Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2021, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee

EX-4.2 2 tm2135846d1_ex4-2.htm EXHIBIT 4.2

Exhibit 4.2

 

Execution Version

 

 

NEWMONT CORPORATION

 

and

 

NEWMONT USA LIMITED
(as the Subsidiary Guarantor)

 

and

 

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

 

 

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of December 20, 2021

 

to

 

Indenture dated as of September 18, 2009

 

 

$1,000,000,000 2.600% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
		Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1	Generally	1
SECTION 1.2	Definition of Certain Terms	1
	“Additional Notes”	1
	“Base Year Emissions Recalculation”	2
	“Change of Control”	2
	“Change of Control Offer”	3
	“Change of Control Payment”	3
	“Change of Control Payment Date”	3
	“Change of Control Repurchase Event”	3
	“Comparable Treasury Issue”	3
	“Comparable Treasury Price”	3
	“External Verifier”	3
	“Fitch”	3
	“Guaranty”	3
	“Independent Investment Banker”	3
	“Interest Payment Date”	4
	“Investment Grade Rating”	4
	“Moody’s”	4
	“Par Call Date”	4
	“Prospectus Supplement”	4
	“Rating Agency”	4
	“Ratings Decline”	4
	“Reference Treasury Dealer”	4
	“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations”	4
	“S&P”	5
	“Sustainability Performance Targets”	5
	“Sustainability Performance Target 1”	5
	“Sustainability Performance Target 2”	5
	“Sustainability Performance Target 3”	5
	“Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework”	5
	“Treasury Rate”	5
	“Voting Stock”	5
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS OF THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1	Form	5
SECTION 2.2	Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest	5

 

 

SECTION 2.3	Denominations	7
SECTION 2.4	Global Securities	7
SECTION 2.5	Payment, Transfer and Exchange	7
SECTION 2.6	Security Registrar and Paying Agent	7
SECTION 2.7	Ranking	7
SECTION 2.8	Trustee’s Right to Refuse Directions in Certain Circumstances	7
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1	Redemption	8
SECTION 3.2	Redemption Procedures	8
SECTION 3.3	Notice of Redemption	9
ARTICLE IV
CHANGE OF CONTROL
SECTION 4.1	Change of Control	9
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 5.1	Ratification of Base Indenture	11
SECTION 5.2	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals	12
SECTION 5.3	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	12
SECTION 5.4	Counterpart Originals	12
SECTION 5.5	Governing Law	12
EXHIBIT A	Form of 2032 Note	A-1

 

 

THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 20, 2021 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), among Newmont Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation, as Subsidiary Guarantor (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2009 (the “Base Indenture” and as supplemented by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its unsecured senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Securities”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized and desires to cause to be established pursuant to the Base Indenture and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture a new series of Securities designated the 2.600% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”), the form and terms of such Notes to be set forth in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Base Indenture have been done;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders, that the Base Indenture is supplemented and amended, to the extent expressed herein, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.1         Generally. (a)  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

 

(b)            The rules of interpretation set forth in the Base Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein.

 

SECTION 1.2          Definition of Certain Terms. For all purposes of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b).

 

 

“Base Year Emissions Recalculation” means a recalculation for any major acquisition, merger, consolidation or divestiture or any series of related acquisitions, mergers, consolidations or divestitures by or involving the Company, in which absolute greenhouse gas emissions (“GHG Emissions”) would be increased or decreased by 10% or more as compared to absolute GHG Emissions immediately prior to consummation of such transaction or transactions, of the relevant baseline of emissions, as set out below:

 

·

with respect to Sustainability Target 1: a recalculation of the absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions for the base year 2018 as if the relevant transaction or transactions had occurred on January 1, 2018; and

 

·

with respect to Sustainability Target 2: a recalculation of the absolute Scope 3 emissions for the base year 2019 as if the relevant transaction or transactions had occurred on January 1, 2019.

 

By purchasing the Notes, any Holder of the Notes will be deemed to have irrevocably authorized the Company to make any such Base Year Emissions Recalculation. The Company is not required to make any Base Year Emissions Recalculation to the extent and for so long as it determines in good faith that it does not have sufficient information to do so. In the case of a Base Year Emissions Recalculation, the Sustainability Performance Targets with respect to the Notes will remain the same and be assessed against the recalculated baseline of emissions.

 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1)            the sale, lease, 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 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 to 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 a Subsidiary of Newmont) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the combined Voting Stock of the Company or other Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed measured by voting power rather than number of shares;

 

(3)            the Company consolidates with, or merges with, any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or

 

(4)            the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction, no “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.“Change of Control Offer” means an offer to repurchase Notes pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof.

 

“Change of Control Payment” means, with respect to Notes tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

 

“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.

 

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Ratings Decline with respect to the Notes. For greater certainty, a Change of Control Repurchase Event will be deemed not to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until that Change of Control has actually been consummated.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, determined as if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”), 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 Life of the Notes.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (3) if only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

 

“External Verifier” means a qualified third-party auditor or independent public accountants appointed by the Company to review its performance in relation to the Sustainability Performance Targets.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. and its successors.

 

“Guaranty” means, with respect to the Notes, the guarantee of cash payments of the Company by the Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to the terms and limitations of Article 14 of the Base Indenture and Exhibit A hereof.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.

 

 

“Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).

 

“Investment Grade Rating” 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); a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency or replacement Rating Agencies.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

 

“Par Call Date” means April 15, 2032 (three months prior to the maturity date of the Notes).

 

“Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement, dated December 6, 2021, to the prospectus, dated September 21, 2018, relating to the offering by the Company of the Notes.

 

“Rating Agency” means, at the Company’s option, two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; provided, that if two agencies cease to rate the Notes or fail to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, the Company may select (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, as a replacement agency.

 

“Ratings Decline” means that at any time within 60 days (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of the date of public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control and the date on which the Company or any other person publicly declares its intention to effect a Change of Control, (1) in the event the Notes are assigned an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies immediately prior to such public notice or declaration, the rating assigned to the Notes by at least two of the Rating Agencies is below an Investment Grade Rating; or (2) in the event the ratings assigned to the Notes by at least two of the Rating Agencies immediately prior to such public notice or declaration are below an Investment Grade Rating, the rating assigned to the Notes by at least two of the Rating Agencies is reduced by one or more categories (i.e., notches); provided that, in each case, any such ratings decline is stated by the applicable Rating Agencies to have been the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (regardless of whether the Change of Control shall then have occurred).

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means at least three primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City, New York designated 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 Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding that Redemption Date.

 

 

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and its successors.

 

“Sustainability Performance Targets” means Sustainability Performance Target 1, Sustainability Performance Target 2 and Sustainability Performance Target 3.

 

“Sustainability Performance Target 1” means attaining the Company’s target set forth in the Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework of a 32% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions (absolute and intensity) for the year ended December 31, 2030, relative to the 2018 baseline (subject to any Base Year Emissions Recalculation).

 

“Sustainability Performance Target 2” means attaining the Company’s target set forth in the Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework of a 30% reduction in Scope 3 GHG Emissions for the year ended December 31, 2030, relative to the 2019 baseline (subject to any Base Year Emissions Recalculation).

 

“Sustainability Performance Target 3” means attaining the Company’s target set forth in the Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework of a 50% representation of women in senior leadership positions by December 31, 2030. For purposes of measuring whether Sustainability Performance Target 3 has been satisfied, the Company defines “senior leadership positions” as “Senior Director” level up to and including the “Chief Executive Officer” level (i.e., from Grade 109 to E1 or equivalent in the case of any future grading or title system changes) and the Company calculates women in senior leadership positions as a percentage of total employees in senior leadership positions.

