Delaware
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001-39221
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83-3789412
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
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OTIS
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New York Stock Exchange
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0.318% Notes due 2026
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OTIS/26
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New York Stock Exchange
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0.934% Notes due 2031
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OTIS/31
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New York Stock Exchange
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Item 8.01.
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Other Events.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number
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Exhibit Description
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Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2020, among Otis Worldwide Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Amendment No.
1 to Registration Statement on Form 10 (Commission file number 001-39221) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2020.
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Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024, between Otis Worldwide Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
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Form of 5.125% Otis Note due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
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Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2021, among Otis Worldwide Corporation, Highland Holdings S.à r.l. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission file number 001-39221) filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021.
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Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024, among Otis Worldwide Corporation, Highland Holdings S.à r.l. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
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Form of 2.875% Highland Note due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.5 hereto).
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Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 with respect to the Otis Notes.
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Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 with respect to the Highland Notes.
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Opinion of NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l., dated November 19, 2024, with respect to the Highland Notes.
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Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto), with respect to the Otis Notes.
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Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto), with respect to the Highland Notes.
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Consent of NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l., dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.3), with respect to the Highland Notes.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File — the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
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Date: November 19, 2024
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By:
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/s/ Cristina Méndez
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Cristina Méndez | ||
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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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Term
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Additional Notes
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3
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Base Indenture
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1
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Company
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1
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Definitive Note
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1
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Global Notes
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5
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H.15
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6
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H.15 TCM
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6
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herein
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2
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hereof
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2
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hereunder
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2
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Indenture
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1
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Initial Notes
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2
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Interest Payment Date
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2
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Notes
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3
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Notes Custodian
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2
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Par Call Date
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5
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Paying Agent
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2
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Record Date
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2
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Remaining Life
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6
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Supplemental Indenture
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1
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Treasury Rate
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6
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Trustee
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1
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Underwriting Agreement
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2
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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Imelda Suit
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Name:
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Imelda Suit
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
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By:
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/s/ Marie A. Hattinger
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Name:
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Marie A. Hattinger
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Title:
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Vice President
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No. [ ]
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Principal Amount $[ ]
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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Imelda Suit
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
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N.A., | ||
as Trustee
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By:
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Authorized Signatory
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(i) |
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series to be redeemed, discounted to the relevant Redemption Date (assuming that the Securities of this series to
be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the relevant Redemption Date, and
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100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed,
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I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
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Insert social security or other identifying number of assignee
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Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee
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Date:
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Signed
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(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Date of
Exchange
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Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
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Amount of
increase in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
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Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
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Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Notes Custodian
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Term
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Additional Amounts
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7
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Additional Notes
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4
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Applicable Procedures
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2
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Base Indenture
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1
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Business Day
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2
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Clearstream
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2
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Code
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2
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Company
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1
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Comparable Government Bond
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11
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Comparable Government Bond Rate
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12
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Definitive Note
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2
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Euroclear
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2
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FATCA
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9
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Global Notes
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6
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Government Obligations
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2
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Guarantor
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1
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Indenture
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1
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Initial Notes
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2
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Interest Payment Date
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3
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Luxembourg
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1
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Make-Whole Redemption Price
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11
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Notes
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4
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Notes Custodian
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3
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Par Call Date
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11
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Paying Agent
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3
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Record Date
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3
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Remaining Scheduled Payments
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12
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Supplemental Indenture
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1
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Taxes
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7
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Taxing Jurisdiction
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7
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Trustee
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1
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Underwriting Agreement
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3
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HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
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By:
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/s/ Bradley G. Thompson
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Name:
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Bradley G. Thompson
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Title:
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Class A Manager, Chief Executive Officer
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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Imelda Suit
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Name:
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Imelda Suit
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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By:
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/s/ Marie A. Hattinger
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Name:
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Marie A. Hattinger
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Title:
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Vice President
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No. [ ]
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Principal Amount €[ ]
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HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
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By:
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Name:
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Bradley G. Thompson
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Title:
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Class A Manager, Chief Executive Officer
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
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as Trustee
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By: | ||
Authorized Signatory
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I or we assign and transfer this Security to: |
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Insert social security or other identifying number of assignee | |
Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee | |
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Date:
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Signed
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(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or
such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Date of
Exchange
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Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
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Amount of
increase in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
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Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
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Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Notes Custodian
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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Imelda Suit
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer
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MARTIN LIPTON
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
EDWARD D. HERLIHY
DANIEL A. NEFF
STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM
JOHN F. SAVARESE
SCOTT K. CHARLES
JODI J. SCHWARTZ
ADAM O. EMMERICH
RALPH M. LEVENE
RICHARD G. MASON
ROBIN PANOVKA
DAVID A. KATZ
ILENE KNABLE GOTTS
ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM
RACHELLE SILVERBERG
STEVEN A. COHEN
DEBORAH L. PAUL
DAVID C. KARP
RICHARD K. KIM
JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER
MARK GORDON
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JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN
WAYNE M. CARLIN
STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA
NICHOLAS G. DEMMO
IGOR KIRMAN
JONATHAN M. MOSES
T. EIKO STANGE
WILLIAM SAVITT
GREGORY E. OSTLING
DAVID B. ANDERS
ADAM J. SHAPIRO
NELSON O. FITTS
JOSHUA M. HOLMES
DAVID E. SHAPIRO
DAMIAN G. DIDDEN
IAN BOCZKO
MATTHEW M. GUEST
DAVID E. KAHAN
DAVID K. LAM
BENJAMIN M. ROTH
JOSHUA A. FELTMAN
ELAINE P. GOLIN
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51 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150
TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000
FACSIMILE: (212) 403-2000
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EMIL A. KLEINHAUS
KARESSA L. CAIN
RONALD C. CHEN
BRADLEY R. WILSON
GRAHAM W. MELI
GREGORY E. PESSIN
CARRIE M. REILLY
MARK F. VEBLEN
SARAH K. EDDY
VICTOR GOLDFELD
RANDALL W. JACKSON
BRANDON C. PRICE
KEVIN S. SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL S. BENN
ALISON Z. PREISS
TIJANA J. DVORNIC
JENNA E. LEVINE
RYAN A. McLEOD
ANITHA REDDY
JOHN L. ROBINSON
JOHN R. SOBOLEWSKI
STEVEN WINTER
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EMILY D. JOHNSON
JACOB A. KLING
RAAJ S. NARAYAN
VIKTOR SAPEZHNIKOV
MICHAEL J. SCHOBEL
ELINA TETELBAUM
ERICA E. AHO
LAUREN M. KOFKE
ZACHARY S. PODOLSKY
RACHEL B. REISBERG
MARK A. STAGLIANO
CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ LUMERMANN
CHRISTINA C. MA
NOAH B. YAVITZ
BENJAMIN S. ARFA
NATHANIEL D. CULLERTON
ERIC M. FEINSTEIN
ADAM L. GOODMAN
STEVEN R. GREEN
MENG LU
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GEORGE A. KATZ (1965–1989)
JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967–1991)
LEONARD M. ROSEN (1965–2014)
OF COUNSEL
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ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN
MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ
KENNETH B. FORREST
BEN M. GERMANA
SELWYN B. GOLDBERG
PETER C. HEIN
JB KELLY
JOSEPH D. LARSON
LAWRENCE S. MAKOW
PHILIP MINDLIN
THEODORE N. MIRVIS
DAVID S. NEILL
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TREVOR S. NORWITZ
ERIC S. ROBINSON
ERIC M. ROSOF
MICHAEL J. SEGAL
WON S. SHIN
DAVID M. SILK
ELLIOTT V. STEIN
LEO E. STRINE, JR.*
PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR.
