FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 15, 2020 (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), between E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustee the Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020 (the “Base Indenture” and, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee, providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of one or more series of its debt securities (the “Securities”);
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture provides, among other things, that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, establish the form, title and terms of Securities of any series in accordance with the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to establish two new series of Securities under the Base Indenture to be designated as the “1.700% Senior Notes due 2025” (the “2025 Notes”) and the “2.300% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the form, title and terms of the Notes shall be set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to the Unanimous Written Consent, dated April 27, 2020, has duly authorized the issuance of the Notes and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute and deliver any and all instruments and documents necessary or advisable to effect such issuance;
WHEREAS, this First Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 14.01 of the Base Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Notes has been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms, titles and terms of the Notes, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: