at the option of the Company, by wire transfer to an account maintained by such Person with a bank located in the United States.

The Company appoints the Trustee as the sole Security Registrar with respect to the Notes. The Notes may be presented by the Holders thereof for registration of transfer or exchange at the office or agency of the Security registrar or any successor or co-registrar in New York, New York. In addition, the Company may maintain a drop agent, in such location or locations as the Company may select, to provide the Holders with an office at which they may present the Notes for registration of transfer or exchange. The Company hereby acknowledges that any drop agent maintained by the Company will accept Notes for registration of transfer or exchange and forward those Notes to the Security registrar by overnight courier, for next day delivery. Notes accepted as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to be presented to the Security registrar on the Business Day next succeeding the day that Notes are delivered to the drop agent.

2.07 No Sinking Fund. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

2.08 Redemption at Option of the Company. The Notes will be redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time or from time to time, by the Company mailing notice to the registered address of each Holder of the Notes at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the

 

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redemption. The Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on those Notes discounted, on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points with respect to any Notes being redeemed. Accrued interest, if any, will be paid to the Redemption Date.

As used in this Section 2.08 only, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings:

Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed. “Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee at the Company’s written direction.

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

Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date which is a Business Day fixed for such redemption by the Company pursuant to the Indenture.

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

Reference Treasury Dealers” means any four nationally recognized investment banking firms, and their successors, selected by the Company that are each also a primary U.S. Government securities dealer. If any Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on those Notes that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for that redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes to be redeemed, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on those Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Notes to such Redemption Date.

Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the second Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

 

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On or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest). On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, pro rata, by lot or by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

2.09 Change of Control Repurchase Event. If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined below) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof or has defeased the Notes pursuant to Article 12 of the Original Indenture, the Company will be required to make an offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes with respect to which a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall have occurred on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached the Company’s obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

On the Change of Control Repurchase Event payment date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer; (ii) deposit with the Trustee an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes being purchased by the Company.

The Trustee will promptly mail to each holder of Notes properly tendered the repurchase price for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate (upon its receipt of executed Notes from the Company) and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company, and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

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As used in this Section 2.09, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings:

Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means, the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies).

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock; (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors; or (4) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) (a) the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of voting stock immediately prior to that transaction, and/or (ii)(a) the Company reincorporates in another jurisdiction and (b) the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately following the reincorporation are substantially the same as the holders of Voting Stock immediately prior to the reincorporation.

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

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Notes; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).

Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, 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 Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

 

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S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Voting Stock” means the Company’s 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 such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

2.10. Form and Other Terms of the Notes. Attached hereto as Annex A is a form of a Note denominated in United States dollars, which form is hereby established as a form in which Notes may be issued. In addition, any Note may be issued in such other form as may be provided by, or not inconsistent with, the terms of the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

The Trustee makes no undertaking or representation in respect of, and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for and in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which recitals and statements are made solely by the Company.

Except as expressly amended hereby, the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented, shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof and the Original Indenture is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Third Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Original Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard J. Valone

Name:   Richard J. Valone
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee,
By:   DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
  By:  

/s/ Irina Golovashchuk

  By:  

/s/ David Contino

 

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Annex A

GLOBAL SECURITY

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF (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 THEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

AVON PRODUCTS, INC.

5.625% Notes due 2014

 

CUSIP NO. 054303 AV4    $500,000,000

Avon Products, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) (which amount may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary) on March 1, 2014, and to pay interest thereon from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or if no interest has been paid, from and including March 2, 2009, semiannually in arrears in cash on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing September 1, 2009 at the rate of 5.625% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months.

The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a

 

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Business Day), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. If this Security is a Global Security, then notwithstanding the foregoing, each such payment will be made in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary as then in effect.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security 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 instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: March 2, 2009

 

AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Attest:  
 

 

 

Name:

 
  Title:  

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
  By:  

 

    Authorized Signatory

 

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REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 5.625% Notes due 2014 (herein called the “Securities”), initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000, issued under an indenture dated as of February 27, 2008 (herein called the “Original Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by a third supplemental indenture, dated as of March 2, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

The Securities will bear interest, payable on each Interest Payment Date to Holders of record on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, at 5.625% per annum until March 1, 2014 or the cancellation of the Securities.

The Securities are the Company’s unsecured senior obligation and rank equally with the Company’s other existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness. The Securities are redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time, by the Company mailing notice to the registered address of each Holder of Securities at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the redemption. The Redemption Price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) on those Securities discounted on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points with respect to any Securities being redeemed. Accrued interest, if any, will be paid to the Redemption Date.

Subject to payment by the Company of a sum sufficient to pay the amount due on redemption, interest on this Security (or portion hereof if this Security is redeemed in part) shall cease to accrue upon the Redemption Date of this Security (or portion hereof if this Security is redeemed in part).

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities being redeemed.

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

 

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“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee at the Company’s direction.

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date which is a Business Day fixed for such redemption by the Company pursuant to the Indenture.

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

“Reference Treasury Dealers” means any four nationally recognized investment banking firms, and their successors, selected by the Company that are each also a primary U.S. Government securities dealer. If any Reference Treasury Dealer shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer, the Company will substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Securities to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on those Securities that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for that redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Securities to be redeemed, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on those Securities will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Securities to such Redemption Date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the second Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that Redemption Date.

On or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest). On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Securities to be redeemed on that date. If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, pro rata, by lot or by a method the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate.

The Securities do not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined below) occurs pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, unless the Company has defeased the Securities pursuant to Article 12 of the Original Indenture or has exercised its right to redeem such Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Company will make

 

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an offer to each Holder of the Securities to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000) of the Securities held by such Holder at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control (as defined below), but after the public announcement of an impending Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Securities with respect to which a Change of Control Repurchase Event shall have occurred on the payment date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed. The notice shall, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to repurchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice.

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities 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 Securities, 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 Securities 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 Securities or portions of Securities (in integral multiples of $1,000) properly tendered pursuant to the Company’s offer;

 

   

deposit with the Trustee an amount equal to the aggregate repurchase price in respect of all Securities or portion of Securities properly tendered; and

 

   

deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities being purchased by the Company.

The Trustee will promptly mail to each Holder of Securities properly tendered the repurchase price for the Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate (upon its receipt of executed Securities from the Company) and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered; provided, that each new Security 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 Securities 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 Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

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“Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Securities are rated below Investment Grade (as defined below) by each of the Rating Agencies (as defined below) 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 Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies).

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock (as defined below); (3) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors (as defined below); or (4) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) (a) the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b) the holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of voting stock immediately prior to that transaction, and/or (ii)(a) the Company reincorporates in another jurisdiction and (b) the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately following the reincorporation are substantially the same as the holders of Voting Stock immediately prior to the reincorporation.

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

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Securities; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

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“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc.

“Rating Agency” means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

“Voting Stock” means the Company’s 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 such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

The Company may, from time to time, without the consent of the existing Holders of the Securities, issue additional securities under the Indenture having the same terms as the Securities in all respects, except for the issue date, the issue price and the initial interest payment date. Any such additional securities will be consolidated with and form a single series with the Securities.

In addition to the Securities, the Company may issue other series of debt securities under the Indenture. There is no limit on the total aggregate principal amount of debt securities that the Company may issue under the Indenture.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time, upon compliance with certain conditions set forth therein, of (i) the entire Indebtedness evidenced by this Security or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security.

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

 

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As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and (iii) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Securities a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

In the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer, or redemption of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. The depository shall initially be The Depository Trust Company.

 

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

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

If you want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number of assignee)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                           agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                         Signed:                                         

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

Signature Guarantee:                                                                              

NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer