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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT [HARRIS CORPORATION LOGO]
(To Prospectus dated August 8, 1996)
File Pursuant To Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-3111
$150,000,000
HARRIS CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
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Due More Than Nine Months From Date of Issue
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Harris Corporation (the "Company") may offer from time to time up to
$150,000,000 aggregate initial public offering price of its Medium-Term Notes in
one or more series. The interest rate on each Note will be either a fixed rate
as set forth therein and specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, which
may be zero in the case of certain Notes issued at a price representing a
substantial discount from the principal amount payable upon maturity, or a
floating rate as set forth therein and specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Interest rates are subject to change by the Company but no change
will affect any Note already issued or as to which an offer to purchase has been
accepted by the Company.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest
on each Fixed Rate Note is payable each April 1 and October 1 and at maturity or
earlier redemption. Interest on each Floating Rate Note is payable on the dates
set forth therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Each Fixed Rate Note
will mature on any day more than nine months from the date of issue, as set
forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, each Floating Rate Note will mature on an
Interest Payment Date. Each Floating Rate Note will mature on a day more than
nine months from the date of issue, as set forth in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. See "Description of Notes." Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, Notes will be represented by one or more Global
Notes registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, as
Depositary (a "Book-Entry Note"). If specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, Notes may be represented by a certificate issued in definitive form
(a "Certificated Note"). Beneficial interests in Global Notes representing
Book-Entry Notes will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only
through, records maintained by the Depositary and its participants. Book-Entry
Notes will not be issued as Certificated Notes except under the circumstances
described in the accompanying Prospectus. See "Description of Notes --
Book-Entry System." Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, Notes may not be redeemed by the Company or the holder prior to
maturity and will be issued in fully registered form in denominations of $1,000
or an amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT,
ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT HERETO OR THE PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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PRICE TO AGENTS' PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC(1) COMMISSIONS(2) COMPANY(2)(3)
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Per Note........ 100.000% .125% -- .750% 99.875% -- 99.250%
Total........... $150,000,000 $187,500 -- $1,125,000 $149,812,500 -- $148,875,000
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(1) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Notes
will be sold at 100% of their principal amount. If the Company issues
any Note at a discount from or at a premium over its principal amount,
the Price to Public of any Note issued at a discount or premium will be
set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
(2) The commission payable to an Agent for each Note sold through such Agent
shall range from .125% to .750% of the principal amount of such Note,
provided, however, that commissions with respect to Notes maturing in
thirty years or greater will be negotiated. The Company may also sell
Notes to the Agents, as principals, at negotiated discounts, for resale
to investors.
(3) Assuming Notes are sold at 100% of their principal amount and before
deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $240,000.
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Offers to purchase the Notes are being solicited from time to time by
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc, as agents (the
"Agents"), on behalf of the Company. The Agents have agreed to use their
reasonable efforts to solicit purchases of the Notes. The Company may also sell
Notes to an Agent acting as principal for its own account for resale to
investors and other purchasers to be determined by such Agent. In addition, the
Company may sell the Notes directly to investors in those jurisdictions where
such offering by the Company is authorized. No termination date for the offering
of the Notes has been established. The Company or the Agents may reject any
order in whole or in part. The Notes will not be listed on any securities
exchange, and there can be no assurance that the Notes offered hereby will be
sold or that there will be a secondary market for the Notes. See "Plan of
Distribution."
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. SALOMON BROTHERS INC
Incorporated
October 23, 1996
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NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING
SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH
INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED
BY THE COMPANY OR BY THE AGENTS. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE
MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE
HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATES AS OF WHICH
INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND IN THE ACCOMPANYING
PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE
ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN
ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE
PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANY
PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
the Company for the periods indicated.
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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2.47 3.17 3.56 3.88 4.41
For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
are divided by fixed charges. Earnings represent the sum of income from
continuing operations before income taxes for the Company and its subsidiaries
plus fixed charges, minus interest capitalized, plus amortization of interest
capitalized. Fixed charges represent interest expense of the Company and its
subsidiaries (including interest capitalized) plus one-third (the proportion
deemed representative of the interest factor) of rents.
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The following description of the particular terms of the Notes offered
hereby supplements, and to the extent inconsistent therewith replaces, the
description of the general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities set forth
in the accompanying Prospectus, to which reference is hereby made. The following
description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Prospectus, the Indenture referred to in the Prospectus, and
the Notes. The particular terms of the Notes sold pursuant to any Pricing
Supplement (a "Pricing Supplement") will be described therein. The terms and
conditions set forth in "Description of Notes" will apply to each Note unless
otherwise specified herein or in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in such
Note.
GENERAL
The Notes will be issued by the Company under the Indenture referred to in
the Prospectus. The Notes may be issued from time to time, and will initially be
limited to an aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000,000. Such aggregate
principal amount may be increased from time to time as authorized by, or
pursuant to authority delegated by, the Board of Directors of the Company. The
Indenture does not limit the amount of additional indebtedness the Company may
incur. For the purpose of this paragraph the principal amount of any Original
Issue Discount Note (as defined below) means the Issue Price (as defined below)
of such Note.
Fixed Rate Notes will mature on any day more than nine months from the date
of issue, as set forth therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Floating Rate Notes will mature on an Interest Payment Date (as defined below)
more than nine months from the date of issue, as set forth therein and in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. The Notes will be issued only in fully registered
form in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an
integral multiple of $1,000.
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The Notes will be offered on a continuing basis. Unless otherwise specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, each Note will be a Book-Entry Note.
Book-Entry Notes will be exchangeable only in the manner and to the extent set
forth under "Description of Debt Securities--Global Securities" in the
Prospectus. Except as set forth in the Prospectus under "Description of Debt
Securities--Global Securities," Book-Entry Notes will not be issuable as
Certificated Notes. See "Book-Entry System" below. In the event Certificated
Notes are issued under the Indenture, such Notes may be presented for payment of
principal and interest, transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and the
Notes will be exchangeable at an agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, to be maintained by the Company for such purpose and specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. On the date hereof, the agent for the payment,
transfer and exchange of the Notes (the "Paying Agent") is The Chase Manhattan
Bank, acting through its Corporate Trust Office at 450 West 33rd Street, New
York, New York 10001.
The applicable Pricing Supplement will specify the price (the "Issue
Price") of each Note to be sold pursuant thereto (unless such Note is to be sold
at 100% of its principal amount), the interest rate or interest rate formula,
maturity and principal amount and any other terms on which each such Note will
be issued.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in the City of New York
or, with respect to LIBOR Notes (as defined below), the City of London.
An "Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Note shall be a date on
which, under the terms of such Note, regularly scheduled interest shall be
payable.
"London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S.
dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
"Original Issue Discount Note" means any Note that provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the Indenture.
The "Record Date" with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be the
date 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such
Interest Payment Date shall be a Business Day.
INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS
Interest will be payable to the person in whose name the Note is registered
at the close of business on the applicable Record Date; provided that the
interest payable at maturity or upon redemption (whether or not the date of
maturity or redemption is an Interest Payment Date) will be payable to the
person to whom principal is payable. The initial interest payment on a Note will
be made on the first Interest Payment Date falling after the date the Note is
issued; provided, however, that payments of interest on a Note issued less than
15 calendar days before an Interest Payment Date will be paid on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date to the holder of record on the Record Date with
respect to such succeeding Interest Payment Date. See "Taxation--Discount Notes"
below.
The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"), as the holder of Global
Notes, shall be entitled to receive payments of principal and interest by wire
transfer of immediately available funds. Payments of interest on Certificated
Notes other than interest payable at maturity (or on the date of redemption, if
a Note is redeemed by the Company prior to maturity), will be made by check
mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as shown on the Security
Register ; payments of principal and interest at maturity or upon redemption
will be made in immediately available funds against presentation and surrender
of the Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of $10,000,000 or more in
aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes having the same Interest
Payment Dates shall be entitled to receive payments of interest by wire transfer
of immediately available funds upon written request to the Trustee or other
Paying Agent not later than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date.
Certain Notes, including Original Issue Discount Notes, may be considered
to be issued with original issue discount, which must be included in income for
United States federal income tax purposes at a constant interest rate. See
"Taxation--Discount Notes" below. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Pricing
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Supplement and in the Original Issue Discount Note, if the principal of any
Original Issue Discount Note is declared to be due and payable immediately as
described under "Description of Debt Securities--Events of Default" in the
Prospectus, the amount of principal due and payable with respect to such Note
shall be limited to the aggregate principal amount of such Note multiplied by
the sum of its Issue Price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal
amount) plus the original issue discount amortized from the date of issue to the
date of declaration (also expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal
amount), which amortization shall be calculated using the "constant interest
rate method" (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in effect on the date of declaration). Special considerations
applicable to any such Notes will be set forth in the applicable Pricing
Supplement.
FIXED RATE NOTES
Each Fixed Rate Note will bear interest from the date of issuance at the
annual rate stated on the face thereof and in the applicable Pricing Supplement
until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Such interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, payments of interest
on Fixed Rate Notes will be made semiannually on each April 1 and October 1 and
at maturity or the date of redemption or optional repayment if the Note is
redeemed or repaid at the option of the holder thereof prior to maturity. If any
Interest Payment Date for any Fixed Rate Note would fall on a day that is not a
Business Day, the interest payment shall be postponed to the next day that is a
Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from
and after the Interest Payment Date to the next succeeding Business Day. If the
maturity date (or date of redemption or optional repayment) of any Fixed Rate
Note would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and
principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the
maturity date (or date of redemption or optional repayment) to the next
succeeding Business Day.
FLOATING RATE NOTES
Each Floating Rate Note will bear interest from the date of issuance until
the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment at a rate determined
by reference to an interest rate basis (the "Base Rate"), which may be adjusted
by a Spread or Spread Multiplier (each as defined below). The applicable Pricing
Supplement and each Floating Rate Note will designate one of the following Base
Rates as applicable to each Floating Rate Note: (a) the Commercial Paper Rate (a
"Commercial Paper Rate Note"); (b) LIBOR (a "LIBOR Note"); (c) the Treasury Rate
(a "Treasury Rate Note"); or (d) such other Base Rate as is set forth in such
Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note. The "Index Maturity" for any
Floating Rate Note is the period of maturity of the instrument or obligation
from which the Base Rate is calculated and will be specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the
Floating Rate Note, the interest rate on each Floating Rate Note will be
calculated by reference to the specified Base Rate (i) plus or minus the Spread,
if any, or (ii) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any. The "Spread" is the
number of basis points (one one-hundredth of a percentage point) specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note to be added to
or subtracted from the Base Rate for such Floating Rate Note, and the "Spread
Multiplier" is the percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and
in such Floating Rate Note to be applied to the Base Rate for such Floating Rate
Note.
As specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate
Note, a Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following: (i) a
maximum limitation, or ceiling, on the rate of interest which may accrue during
any period for which interest is paid ("Maximum Interest Rate"); and (ii) a
minimum limitation, or floor, on the rate of interest which may accrue during
any period for which interest is paid ("Minimum Interest Rate"). In addition to
any Maximum Interest Rate which may be applicable to any Floating Rate Note
pursuant to the above provisions, the interest rate on a Floating Rate Note will
in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the
same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present
New York law, the maximum rate of interest, with certain exceptions, is 25% per
annum on a simple interest basis. This limit may not apply to loans of
$2,500,000 or more.
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The rate of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily,
weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually (such period being the
"Interest Reset Period" for such Note, and the first day of each Interest Reset
Period being an "Interest Reset Date"), as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note. Unless otherwise specified in the
Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note, the Interest Reset Date will
be, in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset daily, each Business Day; in
the case of Floating Rate Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which reset
weekly, the Wednesday of each week; in the case of Treasury Rate Notes which
reset weekly, the Tuesday of each week, except as provided below; in the case of
Floating Rate Notes which reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in
the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of
March, June, September and December ; in the case of Floating Rate Notes which
reset semiannually, the third Wednesday of two months of each year, as specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Notes; and in the
case of Floating Rate Notes which reset annually, the third Wednesday of one
month of each year, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in
such Floating Rate Notes; provided, however, that (a) the interest rate in
effect from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to a
Floating Rate Note will be the initial interest rate set forth in the applicable
Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note (the "Initial Interest Rate");
(b) the interest rate in effect for the ten days immediately prior to maturity
or redemption will be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such maturity or
redemption; and (c) if any Floating Rate Note is issued between a Record Date
and the related Interest Payment Date, and such Note has daily or weekly
Interest Reset Dates, then notwithstanding the fact that an Interest Reset Date
may occur prior to such Interest Payment Date, the Initial Interest Rate shall
remain in effect through the first Interest Reset Date occurring on or
subsequent to such Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Reset Date for any
Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day,
except that in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next preceding
Business Day.
Except as provided below, unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note, interest on Floating Rate
Notes will be payable: (i) in the case of Notes with interest rates that reset
daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday of each month or on the third
Wednesday of March, June, September and December, as specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement and in such Notes; (ii) in the case of Notes with interest
rates that reset quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and
December; (iii) in the case of Notes with interest rates that reset
semiannually, on the third Wednesday of the two months specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement and in such Notes; and (iv) in the case of Notes
with interest rates that reset annually, on the third Wednesday of the month
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in such Notes. If any
Interest Payment Date for any Floating Rate Note would fall on a day that is not
a Business Day with respect to such Note, such Interest Payment Date will be the
following day that is a Business Day with respect to such Note, except that, in
the case of a LIBOR Note, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding
day that is a Business Day with respect to such LIBOR Note. If the maturity date
(or date of redemption or optional repayment) of any Floating Rate Note would
fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal
(and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no
interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after the maturity
date (or date of redemption or optional repayment) to the next succeeding
Business Day.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and
Floating Rate Note, interest payments shall be the amount of interest accrued
from the date of original issuance ("Issue Date") or from the last date to which
interest has been paid to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date.
With respect to a Floating Rate Note, accrued interest shall be calculated
by multiplying the principal amount of such Floating Rate Note by an accrued
interest factor. Such accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the
interest factors calculated for each day in the period for which interest is
being paid. The interest factor for each such day is computed by dividing the
interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the cases of Commercial Paper
Rate Notes and LIBOR Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year, in the
case of Treasury Rate Notes. The interest rate in effect on any Interest Reset
Date will be the applicable
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rate as reset on such date. The interest rate applicable to any other day is the
interest rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date (or, if there is
no preceding Interest Reset Date, the Initial Interest Rate).
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and each
Floating Rate Note, The Chase Manhattan Bank shall act as calculation agent (the
"Calculation Agent") with respect to any issue of Floating Rate Notes. Upon the
request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent will
provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate
which will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date with respect to such
Floating Rate Note.
All percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on a
Floating Rate Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest
one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (.0000001), with five one-
millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, and all dollar amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the
nearest cent (with one-half cent rounded upward).
The "Interest Determination Date" pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for
Commercial Paper Rate Notes will be the second Business Day next preceding such
Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest
Reset Date for a LIBOR Note will be the second London Banking Day (as defined
below) preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date
pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note will be the day of
the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills would
normally be auctioned. Treasury bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of
each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is
normally held on the following Tuesday, but such auction may be held on the
preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on
the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Interest Determination Date
pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If
an auction falls on a day that is an Interest Reset Date, such Interest Reset
Date will be the next following Business Day.
A "London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S.
dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
The "Calculation Date," where applicable, pertaining to an Interest
Determination Date will be the earlier of the tenth calendar day after such
Interest Determination Date or the next succeeding Record Date after such
Interest Determination Date or, if either such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day.
The Initial Interest Rate in effect with respect to a Floating Rate Note
will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the Floating Rate
Note. The interest rate for each subsequent Interest Reset Period will be
determined by the Calculation Agent as follows:
Commercial Paper Rate Notes
Commercial Paper Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate
(calculated with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread or Spread
Multiplier, if any) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the
Commercial Paper Rate Notes.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the
Commercial Paper Rate Notes, "Commercial Paper Rate" means, with respect to any
Interest Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on such
Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index
Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the Commercial
Paper Rate Notes, as such rate shall be published by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest
Rates" ("H.15(519)"), or any successor publication, under the heading
"Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00
A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest
Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money Market
Yield on such Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper of
the specified Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Commercial
Paper." If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date such rate
is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the Composite Quotations, then the
Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of
the offered rates as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
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on such Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper
in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation
with the Company, for commercial paper of the specified Index Maturity, placed
for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA", or the equivalent, from a
nationally recognized statistical rating agency; provided, however, that if the
dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered
rates as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the
applicable period will be the rate of interest in effect for the immediately
preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such Interest Reset Period,
the rate of interest payable shall be the Initial Interest Rate).
"Money Market Yield" shall be the yield calculated in accordance with the
following formula:
D X 360
Money Market Yield = ---------------------- X 100
360 - (D X M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated.
LIBOR Notes
LIBOR Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with
reference to LIBOR and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any, and subject
to the Minimum Interest Rate and the Maximum Interest Rate, if any) specified in
the LIBOR Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "LIBOR"
for each Interest Determination Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent
as follows:
(i) As of the Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be either: (a)
if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the specified Designated LIBOR
Page (as defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in
which case such single rate shall be used) for deposits in U.S. dollars
having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately following such
Interest Determination Date that appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of
11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at least
two such offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is
required) on such Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately
following such Interest Determination Date that appears on the Designated
LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that Interest Determination
Date. If fewer than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement)(unless, as aforesaid, only
a single rate is required) or no rate appears (if "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement), LIBOR in respect of the
related Interest Determination Date will be determined as if the parties
had specified the rate described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to an Interest Determination Date on which fewer
than two offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is
required) or no rate appears (if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement), the Calculation Agent will request the
principal London offices of each of four major banks in the London
interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation
with the Company, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered
quotation for deposits in U.S. dollars for the period of the Index Maturity
designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the second
London Banking Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date,
to prime banks in the London interbank market as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, on such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount of not
less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction
in U.S. dollars in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such Interest Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two
quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such Interest Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted as of 11:00 A.M. New
York City time, on that Interest Determination Date by
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three major banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent, after consultation with the Company, for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks, having the Index Maturity designated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement and in a principal amount of not less than
U.S. $1,000,000 commencing on the second London Banking Day immediately
following such Interest Determination Date that is representative for a
single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if
the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, LIBOR in effect for the applicable period will be the
same as LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if
there was no such Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable on
the LIBOR Notes for which LIBOR is being determined shall be the Initial
Interest Rate).
"Designated LIBOR Page" means either (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is designated
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the display designated as Page LIBO on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace Page LIBO
on that service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of
major banks for U.S. dollars), or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is designated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement or if no method of calculation of LIBOR is
specified, the display which appears on Telerate Page 3750 (or such other page
as may replace Telerate Page 3750 on the Dow Jones Telerate Service for the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks for deposits
in U.S. dollars).
Treasury Rate Notes
Treasury Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated
with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any)
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the Treasury Rate Notes.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the
Treasury Rate Notes, the "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate for the auction held on such date of direct
obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity
designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the Treasury Rate Notes,
as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Treasury bills -- auction average
(investment)" or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, the auction
average rate (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by
the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of
the auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity designated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement are not published or reported as provided above by
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date or if no such auction is
held on such Interest Determination Date, then the Treasury Rate shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed
as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable,
and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Interest
Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities
dealers selected by the Calculation Agent, after consultation with the Company,
for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index
Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement and Treasury Rate
Notes; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting bid rates as mentioned in this sentence, the
Treasury Rate for such Interest Reset Date will be the same as the Treasury Rate
for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Period (or, if there was no such
Interest Reset Period, the rate of interest payable shall be the Initial
Interest Rate).
BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement upon
issuance, all Fixed Rate Notes having the same Issue Date, interest rate, if
any, and maturity date will be Book-Entry Notes represented by a single Global
Note, and all Floating Rate Notes having the same Issue Date, Initial Interest
Rate, Base Rate, and other terms will be Book-Entry Notes represented by a
single Global Note. Each Global Note representing Book-Entry Notes will be
deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and registered in the name of
the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. If Notes are issued in definitive
registered form as Certificated Notes, such Certificated Notes will not be
exchangeable for Book-Entry Notes and, except under the circumstances described
in the Prospectus under "Description of Debt Securities--Global Securities,"
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Book-Entry Notes will not be exchangeable for Certificated Notes and will not
otherwise be issuable as Certificated Notes.
A further description of the Depositary's procedures with respect to Global
Notes representing Book-Entry Notes is set forth in the Prospectus under
"Description of Debt Securities--Global Securities." The Depositary has
confirmed to the Company, the Agents and the Trustee that it intends to follow
such procedures.
REDEMPTION, OPTIONAL REPAYMENT AND REPURCHASE; RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF
DEBT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the
Notes, the Notes will not be redeemable prior to their maturity at the option of
the Company. Except as otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement
and in the Notes, the Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund. The Notes
will not be subject to repayment at the option of the holders thereof unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the Notes.
The Company may purchase Notes at any price in the open market or
otherwise. Notes so purchased by the Company may, at the discretion of the
Company, be held or resold or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.
The provisions of the Indenture described in the Prospectus under
"Description of Debt Securities -- Certain Restrictions -- Limitations on Liens"
and "-- Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks" restrict the ability of the Company
to incur debt secured by Principal Properties or shares of stock or indebtedness
of Restricted Subsidiaries and to engage in sale and leaseback transactions
involving Principal Properties. As described in the Prospectus under
"Description of Debt Securities -- Certain Restrictions -- Certain Definitions",
a Principal Property is defined in the Indenture as any manufacturing plant
located within the United States, except for any plant that, in the opinion of
the Board of Directors of the Company, is not of material importance to the
business conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and a
"Restricted Subsidiary" is a subsidiary that owns or leases a Principal
Property.
These covenants give the Board of Directors of the Company some discretion
to exclude from the term "Principal Property" properties that are not of
material importance to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, but
the Board has no ability to waive the applicability of these covenants. However,
because these covenants do not restrict the ability of the Company to incur
unsecured debt, such covenants would not necessarily either impede a change in
control of the Company or afford holders of the Notes protection in the event of
a highly leveraged or other transaction involving the Company that might
adversely affect holders of the Notes.
TAXATION
The following is a summary of the principal United States federal income
tax consequences of ownership of the Notes. This summary is based on the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof (the "Code"), and
existing and proposed United States Treasury Department ("Treasury")
regulations, revenue rulings and judicial decisions, changes to any of which
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus Supplement may affect the tax
consequences described herein. This summary deals only with the Notes held as
capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. It does not
discuss all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder in light of
his or its particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such
as persons other than United States Holders (as defined below), life insurance
companies, dealers in securities or foreign currencies, persons holding the
Notes as a hedge against currency risks, or United States Holders whose
functional currency (as defined in Code Section 985) is not the United States
dollar. This summary also does not address tax consequences that may apply to
Notes with maturities of greater than thirty years, which tax consequences will
be addressed in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Persons considering the
purchase of Notes should consult with their own tax advisors with regard to the
application of the United States federal income tax laws to their particular
situations as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state,
local or foreign tax jurisdiction. The term "United States Holder" means a
beneficial owner of a Note that is (i) for United States federal income tax
purposes, a citizen
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or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any
political subdivision thereof, or (iii) an estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. A
United States Holder also includes any person to the extent that the income
attributable to a Note is effectively connected with the person's conduct of a
United States trade or business.
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTES
Interest paid on a Note that is not a Discount Note, as defined below, will
generally be taxable to the holder as ordinary interest income at the time it
accrues or is received, in accordance with the holder's method of accounting for
federal income tax purposes.
Special rules governing the treatment of interest paid with respect to
Discount Notes, including certain Floating Rate Notes having a maximum or
minimum interest rate limitation and Notes issued for an amount less than their
stated redemption price at maturity, are described under "Discount Notes" below.
The discussion below assumes that any Floating Rate Notes will have a rate of
interest based on current values of an objective interest index. In the event
that is not the case, Holders intending to purchase such Floating Rate Notes
should consult with their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences associated
with such Notes.
DISCOUNT NOTES
The following summary is based upon certain Treasury regulations issued in
final form on January 27, 1994 (the "OID Regulations"). The OID Regulations are
effective for Notes issued on or after April 4, 1994.
Under the OID Regulations, a Note which has an "issue price" that is less
than its "stated redemption price at maturity" will generally be considered to
have been issued bearing original issue discount for federal income tax purposes
(a "Discount Note"), unless such difference is less than a specified de minimis
amount. The "issue price" of a Note issued for cash generally will be the
initial offering price to the public at which price a substantial amount of
Notes is sold. Such issue price does not change even if part of the issue is
subsequently sold at a different price. The "stated redemption price at
maturity" of a Note will equal the sum of all payments required under the Note
other than payments of "qualified stated interest." The term "qualified stated
interest" is defined as a series of payments equal to the product of the
outstanding principal balance of the Note and a single fixed rate of interest,
or a variable rate based on current values of an objective interest index, that
are actually and unconditionally payable at fixed periodic intervals of one year
or less during the entire term of the Note.
United States Holders of Discount Notes which mature more than one year
from the date of issuance may be required to include original issue discount in
income for federal income tax purposes as it accrues, in accordance with a
constant yield method based on a compounding of interest, before the receipt of
cash payments attributable to such income, but such holders will not be required
to separately include in income cash payments received by such holders on such
Notes, even if denominated as interest, to the extent they do not constitute
qualified stated interest payments. The amount of original issue discount
includible in income for a taxable year by the initial holder of a Discount Note
will generally equal the sum of the "daily portions" of the total original issue
discount on the Discount Note for each day during the taxable year on which such
holder held the Discount Note ("accrued original issue discount"), including the
date of purchase but excluding the date of disposition. Generally, the daily
portion of the original issue discount is determined by allocating to each day
in any "accrual period" a ratable portion of the original issue discount
allocable to such accrual period. The term "accrual period" means, in the case
of a non-interest-bearing Discount Note, a six-month period (or a shorter period
beginning on the issue date) which ends on the day in the calendar year
corresponding to the stated maturity date of the Discount Note or the date six
months before such stated maturity date, and, in the case of an interest-bearing
Discount Note, the regular interval of one year or less between interest payment
dates (and, if applicable, the period from the issue date to the first interest
payment date or from the last interest payment date prior to the stated maturity
date to the stated maturity date). The amount of original issue discount
allocable to an accrual period will be the excess of (i) the product of the
"adjusted issue price" of the Discount Note at the beginning of such accrual
period and its "yield to maturity" over (ii) the aggregate amount of all
qualified stated interest payments made during the accrual period. The
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"adjusted issue price" of a Discount Note at the beginning of any accrual period
will equal the issue price plus the amount of original issue discount includible
in the gross income of any holder (without reduction for any amortized
acquisition premium, as described below) with respect to the Discount Note for
prior accrual periods, less any cash payments on such Discount Note (other than
qualified stated interest payments) for prior accrual periods. The "yield to
maturity" of the Discount Note will be computed on the basis of a constant
annual interest rate and compounded at the end of each accrual period. Under the
foregoing rules, United States Holders of Discount Notes will generally be
required to include in income increasingly greater amounts of original issue
discount in successive accrual periods. Special rules will apply for calculating
original issue discount for short, initial or final accrual periods.
Certain of the Discount Notes may be redeemable prior to maturity (a "call
option"). Discount Notes containing such a feature may be subject to rules that
differ from the general rules discussed above. United States Holders intending
to purchase Discount Notes with such a feature should carefully examine the
applicable Pricing Supplement and should consult with their own tax advisors
with respect to such a feature since the tax consequences with respect to
original issue discount will depend, in part, on the particular terms and
features of the purchased Note.
In general, a United States Holder who uses the cash method of tax
accounting and who holds a Discount Note that matures one year or less from the
date of its issuance (a "short-term Discount Note") is not required to accrue
original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes unless
such holder elects to do so. United States Holders who report income for United
States federal income tax purposes on the accrual method and certain other
holders, including banks and dealers in securities, are required to include
original issue discount (or alternatively acquisition discount) on such
short-term Discount Notes on a straight-line basis, unless an election is made
to accrue the original issue discount according to a constant yield method based
on daily compounding. In the case of a United States holder who is not required,
and does not elect, to include original issue discount in income currently, any
gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a short-term Discount Note
will be ordinary income to the extent of the original issue discount accrued on
a straight-line basis (or alternatively under the constant yield method) through
the date of sale, exchange or retirement. In addition, such non-electing holders
who are not subject to the current inclusion requirement described in the second
sentence of this paragraph will be required to defer the deduction of all or a
portion of any interest paid on indebtedness incurred to purchase short-term
Discount Notes until such original issue discount is included in such holder's
income.
PREMIUM AND MARKET DISCOUNT
If a United States Holder purchases a Note (other than a Discount Note) for
an amount that is less than its stated redemption price at maturity or, in the
case of a Discount Note, its "revised issue price," the amount of the difference
will be treated as "market discount" for United States federal income tax
purposes, unless such difference is less than a specified de minimis amount. The
"revised issue price" of a Discount Note generally equals its issue price, plus
the aggregate amount of original issue discount includible (without regard to
any reduction for amortized acquisition premium, as discussed below) in the
gross income of all previous holders of the Discount Note, less any cash
payments (other than qualified stated interest payments) made to all previous
holders of such Discount Note.
Under the market discount rules of the Code, such a holder will be required
to treat any partial principal payment (or, in the case of a Discount Note, any
payment that does not constitute qualified stated interest) on, or any gain
realized on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of, a Note as
ordinary income to the extent of the lesser of (i) the amount of such payment or
realized gain or (ii) the market discount which has not previously been included
in income and is treated as having accrued on such Note at the time of such
payment or disposition.
Deductions for a portion of the interest on any indebtedness incurred or
continued to purchase or carry a Note purchased at a market discount may be
deferred for a United States Holder. A holder may elect to include market
discount in income currently as it accrues (on either a ratable or semiannual
compounding basis), in which case the rules described above regarding the
treatment as ordinary income of gain upon the
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disposition of the Note and upon the receipt of certain cash payments and
regarding the deferral of interest deductions will not apply.
A holder who purchases a Discount Note for an amount that is greater than
its revised issue price will be considered to have purchased such Note at an
"acquisition premium" within the meaning of the Code. Under the acquisition
premium rules of the Code, the amount of original issue discount which such
holder must include in its gross income with respect to such Note for any
taxable year will be reduced (but not below zero) by the portion of such
acquisition premium properly allocable to such year.
If a holder purchases a Note for an amount that is greater than its stated
redemption price at maturity, such holder will be considered to have purchased
such Note with "amortizable bond premium" equal in amount to such excess, and
may elect (in accordance with applicable Code provisions) to amortize such
premium, using a constant yield method over the remaining term of the Note, and
to offset interest otherwise required to be included in income in respect of
such Note during any taxable year by the amortized amount of such excess for
such taxable year. However, if such Note may be optionally redeemed after the
holder acquires it at a price in excess of its stated redemption price at
maturity, special rules would apply which could result in a deferral of the
amortization of some of such premium until later in the term of such Note. An
election to amortize bond premium applies to all taxable debt obligations then
owned and thereafter acquired by the taxpayer.
SALE, EXCHANGE OR RETIREMENT OF THE NOTES
Upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note, a United States Holder
will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount
realized on the sale, exchange or retirement and such holder's adjusted tax
basis in the Note. A holder's adjusted tax basis in a Note generally will equal
the cost of the Note to such holder, increased by the amounts of any market
discount and original issue discount previously included in income by the holder
with respect to such Note and reduced by any amortized bond premium and any
principal payments received by the holder and, in the case of a Discount Note,
by the amounts of any other payments that do not constitute qualified stated
interest.
Gain or loss recognized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note by a
United States Holder will be capital gain or loss (except to the extent of any
accrued market discount or, in the case of a short-term Discount Note, any
accrued original issue discount which the holder has not previously included in
income), and will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if at the time of
sale, exchange or retirement the Note has been held for more than one year. The
excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses is
taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income for certain non-corporate taxpayers.
The distinction between capital gain or loss and ordinary income or loss is also
relevant for purposes of, among other things, limitations on the deductibility
of capital losses.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
The 31% "backup" withholding and information reporting requirements apply
to certain payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on an
obligation, and to proceeds of the sale or redemption of an obligation before
maturity, to certain noncorporate holders. The Company, its agent, a broker, the
Trustee or any paying agent, as the case may be, will be required to withhold
from any payment that is subject to backup withholding a tax equal to 31% of
such payment if the holder fails to furnish its taxpayer identification number
("TIN" -- social security number or employer identification number), furnishes
an incorrect TIN, fails to certify that such holder is not subject to backup
withholding, or fails otherwise to comply with the applicable requirements of
the backup withholding rules. Certain holders (including, among others,
corporations and persons who are not United States persons) may not be subject
to the backup withholding and reporting requirements.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a
holder would be allowed as a refund or a credit against such holder's United
States federal income tax provided that the required information is furnished to
the Service.
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NON-UNITED STATES HOLDERS
The following discussion is without regard to any income tax treaty that
may be applicable. A non-United States Holder will not be subject to United
States federal income taxes on interest (including original issue discount, if
any) on a Note, unless such non-United States Holder is a direct or indirect 10
percent or greater shareholder of, or a controlled foreign corporation related
to, the Company, or unless such non-United States Holder is a bank and the
interest is received pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary
course of its trade or business.
To qualify for the exemption from taxation, the obligation must be
registered and the last U.S. person in the chain of payment prior to payment to
a non-United States Holder (the "Withholding Agent") must have received in the
year in which a payment of interest or principal occurs, or in either of the two
preceding years, a statement that (i) is signed by the beneficial owner under
penalties of perjury, (ii) certifies that such owner is not a United States
Holder, and (iii) provides the name and address of the beneficial owner. The
statement may be made on Form W-8 published by the Service or substantially
similar form. The beneficial owner must inform the Withholding Agent of any
change in the information included in the statement within 30 days of such
change. If a Note is held through a securities clearing organization or certain
other financial institutions, the organization or institution may provide a
signed statement to the Withholding Agent. However, in such case, the signed
statement must be accompanied by a copy of a Form W-8 or substitute form
provided by the beneficial owner to the clearing organization or other
institution holding the Note on behalf of the beneficial owner. The Treasury is
considering implementation of further certification requirements aimed at
determining whether the issuer of a debt obligation is related to holders
thereof.
Payments of the proceeds from the sale by a non-United States Holder made
to or through a foreign office of a broker generally will not be subject to
information reporting or backup withholding, except that, if the broker is a
United States person, a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax
purposes, or a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income is effectively
connected with a United States trade or business for a specified three-year
period, information reporting may apply to such payments. Payments of the
proceeds from the sale by a noncorporate holder of a Note to or through the
United States office of a broker is subject to information reporting and
possible backup withholding unless the holder or beneficial owner certifies as
to its non-United States status or otherwise establishes an exemption from
information reporting and backup withholding.
A non-United States Holder who is a nonresident alien individual present in
the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of sale and who
either has a "tax home" in the United States or with respect to whom certain
other requirements are met, is generally subject to a 30% tax on the amount by
which his gross gains from the sale of capital assets derived from U.S. sources
exceed his gross losses from such sales. (An alien individual who satisfies the
"substantial presence test" of Section 7701(b)(3) of the Code, including an
alien individual present in the United States for 183 days or more in the
calendar year, will be taxed as a United States Holder, and not as a non-United
States Holder.)
THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS INCLUDED FOR GENERAL
INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE DEPENDING UPON A HOLDER'S PARTICULAR
SITUATION. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF NOTES, INCLUDING THE
TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE
EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL OR OTHER TAX LAWS.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Notes are being offered on a continuing basis by the Company
exclusively through the Agents, each of which has agreed to use its reasonable
efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes. The Company will have the sole
right to accept offers to purchase Notes and may reject any proposed purchase of
Notes in whole or in part. Each Agent will have the right, in its discretion, to
reject any proposed purchase of Notes through it in whole or in part. Payment of
the purchase price of the Notes will be required to be made in immediately
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available funds. The Company will pay an Agent, in connection with sales of
Notes resulting from a solicitation made or an offer to purchase received by
such Agent, a commission ranging from .125% to .750% of the principal amount of
Notes to be sold, provided, however, that commissions with respect to Notes
maturing in thirty years or greater will be negotiated.
The Company may also sell Notes to an Agent as principal for its own
account at discounts to be agreed upon at the time of sale. Such Notes may be
resold to investors and other purchases at prevailing market prices, or prices
related thereto at the time of such resale, as determined by such Agent or, if
so agreed, at a fixed public offering price. In addition, the Agents may offer
any Notes that they have purchased as principal to other dealers. The Agents may
sell Notes to any dealer at a discount and, unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, such discount allowed to any dealer will not be
in excess of the discount to be received by such Agent from the Company. After
the initial public offering of Notes to be resold to investors and other
purchasers, the public offering price (in the case of Notes to be resold at a
fixed public offering price) concession and discount may be changed.
The Company has reserved the right to sell the Notes directly to investors
on its own behalf, and may solicit and accept offers to purchase Notes directly
from investors from time to time on its own behalf. No commission will be
payable by the Company on Notes sold directly by the Company. The Company may
accept offers to purchase Notes through additional agents and may appoint
additional agents for the purpose of soliciting offers to purchase Notes, in
either case on terms substantially identical to the terms contained in the
Distribution Agreement. Such other agents, if any, will be named in the
applicable Pricing Supplement.
An Agent may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). The Company and the Agents have
agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments made in
respect thereof. The Company has also agreed to reimburse the Agents for certain
expenses.
The Company does not intend to apply for the listing of the Notes on a
national securities exchange, but has been advised by the Agents that the Agents
intend to make a market in the Notes, as permitted by applicable laws and
regulations. The Agents are not obligated to do so, however, and either Agent
may discontinue making a market at any time without notice. No assurance can be
given as to the liquidity of any trading market for the Notes.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Notes will be passed upon for the Company by Crowell &
Moring LLP, Washington, D.C. Certain legal matters relating to the Notes will be
passed upon for the Agents by Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York. Certain
matters will be passed upon for the Company by Richard L. Ballantyne, Vice
President and General Counsel of the Company.
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PROSPECTUS
$250,000,000
Harris Corporation
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Harris Corporation ("Harris" or the "Company") may offer and issue from
time to time up to $250,000,000 aggregate initial public offering price of its
Debt Securities in one or more series. The Company will offer Debt Securities to
the public on terms to be determined by market conditions.
The accompanying Prospectus Supplement or the applicable Pricing Supplement
sets forth the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, purchase price,
maturity, interest rate (or manner of calculation thereof), time of payment of
interest (if any), listing (if any) on a securities exchange, and any other
specific terms of the Debt Securities, and the name of and compensation to each
dealer, underwriter or agent (if any) involved in the sale of Debt Securities.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Debt Securities may be offered directly, through dealers, through
underwriters or through agents designated from time to time, as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement. Net proceeds to the Company will be the purchase price in
the case of a purchaser or dealer, the public offering price less discount in
the case of an underwriter, or the purchase price less commission in the case of
an agent -- in each case, less other expenses attributable to issuance and
distribution. See "Plan of Distribution" for indemnification arrangements for
dealers, underwriters and agents.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Debt Securities
unless accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement and applicable Pricing Supplement.
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NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS, THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR ANY
PRICING SUPPLEMENT, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS
MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR BY ANY
UNDERWRITER, AGENT OR DEALER. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ATTACHED HERETO (TOGETHER "THIS SUPPLEMENTED PROSPECTUS")
OR ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE THEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS
OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF. THIS SUPPLEMENTED PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION TO BUY DEBT SECURITIES IN ANY
JURISDICTION TO ANYONE TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Harris is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information concerning Harris can be inspected and copied
at Room 1024 of the Commission's office at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549, and the Commission's Regional Offices in New York (7 World Trade
Center, New York, New York 10048) and Chicago (500 West Madison Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60661). Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington. D.C.
20549, at prescribed rates. Reports, proxy material and other information
concerning Harris also may be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. This Prospectus does
not contain all information set forth in the Registration Statement, of which
this Prospectus is a part, and Exhibits thereto which Harris has filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and to which reference is hereby made.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1995,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1995,
December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, and Current Reports on Form 8-K dated
October 12, 1995, January 4, 1996, January 10, 1996, May 6, 1996 and July 23,
1996, which were filed by Harris (Commission File No. 1-3863) with the
Commission under the Exchange Act, are incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference.
All documents filed by Harris pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Harris will provide without charge to any person receiving a copy of this
Prospectus, including any beneficial owner, upon oral or written request, a copy
of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference herein, except for the
exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference
into such documents. Requests should be directed to Richard L. Ballantyne,
Secretary, Harris Corporation, 1025 W. NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919
(407) 727-9100.
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THE COMPANY
Harris, along with its subsidiaries, is a worldwide company focused on four
major core businesses: advanced electronic systems, semiconductors,
communications and an office equipment distribution network. The executive
offices of the Company are located at 1025 W. NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida
32919, and the telephone number is (407) 727-9100.
The Company's operations are carried out through three operating sectors
and a subsidiary, which correspond to its business segments used for financial
reporting purposes: Electronic Systems, Semiconductor, Communications and Lanier
Worldwide, Inc. Harris structures its operations primarily around the markets it
serves. Its operating divisions, which are the basic operating units, have been
organized on the basis of technology and markets. For the most part, each
operating division has its own marketing, engineering, manufacturing and service
organizations.
The Electronic Systems sector of Harris is engaged in advanced research,
development, design and production of high technology systems for government
agencies and commercial organizations in the United States and overseas.
Applications of the sector's state-of-the-art technologies include avionics and
space systems, support equipment, C(3)I (Command, Control, Communication and
Intelligence), energy management, newspaper composition, real-time and
high-performance computing and design automation.
The Semiconductor sector of the Company produces standard, semicustom and
custom integrated circuits and discrete devices based on complementary metal
oxide semiconductor (CMOS), bipolar, dielectric isolation, gallium arsenide
(GaAs) and radiation hardening technologies. These products are focused on
signal processing and control segments of the worldwide semiconductor market
that demand the highest levels of performance in terms of speed, precision,
low-power consumption and reliability in harsh environments.
The Communications sector of the Company produces a comprehensive line of
communications equipment and systems, including microwave, lightwave, two-way
radio, broadcast radio and television systems, digital telephone switches,
satellite systems, auxiliary telecommunication products and turnkey
communication systems.
Lanier Worldwide, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris which
markets, sells and services office equipment and business communication products
on a global basis. Lanier Worldwide is among the industry's largest (measured by
sales) independent distributors of copying systems, facsimile units, laser
printers and presentation and document systems. Through its Voice Products
Division, Lanier Worldwide is a market leader in dictation equipment ranging
from pocket-size units to large-capacity analog and digital systems. Lanier
Worldwide is also a leading supplier of business telephone systems, private
branch exchanges and continuous-recording systems for monitoring and logging
two-way voice communications.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement or the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities
offered hereby will be used for general corporate purposes, including the
repayment of existing indebtedness and additions to working capital. The Company
may raise additional funds from time to time through equity or debt financings.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
the Company for the periods indicated.
NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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1.11 2.47 3.17 3.56 3.88 3.57 3.90
For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
are divided by fixed charges. Earnings represent the sum of income from
continuing operations before income taxes for the Company and its subsidiaries
plus fixed charges, minus interest capitalized, plus amortization of interest
capitalized. Fixed
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charges represent interest expense of the Company and its subsidiaries
(including interest capitalized) plus one-third (the proportion deemed
representative of the interest factor) of rents.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The statements under this caption relating to the Debt Securities and the
Indenture are summaries and do not purport to be complete. Such summaries use
terms defined in, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the Debt
Securities and the Indenture and the cited provisions thereof. All references to
"Section" or "Article" in this "Description of Debt Securities" are to the
applicable Section or Article of the Indenture. A copy of the Indenture is filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
GENERAL
The Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of May 1,
1996 (the "Indenture") between the Company and Chemical Bank (now known as The
Chase Manhattan Bank) (the "Trustee"). The Indenture authorizes the issuance by
the Company from time to time of Debt Securities in one or more series. The
Indenture does not limit the amount of Debt Securities which may be issued
thereunder, and provides that the specific terms of any series of Debt
Securities shall be set forth in, or determined pursuant to, an authorizing
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or in a supplemental
indenture relating to such series. The Debt Securities will be unsecured
obligations of the Company and will rank pari passu with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations of the Company. The Debt Securities will be a new
issue of securities with no established trading market. No assurance can be
given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the Debt Securities.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement or applicable Pricing
Supplement for the following terms of the Debt Securities ("Offered Debt
Securities") in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered (to the
extent such terms are applicable to such Debt Securities): (i) designation,
aggregate principal amount and purchase price; (ii) date of maturity; (iii)
interest rate or rates (or method by which such rate or rates will be
determined), if any; (iv) the dates on which any such interest will be payable;
(v) the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Offered Debt Securities will be payable; (vi) any redemption or sinking fund
provisions; (vii) whether the Offered Debt Securities are to be issued in the
form of one or more global securities and, if so and different from the
depositary identified below, the identity of a depositary for such global
securities; and (viii) any other specific terms of the Offered Debt Securities.
The Prospectus Supplement or Pricing Supplement relating to each series of
Debt Securities will indicate either that Debt Securities of such series cannot
be redeemed prior to maturity or that such Debt Securities will be redeemable at
the option of the Company, at the option of the holder or both, on or after a
specified date or dates prior to maturity on terms set forth therein. Except as
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or Pricing Supplement, the
Debt Securities will not be subject to any sinking fund.
The Company may purchase Debt Securities at any price in the open market or
otherwise. Debt Securities so purchased by the Company may, at the discretion of
the Company, be held or resold or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation or
in satisfaction of any redemption requirements.
Debt Securities will bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. Debt
Securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate which, at the time of
issuance, is below the prevailing market rate will be sold at a substantial
discount below their stated principal amount. Special United States federal
income tax considerations applicable to any such discounted Debt Securities or
to certain Debt Securities issued at par which are treated as having been issued
at a discount for United States federal income tax purposes are described in the
relevant Prospectus Supplement.
Debt Securities will be issued only in fully registered form and will be
represented either by Debt Securities issued in definitive form or by one or
more Global Securities registered in the name of a depositary
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or its nominee (see "Global Securities" below). In the case of Debt Securities
issued in definitive form, the applicable Prospectus Supplement or Pricing
Supplement will specify the manner of payment of principal and interest thereon
and the place or places where the Debt Securities may be presented for exchange
or transfer.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in the form of one or more
fully registered global securities (each a "Global Security") that will be
deposited with The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary"), or with a
nominee for the Depositary. In such case, one or more Global Securities will be
issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities of the series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive registered form,
a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to
a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or to another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
The Depositary has advised the Company that it is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the
Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the
Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depositary was created to
hold securities for persons that have accounts with the Depositary
("participants") and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities
transactions among its participants in such securities through electronic
book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need
for physical movement of securities certificates. The Depositary's participants
include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their
representatives) own the Depositary. Access to the Depositary's book-entry
system is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust
companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
participant, either directly or indirectly. Persons who are not participants may
beneficially own securities held by the Depositary only through participants.
Upon the issuance of a Global Security, the Depositary will credit, on its
book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of
the Debt Securities represented by such Global Security to the accounts of
participants. The accounts to be credited shall be designated by any
underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of such Debt
Securities, or by the Company if such Debt Securities are offered and sold
directly by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security
will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests through
participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Security will be
shown on, and the transfer of such ownership will be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee (with respect to beneficial
interests of participants) or by participants or persons that hold through
participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners). The
laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may
impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Security.
So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of a
Global Security, the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the Debt Securities represented by such
Global Security for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as set forth below,
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have
the Debt Securities represented by such Global Security registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such Debt
Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders
thereof under the Indenture.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on Debt Securities
represented by a Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as
the registered owner of such Global Security. None of the Company, the Trustee,
any paying agent or any security registrar for such Debt Securities will have
any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such Global
Security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial ownership interests.
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The Company expects that the Depositary or its nominee, upon receipt of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest in respect of a Global
Security, will immediately credit participants' accounts with payments in
amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal
amount of such Global Security as shown on the records of the Depositary or its
nominee. The Company also expects that payments by participants to owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security held through such participants will be
governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case
with securities held for the accounts of customers in "street names," and will
be the responsibility of such participants.
If the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to
continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the
Company within ninety days, the Company will issue Debt Securities of any series
then represented by one or more Global Securities in definitive form in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time
and in its sole discretion determine not to have the Debt Securities of a series
represented by one or more Global Securities and, in such event, will issue Debt
Securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the Global Security
or Securities representing such Debt Securities. Further, if the Company so
specifies with respect to the Debt Securities of a series, an owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security representing such Debt Securities may,
on terms acceptable to the Company and the Depositary for such Global Security,
receive such Debt Securities in definitive form. In any such instance, an owner
of a beneficial interest in such a Global Security will be entitled to have Debt
Securities equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest registered in
its name and will be entitled to physical delivery of such Debt Securities in
definitive form. Debt Securities so issued in definitive form will, except as
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, be issued in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and will be issued
in registered form only, without coupons.
CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
The restrictions summarized below apply to the Offered Debt Securities
unless the Prospectus Supplement provides otherwise. Certain terms used in the
following description of such restrictions are defined under "Certain
Definitions" below. The following description does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture.
Limitations on Liens
The Indenture provides that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge or other
lien or encumbrance of or upon any Principal Property or any shares of capital
stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, if after giving effect thereto (but not to certain permitted
liens) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness secured by mortgages,
pledges, liens or other encumbrances would be in excess of 5% of the Company's
Consolidated Net Worth (as defined in the Indenture) unless the Debt Securities
then outstanding will be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance
equally and ratably with (or prior to) any and all obligations, indebtedness or
claims secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance; except that the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur certain liens and encumbrances
described in the Indenture without so securing the Debt Securities. Among such
permitted liens are (i) purchase money mortgages, including conditional sales
and other title retention agreements; (ii) liens securing certain construction
and improvement loans; (iii) liens in connection with government contracts; (iv)
liens securing indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding at the time
it became a Subsidiary; and (v) certain liens in favor of an instrumentality of
the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof to secure
indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of
the property subject to the lien. (Section 5.11)
Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks
The Indenture provides that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
will not sell or transfer any Principal Property with the intention of entering
into a lease of such facility for a term of more than three years, unless the
Attributable Debt in respect of all such sales and leasebacks involving
Principal Properties shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated Net Worth, or unless
the net proceeds of such sale are applied to the redemption of Debt Securities
or the reduction of other Funded Debt in an aggregate principal amount (or, in
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the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal
as would have been payable if such Securities had been accelerated to such date)
equal to such net proceeds, or unless the Company applies such net proceeds to
the purchase of properties, facilities or equipment to be used for operating
purposes. (Section 5.10)
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
The Company covenants in the Indenture that it will not consolidate or
merge with or into any other corporation, or sell or transfer all or
substantially all of its property and assets to any other corporation, (i)
unless the surviving or successor corporation assumes the obligations of the
Company under the Indenture and is not in default thereunder immediately after
the consummation of the transaction or (ii) if, upon such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer becoming effective, any of the property or assets of the
Company would become or be subject to any mortgage or other lien (an "additional
lien"), other than liens existing thereon prior thereto and liens permitted by
Section 5.11 (see "Limitations on Liens" above), unless, prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, the Debt Securities are directly
secured by a lien ranking prior to such additional lien on all of the property
and assets of the Company that would become subject to such additional lien or
the Debt Securities outstanding immediately after such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer shall be equally and ratably secured with (or prior to) any and
all obligations, indebtedness and claims secured by such additional lien.
(Section 12.01)
In the event of a sale or transfer of substantially all of the assets of
the Company and the assumption of the Company's obligations under the Indenture
by the purchaser, the Company will be discharged from all obligations under the
Indenture and the Debt Securities. (Section 12.02)
Certain Definitions
The term "Attributable Debt" with respect to any sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of the determination, the present value
(discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the lease) of the
obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of
the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may,
at the option of the lessor, be extended). "Net rental payments" as used in the
preceding sentence means the sum of the rental and other payments required to be
paid in such period by the lessee under any lease, not including, however, any
amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental
or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee
thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder
contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments, water rates or similar charges. (Section 1.01)
The term " Original Issue Discount Security" means any Debt Security that
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 7.01 of the Indenture. (Section 1.01)
The term "Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant located within
the United States of America (other than its territories or possessions) and
owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, except any such plant that, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material importance to the
business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(Section 1.01)
The term "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that owns or leases a
Principal Property. As noted above, the definition of Principal Property does
not include foreign facilities. "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which the
Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly own
at the time (i) more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having under
ordinary circumstances (not dependent upon the happening of a contingency)
voting power in the election of members of the board of directors, managers or
trustees of said corporation, and (ii) securities having at such time voting
power to elect at least a majority of the members of the board of directors,
managers or trustees of said corporation. (Section 1.01)
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
As used in the Indenture, the term "Event of Default" with respect to any
series of Debt Securities includes (i) the failure of the Company to pay
interest on such Debt Securities that continues for a period of 30 days after
such payment is due, or to make any principal or premium payment when due; (ii)
the failure of the Company to comply with any other agreements contained in the
Indenture or such Debt Securities for 90 days after notice of such failure;
(iii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company;
and (iv) an event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which is issued, or securing or evidencing, indebtedness of the Company
(other than the Debt Securities of such series) that results in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to maturity, if
such acceleration is not rescinded within 10 days after notice to the Company
from the Trustee (or to the Company and the Trustee from the holders of not less
than 25% of the then outstanding Securities of all series) under the Indenture.
The Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of
any series of Debt Securities of any default (except a default in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Debt Security) if the Trustee
determines it is in the best interest of the holders of such Debt Securities to
do so. (Section 7.01 and Section 7.07)
The Indenture provides that, (i) if an Event of Default due to the default
in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of Debt
Securities issued under the Indenture, or due to the default in the performance
or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company applicable to the
Debt Securities of such series but not applicable to all outstanding Debt
Securities issued under the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing,
either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Debt Securities of each affected series (voting as a single class) issued
under the Indenture and then outstanding may then declare the principal (or, in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as
may be specified in the terms thereof) of all Debt Securities of each such
affected series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately
and (ii) if an Event of Default due to a default in the performance of any other
of the covenants or agreements in the Indenture applicable to all outstanding
Debt Securities issued thereunder and then outstanding, due to certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Company, or due to defaults
under and acceleration of other indebtedness under circumstances described in
the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Debt Securities then
outstanding under the Indenture (treated as a single class) may declare the
principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all such Debt
Securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately;
provided that upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled, and
past defaults may be waived (except a continuing default in payment of principal
of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities), by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series (or of all
series, in the case of defaults described in clause (ii)) then outstanding.
(Section 7.01 and Section 7.06)
The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Debt Securities
unless it first receives satisfactory security or indemnity. Subject to certain
limitations specified in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Debt Securities of an affected series then outstanding will have
the right to direct the time, methods and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee. (Section 8.02 and Section 7.06)
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
The Indenture provides that the Company will be discharged from obligations
in respect of the Indenture and the outstanding Debt Securities of a series upon
deposit in trust with the Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient for payment of all principal and interest on the Debt Securities of
such series, when due; provided, however, that, in the event of such deposit,
certain of the Company's obligations under the Indenture, including the
obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Debt Securities of such
series, shall continue until all of such Debt Securities of such series issued
under the Indenture are no longer outstanding. Such a deposit in trust may occur
only if, among other things, the Company has received an opinion of counsel
stating that holders of Debt Securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and discharge and will be subject to federal
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income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such deposit and discharge had not occurred.
(Article Four)
MODIFICATION
Under the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions, the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the holders of a series of Debt
Securities may be modified by the Company and the Trustee only with the consent
of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities of such series then outstanding. However, no extension of the
maturity of any Debt Securities, or reduction in the interest rate, principal
amount, or premium, if any, payable upon redemption, or extension of the time of
payment of interest, or reduction in the amount of principal due and payable
upon an acceleration of maturity upon an Event of Default or the amount thereof
provable in bankruptcy, or impairment or effect upon the right of any holder of
the Debt Securities to institute suit for the payment thereof or, if the
securities provide therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the holder
of the Debt Securities, or reduction of the percentage of any series of Debt
Securities required for modification, will be effective without the consent of
the holder of each Debt Security so affected. (Section 11.02)
REPORTS TO TRUSTEE
The Company covenants in the Indenture that it will provide Trustee with an
officers' certificate stating that the activities of the Company during the
preceding fiscal year have been reviewed and that, to the best of the knowledge
of such officers, the Company is not in default in the performance, observance
or fulfillment of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture and that
no default exists or, if a default exists, specifying all such defaults of which
such officers may have knowledge. (Section 5.13)
REGARDING THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, is one of a number of banks with
which the Company maintains ordinary banking relationships and credit
facilities.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Offered Debt Securities to one or more underwriters
for public offering and sale by them or may sell the Offered Debt Securities to
investors directly or through agents. Any such underwriter or agent involved in
the offer and sale of the Offered Debt Securities will be named in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. The Company also may, from time to time,
authorize dealers, acting as the Company's agents, to offer and sell the Offered
Debt Securities upon the terms and conditions as are set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement. The Company has reserved the right to sell Offered Debt Securities
directly to investors on its own behalf in those jurisdictions where it is
authorized to do so.
Underwriters may offer and sell the Offered Debt Securities at a fixed
price or prices, which may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time
of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated
prices. In connection with the sale of the Offered Debt Securities, underwriters
may be deemed to have received compensation from the Company in the form of
underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from
purchasers of the Offered Debt Securities for whom they may act as agent.
Underwriters may sell the Offered Debt Securities to or through dealers, and
such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or
commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for
whom they may act as agent.
Any underwriting compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or agents
in connection with the offering of Offered Debt Securities, and any discounts,
concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, are
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or Pricing Supplement.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into
with the Company, to indemnification against and contribution toward certain
civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Offered Debt Securities will be passed upon for the
Company by Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C. Certain legal matters relating
to the Offered Debt Securities will be passed upon for the underwriters by Brown
& Wood LLP, New York, New York. Certain matters will be passed upon for the
Company by Richard L. Ballantyne, Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Harris Corporation
and subsidiaries appearing in the Company's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended June 30, 1995, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
certified public accountants, as set forth in their report included therein and
incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and
schedule are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given
upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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