F-10
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2022.

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM F-10 and FORM F-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Form F-10    Form F-3

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

  

TR FINANCE LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

(FOR ADDITIONAL CO-
REGISTRANTS, PLEASE SEE THE TABLE OF

CO-REGISTRANTS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE)

Ontario, Canada

(Province or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

2741

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification

Code Number (if applicable))

  

98-0176673

(I.R.S. Employer Identification

Number (if applicable))

  

84-3786645

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

333 Bay Street, Suite 300

Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada

(416) 687-7500

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal

executive offices)

  

610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal

executive offices)

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(646) 540-2000

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)

Copies to:

Mile Kurta, Esq.

Torys LLP

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10036

(212) 880-6000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

Form F-10

Province of Ontario, Canada

(Principal jurisdiction regulating this offering (if applicable))

It is proposed that this filing shall become effective (check appropriate box):

 

A.    upon filing with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 467(a) (if in connection with an offering being made contemporaneously in the United States and Canada).
B.    at some future date (check the appropriate box below)
               1.                pursuant to Rule 467(b) on (    ) at (    ) (designate a time not sooner than 7 calendar days after filing).
  2.     pursuant to Rule 467(b) on (    ) at (    ) (designate a time 7 calendar days or sooner after filing) because the securities regulatory authority in the review jurisdiction has issued a receipt or notification of clearance on (    ).
  3.     pursuant to Rule 467(b) as soon as practicable after notification of the Commission by the Registrant or the Canadian securities regulatory authority of the review jurisdiction that a receipt or notification of clearance has been issued with respect hereto.
  4.     after the filing of the next amendment to this Form (if preliminary material is being filed).

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to the home jurisdiction’s shelf prospectus offering procedures, check the following box.  


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Form F-3

If only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Emerging growth company     

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registration Statement shall become effective as provided in Rule 467 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Act, may determine.

TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

Form F-3

 

Exact Name of Co-Registrant as Specified in its Charter

    I.R.S. Employer  
Identification
No.
    State or Other
Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or  
Organization
    Address and Telephone  
Number of Principal
Executive Offices

 

Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.   74-3053016   Delaware   610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.   75-1297386   Texas   2395 Midway Road
Carrollton, Texas 75006

(800) 327-8829

West Publishing Corporation   41-1426973   Minnesota   610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of each Co-Registrant’s Agent for Service:

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(646) 540-2000


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A copy of this preliminary short form base shelf prospectus has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada but has not yet become final for the purpose of the sale of securities. Information contained in this preliminary short form base shelf prospectus may not be complete and may have to be amended. The securities may not be sold until a receipt for the short form base shelf prospectus is obtained from the securities regulatory authorities.

This preliminary short form base shelf prospectus has been filed under legislation in each of the provinces of Canada that permits certain information about these securities to be determined after this prospectus has become final and that permits the omission from this prospectus of that information. The legislation requires the delivery to purchasers of a prospectus supplement containing the omitted information within a specified period of time after agreeing to purchase any of these securities. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and no securities may be sold until such registration statement becomes effective.

This preliminary short form base shelf prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about these securities and it is an offense to claim otherwise. Information has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus from documents filed with securities regulatory authorities in Canada and filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge from Thomson Reuters, Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, United States (telephone: 1.332.219.1046), and are also available electronically at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.

PRELIMINARY SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

 

 

New Issue    LOGO    June 10, 2022

US$3,000,000,000

 

Thomson Reuters Corporation

 

Debt Securities

 

(unsecured)

 

TR Finance LLC

 

Debt Securities

 

(unsecured)

Guaranteed by Thomson Reuters Corporation, Thomson Reuters Applications Inc., Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. and West Publishing Corporation

Thomson Reuters Corporation (“TRC”) and its subsidiary, TR Finance LLC (“TR Finance”), may from time to time offer and issue one or more series of unsecured debt securities (the “TRC Debt Securities” if issued by TRC, the “TR Finance Debt Securities” if issued by TR Finance and together, the “Debt Securities”), in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies) or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate issue price of US$3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), during the 25-month period that this short form base shelf prospectus, including any further amendments hereto, remains valid. The TR Finance Debt Securities will be TR Finance’s senior unsecured obligations and will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally (the “Guarantee Obligations”), by TRC and its subsidiaries, Thomson Reuters Applications Inc. (“Thomson Reuters Applications”), Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. (“Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting”) and West Publishing Corporation (”West Publishing”, together with Thomson Reuters Applications and Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and each of TRC and the Subsidiary Guarantors is individually referred to as a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”). All references to “TR Finance Debt Securities” and “Debt Securities” in this prospectus shall include the related Guarantee Obligations by the Guarantors, with respect to the TR Finance Debt Securities.

TRC and TR Finance will provide the specific terms of the TRC Debt Securities and the TR Finance Debt Securities, respectively, in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered in applicable prospectus supplements and may include, where applicable, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, currency, maturity, interest provisions, authorized denominations, offering price, any terms for redemption at our option or at the option of the holder and any other specific terms. You should read this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplements carefully before you invest. Debt Securities may consist of debentures, notes or other types of debt and may be issuable in series. This prospectus may not be used to offer Debt Securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement. Our intended use for any net proceeds that we expect to receive from the issue of Debt Securities will be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

Investing in the Debt Securities is subject to certain risks. See the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus.


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All information permitted under applicable securities laws to be omitted from this prospectus will be contained in one or more prospectus supplements that will be delivered to purchasers together with this prospectus. Each prospectus supplement will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus as of the date of the prospectus supplement and only for the purposes of the distribution of the Debt Securities to which the prospectus supplement pertains.

TRC’s principal executive office is located at 333 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada. TR Finance’s head office is located at 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123, United States.

We are permitted, under a multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States and Canada, to prepare this prospectus in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements. Prospective investors should be aware that such requirements are different from those of the United States. The financial statements of TRC and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, “Thomson Reuters”) included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Therefore, our consolidated financial statements and information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may not be comparable to financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our financial statements are audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as well as U.S. securities regulatory auditor independence standards. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, TRC’s independent registered public accounting firm, has advised that they are independent of TRC within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and independent within the Securities Act (Ontario), and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and PCAOB.

Owning the Debt Securities may have tax consequences in both the United States and Canada. This prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement may not describe these tax consequences fully. You should consult your own tax advisor with respect to your own particular circumstances and read the tax discussion in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement.

The ability of investors to enforce civil liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that TRC is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, some of the officers and directors of TRC, TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors and some of the experts named in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein are non-U.S. residents, and some of our assets and some of the assets of those officers, directors and experts may be located outside of the United States.

Unless otherwise specified in an applicable prospectus supplement, the Debt Securities will not be listed on any securities or stock exchange or on any automated dealer quotation system. There is no market through which the Debt Securities may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell the Debt Securities purchased under this prospectus. This may affect the pricing of the Debt Securities in the secondary market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Debt Securities, and the extent of issuer regulation. See the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus.

THESE DEBT SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR NOR HAS THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

     1  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     1  

SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

     2  

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     3  

CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

     4  

BUSINESS

     6  

RISK FACTORS

     7  

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     10  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     10  

SHARE CAPITAL

     11  

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES OF THE TR FINANCE DEBT SECURITIES

     11  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     23  

CERTAIN INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

     24  

LEGAL MATTERS

     24  

EXPERTS

     24  

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     24  

EXPENSES

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

In this prospectus, “TRC” refers to Thomson Reuters Corporation and “TR Finance” refers to TR Finance LLC. The words “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company” and “Thomson Reuters” refer to, collectively, TRC and its consolidated subsidiaries (including, for greater certainty, TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors), unless the context requires otherwise. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this prospectus to “$”, “US$”, or “dollars” are to U.S. dollars, and references to “C$” are to Canadian dollars.

This prospectus is part of the joint registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 relating to the Debt Securities that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. Under this “shelf” registration process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of Debt Securities in one or more offerings up to an aggregate principal amount of US$3,000,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the Debt Securities that we may offer. Each time we sell Debt Securities under the registration statement, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms, including the issuer, of that offering of Debt Securities. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Before you invest, you should read both this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.” This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. You should refer to the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement for further information with respect to us and the Debt Securities.

We present our financial statements in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Therefore, our consolidated financial statements and information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement may not be comparable to financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our financial statements are audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as well as U.S. securities regulatory auditor independence standards.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Information has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus from documents filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and filed with, or furnished to, the SEC in the United States. Copies of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus may be obtained upon written or oral request without charge from Thomson Reuters, Attention: Investor Relations Department, 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, United States (telephone: 1.332.219.1046), and are also available electronically on the Thomson Reuters website at www.tr.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and should not be considered a part of this prospectus, and the reference to our website in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.

You may also access our disclosure documents and any reports, statements or other information that we file with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada through the Internet on the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, which is commonly known by the acronym SEDAR and which may be accessed at www.sedar.com. SEDAR is the Canadian equivalent of the SEC’s Electronic Document Gathering and Retrieval System, which is commonly known by the acronym EDGAR and which may be accessed at www.sec.gov. In addition to our continuous disclosure obligations under the securities laws of the provinces of Canada, we are subject to the information requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and, in accordance with the Exchange Act, we file with and furnish to the SEC reports and other information. Our filings are also electronically available from commercial document retrieval services, such as Westlaw.

Under the multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States and Canada, we are permitted to incorporate by reference in this prospectus certain information we file with or furnish to the SEC and the securities regulatory authorities in Canada, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. Information incorporated by reference must be filed as exhibits to the joint registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 that we have filed with the SEC in connection with the Debt Securities.

 

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SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

TRC is a corporation incorporated under and governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), or the OBCA. The controlling shareholder of Thomson Reuters and some of the directors and officers of TRC, as well as certain of the experts named in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, are non-U.S. residents and all or a substantial portion of their assets and a substantial portion of our assets are located outside of the United States. It may be difficult for holders of Debt Securities to effect service within the United States upon our controlling shareholder, the directors and officers of TRC and the experts named in this prospectus and any documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus who are not residents of the United States or to enforce against them in the United States judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil liability under United States federal securities laws. While we believe that a monetary judgment of a United States court predicated solely upon civil liability under United States federal securities laws would likely be enforceable in Canada if the United States court in which the judgment was obtained had a basis for jurisdiction in the matter that was recognized by a Canadian court for such purposes, we cannot assure you that this will be the case. It is less certain that an action could be brought in Canada in the first instance on the basis of liability predicated solely upon such laws.

TR Finance is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, Thomson Reuters Applications is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Texas and West Publishing is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Minnesota.

TR Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors, certain of the directors of TRC, TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and certain of the individuals who signed a certificate of this prospectus, reside outside of Canada. These individuals and entities have appointed our Canadian subsidiary, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, as their agent for service of process in Canada:

 

     Name of Person    Name and Address of Agent

     Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.

     Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.

     TR Finance LLC

     West Publishing Corporation

     Kirk E. Arnold

     LaVerne Council

     Michael E. Daniels

     Steve Hasker

     Kirk Koenigsbauer

     Deanna Oppenheimer

     Simon Paris

     Kim M. Rivera

     Barry Salzberg

     Erin C. Brown

     Sean Cannizzaro

     Paul Fischer

     David Hindt

     Karen Hirsh

     Brian Peccarelli

     Linda J. Walker

     Brian Wilson

  

Thomson Reuters Canada Limited

333 Bay Street, Suite 300

Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada

Purchasers are advised that it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgments obtained in Canada against any person that resides outside of Canada, even if the person has appointed an agent for service of process in Canada.

 

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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following documents, which have been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, are specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus:

 

   

TRC’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the accompanying auditor’s report thereon;

 

   

TRC’s management discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021;

 

   

TRC’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2021 (which also constitutes an annual information form);

 

   

TRC’s management proxy circular dated April 18, 2022, related to its annual meeting of shareholders held on June 8, 2022;

 

   

TRC’s unaudited consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022; and

 

   

TRC’s management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed or furnished document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any information set forth in the document that it modifies or supersedes. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

Any documents of the type referred to above, all material change reports (excluding confidential material change reports, if any), business acquisition reports and any “template version” of any “marketing materials” (each as defined in National Instrument 41-101General Prospectus Requirements) that TRC files with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the distribution of Debt Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To the extent that any document or information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is included in a report that is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC on Form 40-F or 6-K (or any respective successor form), such document or information shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part if and to the extent expressly provided in such report.