JEFFREY M. WINTNER
AMY R. WOLF
MARC WOLINSKY
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* ADMITTED IN DELAWARE
COUNSEL
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DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN
SUMITA AHUJA
HEATHER D. CASTEEL
FRANCO CASTELLI
ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG
PAMELA EHRENKRANZ
ALINE R. FLODR
KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA
LEDINA GOCAJ
ADAM M. GOGOLAK
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ANGELA K. HERRING
MICHAEL W. HOLT
DONGHWA KIM
MARK A. KOENIG
CARMEN X.W. LU
J. AUSTIN LYONS
ALICIA C. McCARTHY
JUSTIN R. ORR
NEIL M. SNYDER
JEFFREY A. WATIKER
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MARTIN LIPTON
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
EDWARD D. HERLIHY
DANIEL A. NEFF
STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM
JOHN F. SAVARESE
SCOTT K. CHARLES
JODI J. SCHWARTZ
ADAM O. EMMERICH
RALPH M. LEVENE
RICHARD G. MASON
ROBIN PANOVKA
DAVID A. KATZ
ILENE KNABLE GOTTS
ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM
RACHELLE SILVERBERG
STEVEN A. COHEN
DEBORAH L. PAUL
DAVID C. KARP
RICHARD K. KIM
JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER
MARK GORDON
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JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN
WAYNE M. CARLIN
STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA
NICHOLAS G. DEMMO
IGOR KIRMAN
JONATHAN M. MOSES
T. EIKO STANGE
WILLIAM SAVITT
GREGORY E. OSTLING
DAVID B. ANDERS
ADAM J. SHAPIRO
NELSON O. FITTS
JOSHUA M. HOLMES
DAVID E. SHAPIRO
DAMIAN G. DIDDEN
IAN BOCZKO
MATTHEW M. GUEST
DAVID E. KAHAN
DAVID K. LAM
BENJAMIN M. ROTH
JOSHUA A. FELTMAN
ELAINE P. GOLIN
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51 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150
TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000
FACSIMILE: (212) 403-2000
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EMIL A. KLEINHAUS
KARESSA L. CAIN
RONALD C. CHEN
BRADLEY R. WILSON
GRAHAM W. MELI
GREGORY E. PESSIN
CARRIE M. REILLY
MARK F. VEBLEN
SARAH K. EDDY
VICTOR GOLDFELD
RANDALL W. JACKSON
BRANDON C. PRICE
KEVIN S. SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL S. BENN
ALISON Z. PREISS
TIJANA J. DVORNIC
JENNA E. LEVINE
RYAN A. McLEOD
ANITHA REDDY
JOHN L. ROBINSON
JOHN R. SOBOLEWSKI
STEVEN WINTER
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EMILY D. JOHNSON
JACOB A. KLING
RAAJ S. NARAYAN
VIKTOR SAPEZHNIKOV
MICHAEL J. SCHOBEL
ELINA TETELBAUM
ERICA E. AHO
LAUREN M. KOFKE
ZACHARY S. PODOLSKY
RACHEL B. REISBERG
MARK A. STAGLIANO
CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ LUMERMANN
CHRISTINA C. MA
NOAH B. YAVITZ
BENJAMIN S. ARFA
NATHANIEL D. CULLERTON
ERIC M. FEINSTEIN
ADAM L. GOODMAN
STEVEN R. GREEN
MENG LU
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GEORGE A. KATZ (1965–1989)
JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967–1991)
LEONARD M. ROSEN (1965–2014)
OF COUNSEL
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ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN
MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ
KENNETH B. FORREST
BEN M. GERMANA
SELWYN B. GOLDBERG
PETER C. HEIN
JB KELLY
JOSEPH D. LARSON
LAWRENCE S. MAKOW
PHILIP MINDLIN
THEODORE N. MIRVIS
DAVID S. NEILL
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TREVOR S. NORWITZ
ERIC S. ROBINSON
ERIC M. ROSOF
MICHAEL J. SEGAL
WON S. SHIN
DAVID M. SILK
ELLIOTT V. STEIN
LEO E. STRINE, JR.*
PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR.
JEFFREY M. WINTNER
AMY R. WOLF
MARC WOLINSKY
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* ADMITTED IN DELAWARE
COUNSEL
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DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN
SUMITA AHUJA
HEATHER D. CASTEEL
FRANCO CASTELLI
ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG
PAMELA EHRENKRANZ
ALINE R. FLODR
KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA
LEDINA GOCAJ
ADAM M. GOGOLAK
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ANGELA K. HERRING
MICHAEL W. HOLT
DONGHWA KIM
MARK A. KOENIG
CARMEN X.W. LU
J. AUSTIN LYONS
ALICIA C. McCARTHY
JUSTIN R. ORR
NEIL M. SNYDER
JEFFREY A. WATIKER
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2, rue Jean Bertholet
L - 1233 Luxembourg
T +352 26 12 29 1
F +352 26 68 43 31
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Highland Holdings S.à r.l.
6, rue Jean Monnet
L-2180 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(the “Addressee”)
Luxembourg, 19 November 2024
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a. |
all documents reviewed by us as execution versions of documents or as fax, photo or electronic copies of originals are in conformity with the executed originals thereof and such originals are complete and authentic;
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b. |
the Issuer has complied with all requirements of the Luxembourg legislation and regulations on the domiciliation of companies, and in particular with the Luxembourg Domiciliation Act;
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c. |
the place of central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the place of effective management (siège de direction effective) and (for the
purposes of the Recast Insolvency Regulation) the centre of main interests (centre des intérêts principaux) of the Issuer are located at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and the Issuer has no establishment (within the meaning of the Recast Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;
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d. |
the Articles of Association and the Public Records of the Issuer are each true, complete and up-to-date as at the date hereof and such information has not been materially altered since;
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e. |
the Resolutions are in full force and effect and have not been amended, revoked or declared null and void, and correctly reflect the resolutions taken by the persons authorized to do so, and the factual statements made and the
confirmations given in the Corporate Documents and in the Opinion Documents are complete and correct;
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f. |
the signature(s) - whether manuscript or electronic - appearing on the Opinion Documents (where executed on behalf of the Issuer ) are in fact the genuine signatures of the person(s) authorized under the Resolutions to execute the
Opinion Documents on behalf of the Issuer;
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g. |
the entering of the Opinion Documents by the Issuer is not impaired (consentement vicié) by error (erreur), wilful misconduct (dol), duress (violence) or lesion (lésion);
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h. |
the Opinion Documents have in fact been signed on behalf of the Issuer by the persons authorized to that effect;
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i. |
the issue of the Notes and the approval and entry by the Issuer into the Opinion Documents (i) are in good faith, for business purposes, in the Issuer’s corporate interest (intérêt social), and
(ii) without misappropriating corporate assets (abus de biens sociaux) and without the intention to defraud any other parties (in particular creditors) or to deprive such parties of any legal
benefits or to circumvent any applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction;
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j. |
the Notes will not be subject to a public offering in Luxembourg, unless the relevant requirements of the Prospectus Regulation as referred to in the Prospectus Act, have been fulfilled and the Notes have not and will not be offered,
sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor (as defined in the PRIIPs Regulation) in the European Economic Area unless the applicable requirements of the PRIIPs Regulation have first been complied with;
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k. |
all authorizations, approvals and consents required under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (other than Luxembourg), which may be required in connection with the execution and performance of the Opinion Documents have been or
will be obtained;
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l. |
all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Opinion Documents have been or will be satisfied;
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m. |
the statements of fact in the Opinion Documents and in the Corporate Documents reviewed by us are true, accurate, complete and not misleading;
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n. |
no provision of law (other than Luxembourg law) would adversely affect or have any negative impact on the opinions we express in this opinion letter; and
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1. |
The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing for an unlimited duration as a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) under the laws of Luxembourg.
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2. |
The Issuer has the corporate power and authority to issue the Notes and execute the Opinion Documents.
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3. |
The Issuer has taken all necessary corporate action required by its Articles of Association and the Companies Act in connection with the entry into the Opinion Documents and the issue of the Notes.
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4. |
The Opinion Documents have been validly approved and executed on behalf of the Issuer.
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A. |
This opinion letter is subject to all limitations resulting from the application of Luxembourg public policy rules, overriding statutes and mandatory laws as well as to all limitations by reasons of bankruptcy (faillite), administrative dissolution without liquidation proceedings (procédure de dissolution administrative sans liquidation), insolvency, liquidation (liquidation), reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), out-of-court mutual agreement (réorganisation extra-judiciaire par accord amiable),
judicial reorganization, fraudulent conveyance (actio pauliana), reorganisation or similar Luxembourg or foreign laws or orders affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
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B. |
Our opinion that the Issuer exists is based on the Corporate and Public Documents.
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C. |
Corporate documents (including but not limited to a notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver, administrator, or administrative receiver) may not be held immediately at the Companies Register
or are not subject to be deposited/held at the Companies Register and there may also be a delay in the relevant document to be deposited with the Companies Register or appearing on the file of the Issuer with the Companies Register, which
may therefore be incomplete and/or inaccurate, and the Extract and the Negative Certificate may not constitute conclusive evidence of the facts reflected therein.
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D. |
Under Article 19-3 of the Companies Register Act, documents and extracts of documents will only be valid vis-à-vis third parties from the day of their publication in the RESA unless the Issuer
proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof. Third parties may however rely upon documents, such as the Resolutions, or extracts thereof, which have not yet been published in the RESA. Such documents are not
enforceable against third parties during 15 (fifteen) days following publication if they prove that it was impossible for them to have knowledge thereof.
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E. |
An enquiry with the Companies Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether or not a winding-up petition or a petition for the making of an administration or bankruptcy order or similar action has been presented or is
threatened to be presented; therefore, any reliance on the Negative Certificate should be made with regard to the functionality of the Companies Register.
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F. |
Any activity by the Issuer contrary to criminal law as well as any serious violation (contravention grave) by the Issuer of the provisions of the Luxembourg Commercial Code, of the laws
governing commercial companies (including without limitation with respect to any business licence requirement) and may lead to the liquidation and winding-up of the Issuer.
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G. |
If any document is signed by way of an electronic signature (as opposed to a handwritten (“wet ink”) signature), such electronic signature will have an equivalent effect to a handwritten signature if the electronic signature that is
used, is either a qualified electronic signature within the meaning of the eIDAS Regulation, or otherwise meets the conditions of Article 1322-1 LCC in that the electronic signature used is a data set, linked inseparably to the deed which
guarantees the integrity of the deed, identifies the signatory and expresses the signatory’s adherence to the deed. An electronic signature which does not comply with these requirements can also be used for the execution of agreements
such as the Opinion Documents but will not have the same probative force as a handwritten signature which binds the court and only can be disallowed via a specific signature verification procedure. In case of a dispute as to its effects,
it will however not be dismissed in court merely on the grounds that it is an electronic signature. The document signed with such an electronic signature will be admissible as evidence by a Luxembourg court and the electronic signature
will constitute a means to prove the consent of the person purported to have signed if the signature meets a certain degree of integrity and authenticity.
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We express no opinion as to the accuracy of any warranties and representations given or made by the parties to the Opinion Documents (expressly or impliedly) as to matters of fact (other than to the extent they are subject matter of
specific opinions set out in this opinion letter and are verified by our searches referred to in this opinion letter).
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“Addressee”
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has the meaning attributed thereto on the first page of this opinion letter
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“Underwriting Agreement”
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an e-mailed scanned copy of the fully signed version of the New York law governed underwriting agreement entered into by and between, amongst others, the Issuer and Otis Worldwide Corporation, dated 13
November 2024
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“Articles of Association”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“Companies Act”
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the Luxembourg Act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, recast
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“Companies Register”
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the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S. Luxembourg)
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“Companies Register Act”
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the Luxembourg Act of 19 December 2002 on the register of commerce and companies and the accounting and annual statements of undertakings, as amended
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“Corporate Documents”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“eIDAS Regulation”
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the Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing
Directive 1999/93/EC
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“Extract”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“Indenture”
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an e-mailed scanned copy of the fully signed version of the New York law governed base indenture entered into by and between the Issuer, Otis Worldwide Corporation as Parent Guarantor and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., dated 12 November 2021, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 with respect to the Notes dated 19 November 2024
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“Luxembourg”
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the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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“Luxembourg Commercial Code”
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the Luxembourg Commercial Code (Code de Commerce)
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“NautaDutilh”
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NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l.
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“Negative Certificate”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“Opinion Documents”
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the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the Notes
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“PRIIPs Regulation”
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the Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products
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“Prospectus Act”
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the Luxembourg Act of 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities, as amended
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“Prospectus Regulation”
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the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated
market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC
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“Public Records”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“Recast Insolvency Regulation”
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the Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)
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“RESA”
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the Luxembourg Electronic Register of Companies and Associations (Recueil Electronique des Sociétés et Associations)
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“Resolutions”
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has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
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“Securities Act”
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the Securities Act of 1933
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an electronic copy of the (restated) articles of association of the Issuer dated 28 February 2023 (the “Articles of Association”);
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an electronic copy of (i) the resolutions of the managers (gérants) of the Issuer, dated 9 October 2024 which, inter alia, approve the entering by the
Issuer into the Opinion Documents, and (ii) the written resolutions of the managers (gérants) of the Issuer, dated 13 November 2024, approving the extension of the offer from an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed EUR 800 million to the amount of up to EUR 900 million (together referred to as the “Resolutions”);
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an electronic copy of a certificate of non-registration of judgments, issued by the Companies Register for the Issuer on 19 November 2024 and reflecting the situation of 18 November 2024, and stating that the Issuer has not been
declared bankrupt (en faillite) and has not been subject to administrative dissolution without liquidation proceedings (procédure de dissolution administrative
sans liquidation) and that it has not applied for reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement) or such other proceedings listed in Article 13, items 4 to 12, 16 and 17 of the Companies
Register Act (the “Negative Certificate”); and
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an electronic copy of a register extract for the Issuer issued by the Companies Register dated 19 November 2024 (the “Extract”).
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