 

“Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework” means the Sustainability-Linked Bond Framework adopted by the Company in December 2021.

 

“Treasury Rate” means with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual 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” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors of such person.

 

ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS OF THE NOTES

 

SECTION 2.1         Form. The Notes, the Trustee’s certificates of authentication and the Guaranty shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, which are hereby incorporated into this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

 

SECTION 2.2         Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest. (a)  In accordance with the Company Order delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Notes with the Guaranty affixed thereto for original issue on the date hereof in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000. The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on July 15, 2032.

 

 

(b)            Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue additional Notes (the “Additional Notes”) having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except the issue price, issue date and the first interest payment date may differ. If any subsequently issued Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any previously issued Notes, such Additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number but shall otherwise be treated as a single class with all other Notes issued under the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes, if any, shall be unlimited.

 

(c)            Subject to increase as described in Section 2.2(d) (as so increased, the “Subsequent Rate of Interest”), the Notes shall bear interest at 2.600% per annum (the “Initial Rate of Interest”) beginning on the date of issuance until the Notes are redeemed, paid, or duly provided for. Interest shall be paid semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on July 15, 2022. The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes shall be the January 1 and July 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.

 

(d)            From and including July 15, 2031 (the “Interest Rate Step-Up Date”), the interest rate accruing on the Notes shall be increased by an additional 50 basis points per annum unless the Company notifies (the “Emissions Satisfaction Notice”) the Trustee in writing within seven months after December 30, 2030 (the “Notification Date”) that in respect of the year ended December 31, 2030: (A) each of Sustainability Performance Target 1 and Sustainability Performance Target 2 has been satisfied and (B) the External Verifier has confirmed to the Company the satisfaction of such targets in accordance with its customary procedures; and from and including the Interest Rate Step-Up Date, the interest rate accruing on the Notes shall be increased by an additional 10 basis points per annum unless the Company notifies (the “Leadership Satisfaction Notice” and, together with the Emissions Satisfaction Notice, the “Satisfaction Notice”) the Trustee in writing by the Notification Date that as of December 31, 2030: (A) Sustainability Performance Target 3 has been satisfied and (B) the External Verifier has confirmed to the Company the satisfaction of such target in accordance with its customary procedures. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the Satisfaction Notice and shall have no duty to verify if any of the Sustainability Performance Targets have been satisfied. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any change in the interest rate following the issue date unless it receives written notification from the Company detailing such change.

 

The interest rate applicable to the Notes will only be adjusted based upon the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the Sustainability Performance Targets on or prior to the Notification Date. Any satisfaction of the Sustainability Performance Targets subsequent to the Notification Date or cessation of satisfaction, or any failure to satisfy the Sustainability Performance Targets subsequent to the Notification Date will not result in an adjustment to the interest rate payable on the Notes.

 

 

(e)            Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or maturity date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date or maturity date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or maturity date to such date of payment.

 

SECTION 2.3         Denominations. The Notes will be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

SECTION 2.4         Global Securities. The Notes will be issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security will be The Depository Trust Company in accordance with the Base Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.5         Payment, Transfer and Exchange. (a)  The principal and interest on Notes represented by Global Securities will be payable to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Securities represented thereby. The principal and interest on Notes represented by physical securities will be payable, either in person or by mail, at the office of the Paying Agent.

 

(b)            Transfers of Global Securities will be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for physical securities in accordance with the Indenture. Notes represented by physical securities are presented to the Security Registrar with a request from the Holder of such Securities to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Security Registrar will register the transfer as requested in accordance with the Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.6         Security Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Security Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent and Security Registrar without notice to Holders.

 

SECTION 2.7         Ranking. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will (i) rank equally in right of payment with all other indebtedness of the Company that is not by its terms expressly subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company, and (ii) rank senior in right of payment to all indebtedness of the Company that is, by its terms, expressly subordinated to the senior indebtedness of the Company.

 

SECTION 2.8         Trustee’s Right to Refuse Directions in Certain Circumstances. With respect to directions given by the Holders of a majority in principal amount pursuant to the Indenture to the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power, the Trustee will be entitled to refuse to follow any such direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines in good faith is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or may impose personal liability upon the Trustee, unless the Trustee is offered indemnity satisfactory to it.

 

 

ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION

 

SECTION 3.1         Redemption. (a)  Except as provided in this Article III, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof.

 

(b)            The Notes are subject to redemption at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option. If the Notes are redeemed before the Par Call Date, the Notes shall be redeemed at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (calculated using (A) the Initial Rate of Interest if the Redemption Date occurs prior to the Interest Rate Step-Up Date and (B) if the Redemption Date occurs on or after the Interest Rate Step-Up Date, (1) the Initial Rate of Interest if all of the Sustainability Performance Targets have been satisfied on or prior to such redemption date, as confirmed by the External Verifier or (2) the applicable Subsequent Rate of Interest if any of the Sustainability Performance Targets has not been satisfied on or prior to such redemption date, or if such satisfaction has not been confirmed by the External Verifier) on such Notes that would have been due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (but excluding accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. If the Notes are redeemed by the Company on or after the Par Call Date, the Notes will be redeemed by the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes that are to be so redeemed, plus accrued interest on the Notes to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of such Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person.

 

(c)            In connection with any tender offer (including any offer in connection with a Change of Control Repurchase Event made in accordance with the Indenture) for the Notes, if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw Notes in such tender offer and the Company, or any third party making such tender offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such holders, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee), given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem (in the case of the Company) or purchase (in the case of a third party offeror) all the Notes that remain outstanding following such tender offer at a price equal to the price paid to the Holders in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the purchase price, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes that remain outstanding, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

 

SECTION 3.2         Redemption Procedures. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot by DTC, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, or by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, in the case of Notes that are not represented by a Global Security; provided that Notes shall not be redeemed in principal amounts of $2,000 or less. In the case of Notes represented by physical securities, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. In the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, the outstanding principal amount of the Global Security representing the Notes will be reduced by book-entry. Notes called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. On and after the Redemption Date, interest stops accruing on Notes or portions of them called for redemption (unless there is a default in the payment thereof). 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.

 

 

 

SECTION 3.3     Notice of Redemption. (a)  At the Company’s written request made at least ten days prior to the date the notice of redemption is to be given (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to in writing by the Trustee), the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s sole expense.

 

(b)           Notices of redemption shall be sent by first class mail or, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Security, in accordance with the procedures of DTC, at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

(c)           Any redemption notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including completion of a corporate transaction. In such event, the related notice of redemption shall describe each such condition and, if applicable, shall state that, at the Company’s discretion, the date of redemption may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the notice of redemption was given) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in the Company’s sole discretion) by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.

 

(d)           Any notice to holders of Notes of any redemption will include the appropriate calculation of the Redemption Price, but does not need to include the Redemption Price itself. The actual Redemption Price, calculated as described above, will be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date.

 

ARTICLE IV
CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

SECTION 4.1        Change of Control. (a)  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Notes have been called for redemption, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at an offer price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment.

 

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 the proposed Change of Control, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, or deliver, a notice to the Trustee and to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offer to repurchase Notes (the “Change of Control Offer”) on the payment date (the “Change of Control 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 sent or delivered, other than as may be required by law. The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the notice and shall also specify:

 

 

(i)             that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

 

(ii)            the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(iii)           the CUSIP numbers for the Notes;

 

(iv)          that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

 

(v)           that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vi)          that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(vii)         that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election referred to in clause (vi) if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and

 

(viii)        that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion will be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(b)           Holders of Notes electing to have their Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Repurchase Event offer will be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Notes to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to the close of business on the third business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

(c)           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 applicable securities or corporate laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities or corporate 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.

 

 

(d)           On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

(i)             accept for payment all Notes or portions of the Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

(ii)            deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect of all the Notes or portions of the 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.

 

(e)           The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for the Notes (or make payment through the Depositary), 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 minimum principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(f)            The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements forth in this Section 4.1 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its Change of Control Offer.

 

(g)           The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Change of Control or Change of Control Repurchase Event until the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Company, and in the absence of receipt of such notice, the Trustee may conclusively assume that no Change of Control or Change of Control Repurchase Event has occurred. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to (i) monitor, determine or inquire as to the rating of the Notes by any Rating Agency, including, without limitation, as to whether the Notes carry an Investment Grade Rating from any Rating Agency or as to whether any Rating Agency has at any time or during any period of time reduced or upgraded its rating of the Notes below or above an Investment Grade Rating or (ii) unless otherwise requested in writing by the Company, to provide notice of or disseminate to any Person, including without limitation, any Holder, any information received from a Rating Agency pursuant to clause (A) of the proviso of the definition of Change of Control Repurchase Event.

 

ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 5.1     Ratification of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

 

 

In addition to the modifications permitted by clauses (1) through (12) of Section 901 of the Base Indenture, the Company, without the consent of any Holders, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of Notes” Section of the Prospectus Supplement.

 

SECTION 5.2      Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except with respect to the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, 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 Fifth Supplemental Indenture, of the Notes or of the Guaranties. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.

 

SECTION 5.3     Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

SECTION 5.4      Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the Base Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

SECTION 5.5      Governing Law. THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date and year first written above.

 

	THE COMPANY
	NEWMONT CORPORATION

 

	By:	/s/ Logan Hennessey
		Name: Logan Hennessey
		Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

	THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR
	NEWMONT USA LIMITED

 

	By:	/s/ Logan Hennessey
		Name: Logan Hennessey
		Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

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

 

	By:	/s/ Daniel Marroquin
		Name: Daniel Marroquin
		Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 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 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.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO IN THE TERMS OF SECURITIES ATTACHED HERETO.

 

NEWMONT CORPORATION

 

2.600% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032

 

No. [__]	CUSIP No. 651639 AZ9
$[__]

 

Newmont Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (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 [__________] ($[____]) on July 15, 2032, and to pay interest thereon from December 20, 2021 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 in each year, commencing July 15, 2022, at the rate of 2.600% per annum (the “Initial Rate of Interest”), subject to increase as described in the immediately following paragraph (as so increased, the “Subsequent Rate of Interest”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

 

From and including July 15, 2031 (the “Interest Rate Step-Up Date”), the interest rate accruing on the Notes shall be increased by an additional 50 basis points per annum unless the Company notifies (the “Emissions Satisfaction Notice”) the Trustee in writing within seven months after December 30, 2030 (the “Notification Date”) that in respect of the year ended December 31, 2030: (A) each of Sustainability Performance Target 1 and Sustainability Performance Target 2 has been satisfied and (B) the External Verifier has confirmed to the Company the satisfaction of such targets in accordance with its customary procedures; and from and including the Interest Rate Step-Up Date, the interest rate accruing on the Notes shall be increased by an additional 10 basis points per annum unless the Company notifies (the “Leadership Satisfaction Notice” and, together with the Emissions Satisfaction Notice, the “Satisfaction Notice”) the Trustee in writing by the Notification Date that as of December 31, 2030: (A) Sustainability Performance Target 3 has been satisfied and (B) the External Verifier has confirmed to the Company the satisfaction of such target in accordance with its customary procedures. The trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the Satisfaction Notice and shall have no duty to verify if any of the Sustainability Performance Targets have been satisfied. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any change in the interest rate following the issue date unless it receives written notification from us detailing such change. The interest rate applicable to the Notes will only be adjusted based upon the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the Sustainability Performance Targets on or prior to the Notification Date. Any satisfaction of the Sustainability Performance Targets subsequent to the Notification Date or cessation of satisfaction, or any failure to satisfy the Sustainability Performance Targets subsequent to the Notification Date will not result in an adjustment to the interest rate payable on the Notes.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

The interest so payable, and 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 January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so 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 of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

 

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

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.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

Dated: December 20, 2021

 

NEWMONT CORPORATION

 

	By:
		Name:
		Title:

 

Attest:

 

By:

Name:
Title:

 

 

Exhibit A

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

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

 

Dated: December 20, 2021	By
		Authorized Signatory

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Reverse of Security

 

NEWMONT CORPORATION

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2009 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, Newmont USA Limited, as Subsidiary Guarantor (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2021 (herein called the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture, as so supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor, 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 of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 10, but not more than 60, days’ notice, at any time, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company. If this Security is redeemed by the Company before the Par Call Date, it will be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, at the greater of the following amounts:

 

·

100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed on the Redemption Date; or

 

·

the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (calculated using (i) the Initial Rate of Interest if the Redemption Date occurs prior to the Interest Rate Step-Up Date and (ii) if the Redemption Date occurs on or after the Interest Rate Step-Up Date, (A) the Initial Rate of Interest if all of the Sustainability Performance Targets have been satisfied on or prior to such redemption date, as confirmed by the External Verifier or (B) the applicable Subsequent Rate of Interest if any of the Sustainability Performance Targets has not been satisfied on or prior to such redemption date, or if such satisfaction has not been confirmed by the External Verifier) on such Notes that would have been due if the Notes matured on the Par Call Date (but excluding accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points;

 

plus, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

If this Security is redeemed by the Company on or after the Par Call Date, this Security will be redeemed by the Company at an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be so redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

In connection with any tender offer (including any offer in connection with a Change of Control Repurchase Event), if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of this series validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in such tender offer and the Company, or any third party making such tender offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by such holders, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee), given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem (in the case of the Company) or purchase (in the case of a third party offeror) all the Securities that remain outstanding following such tender offer at a price equal to the price paid to the Holders in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the purchase price, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities that remain outstanding, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, unless all Securities have been called for redemption pursuant to the provision described above, each Holder of Securities of this series shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Securities at an offer price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment.

 

In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

 

The Securities shall have the benefit of the Guaranty of Newmont USA Limited on the terms set forth therein.

 

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the Security upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

 

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

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this 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.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

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 such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding 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 the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding 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 any premium 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 any premium 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 any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, 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 this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor 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.

 

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

 

THIS SECURITY WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

GUARANTY

 

For value received, Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation, (the “Guarantor”) hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees the cash payments in United States dollars of principal of and interest on the Security on which this Guarantee is endorsed in the amounts and at the time when due and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on this Security, if lawful, and the payment of all other obligations of Newmont Corporation (the “Company”) under the Indenture or the Security, to the Holder of this Security and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Security, Article 14 of the Base Indenture and this Guaranty. This Guaranty will become effective in accordance with Article 14 of the Base Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2009 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended or supplemented (as so amended or supplemented, the “Indenture”).

 

The obligations of the undersigned to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guaranty and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 14 of the Base Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of the Guaranty and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guaranty relates. Each Holder of the Security to which this Guaranty is endorsed, by accepting such Security, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. The Guarantor will be deemed released from all of its obligations under the Indenture and this Guaranty, and this Guaranty will terminate, without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of the Securities, upon the terms and conditions as provided in Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture.

 

This Guaranty shall be an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor that is currently outstanding or that it may issue in the future.

 

This Guaranty shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guaranty is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by manual signature.

 

THIS GUARANTY WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

This Guaranty is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

 

Exhibit A

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this instrument has been duly executed in the name of the Guarantor.

 

NEWMONT USA LIMITED

 

	By
		Name:
		Title:

 

 

Exhibit A

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to the Company’s offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event in accordance with the Indenture, check the box: ¨

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount (must be denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $________.

 

Date:			Your Signature:
				(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:
	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-15.