When TRC files a new annual information form or annual report and the related audited comparative consolidated financial statements with, and where required, they are accepted by the applicable securities regulatory authorities during the time that this prospectus is valid, the previous annual information form or annual report, the previous audited consolidated financial statements and all unaudited consolidated financial statements, material change reports, proxy circulars and business acquisition reports filed prior to the commencement of the financial year in which the new annual information form or annual report is filed will be deemed no longer to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus for purposes of future offers and sales of Debt Securities under this prospectus.

A prospectus supplement containing the specific terms of any Debt Securities will be delivered, together with this prospectus, to purchasers of such Debt Securities and will be deemed to be incorporated into this prospectus for the purposes of securities legislation as of the date of such prospectus supplement, but only for the purposes of the distribution of the Debt Securities to which such prospectus supplement pertains.

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement and on the other information included in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. We are not making an offer of Debt Securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted by law. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

Certain statements included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus are forward-looking. When used in this prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference herein, the words “will,” “expect,” believe,” “target,” “estimate,” “could,” “should,” “intend,” “predict”, “project” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. While Thomson Reuters believes that it has a reasonable basis for making forward-looking statements, they are not a guarantee of future performance or outcomes and there is no assurance that any of the events described in any forward-looking statement will materialize. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Many of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions are beyond Thomson Reuters’ control and the effects of them can be difficult to predict. These risks include, but are not limited to:

 

   

uncertainty, downturns and changes in the markets that the company serves;

 

   

actions of competitors;

 

   

failure to keep pace with technological developments to provide new products, services, applications and functionalities to meet customers’ needs, attract new customers and retain existing ones, or expand into new geographic markets and identify areas of higher growth;

 

   

failure to derive fully the anticipated benefits from existing or future acquisitions, dispositions or other strategic investments, including joint ventures and investments;

 

   

fraudulent or unpermitted data access or other cyber-security or privacy breaches; failures or disruptions of data centers, network systems, telecommunications, or the Internet;

 

   

failure to adapt to organizational changes and effectively implement strategic initiatives;

 

   

failure to attract, motivate and retain high quality, talented and diverse management and key employees;

 

   

failure to meet the challenges involved in operating globally;

 

   

failure to maintain a high renewal rate for recurring, subscription-based services; dependency on third parties for data, information and other services;

 

   

failure to protect the brands and reputation of Thomson Reuters;

 

   

the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s business and risks that the pandemic could have a longer duration or a more significant impact on Thomson Reuters than the company currently expects;

 

   

impairment of goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets;

 

   

changes to law and regulations related to privacy, data security, data protection and other areas;

 

   

inadequate protection of intellectual property rights; tax matters, including changes to tax laws, regulations and treaties;

 

   

threat of legal actions and claims; risk of antitrust/competition-related claims or investigations;

 

   

fluctuations in foreign currency exchange and interest rates;

 

   

downgrading of credit ratings and adverse conditions in the credit markets;

 

   

the effect of factors outside of the control of Thomson Reuters on funding obligations in respect of pension and post-retirement benefit arrangements;

 

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actions or potential actions that could be taken by the company’s principal shareholder, The Woodbridge Company Limited; and

 

   

the ability of Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company to affect the company’s governance and management.

These factors and other risk factors described herein, including under the section of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors,” and in some of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus represent risks that our management believes are material. There is no assurance that any forward-looking statements will materialize. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect expectations only as of the date of this prospectus. Except as may be required by applicable law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Additional factors are discussed in our materials filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and filed with the SEC from time to time, including TRC’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is contained in TRC’s annual report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the other documents incorporated by reference herein.

 

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BUSINESS

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is a leading provider of business information services. Our products include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news service – Reuters.

Our company purpose is to Inform the Way Forward, which reflects our commitment to serve professionals, advance critical institutions and build trust through our products and with our actions.

We are organized in five reportable segments described below which reflect how we manage our businesses.

 

LOGO   

Legal Professionals

 

Serves law firms and governments with research and workflow products, focusing on intuitive legal research powered by emerging technologies and integrated legal workflow solutions that combine content, tools and analytics.

LOGO

  

Corporates

 

Serves corporate customers from small businesses to multinational organizations, including the seven largest global accounting firms, with our full suite of content-enabled technology solutions for in-house legal, tax, regulatory, compliance and IT professionals.

LOGO

  

Tax & Accounting Professionals

 

Serves tax, accounting and audit professionals in accounting firms (other than the seven largest, which are served by our Corporates segment) with research and workflow products, focusing on intuitive tax offerings and automating tax workflows.

LOGO

  

Reuters News

 

Supplies business, financial and global news to the world’s media organizations, professionals and news consumers through Reuters News Agency, Reuters.com, Reuters Events, Thomson Reuters products and the Refinitiv business of LSEG.

LOGO

  

Global Print

 

Provides legal and tax information primarily in print format to customers around the world.

Our businesses are supported by a corporate center that centrally manages commercial and technology operations, including those around our sales capabilities, digital customer experience and product and content development. Our corporate center also centrally manages functions such as finance, legal and human resources, as well as our Change Program.

TRC is incorporated under the OBCA. Its registered office and principal executive office is located at 333 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada.

TR Finance

TR Finance is an indirect 100%-owned subsidiary of TRC formed under the laws of the State of Delaware with the sole purpose of issuing the TR Finance Debt Securities. Other than the TR Finance Debt Securities to be issued hereunder, TR Finance has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations of its own. TR Finance’s head office is located at 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123, United States.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantors

Thomson Reuters Applications is an indirect 100%-owned subsidiary of TRC formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. Thomson Reuters Applications operates part of the company’s Legal Professionals, Tax & Accounting Professionals and Corporates businesses. Thomson Reuters Applications’ head office is located at 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123, United States.

Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting is an indirect 100%-owned subsidiary of TRC formed under the laws of the State of Texas. Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting operates part of the company’s Tax & Accounting Professionals and Corporates businesses. Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting’s head office is located at 2395 Midway Road, Carrollton, Texas 75006, United States.

West Publishing is an indirect 100%-owned subsidiary of TRC formed under the laws of the State of Minnesota. West Publishing operates part of the company’s Legal Professionals, Corporates and Global Print businesses. West Publishing’s head office is located at 610 Opperman Drive, Eagan, Minnesota 55123, United States.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Debt Securities is subject to certain risks. Before purchasing Debt Securities, you should consider carefully the risk factors set forth below and those under the heading “Risk Factors” in TRC’s annual information form, which is contained in TRC’s annual report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 (and our annual information forms for subsequent years), as well as the other information contained in and incorporated by reference in this prospectus (including subsequently filed documents incorporated by reference) and, if applicable, those described in the applicable prospectus supplement. If any of the events or developments discussed in these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations or the value of the Debt Securities could be adversely affected.

Risks Relating to the Debt Securities

Fluctuations in exchange rates could give rise to foreign currency exposure.

Debt Securities denominated or payable in foreign currencies may entail significant risks, and the extent and nature of such risks change continuously. These risks include, without limitation, the possibility of significant fluctuations in the foreign currency market, the imposition or modification of foreign exchange controls and potential illiquidity in the secondary market. These risks will vary depending on the currency or currencies involved. Prospective purchasers should consult their own financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed in an investment in Debt Securities denominated in currencies other than the local currency. Debt Securities are not an appropriate investment for investors who are unsophisticated with respect to foreign currency transactions.

An increase in market interest rates could result in a decrease in the relative value of the Debt Securities.

In general, as market interest rates rise, notes bearing interest at a fixed rate generally decline in value because the premium, if any, over market interest rates will decline. Consequently, if a holder holds Debt Securities and market interest rates increase, the market value of such Debt Securities may decline. We cannot predict future levels of market interest rates.

Credit ratings assigned to Debt Securities may change.

We cannot assure you that any credit rating assigned to Debt Securities issued hereunder will remain in effect for any given period of time or that any rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by the relevant rating agency. A lowering or withdrawal of such rating may have an adverse effect on the market value of the Debt Securities.

There may not be a trading market for the Debt Securities.

There is currently no market through which the Debt Securities may be sold and you may not be able to resell the Debt Securities issued hereunder. We cannot assure you that a secondary market for trading in the Debt Securities will develop or that any secondary market which does develop will continue.

 

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The Debt Securities will be subordinated to creditors of our subsidiaries.

We conduct our operations through a number of subsidiaries and to the extent any such subsidiary, except for any Subsidiary Guarantor in the case of the TR Finance Debt Securities, has or incurs indebtedness with a third party, the holders of the Debt Securities will effectively be subordinated to the claims of the holders of such third-party indebtedness, including in the event of liquidation or upon a realization of the assets of any such subsidiary.

Except for TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors, none of TRC’s subsidiaries have guaranteed or will otherwise become obligated with respect to the TR Finance Debt Securities (including any subsidiaries of the Subsidiary Guarantors). Accordingly, each Guarantor’s right to receive assets from any of its subsidiaries upon such subsidiary’s bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization and the right of holders of TR Finance Debt Securities to participate in those assets, is effectively subordinated to claims of that subsidiary’s creditors, including trade creditors.

The TRC Debt Securities and TR Finance Debt Securities are unsecured and would rank equal in right of payment to TRC’s or TR Finance’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness, respectively, and would be effectively subordinated to any of its future secured indebtedness and, in the case of the TR Finance Debt Securities, any of the Guarantors’ existing and future secured indebtedness, in each case to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.

The TRC Debt Securities and TR Finance Debt Securities are unsecured and would rank equal in right of payment to TRC’s or TR Finance’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness, respectively. In addition, the TRC Debt Securities and TR Finance Debt Securities would be effectively subordinated in right of payment to any of TRC’s or TR Finance’s future secured indebtedness, respectively, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. TRC and TR Finance will not be restricted in their ability to make investments or incur debt.

In the case of the TR Finance Debt Securities, the Guarantee Obligations are unsecured and effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of the Guarantors’ existing and future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The TR Finance Indenture (as defined below) does not restrict any Guarantor’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness generally, which would have a prior claim on the assets securing that indebtedness.

In the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or winding up of TRC, TR Finance or any Subsidiary Guarantor, their respective assets that serve as collateral for any secured indebtedness would be made available to satisfy their respective obligations to secured creditors before any payments are made on the TRC Debt Securities or the TR Finance Debt Securities, as applicable.

We have made only limited covenants in the Indentures (as defined below) governing the Debt Securities and these limited covenants may not protect your investment.

The Indentures governing the Debt Securities do not:

 

   

require us to maintain any financial ratios or specific levels of net worth, revenues, income, cash flows or liquidity and, accordingly, does not protect holders of the Debt Securities in the event that we experience significant adverse changes in our financial condition or results of operations;

 

   

limit our ability to incur indebtedness that is equal in right of payment to the Debt Securities;

 

   

restrict our ability to transfer assets within Thomson Reuters;

 

   

restrict our ability to repurchase our shares;

 

   

restrict our ability to make investments or to pay dividends or make other payments in respect of our shares or other securities ranking junior to the Debt Securities; or

 

   

necessarily afford holders of Debt Securities protection should we be involved in a transaction that significantly increases our leverage.

 

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The Indentures governing the Debt Securities contain only limited protections in the event of many types of transactions that we could engage in, including acquisitions, refinancings, dispositions, recapitalizations, restructurings or other reorganizations or material strategic transactions that could substantially affect our capital structure and the value of the Debt Securities. If any such transaction should occur, the value of your Debt Securities may decline.

TR Finance is dependent on the financial position and credit worthiness of Thomson Reuters.

TR Finance will have no assets, property or obligations other than the TR Finance Debt Securities and its ability to pay interest and any premiums on the TR Finance Debt Securities and other operating expenses and to meet its obligations depends upon the credit support of the Guarantors. Accordingly, holders of the TR Finance Debt Securities will be subject to the risks related to the financial position and creditworthiness of Thomson Reuters as a whole, as described elsewhere in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

The Subsidiary Guarantors of the TR Finance Debt Securities may be released from their Guarantee Obligations in certain circumstances.

As described under “Description of Debt Securities — Guarantees of TR Finance Debt Securities,” the Subsidiary Guarantors can be released from their Guarantee Obligations without the consent of the holders of the TR Finance Debt Securities in certain circumstances, including a release of a guarantee by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a direct or indirect 100%-owned subsidiary of TRC.

The Guarantors of the TR Finance Debt Securities may be limited by U.S. bankruptcy law in their ability to fulfill their respective Guarantee Obligations.

Federal and state statutes could allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the TR Finance Debt Securities and require holders of TR Finance Debt Securities to return payments received from Guarantors.

Under U.S. bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, a court could void a guarantee or claims related to the notes or subordinate a guarantee to all of TR Finance’s other debts or to all other debts of a Guarantor if, among other things, TR Finance or a Guarantor, at the time TR Finance or such Guarantor incurred the indebtedness evidenced by its guarantee:

 

   

intended to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future creditor; or

 

   

received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the incurrence of such indebtedness; and

 

   

the Guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence;

 

   

the Guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which the Guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

the Guarantor intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond the Guarantor’s ability to pay such debts as they mature.

In addition, a court could void any payment by a Guarantor pursuant to the TR Finance Debt Securities or a guarantee and require that payment be returned to such Guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of the creditors of the Guarantor. The measures of insolvency for purposes of fraudulent transfer laws will vary depending upon the governing law in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a Guarantor would be considered insolvent if:

 

   

the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;

 

   

the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

   

it could not pay its debts as they become due.

 

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There can be no assurance as to what standard a court would apply in making such determinations or that a court would agree with TR Finance or any Guarantors’ conclusions in this regard.

Canadian bankruptcy and insolvency laws may impair the ability of the trustees appointed under the Indentures to enforce certain remedies.

TRC is organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario (Canada) and a portion of its assets are located in Canada. The rights of the trustees appointed under the Indentures to enforce certain remedies could be delayed by the restructuring provisions of applicable Canadian federal bankruptcy, insolvency and other restructuring legislation if the benefit of such legislation is sought with respect to TRC. For example, both the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) contain provisions enabling an insolvent person to obtain a stay of proceedings against its creditors and to file a proposal or plan of compromise or arrangement to be voted on by the various classes of its affected creditors. A restructuring proposal, compromise or arrangement if accepted by the requisite majorities of each affected class of creditors, and if approved by the relevant Canadian court, would be binding on all creditors within each affected class, including those creditors that did not vote to accept the proposal, compromise or arrangement. Moreover, this legislation, in certain instances, permits the insolvent debtor to retain possession and administration of its property, subject to court oversight, even though it may be in default under the applicable debt instrument, during the period that the stay against proceedings remains in place.

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

TRC and the Subsidiary Guarantors fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium (if any), interest and certain other amounts by TR Finance under the TR Finance Debt Securities. Please see TRC’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2021 and its management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (each of which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus) for condensed consolidating summary financial information for the following:

 

   

Parent – TRC, the direct or indirect owner of all TRC subsidiaries

 

   

Subsidiary Issuer – TR Finance

 

   

Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis

 

   

Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries – Other subsidiaries of TRC on a combined basis that will not guarantee TR Finance Debt Securities

 

   

Eliminations – Consolidating adjustments

 

   

Thomson Reuters on a consolidated basis

The condensed consolidating financial information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is provided in compliance with the requirements of Section 13.4 of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations providing for an exemption for certain credit support issuers. TRC has provided this supplemental financial information incorporated by reference in this prospectus in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation S-X. Please see the “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees of the TR Finance Debt Securities” section of this prospectus for additional information about the guarantees.

The condensed consolidating financial information incorporated by reference in this prospectus has been prepared in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and is unaudited.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement that accompanies this prospectus, the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities will be added to our general funds, and we may use them for general corporate purposes including, without limitation, to repay existing indebtedness. We may invest funds that we do not immediately use in short-term marketable securities. We may from time to time offer Debt Securities and incur additional indebtedness other than through an offering under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplements.

 

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SHARE CAPITAL

TRC’s authorized share capital includes an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preference shares, without par value, issuable in series. As of June 9, 2022, TRC had outstanding 487,122,948 common shares and 6,000,000 Series II preference shares. TRC has also issued a Thomson Reuters Founders Share which enables Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company to exercise extraordinary voting power to safeguard the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

TR Finance’s authorized share capital includes 1,000 shares. As of June 9, 2022, TR Finance had one share outstanding which is indirectly held by TRC.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES OF THE TR FINANCE DEBT SECURITIES

This section describes certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities. We will provide the particular terms and provisions of a series of Debt Securities and a description of how the general terms and provisions described below apply to that series in a prospectus supplement. Thus, for a description of the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities, you must refer to both the applicable prospectus supplement relating to that series and the description of the Debt Securities contained in this prospectus.

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the TRC Debt Securities will be issued under an amended and restated indenture dated as of December 21, 2010, as may be amended and supplemented from time to time, between TRC, Computershare Trust Company of Canada and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “TRC Indenture”). Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the TR Finance Debt Securities will be issued under a trust indenture to be entered into between TRC, TR Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors, Computershare Trust Company of Canada and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “TR Finance Indenture” and together with the TRC Indenture, the “Indentures”). An indenture is a contract between a financial institution, acting on your behalf as trustee of the Debt Securities, and us. We collectively refer to Computershare Trust Company of Canada and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as the “Trustees” and each Trustee acting in such capacity for a specific series of Debt Securities as a “Trustee.” The Indentures are subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Legislation.

The following description of the Debt Securities is a summary only. Please refer to the complete text of the provisions of the Debt Securities and each Indenture, including the definition of certain terms in the applicable Indenture. It is the respective Indenture, and not this summary, that governs the rights of holders of Debt Securities. Capitalized terms that are used in this section and not defined have the meanings assigned to them in the applicable Indenture. We have defined selected terms at the end of this section.

General

Each Indenture provides that an unlimited amount of Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series and may be denominated and payable in U.S. dollars or any other currency. We may offer no more than US$3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in non-U.S. Currency) aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities pursuant to this prospectus. The specific terms of any series of Debt Securities will be established at the time of issuance and will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. These terms may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

 

   

the specific designation of the Debt Securities;

 

   

the issuer and guarantors, if applicable;

 

   

any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities;

 

   

the date or dates, if any, on which the Debt Securities will mature and the portion (if other than all of the principal amount) of the Debt Securities to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of Maturity;

 

   

the rate or rates per annum (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Dates for any interest payable on the Debt Securities which are in registered form;

 

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any mandatory or optional redemption or sinking fund provisions, including the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities may be redeemed or purchased at our option or otherwise;

 

   

whether the Debt Securities will be issuable in the form of one or more registered global securities and if so the identity of the depository for such registered global securities;

 

   

the denominations in which any of the Debt Securities will be issuable if other than denominations of US$1,000 and any multiple thereof;

 

   

each office or agency where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities will be payable and each office or agency where the Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange;

 

   

if other than U.S. dollars, the foreign currency or the units based on or relating to foreign currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated and/or in which the payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities will or may be payable;

 

   

any index pursuant to which the amount of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities will or may be determined;

 

   

any other terms of the Debt Securities, including covenants and additional Events of Default; and

 

   

the identity of the Trustee for a particular series of Debt Securities.

Each Indenture also provides that there may be more than one Trustee thereunder, each with respect to one or more different series of Debt Securities. See “— Resignation of Trustee” below for more information. As there is more than one Trustee under each Indenture, the powers and trust obligations of each Trustee as described in this prospectus shall extend only to the one or more series of Debt Securities for which it is a Trustee. The Debt Securities (whether of one or more than one series) for which each Trustee is acting shall in effect be treated as if issued under separate trust indentures. The term “Debt Securities” as used in this prospectus shall mean the one or more series with respect to which each respective Trustee is acting.

Some or all of the Debt Securities may be issued under each Indenture as Original Issue Discount Securities (bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below market rates) to be issued at prices below their stated principal amounts.

The general provisions of each Indenture do not contain any provisions that would limit our ability to incur indebtedness or that would afford Holders protection in the event of a highly leveraged or similar transaction involving Thomson Reuters.

Under each Indenture, we will have the ability, in addition to the ability to issue Debt Securities with terms different from those of other Debt Securities previously issued, without the consent of the Holders, to reopen a previous issue of a series of Debt Securities and issue additional Debt Securities of such series.

Ranking and Other Indebtedness

The Debt Securities will be unsecured obligations of, and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.

The TR Finance Debt Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors, on a joint and several basis, and such guarantees will rank equally with each such Guarantor’s other unsecured, unsubordinated obligations and will effectively be subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of each such Guarantor’s subsidiaries (other than TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors).

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subordinated in right of payment to any secured debt TRC, or TR Finance and the Guarantors, may incur, as applicable, and to any of their respective secured obligations, in each case to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such debt or other obligations.

Form, Denomination, Exchange and Transfer

Debt Securities of a series may be issuable solely as registered Debt Securities issuable in denominations of US$1,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 or in such other denominations as may be provided for by the terms of the Debt Securities of any particular series. Each Indenture also provides that Debt Securities of a series may be issuable in global form, which are referred to as Global Securities. Debt Securities of any series will be exchangeable for other Debt Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.

The Debt Securities may be presented for exchange as described above, and Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer), at the corporate trust office of the Trustee or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for such purpose with respect to any series of Debt Securities. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. We may at any time designate one or more successor or additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and may from time to time rescind any such designation. We will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series.

So long as required by the OBCA, we shall cause to be kept, by our company or a trust corporation registered in Ontario, a central securities register that complies with the requirements of the OBCA. Additionally, we will cause to be recorded promptly in the central securities register maintained pursuant to the OBCA, the particulars of each issue, exchange or transfer of Debt Securities.

We shall not be required to:

 

   

issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption;

 

   

register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part; or

 

   

issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Debt Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder except the portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be so repaid.

Guarantees of TR Finance Debt Securities

The Guarantors will jointly and severally fully and unconditionally guarantee as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, on an unsecured senior basis, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of TR Finance under the TR Finance Debt Securities, whether for payment of principal of, or premium or interest on the TR Finance Debt Securities, Additional Amounts, indemnification or otherwise. Each guarantee from a Guarantor will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Guarantor without rendering the guarantee, as it relates to that Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

In the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not TRC or a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRC, or if any Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of TRC for any reason, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its guarantee.

 

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Events of Default

Each Indenture provides, with respect to any series of Outstanding Debt Securities thereunder, that the following shall constitute Events of Default:

 

  (i)

default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of that series, when the same becomes due and payable, continued for 30 days;

 

  (ii)

default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Debt Security of that series at its Maturity;

 

  (iii)

default in the deposit of any sinking fund or analogous payment when due by the terms of any Debt Security of that series;

 

  (iv)

default in the performance, or breach, of any of our covenants or warranties in the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty, a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with elsewhere in the Indenture), continued for 60 days after written notice to us;

 

  (v)

certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization;

 

  (vi)

any other Event of Default provided with respect to the Debt Securities of that series; and

 

  (vii)

with respect to the TR Finance Indenture, any guarantee of a Guarantor ceasing to be, or asserting by any Guarantor as not being, in full force and effect, enforceable according to its terms, except to the extent contemplated by the TR Finance Indenture, including without limitation the release of any guarantee in accordance with the terms of the TR Finance Indenture.

No Event of Default provided with respect to a particular series of Debt Securities necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Debt Securities. We are required to file with the Trustee, annually, an Officer’s Certificate as to our compliance with all conditions and covenants under each Indenture. Each Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of Debt Securities of any default (except payment defaults on the Debt Securities) if it is determined, in accordance with the applicable Indenture, to be in the best interest of the Holders of Debt Securities to do so.

If an Event of Default listed in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) or (vii) of the second preceding paragraph with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may declare the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default listed in clause (v) of the second preceding paragraph occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Debt Securities then Outstanding under the applicable Indenture may declare the principal amount of all of the Outstanding Debt Securities under that Indenture to be due and payable immediately. However, in either case the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series, or of all Outstanding Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be, by written notice to us and the Trustee, may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such declaration.

Subject to the provisions relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any or all series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the applicable Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of such Debt Securities, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity, security and funding (as required under the applicable Indenture) against the expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request. Subject to such provisions for the indemnification and funding of the Trustee, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series (with respect to any remedy, trust or power relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) or (vii) above) or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Debt Securities (with respect to any other remedy, trust or power), as the case may be and in each case under the applicable Indenture, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any

 

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proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee under the applicable Indenture, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series under the applicable Indenture may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of such series waive any past default described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) or (vii) above (or, in the case of a default described in clause (v) above, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture may waive any such past default) and its consequences, except a default (a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any interest on any Debt Security, or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected thereby, in each case under the applicable Indenture.

Negative Pledge for the TRC Debt Securities

The TRC Indenture provides that, so long as any TRC Debt Securities are Outstanding:

 

   

TRC will not create or permit to subsist after knowledge of the existence thereof any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other similar security interest, or Security Interest, upon any part of any undertaking or assets to secure any Debt of TR Finance or TRC; or

 

   

TRC will not permit any Material Subsidiary to give any Guarantee to secure any Debt of TRC;

without at the same time or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter according to the Holders of TRC Debt Securities a ratable and pari passu interest in the same Security Interest or Guarantee, as applicable, but this covenant will not apply to, or operate to prevent:

 

  (i)

any Security Interest for, or any Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary of, any Debt of TRC, the amount of which, when aggregated with the amount of all other Debt of TRC then outstanding in respect of which such a Security Interest or such a Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary has been given, excluding any Security Interest or Guarantee given pursuant to the exceptions in subparagraphs (ii) to (iv), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity;

 

  (ii)

any Security Interest on (a) any asset (including shares) acquired or held by TRC to secure Debt of TRC incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, research, development or improvement of such asset or (b) shares of a Subsidiary organized solely to acquire any such asset;

 

  (iii)

the assumption by TRC of any Security Interest in existence on any asset at the time of acquisition thereof, including any such assumption consequent upon any amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other corporate reorganization;

 

  (iv)

TRC giving a Security Interest (other than on shares or fixed assets) in the ordinary course of TRC’s business to any bank or banks or others to secure any Debt of TRC that is not a Funded Obligation; or

 

  (v)

the extension, renewal or refunding of any Security Interest permitted under subparagraphs (ii) to (iv) to the extent of the principal amount of Debt of TRC secured by and owing under any such Security Interest at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding.

Negative Pledge for the TR Finance Debt Securities

The TR Finance Indenture provides that, so long as any TR Finance Debt Securities are Outstanding:

 

   

neither TR Finance nor TRC will create or permit to subsist after knowledge of the existence thereof any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other similar security interest, or Security Interest, upon any part of any undertaking or assets to secure any Debt of TRC; or

 

   

TRC will not permit any Material Subsidiary to give any Guarantee to secure any Debt of TR Finance or TRC;

 

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without at the same time or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter according to the Holders of TR Finance Debt Securities a ratable and pari passu interest in the same Security Interest or Guarantee, as applicable, but this covenant will not apply to, or operate to prevent:

 

  (i)

any Security Interest for, or any Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary of, any Debt of TR Finance or TRC, as applicable, the amount of which, when aggregated with the amount of all other Debt of TR Finance and TRC then outstanding in respect of which such a Security Interest or such a Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary has been given, excluding any Security Interest or Guarantee given pursuant to the exceptions in subparagraphs (ii) to (iv), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity;

 

  (ii)

any Security Interest on (a) any asset (including shares) acquired or held by TR Finance or TRC to secure Debt of TR Finance or TRC incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, research, development or improvement of such asset or (b) shares of a Subsidiary organized solely to acquire any such asset;

 

  (iii)

the assumption by TR Finance or TRC of any Security Interest in existence on any asset at the time of acquisition thereof, including any such assumption consequent upon any amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other corporate reorganization;

 

  (iv)

TR Finance or TRC giving a Security Interest (other than on shares or fixed assets) in the ordinary course of TR Finance’s or a Guarantor’s business to any bank or banks or others to secure any Debt of TR Finance or TRC that is not a Funded Obligation; or

 

  (v)

the extension, renewal or refunding of any Security Interest permitted under subparagraphs (ii) to (iv) to the extent of the principal amount of Debt of TR Finance or TRC secured by and owing under any such Security Interest at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding.

Modification and Waiver

We and the Trustee may modify and amend each Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture that are affected by such modification or amendment; provided that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, among other things:

 

   

change the Stated Maturity of, the principal of (or premium, if any), or any installment of interest on any such Debt Security;

 

   

reduce the principal amount or the rate of interest on or any premium payable on any Debt Security;

 

   

change our obligation to pay Additional Amounts provided for pursuant to the applicable Indenture, with certain exceptions;

 

   

reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;

 

   

adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any such Debt Security;

 

   

change the Currency or Place of Payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, any such Debt Security;

 

   

reduce the above-stated percentage of Holders of such Outstanding Debt Securities necessary to modify or amend the applicable Indenture or to consent to any waiver thereunder (including a waiver of certain defaults);

 

   

with respect to the TR Finance Indenture, amend or modify the provisions of the TR Finance Indenture (i) governing the guarantee of TRC in a manner adverse to the rights of the Holders or (ii) governing the guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantors in a manner that reduces the terms and conditions of any obligations of the Subsidiary

 

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Guarantors in respect of the due and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, and interest of any TR Finance Debt Securities, provided, in each case, that this requirement shall not prohibit the release of any obligations of a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the TR Finance Indenture; or

 

   

modify the foregoing requirements with certain exceptions.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture affected thereby have the right to waive compliance by us with certain covenants.

We and the Trustee may modify and amend each Indenture without the consent of any Holder under the relevant Indenture, for any of the following purposes:

 

   

to evidence the succession of another Person to TRC as obligor under the TRC Indenture, or to TR Finance or a Guarantor as obligors under the TR Finance Indenture, subject to the provisions described under “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TRC Debt Securities” and “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TR Finance Debt Securities”, respectively;

 

   

to add to our covenants for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities;

 

   

to add additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities;

 

   

to add, change or eliminate any provisions of the applicable Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there are no Debt Securities Outstanding of any series created prior thereto under the applicable Indenture which are entitled to the benefit of such provision or any such addition, change or elimination shall not apply to any Outstanding Debt Security under the applicable Indenture;

 

   

to secure the Debt Securities pursuant to the provisions described under “— Negative Pledge for the TRC Debt Securities” or “— Negative Pledge for the TR Finance Debt Securities” and “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TRC Debt Securities” or “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TR Finance Debt Securities”, as applicable, or otherwise;

 

   

to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series;

 

   

to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the applicable Indenture by more than one Trustee;

 

   

to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the applicable Indenture or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the applicable Indentures, provided such action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Debt Securities of any series under the applicable Indenture in any material respect;

 

   

to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, form, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Debt Securities, other conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed, provided, however, such action shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Debt Securities of any series under the applicable Indenture in any material respect;

 

   

to supplement any of the provisions of the applicable Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of any series of Debt Securities, provided, however, such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture in any material respect; or

 

   

to comply with Trust Indenture Legislation, provided such action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Debt Securities of any series under the applicable Indenture in any material respect.

 

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Each Indenture provides that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities of a series then Outstanding under such Indenture have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver thereunder:

 

   

the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

   

the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Currency or Currencies other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Debt Securities were originally issued, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the issue date of such Original Issue Discount Security of the amount determined as provided in the first bullet above); and

 

   

Debt Securities owned by us or any other obligor or affiliate of ours or such other obligor shall be disregarded and not deemed to be Outstanding.

Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TRC Debt Securities

The TRC Indenture provides that TRC may not amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other Person and that TRC may not convey, transfer, sell or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

 

   

the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which TRC is merged or the Person which acquires or leases TRC’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety is organized or existing under the laws of any Canadian, United States, United Kingdom or country that is in the European Community jurisdiction and expressly assumes TRC’s obligations under the TRC Debt Securities and the TRC Indenture, and

 

   

certain other conditions are met.

In addition, no such amalgamation, consolidation, merger or transfer may be made if, as a result thereof, any of TRC’s property or assets would become subject to any mortgage or other encumbrance securing Debt, unless such mortgage or other encumbrance could be created pursuant to the provisions described under “— Negative Pledge for the TRC Debt Securities” without equally and ratably securing the TRC Debt Securities or unless the TRC Debt Securities are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, the Debt secured by such mortgage or other encumbrance.

Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TR Finance Debt Securities

The TR Finance Indenture provides that TR Finance may not amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other Person and that TR Finance may not convey, transfer, sell or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

 

   

the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which TR Finance is merged or the Person which acquires or leases TR Finance’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety is organized or existing under the laws of any Canadian, United States, United Kingdom or country that is in the European Community jurisdiction and expressly assumes the obligations of TR Finance under the TR Finance Debt Securities and the TR Finance Indenture, and

 

   

certain other conditions are met.

In addition, no such amalgamation, consolidation, merger or transfer may be made if, as a result thereof, any of TR Finance’s property or assets would become subject to any mortgage or other encumbrance securing Debt, unless such mortgage or other encumbrance could be created pursuant to the provisions described under “— Negative Pledge for the TR Finance Debt Securities” without equally and ratably securing the TR Finance Debt Securities or unless the TR Finance Debt Securities are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, the Debt secured by such mortgage or other encumbrance.

 

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The TR Finance Indenture provides that TRC may not amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other Person and that TRC may not convey, transfer, sell or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:

 

   

the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which TRC is merged or the Person which acquires or leases TRC’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety is organized or existing under the laws of any Canadian, United States, United Kingdom or country that is in the European Community jurisdiction and expressly assumes TRC’s obligations under the TR Finance Debt Securities and the TR Finance Indenture, and

 

   

certain other conditions are met.

In addition, no such amalgamation, consolidation, merger or transfer may be made if, as a result thereof, any of TRC’s property or assets would become subject to any mortgage or other encumbrance securing Debt, unless such mortgage or other encumbrance could be created pursuant to the provisions described under “— Negative Pledge for the TR Finance Debt Securities” without equally and ratably securing the TRC’s guarantee of the TR Finance Debt Securities or unless the TR Finance Debt Securities are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, the Debt secured by such mortgage or other encumbrance.

The TR Finance Indenture provides that no Subsidiary Guarantor may amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other Person and that no Subsidiary Guarantor may convey, transfer, sell or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person (other than a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person that is not TRC or a wholly-owned subsidiary of TRC, or any transaction which results in the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor no longer being a direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of TRC, as described under “— Guarantees of TR Finance Debt Securities”), unless:

 

   

the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires or leases the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety is organized or existing under the laws of any Canadian, United States, United Kingdom or country that is in the European Community jurisdiction and expressly assumes the obligations of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor under the TR Finance Debt Securities and the TR Finance Indenture, and

 

   

certain other conditions are met.

Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

We may discharge certain obligations to Holders of any series of Debt Securities issued under either Indenture which have not already been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee trust funds in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (if such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

We may, at our option and at any time, elect to have our obligations discharged with respect to the Outstanding Debt Securities of or within any series, which we refer to as defeasance. Defeasance means that we shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Debt Securities and to have satisfied our other obligations under the applicable Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities, except for:

 

   

the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Debt Securities to receive solely from the trust fund described below payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due;

 

   

our obligations with respect to such Debt Securities relating to the issuance of temporary securities, the registration, transfer and exchange of the Debt Securities, the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, the maintenance of an office or agency in the applicable Place of Payment, the holding of money for security payments in trust and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, pursuant to the applicable Indenture;

 

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the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee; and

 

   

the defeasance provisions of the applicable Indenture.

We may, at our option and at any time, elect to be released from our obligations with respect to certain covenants that are described in either Indenture (including those described under “— Negative Pledge for TRC Debt Securities” or “— Negative Pledge for TR Finance Debt Securities” and “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TRC Debt Securities” or “— Merger, Consolidation or Amalgamation for TR Finance Debt Securities”, as applicable), and we refer to this as “covenant defeasance,” and any omission to comply with such obligations thereafter shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default with respect to such Debt Securities.

In order to exercise either defeasance or covenant defeasance:

 

   

we must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities, cash, Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Outstanding Debt Securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity;

 

   

in the case of defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States stating that (x) we have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date of the trust indenture, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

 

   

in the case of covenant defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States to the effect that the Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;

 

   

in the case of defeasance or covenant defeasance, we shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in Canada or a ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency to the effect that Holders of such Outstanding Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal or provincial income tax or other tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, and will be subject to Canadian federal or provincial income tax and other tax including withholding tax, if any, on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

 

   

we have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the deposit referenced in the first bullet above will not cause the Trustee or the trust so created to be subject to the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that we are not an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, on the date of the deposit referred to in the first bullet above or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit.

If, after we have deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to any Debt Securities:

 

   

the Holder of any such Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to the terms of such Debt Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such Debt Security, or

 

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the Currency in which such deposit has been made in respect of any such Debt Security ceases to be used by its government of issuance, the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of such Debt Security into the Currency in which such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election or such cessation of usage based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate.

All payments of principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, on any Debt Security that is payable in a Currency other than U.S. dollars that ceases to be used by its government of issuance shall be made in U.S. dollars.

Payment of Principal and Interest and Paying Agents

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Indenture, principal (premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Debt Securities will be payable at an office or agency maintained by us in New York, New York, except that at our option, interest, if any, may be paid by:

 

   

check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or

 

   

wire transfer to an account located in the United States or Canada maintained by the person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.

Payment of any installment of interest on Debt Securities will be made to the Person in whose name such Debt Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any Paying Agent outside the United States and any other Paying Agent in the United States initially designated by us for the Debt Securities may be established for each series of Debt Securities. We may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for such series.

Resignation of Trustee

The Trustee may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and a successor Trustee may be appointed to act with respect to such series. In the event that two or more persons are acting as Trustee with respect to different series of Debt Securities, each such Trustee shall be a Trustee of a trust under the applicable Indenture separate and apart from the trust administered by any other such Trustee, and any action described herein to be taken by the “Trustee” may then be taken by each such Trustee with respect to, and only with respect to, the one or more series of Debt Securities for which it is Trustee.

Book-Entry Delivery and Form

The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary for a series of Debt Securities. Global Securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent form. Unless otherwise provided for a series of Debt Securities, Debt Securities that are represented by a Global Security will be issued in denominations of US$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof or in such other denominations as may be provided for by the terms of the Debt Securities of any particular series, and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. Payments of principal of (premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities represented by a Global Security will be made by the Trustee to the depositary or its nominee.

Governing Law

Each Indenture and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. Each Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

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Agent for Service of Process

Each Indenture provides that TRC has designated its subsidiary, Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc., as its authorized agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the applicable Indenture and the Debt Securities that may be instituted in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, or brought under United States federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee, and TRC has irrevocably submitted to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Definitions

Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the Indentures. Reference is made to the applicable Indenture for the full definition of all such terms, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

“Consolidated Shareholders’ Equity” means the aggregate of the stated capital accounts for all of TRC’s outstanding shares and the amount of our consolidated surplus, whether paid in, earned, or otherwise, as such consolidated surplus is shown on TRC’s then most recent audited consolidated balance sheet, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Debt” means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.

“Funded Obligation” means any Debt, the principal amount of which by its terms is not payable on demand and the due date of payment of which, after giving effect to any right of extension or renewal exercisable unilaterally on the part of the obligor, is more than 18 months from the date of the creation, issue or incurring of the same.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in Canada (or, if we hereafter determine to prepare our principal consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in the United States, such principles).

“Guarantee” means any guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation.

“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of TRC the revenues of which for the 12 months ending at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of such Subsidiary represent 5% or more of the revenues of TRC and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole for the 12 months ending at the end of TRC’s most recently completed fiscal year, or the gross assets of which as at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of such Subsidiary represent 5% or more of our gross assets taken as a whole as at the end of TRC’s most recently completed fiscal year, calculated in each case in accordance with GAAP.

“Subsidiary” means any corporation of which TRC or TR Finance, as applicable, at the time of determination, directly and/or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, own more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock of such corporation.

“Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended as in force at the date as of which a trust indenture was executed, except as provided in the applicable Indenture.

“Trust Indenture Legislation” means, at any time, statutory provisions relating to trust indentures and the rights, duties, and obligations of trustees under trust indentures and of corporations issuing debt obligations under trust indentures to the extent that such provisions are at such time in force and applicable to each Indenture, and at the date of the applicable Indenture means (i) in respect of Debt Securities offered solely in Canada and not concurrently in the United States, the applicable provisions of the OBCA and the regulations thereunder as amended or re-enacted from time to time, (ii) in respect of TR Finance Debt Securities, the Indenture Act and regulations thereunder, and (iii) in respect of TRC Debt Securities offered solely in the United States and not concurrently in Canada or offered concurrently in the United States and Canada, the Indenture Act and regulations thereunder.

“Voting Stock” means stock of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the Debt Securities:

 

   

through underwriters or dealers;

 

   

directly to one or more purchasers; or

 

   

through agents.

We may sell Debt Securities at fixed prices or at non-fixed prices, such as prices determined by reference to the prevailing price of the specified securities in a specified market, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices to be negotiated with purchasers, which prices may vary as between purchasers and during the period of distribution of the securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering of the Debt Securities including the name or names of any underwriters, the purchase price of such Debt Securities and the proceeds to us from such sale, any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation, any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers. Only underwriters so named in the prospectus supplement are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the Debt Securities offered thereby.

If underwriters are used in the sale, the Debt Securities may be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase such Debt Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the Debt Securities of the series offered through the applicable prospectus supplement if any of such Debt Securities are purchased. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

We may also sell Debt Securities directly at such prices and upon such terms as agreed to by us and the purchaser or through agents designated by us from time to time. Any agent involved in the offering and sale of the Debt Securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by us to such agent will be set forth, in the prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent is acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

We may agree to pay the underwriters a commission for various services relating to the issue and sale of the Debt Securities offered hereby.

In connection with any offering of the Debt Securities, the underwriters or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize or maintain the market price of the Debt Securities offered at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. These transactions, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of the Debt Securities may be entitled under agreements to be entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under securities legislation, or to contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof. These underwriters, dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of TRC, TR Finance or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, such issuers have been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the issuers of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the issuers in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the issuers will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Each series of the Debt Securities will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable prospectus supplement relating to a series of Debt Securities, the Debt Securities will not be listed on any securities or stock exchange or on any automated dealer quotation system. Some broker-dealers may make a market in the Debt Securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market-making activities at any time without notice. There may not be a trading market for the Debt Securities and no assurances can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market, if any, for the Debt Securities. See the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus.

 

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CERTAIN INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

A prospectus supplement may describe any material Canadian federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Debt Securities by an initial investor, including, to the extent applicable, any such consequences to an investor who is a resident of Canada (for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) and/or any such consequences to an investor who is not a resident of Canada (for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)).

A prospectus supplement may describe any material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Debt Securities by an initial investor, including, to the extent applicable, any such consequences relating to Debt Securities payable in a currency other than U.S. dollars, issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or containing any early redemption provisions or other special terms.

LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, certain legal matters relating to the Debt Securities offered by this prospectus, including their validity, and legal matters related to TRC, TR Finance and Thomson Reuters Applications will be passed upon on our behalf by Torys LLP, Toronto, Canada and New York, New York. Certain Minnesota law matters related to West Publishing will be passed upon by Fredrikson & Byron, P. A. and certain Texas law matters related to Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting will be passed upon by Holland & Knight LLP.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to TRC’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2021 (which also constitutes an annual information form) have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents have been filed with the SEC as part of the joint registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 of which this prospectus is a part:

 

   

the documents referred to in the “Documents Incorporated by Reference” section of this prospectus;

 

   

consent of independent registered public accounting firm;

 

   

consents and opinions of counsel;

 

   

powers of attorney from our directors and officers;

 

   

the TRC Indenture relating to the TRC Debt Securities;

 

   

the form of TR Finance Indenture relating to the TR Finance Debt Securities; and

 

   

a statement of eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee for the TRC Indenture and the TR Finance Indenture, on Form T-1.

EXPENSES

The following are the estimated expenses of the offering of the Debt Securities being registered under the joint registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 of which this prospectus is a part, all of which has been or will be paid by us.

 

SEC registration fee

   $ 278,100  

Exchange listing fees (if any)

     *  

Blue sky fees and expenses (if any)

     *  

Trustee and indenture-related fees

     *  

Printing and engraving costs

     *  

Legal fees and expenses

     *  

Accounting fees and expenses

     *  

Miscellaneous

     *  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ *  
  

 

 

 

 

*

The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the estimated aggregate amount of expenses payable in respect of any offering of Debt Securities.

 

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FORM F-10

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO

OFFEREES OR PURCHASERS

Indemnification of Directors or Officers.

The directors of Thomson Reuters Corporation (“TRC”) are indemnified by TRC to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

Under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “OBCA”), a corporation may indemnify a director or officer of the corporation, a former director or officer of the corporation or another individual who acts or acted at the corporation’s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the corporation or other entity, if the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the corporation’s request, and, in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. Any such individual is entitled to indemnification from a corporation as a matter of right in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with the defence of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding to which the individual is subject because of the individual’s association with the corporation or other entity if the individual was not judged by a court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that he or she ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set forth above.

Pursuant to its organizational documents, TRC is required to indemnify the individuals referred to above and the heirs and legal representatives of such individuals to the extent permitted by the OBCA.

TRC maintains, at its expense, a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that provides protection for its directors and officers against liability incurred by them in their capacities as such. This policy provides for a limit of up to $100 million for each claim and $100 million in the aggregate and that there is no deductible for this coverage. The insurance applies in certain circumstances where TRC may not indemnify its directors and officers for their acts or omissions.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling TRC pursuant to the applicable provisions described above, TRC has been informed that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

 

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EXHIBITS TO FORM F-10

The following exhibits have been filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement on Form F-10:

 

Exhibit 

  

Description

4.1*    Annual report of TRC dated March 10, 2022, for the year ended December  31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2022)
4.2*    Audited consolidated financial statements of TRC and the notes thereto for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, together with the accompanying auditor’s report thereon (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2022)
4.3*    Management’s discussion and analysis of TRC for the year ended December  31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2022)
4.4*    Unaudited consolidated financial statements of TRC and the notes thereto for the three months ended March  31, 2022 (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission on May 5, 2022)
4.5*    Management’s discussion and analysis of TRC for the three months ended March  31, 2022 (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission on May 5, 2022)
4.6*    Management proxy circular of TRC dated April 18, 2022 relating to TRC’s annual meeting of shareholders held on June  8, 2022 (incorporated by reference to TRC’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2022)
5.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
5.2    Consent of Torys LLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.3 to Form F-3 (filed concurrently))
6.1    Powers of attorney (included on the signature pages to this Form F-10)
7.1*    Amended and Restated Indenture dated December  21, 2010 (TRC Debt Securities) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7.1 of TRC’s Form F-10 (File No.  333-225722) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2018)
7.2*    Form of Indenture (TR Finance Debt Securities – Guaranteed by TRC and Subsidiary Guarantors) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7.2 of TRC’s Form F-10/A (File No. 333-239390) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2020)
8.1    Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for the TRC and TR Finance Indentures, on Form T-1
107    Filing Fee Table

* Previously filed or incorporated by reference herein.

Additional exhibits to this Registration Statement may be subsequently filed in reports on Form 40-F or Form 6-K that specifically state that such materials are incorporated by reference as exhibits in this Registration Statement.


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FORM F-10

PART III

UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

Item 1. Undertaking

The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to the securities registered pursuant to this Form F-10 or to transactions in said securities.

Item 2. Consent to Service of Process

(a) At the time of filing of this Form F-10, the Registrant is filing with the Commission a written irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.

(b) At the time of filing of this Form F-10, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, a non-U.S. Trustee under the Indenture, is filing with the Commission a written irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.

(c) Any change to the name or address of the agent for service of the Registrant or Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as a non-U.S. Trustee, shall be communicated promptly to the Commission by amendment to Form F-X referencing the file number of this Registration Statement.

 

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FORM F-10

SIGNATURES OF THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-10 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Steve Hasker

  Name:   Steve Hasker
  Title:   President and Chief Executive
Officer

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Hasker, Michael Eastwood, Thomas Kim and Jennifer Ruddick, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

Signature

  

Title

    

/s/ Steve Hasker

    

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

(principal executive officer)

Steve Hasker  

/s/ Michael Eastwood

    

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

Michael Eastwood  

/s/ Linda J. Walker

Linda J. Walker

    

Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

(principal accounting officer)

/s/ David Thomson

    

Chairman of the Board of Directors

David Thomson  

 

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Signature

  

Title

/s/ Kirk E. Arnold

    

Director

Kirk E. Arnold  

/s/ David W. Binet

    

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

David W. Binet  

/s/ W. Edmund Clark

    

Director

W. Edmund Clark  

/s/ LaVerne Council

    

Director

LaVerne Council

 

/s/ Michael E. Daniels

    

Director

Michael E. Daniels  

/s/ Kirk Koenigsbauer

    

Director

Kirk Koenigsbauer  

/s/ Deanna Oppenheimer

    

Director

Deanna Oppenheimer  

/s/ Simon Paris

    

Director

Simon Paris  

/s/ Kim M. Rivera

    

Director

Kim M. Rivera  

/s/ Barry Salzberg

    

Director

Barry Salzberg  

/s/ Peter J. Thomson

    

Director

Peter J. Thomson  

/s/ Beth Wilson

    

Director

Beth Wilson  

 

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AUTHORIZED UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form F-10 has been signed below by the undersigned, solely in its capacity as Thomson Reuters Corporation’s duly authorized representative in the United States, on this 10th day of June 2022.

 

THOMSON REUTERS HOLDINGS INC.

By:

 

/s/ Linda J. Walker

 

Name: Linda J. Walker

 

Title:    Chief Financial Officer

 

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FORM F-3

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 8.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

TR Finance LLC

TR Finance LLC (“TR Finance”) was formed as a limited liability company under the laws of Delaware.

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever.

The limited liability company agreement of TR Finance provides that no director or officer shall have any personal liability to TR Finance, any member or any other director or officer on account of such director’s or officer’s status as a director or officer or by reason of such director’s or officer’s acts or omissions in connection with the conduct of the business of TR Finance; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not protect any director or officer against any liability to TR Finance, the members or the other directors or officers to which such director or officer would otherwise be subject by reason of any act or omission of such director or officer that involves actual fraud or willful misconduct or any transaction from which such director or officer derived improper personal benefit.

The limited liability company agreement of TR Finance further provides that TR Finance shall indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer, and the affiliates of any director or officer (each an “Indemnified Person”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities (including, but not limited to, any investigation, legal and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit, proceeding or claim) of any kind or nature whatsoever that such Indemnified Person may at any time become subject to or liable for by reason of the formation, operation or termination of TR Finance, or the Indemnified Person’s acting as a director or officer, or the authorized actions of such Indemnified Person in connection with the conduct of the affairs of TR Finance (including, without limitation, indemnification against negligence, gross negligence or breach of duty); provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification if and to the extent that the liability otherwise to be indemnified for results from (A) any act or omission of such Indemnified Person that involves actual fraud or willful misconduct or (B) any transaction from which such Indemnified Person derived improper personal benefit. Each Indemnified Person shall have a claim against the property and assets of TR Finance for payment of any indemnity amounts from time to time due hereunder, which amounts shall be paid or properly reserved for prior to the making of distributions by TR Finance to the members. Costs and expenses that are subject to indemnification under the limited liability company agreement shall, at the request of any Indemnified Person, be advanced by TR Finance to or on behalf of such Indemnified Person prior to final resolution of a matter, so long as such Indemnified Person shall have provided TR Finance with a written undertaking to reimburse TR Finance for all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification under the limited liability company agreement.

 

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The limited liability company agreement of TR Finance further provides that TR Finance shall indemnify an Indemnified Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the directors; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her reasonable counsel fees with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person to enforce his or her right to indemnity or advancement of expenses to the extent the Indemnified Person is successful on the merits in such proceeding (or part thereof). TR Finance may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director or officer of TR Finance or another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not TR Finance would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.

Thomson Reuters Applications Inc. (“Thomson Reuters Applications”) is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to such corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The bylaws of Thomson Reuters Applications provide that Thomson Reuters Applications shall indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (a “Proceeding”), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of Thomson Reuters Applications to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of Thomson Reuters Applications, or is or was serving in any capacity at the request of Thomson Reuters Applications for any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (an “Other Entity”), against judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including attorney’s fees and disbursements).

 

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The bylaws of Thomson Reuters Applications further provide that Thomson Reuters Applications shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any director or officer or other person entitled to indemnification under the bylaws the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that, if required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding only upon a receipt by Thomson Reuters Applications of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer (or other person indemnified under the bylaws), to repay any such amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further rights of appeal that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

Thomson Reuters Applications may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of Thomson Reuters Applications, or is or was serving at the request of Thomson Reuters Applications as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not Thomson Reuters Applications would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the indemnity provisions of the bylaws, the certificate of incorporation or under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other provision of law.

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. (“Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting”) is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Texas.

Pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”), controlling persons, directors or officers of a corporation formed under the laws of Texas may be insured or indemnified against liability which may be incurred in their capacities as such. The following paragraphs describe the general effect of certain provisions of Chapter 8 of the TBOC and are qualified in their entirety by reference to Chapter 8 of the Texas Business Organizations Code.

 

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Under Section 8.101 of TBOC, a corporation or limited partnership (an “enterprise”), and a predecessor to any such enterprise may indemnify a person serving as part of the governing authority (including the board of directors, general partners, managers, members) of the enterprise (a “governing person”), a former governing person, or a person who, while serving as a governing person of the enterprise, is or was serving at the enterprise’s request as a representative of another enterprise, organization, or employee benefits plan (a “delegate”) who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding against judgment and reasonable expenses (including court costs, penalties, settlements, fines, excise and similar taxes, and reasonable attorney’s fees) actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that (a) the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith, reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in the best interest of the enterprise (or, if not acting in the person’s official capacity, at least not opposed to the best interests of the enterprise), and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, has no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, (b) expenses (other than a judgment) are reasonable, and (c) indemnification should be paid. Under Section 8.102 of the TBOC, indemnification of a person who is found liable to the enterprise or is found liable because the person improperly received a personal benefit, is limited to reasonable expenses (including court costs, settlements, and reasonable attorney’s fees, but excluding judgments, penalties, fines, excise and similar taxes) actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding. Section 8.102 of the TBOC prohibits an enterprise from indemnifying any such person in respect of any such proceeding in which the person is found liable (as established by a non-appealable court order) for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person’s duties to the enterprise, breach of the person’s duty of loyalty owed to the enterprise, or an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by such person to the enterprise. Under Section 8.105 of the TBOC, an enterprise may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, agent, or other person that is not a governing person as provided by (i) the enterprise’s governing documents, (ii) general or specific action of the enterprise’s board of directors or other governing authority, (iii) resolution of the enterprise’s owners or members, (iv) contract, or (v) common law. A person who is not a governing person also may seek indemnification or advancement of expenses to the same extent that a governing person may seek indemnification or advancement under Chapter 8 of the TBOC. Section 8.105 of the TBOC also provides that an enterprise may pay or reimburse, in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding and on terms the enterprise considers appropriate, reasonable expenses incurred by a former governing person or delegate, or present or former employee, agent, officer or other person that is not a governing person, who was or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

An enterprise is required by Sections 8.051 and 8.105 of the TBOC to indemnify a governing person, former governing person, delegate, or officer against reasonable expenses (including court costs, judgments, penalties, settlements, fines, excise and similar taxes, and reasonable attorney’s fees) actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding in which the person is a named defendant or respondent due to the fact that the person is or was in that governing position if the person has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. Under Section 8.052 of the TBOC, on application and after notice is provided, a court may order an enterprise to indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate to the extent the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, without regard to whether the governing person, former governing person, or delegate applying to the court satisfies the requirements of Section 8.101 of the TBOC or has been found liable to the enterprise or for improperly receiving a personal benefit whether or not resulting from action taken in such person’s official capacity; however, if the person is found liable to the enterprise or is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by the person, the indemnification will be limited to reasonable expenses (including court costs, judgments, penalties, settlements, fines, excise and similar taxes, and reasonable attorney’s fees).

 

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Under Section 8.151 of the TBOC, an enterprise may purchase or procure or establish and maintain insurance or another arrangement to indemnify or hold harmless an existing or former governing person, delegate, officer, employee, or agent against liability asserted against or incurred by the person in that capacity or arising out of the person’s status in that capacity, without regard to whether the enterprise otherwise would have had the power to indemnify the person against that liability under Chapter 8 of the TBOC, subject to certain conditions. Additionally, an enterprise may also take certain other steps for the benefit of the persons to be indemnified by the entreprise such as creating a trust fund, establishing self-insurance, granting a security interest or other lien on the enterprise’s assets to secure the indemnity obligation, or establishing a letter of credit, guaranty, or surety arrangement.

Under Section 8.104 of the TBOC, an enterprise may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses (including court costs, judgments, penalties, settlements, fines, excise and similar taxes, and reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by a present governing person or delegate who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding without making the determination required under Section 8.101(a) after the enterprise’s receipt of a written affirmation by the person of the person’s good faith belief that the person has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and a receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if the final determination is that the person has not met that standard or that indemnification is prohibited under Section 8.102 of the TBOC. Subject to Section 8.003 of the TBOC and to the extent consistent with law, Section 8.105 of the TBOC provides that an enterprise may advance expenses to an officer, employee, agent, or other person that is not a governing person as provided by (i) the enterprise’s governing documents, (ii) general or specific action of the enterprise’s board of directors or other governing authority, (iii) resolution of the enterprise’s owners or members, (iv) contract, or (v) common law.

Under Section 8.106 of the TBOC, an enterprise may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a governing person, officer, employee, agent, delegate, or other person in connection with that person’s appearance as a witness or other participant in a proceeding at a time when the person is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

Under Section 8.003 of the TBOC, the circumstances in which an enterprise may or is required to indemnify, or may advance expenses to, a person under the TBOC may be restricted by the enterprise’s governing document.

The articles of incorporation of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting provide that a director shall not be liable to Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in the director’s capacity as a director.

The bylaws of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting provide that no director or officer shall have any personal liability to Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director or by such officer as an officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, and (iii) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

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The bylaws of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting further provide that Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting shall indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, or is or was serving in any capacity at the request of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting for any Other Entity, against judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including attorney’s fees and disbursements).

The bylaws of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting further provide that Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting shall, from time to time, reimburse or, upon application, advance to any director or officer or other person entitled to indemnification under the bylaws the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that, if required by the Texas Business Corporation Act, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding only upon a receipt by Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer (or other person indemnified under the bylaws), to repay any such amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further rights of appeal that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, or is or was serving at the request of Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the indemnity provisions of the bylaws, the certificate of incorporation or under the Texas Business Corporation Act or any other provision of law.

West Publishing Corporation

Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes requires, among other things, the indemnification of persons made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in their official capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of West Publishing Corporation (“West Publishing”) against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys’ fees) if such person is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit and the Minnesota Statute provisions relating to director conflicts of interest (if applicable) have been satisfied, reasonably believed that such conduct was in the best interests of West Publishing or, in the case of certain acts or omissions, reasonably believed that such conduct was not opposed to the best interests of West Publishing, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful. In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by West Publishing, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances (a) if West Publishing receives a written affirmation from the person of a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification have been satisfied and a written undertaking by the person to repay all amounts so paid or reimbursed by West Publishing if it is ultimately determined that the criteria for indemnification have not been satisfied and (b) a determination that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification. West Publishing also maintains an insurance policy to assist in funding indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities. These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers and directors for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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The bylaws of West Publishing provide that West Publishing shall, to the extent not prohibited by law, indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of West Publishing to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of West Publishing, or is or was serving in any capacity at the request of West Publishing for any Other Entity, against judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charged and expenses (including attorney’s fees and disbursements.

The bylaws of West Publishing further provide that West Publishing shall, from time to time, reimburse or, upon application, advance to any director or officer or other person entitled to indemnification under the bylaws the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that, if required by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding only upon a receipt by West Publishing of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer (or other person indemnified under the bylaws), to repay any such amount so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further rights of appeal that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

West Publishing may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of West Publishing, or is or was serving at the request of West Publishing as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not West Publishing would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the indemnity provisions of the bylaws, the certificate of incorporation or under Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes or any other provision of law.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling TR Finance, Thomson Reuters Applications, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting or West Publishing pursuant to the applicable provisions described above, each of these registrants has been informed that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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Item 9.    EXHIBITS

The following exhibits have been filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement on Form F-3:

 

Exhibit            

  

Description

1.1*    Underwriting Agreement
4.1    Form of Indenture (TR Finance Debt Securities – Guaranteed by TRC and Subsidiary Guarantors) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7.2 to Form F-10 (filed concurrently))
4.2*    Form of Note
5.3    Opinion of Torys LLP, as to the validity of the Debt Securities
5.4    Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
5.5    Opinion of Holland & Knight LLP
22.1    List of Subsidiary Issuers and Guarantors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 22.1 of the joint registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-239392) and Form F-10 (File No. 333-239390) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2020 by TRC, TR Finance and the Subsidiary Guarantors)
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to Form F-10 (filed concurrently))
23.2    Consent of Torys LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.3 to this Form F-3)
23.3    Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.4 to this Form F-3)
23.4    Consent of Holland & Knight LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.5 to this Form F-3)
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Form F-3)
25.1    Statement of Eligibility of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for the TRC and TR Finance Indentures, on Form T-1 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to Form F-10 (filed concurrently))
107    Filing Fee Table (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 107 to Form F-10 (filed concurrently))

 

*

To be filed in a report on Form 6-K in connection with an offering hereunder.

Item 10.    UNDERTAKINGS

(a)    The undersigned F-3 Registrants (each, a “F-3 Registrant” and collectively, the “F-3 Registrants”) hereby undertakes:

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by or on behalf of the F-3 Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by a F-3 Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this Registration Statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus

 

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that is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; and

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of a F-3 Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: each undersigned F-3 Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of such undersigned F-3 Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, such undersigned F-3 Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned F-3 Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of such undersigned F-3 Registrant or used or referred to by such undersigned F-3 Registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about such undersigned F-3 Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of such undersigned F-3 Registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by such undersigned F-3 Registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned F-3 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of an annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) by or on behalf of the F-3 Registrant that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the F-3 Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such Registrants have been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the F-3 Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the F-3 Registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the F-3 Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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FORM F-3

SIGNATURES OF TR FINANCE LLC

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carrollton, State of Texas, on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

TR FINANCE LLC
By:  

/s/ Erin C. Brown

  Name:  Erin C. Brown
  Title:     President

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Hasker, Michael Eastwood, Thomas Kim and Linda J. Walker, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and any post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Erin C. Brown

Erin C. Brown

       President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Linda J. Walker

Linda J. Walker

       Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Director

/s/ Sean Cannizzaro

Sean Cannizzaro

       Director

/s/ Karen Hirsh

Karen Hirsh

       Director

 

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FORM F-3

SIGNATURES OF THOMSON REUTERS APPLICATIONS INC.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Eagan, State of Minnesota, on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

THOMSON REUTERS APPLICATIONS INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Paul Fischer

  Name:     Paul Fischer
  Title:   President

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Hasker, Michael Eastwood, Thomas Kim and Linda J. Walker, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and any post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Paul Fischer

Paul Fischer

       President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David Hindt

David Hindt

       Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Sean Cannizzaro

Sean Cannizzaro

       Director

/s/ Linda J. Walker

Linda J. Walker

       Director

/s/ Karen Hirsh

Karen Hirsh

       Director

 

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FORM F-3

SIGNATURES OF THOMSON REUTERS (TAX & ACCOUNTING) INC.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carrollton, State of Texas, on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

THOMSON REUTERS (TAX &
ACCOUNTING) INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Peccarelli

 

Name:

 

Brian Peccarelli

 

Title:

 

President

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Hasker, Michael Eastwood, Thomas Kim and Linda J. Walker, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and any post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Brian Peccarelli

Brian Peccarelli

       President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

       Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Sean Cannizzaro

Sean Cannizzaro

       Director

/s/ Linda J. Walker

Linda J. Walker

       Director

/s/ Karen Hirsh

Karen Hirsh

       Director

 

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FORM F-3

SIGNATURES OF WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Eagan, State of Minnesota, on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION

 

By:

 

/s/ Paul Fischer

 

Name:

 

Paul Fischer

 

Title:

 

President

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steve Hasker, Michael Eastwood, Thomas Kim and Linda J. Walker, or any of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and any post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 10th day of June 2022.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Paul Fischer

Paul Fischer

       President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David Hindt

David Hindt

       Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Sean Cannizzaro

Sean Cannizzaro

       Director

/s/ Linda J. Walker

Linda J. Walker

       Director

/s/ Karen Hirsh

Karen Hirsh

       Director

 

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1 to Form F-10

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-10 of Thomson Reuters Corporation and on Form F-3 of TR Finance LLC of our report dated March 10, 2022 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Exhibit 99.1 of Thomson Reuters Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

June 10, 2022

EX-8.1

Exhibit 8.1 to Form F-10

(Exhibit 25.1 to Form F-3)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

(formerly BANKERS TRUST COMPANY)

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

NEW YORK   13-4941247

(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or

organization if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

60 WALL STREET  
NEW YORK, NEW YORK   10005
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Attention: Mirko Mieth

Legal Department

1 Columbus Circle, 19th Floor

New York, New York 10019

(212) 250 – 1663

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   98-0176673

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

333 Bay Street, Suite 300  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada   M5H 2R2
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

TR FINANCE LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   84-3786645

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

610 Opperman Drive  
Eagan, Minnesota   55123
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Co-Registrant as Specified in its Charter

 

I.R.S.

Employer
Identification

No.

 

State or Other

Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or

Organization

 

Address and Telephone

Number of Principal

Executive Offices

Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.   74-3053016   Delaware  

610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.   75-1297386   Texas  

2395 Midway Road Carrollton, Texas 75006

(800) 327-8829

West Publishing Corporation   41-1426973   Minnesota  

610 Opperman Drive

Eagan, Minnesota 55123

(651) 687-7000

 

 

Debt Securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation

Debt Securities of TR Finance LLC

Guarantees of Debt Securities of TR Finance LLC

(Title of the Indenture securities)

 

 

 


Item 1. General Information.
    Furnish the following information as to the trustee.
    (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
    Name    Address
    Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District)    New York, NY
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C.
    New York State Banking Department    Albany, NY
    (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
      Yes.   
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.
    If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.
    NA   
Item 3. -15.   Not Applicable   
Item 16.       List of Exhibits.   

 

Exhibit 1 -    Restated Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated August 31, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 25, 1998; Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated December 18, 1998;Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated September 3, 1999; and Certificate of Amendment of the Organization Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated March 14, 2002, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 2 -    Certificate of Authority to commence business, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 3 -    Authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 4 -    A copy of existing By-Laws of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated April 29, 2021 (see attached).
Exhibit 5 -    Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 -    Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of the Act, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 333-201810.
Exhibit 7 -    A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
Exhibit 8 -    Not Applicable.
Exhibit 9 -    Not Applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on this 10th day of June, 2022.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
       By:  

/s/ Irina Golovahshcuk

        Name:   Irina Golovashchuk
        Title:   Vice President


Exhibit 4

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Company”) shall be held in the City of New York within the State of New York within the first four months of the Company’s fiscal year, on such date and at such time and place as the board of directors of the Company (“Board of Directors” or “Board”) may designate in the call or in a waiver of notice thereof, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 1.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Company may be called by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or by the Secretary upon the written request of the holders of record of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, at such times. If for a period of thirteen months after the last annual meeting, there is a failure to elect a sufficient number of directors to conduct the business of the Company, the Board of Directors shall call a special meeting for the election of directors within two weeks after the expiration of such period; otherwise, holders of record of ten percent (10%) of the shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote in an election of directors may, in writing, demand the call of a special meeting at the office of the Company for the election of directors, specifying the date and month thereof, but not less than two nor more than three months from the date of such call. At any such special meeting called on demand of stockholders, the stockholders attending, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote in an election of directors shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors, but not for the transaction of any other business.

Section 1.03. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time, place and purpose of every meeting of stockholders shall be delivered personally or mailed not less than 10 nor more than 50 days before the date of such meeting (or any other action) to each stockholder of record entitled to vote, at his post office address appearing upon the records of the Company or at such other address as shall be furnished in writing by him to the Secretary of the Company for such purpose. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law or by these By-Laws. Any meeting may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy, or if notice is waived in writing, either before or after the meeting, by those not present.

Section 1.04. Quorum. The holders of record of at least a majority of the shares of the stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Company’s Organization Certificate or by these By-Laws, constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders; if there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall have been obtained.

Section 1.05. Organization of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board or, if he is not present, by the President or, if he is not present, by a chairman to be chosen at the meeting. The Secretary of the Company, or in his absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, if present.

 

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Section 1.06. Voting. At each meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Company’s Organization Certificate or these By-Laws, every holder of record of stock entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of such stock standing in his name on the records of the Company. Elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast thereat and, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Company’s Organization Certificate or these By-Laws, all other action shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting.

At all elections of directors, the voting shall be by ballot or in such other manner as may be determined by the stockholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote at such election.

Section 1.07. Action by Consent. Except as may otherwise be provided in the Company’s Organization Certificate, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if, prior to such action, a written consent or consents thereto, setting forth such action, is signed by all the holders of record of shares of the stock of the Company, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 2.01. Chairman of the Board. Following the election of the Board of Directors at each annual meeting, the elected Board shall appoint one of its members as Chairman. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders, and he shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Lead Independent Director. Following the election of the Board of Directors at each annual meeting, the elected Board may appoint one of its independent members as its Lead Independent Director. When the Chairman of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Lead Independent Director, if there be one, shall preside.

Section 2.03. Director Emeritus. The Board of Directors may from time to time elect one or more Directors Emeritus. Each Director Emeritus shall be elected for a term expiring on the date of the regular meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting. No Director Emeritus shall be considered a “director” for purposes of these By-Laws or for any other purpose.

Section 2.04. Powers, Number, Quorum, Term, Vacancies, Removal. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Company’s Organization Certificate or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

The number of directors may be changed by a resolution passed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors or by a vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the shares of stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, but at all times the Board of Directors must consist of not less than seven nor more than thirty directors. No more than one-third of the directors shall be active officers or employees of the Company. At least one-half of the directors must be citizens of the United States at the time of their election and during their continuance in office.

 

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Except as otherwise required by law, rule or regulation, or by the Company’s Organization Certificate, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, or such committee, as applicable. Any one or more members of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of a conference telephone or video, or other similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting. Whether or not a quorum shall be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time; notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment, but if the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced, no additional notice shall be required to be given to the directors present at the time of adjournment.

Directors shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors shall have been elected and shall have qualified. Director vacancies not exceeding one-third of the whole number of the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and the directors so elected shall hold office for the balance of the unexpired term.

Any one or more of the directors of the Company may be removed either with or without cause at any time by a vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the shares of stock of the Company, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, and thereupon the term of the director or directors who shall have been so removed shall forthwith terminate and there shall be a vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors, to be filled by a vote of the stockholders as provided in these By-Laws.

Section 2.05. Meetings, Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of New York, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board, or as may be specified in the call or in a waiver of notice thereof. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors and its Executive Committee shall be held as often as may be required under applicable law, and special meetings may be held at any time upon the call of two directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President, by oral, telegraphic or written notice duly served on or sent or mailed to each director not less than two days before such meeting. Any meeting may be held without notice, if all directors are present, or if notice is waived in writing, either before or after the meeting, by those not present.

Section 2.06. Compensation. The Board of Directors may determine, from time to time, the amount of compensation, which shall be paid to its members. The Board of Directors shall also have power, in its discretion, to allow a fixed sum and expenses for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board, or of any committee of the Board. The Board of Directors shall also have power, in its discretion, to provide for and pay to directors rendering services to the Company not ordinarily rendered by directors, as such, special compensation appropriate to the value of such services, as determined by the Board from time to time.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

Section 3.01. Executive Committee. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board who shall be appointed annually by resolution adopted by the majority of the entire Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee. In his

 

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absence, the Chief Executive Officer or, in his absence, the President or any Co-President or, in their absence, such other member of the Executive Committee as the Executive Committee from time to time may designate shall preside at such meetings.    

Section 3.02. Audit and Fiduciary Committee. There shall be an Audit and Fiduciary Committee appointed annually by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors which shall consist of such number of independent directors, as may from time to time be fixed by the Audit and Fiduciary Committee charter adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.03. Other Committees. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any other Committees as may seem necessary, and from time to time to suspend or continue the powers and duties of such Committees. Each Committee appointed pursuant to this Article shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.04. Limitations. No committee shall have the authority as to the following matters: (i) the submission to stockholders of any action that needs stockholders’ authorization under New York Banking Law; (ii) the filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors or in any such committee; (iii) the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board of Directors or on any committee; (iv) the amendment or repeal of these By-Laws, or the adoption of new by-laws; (v) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its terms shall not be so amendable or repealable; or (vi) the taking of action which is expressly required by any provision of New York Banking Law to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or by a specified proportion of the directors.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.01. Titles and Election. The officers of the Company, who shall be chosen by the Board of Directors within twenty-five days after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall be a President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, and a General Auditor. The Board of Directors from time to time may elect one or more Managing Directors, Directors, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, and may define their powers and duties. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.

Section 4.02. Terms of Office. Each officer shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.

Section 4.03. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 4.05. Vacancies. If the office of any officer or agent becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise, the Board of Directors may choose a successor, who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

 

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Section 4.06. President. The President shall have general authority to exercise all the powers necessary for the President of the Company. In the absence of the Chairman and the Lead Independent Director, the President shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders. The President shall have the power to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts, agreements and instruments of the Company, and he shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be incident to the office of the president of a corporation and as from time to time may otherwise be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.07. Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties usual to the chief executive officer and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall have general management and control of the affairs and business of the Company; he shall appoint and discharge employees and agents of the Company (other than officers elected by the Board of Directors); he shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect; he shall have the power to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts, agreements and instruments of the Company, and he shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be incident to the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation and as from time to time may otherwise be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.08. Chief Risk Officer. The Chief Risk Officer shall have the responsibility for the risk management and monitoring of the Company. The Chief Risk Officer shall have the power to execute bonds, notes, mortgages and other contracts, agreements and instruments of the Company, and he shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be incident to his office and as from time to time may otherwise be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.09. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the responsibility for reporting to the Board of Directors on the financial condition of the Company, preparing and submitting all financial reports required by applicable law, and preparing annual financial statements of the Company and coordinating with qualified third party auditors to ensure such financial statements are audited in accordance with applicable law.

Section 4.10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys, and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company, in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the directors whenever they may require it an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Company.

Section 4.11. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of proceedings in records or books to be kept for that purpose. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be incident to the office of the secretary of a corporation and as from time to time may otherwise be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall have and be the custodian of the stock records and all other books, records and papers of the Company (other than financial) and shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law are properly kept and filed.

Section 4.12. General Auditor. The General Auditor shall be responsible, through the Audit and Fiduciary Committee, to the Board of Directors for the determination of the program of the

 

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internal audit function and the evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal controls. Subject to the Board of Directors, the General Auditor shall have and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties usual to such office and shall have such other powers as may be prescribed or assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or vested in him by law or by these By-Laws. He shall perform such other duties and shall make such investigations, examinations and reports as may be prescribed or required by the Audit and Fiduciary Committee. The General Auditor shall have unrestricted access to all records and premises of the Company and shall delegate such authority to his subordinates. He shall have the duty to report to the Audit and Fiduciary Committee on all matters concerning the internal audit program and the adequacy of the system of internal controls of the Company which he deems advisable or which the Audit and Fiduciary Committee may request.

Section 4.13. Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents. If chosen, the Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, exercise all of the powers and duties of the President. Such Managing Directors, Directors and Vice Presidents shall have the power to execute bonds, notes, mortgages and other contracts, agreements and instruments of the Company, and they shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be incident to their respective offices and as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 4.14. Duties of Officers may be Delegated. In case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Company, or for any other reason that the Board may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

Section 5.01. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Company. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, and subject to applicable law, the Company shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding (other than one by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor), whether civil or criminal, including an action by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company served in any capacity at the request of the Company, by reason of the fact that such person, his or her testator or intestate, was a director or officer of the Company, or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which such person reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and had no reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 5.02. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, and subject to applicable law, the Company shall indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person, his or her testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, of any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,

 

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against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, or in connection with an appeal therein, if such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or, in the case of service for any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification under this Section 5.02 shall be made in respect of (a) a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (b) any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement amount and expenses as the court deems proper.

Section 5.03. Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article V (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only if authorized in the specific case (i) by the Board acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding upon a finding that the director or officer has met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be; or (ii) if a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, (x) by the Board upon the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be, has been met by such director or officer; or (y) by the stockholders upon a finding that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be. A person who has been successful on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of a civil or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in Sections 5.01 or 5.02, shall be entitled to indemnification as authorized in such section.

Section 5.04. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 5.03, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, or to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Company or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Company or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Company or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Company or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 5.04 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be.

Section 5.05. Serving an Employee Benefit Plan on behalf of the Company. For the purpose of this Article V, the Company shall be deemed to have requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person of his duties to the Company also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered fines; and action taken or omitted by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of such person’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such person to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

Section 5.06. Indemnification upon Application to a Court. Notwithstanding the failure of the Company to provide indemnification and despite any contrary resolution of the Board or stockholders under Section 5.03, or in the event that no determination has been made within ninety

 

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days after receipt of the Company of a written claim therefor, upon application to a court by a director or officer, indemnification shall be awarded by a court to the extent authorized in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02. Such application shall be upon notice to the Company. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 5.03 nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct.

Section 5.07. Expenses Payable in Advance. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, and subject to applicable law, expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount (i) if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Article V, (ii) where indemnification is granted, to the extent expenses so advanced by the Company or allowed by a court exceed the indemnification to which such person is entitled and (iii) upon such other terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate. Any such advancement of expenses shall be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by the Board acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding, or (ii) if a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, (x) by the Board upon the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel or (y) by the stockholders and, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to revoke at any time any approval previously granted in respect of any such request for the advancement of expenses or to, in its sole and absolute discretion, impose limits or conditions in respect of any such approval.

Section 5.08. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses granted pursuant to, or provided by, this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled whether contained in the Company’s Organization Certificate, these By-Laws or, when authorized by the Organization Certificate or these By-Laws, (i) a resolution of stockholders, (ii) a resolution of directors, or (iii) an agreement providing for such indemnification, provided that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled. Nothing contained in this Article V shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

Section 5.09. Insurance. Subject to the other provisions of this Article V, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance (in a single contract or supplement thereto, but not in a retrospective rated contract): (i) to indemnify the Company for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of directors and officers under the provisions of this Article V, (ii) to indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Article V and applicable law, and (iii) to indemnify directors and officers in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Article V, provided the contract of insurance covering such directors and officers provides, in a manner acceptable to the New York Superintendent of Financial Services, for a retention amount and for co-insurance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such insurance shall be subject to the provisions of, and the Company shall comply with the requirements set forth in, Section 7023 of the New York State Banking Law.

 

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Section 5.10. Limitations on Indemnification and Insurance. All indemnification and insurance provisions contained in this Article V are subject to any limitations and prohibitions under applicable law, including but not limited to Section 7022 (with respect to indemnification, advancement or allowance) and Section 7023 (with respect to insurance) of the New York State Banking Law and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (with respect to administrative proceedings or civil actions initiated by any federal banking agency). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article V to the contrary, no indemnification, advancement or allowance shall be made (i) to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled, or (ii) in any circumstance where it appears (a) that the indemnification would be inconsistent with a provision of the Company’s Organization Certificate, these By-Laws, a resolution of the Board or of the stockholders, an agreement or other proper corporate action, in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the threatened or pending action or proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or (b) if there has been a settlement approved by the court, that the indemnification would be inconsistent with any condition with respect to indemnification expressly imposed by the court in approving the settlement.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article V to the contrary, but subject to any requirements of applicable law, (i) except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5.06), the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his testators intestate) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company, (ii) with respect to indemnification or advancement of expenses relating to attorneys’ fees under this Article V, counsel for the present or former director or officer must be reasonably acceptable to the Company (and the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, establish a panel of approved law firms for such purpose, out of which the present or former director or officer could be required to select an approved law firm to represent him), (iii) indemnification in respect of amounts paid in settlement shall be subject to the prior consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld), (iv) any and all obligations of the Corporation under this Article V shall be subject to applicable law, (v) in no event shall any payments pursuant to this Article V be made if duplicative of any indemnification or advancement of expenses or other reimbursement available to the applicable director or officer (other than for coverage maintained by such person in his individual capacity), and (vi) no indemnification or advancement of expenses shall be provided under these By-Laws to any person in respect of any expenses, judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to the extent incurred by such person in his capacity or position with another entity (including, without limitation, an entity that is a stockholder of the Company or any of the branches or affiliates of such stockholder), except as expressly provided in these By-Laws in respect of such person’s capacity and position as a director or officer of the Company or such person is a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

Section 5.11. Indemnification of Other Persons. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to an adoption of a policy or otherwise) to employees and agents of the Company (whether similar to those conferred in this Article V upon directors and officers of the Company or on other terms and conditions authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors), as well as to employees of direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company and to other persons (or categories of persons) approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5.12. Repeal. Any repeal or modification of this Article V shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 6.01. Certificates. The interest of each stockholder of the Company shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The certificates of stock shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Managing Director or a Director or a Vice President and by the Secretary, or the Treasurer, or an Assistant Secretary, or an Assistant Treasurer, sealed with the seal of the Company or a facsimile thereof, and countersigned and registered in such manner, if any, as the Board of Directors may by resolution prescribe. Where any such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other than the Company or its employee, or registered by a registrar other than the Company or its employee, the signature of any such officer may be a facsimile signature. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Company, whether because of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Company, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Company and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Company.

Section 6.02. Transfer. The shares of stock of the Company shall be transferred only upon the books of the Company by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Company or its agents may reasonably require.

Section 6.03. Record Dates. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not less than 10 nor more than 50 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the distribution or allotment of any rights, or the date when any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to receive any distribution or allotment of such rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such distribution or allotment or rights or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Company after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.

Section 6.04. Lost Certificates. In the event that any certificate of stock is lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of a new certificate of the same tenor and for the same number of shares in lieu thereof. The Board may in its discretion, before the issuance of such new certificate, require the owner of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate or the legal representative of the owner to make an affidavit or affirmation setting forth such facts as to the loss, destruction or mutilation as it deems necessary and to give the Company a bond in such reasonable sum as it directs to indemnify the Company.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CHECKS, NOTES, ETC.

Section 7.01. Checks, Notes, Etc. All checks and drafts on the Company’s bank accounts and all bills of exchange and promissory notes, and all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for the payment of money, may be signed by the President or any Managing Director or any Director or any Vice President and may also be signed by such other officer or officers, agent or agents, as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 8.01. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be from January 1 to December 31, unless changed by the Board of Directors.

Section 8.02. Books. There shall be kept at such office of the Company as the Board of Directors shall determine, within or without the State of New York, correct books and records of account of all its business and transactions, minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders, Board of Directors and committees, and the stock book, containing the names and addresses of the stockholders, the number of shares held by them, respectively, and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof, and in which the transfer of stock shall be registered, and such other books and records as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 8.03. Voting of Stock. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, all stock owned by the Company, other than stock of the Company, shall be voted, in person or by proxy, by the President or any Managing Director or any Director or any Vice President of the Company on behalf of the Company.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.01. Amendments. The vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote shall be necessary at any meeting of stockholders to amend or repeal these By-Laws or to adopt new by-laws. These By-Laws may also be amended or repealed, or new by-laws adopted, at any meeting of the Board of Directors by the vote of at least a majority of the entire Board, provided that any by-law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by the stockholders in the manner set forth above.

Any proposal to amend or repeal these By-Laws or to adopt new by-laws shall be stated in the notice of the meeting of the Board of Directors or the stockholders or in the waiver of notice thereof, as the case may be, unless all of the directors or the holders of record of all of the shares of stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote are present at such meeting.

 

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Exhibit 7

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10019

 

  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System   OMB Number 7100-0036
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   OMB Number 3064-0052
  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency   OMB Number 1557-0081
    Approval expires December 31, 2024
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

 

 

 

LOGO    Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank with Domestic Offices Only—FFIEC 041  

 

 

 

Report at the close of business March 31, 2022

This report is required by law: 12 U.S.C. § 324 (State member banks); 12 U.S.C. §1817 (State nonmember banks); 12 U.S.C. §161 (National banks); and 12 U.S.C. §1464 (Savings associations).

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “bank” in this report form refers to both banks and savings associations.

            20220331 
    (RCON 9999)

This report form is to be filed by banks with domestic offices only and total consolidated assets of less than $100 billion, except those banks that file the FFIEC 051, and those banks that are advanced approaches institutions for regulatory capital purposes that are required to file the FFIEC 031.

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Each bank’s board of directors and senior management are responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, including controls over the Reports of Condition and Income. The Reports of Condition and Income are to be prepared in accordance with federal regulatory authority instructions. The Reports of Condition and Income must be signed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the reporting bank (or by the individual performing an equivalent function) and attested to by not less than two directors (trustees) for state nonmember banks and three directors for state member banks, national banks, and savings associations.

I, the undersigned CFO (or equivalent) of the named bank, attest that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting

schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that the Reports of Condition and Income have been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true and correct.

 
    

 

     Director (Trustee)

 

    

 

Signature of Chief Financial Officer (or Equivalent)      Director (Trustee)

4/30/2022

    

 

Date of Signature      Director (Trustee)

 

 

Submission of Reports

 

Each bank must file its Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) data by either:

 

(a)

Using computer software to prepare its Call Report and then submitting the report data directly to the FFIEC’s Central Data Repository (CDR), an Internet-based system for data collection (https://cdr.ffiec.gov/cdr/), or

 

(b)

Completing its Call Report in paper form and arranging with a software vendor or another party to convert the data into the electronic format that can be processed by the CDR. The software vendor or other party then must electronically submit the bank’s data file to the CDR.

For technical assistance with submissions to the CDR, please contact the CDR Help Desk by telephone at (888) CDR-3111, by fax at (703) 774-3946, or by e-mail at cdr.help@cdr.ffiec.gov.

 

FDIC Certificate Number   623   
  (RSSD 9050)   

To fulfill the signature and attestation requirement for the Reports of Condition and Income for this report date, attach your bank’s completed signature page (or a photocopy or a computer generated version of this page) to the hard-copy record of the data file submitted to the CDR that your bank must place in its files.

The appearance of your bank’s hard-copy record of the submitted data file need not match exactly the appearance of the FFIEC’s sample report forms, but should show at least the caption of each Call Report item and the reported amount.

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

Legal Title of Bank (RSSD 9017)

New York

 

City (RSSD 9130)

 

NY

    

10019

State Abbreviation (RSSD 9200)      Zip Code (RSSD 9220)

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

 

8EWQ2UQKS07AKK8ANH81

 

(Report only if your institution already has an LEI.) (RCON 9224)
 

 

 

The estimated average burden associated with this information collection is 55.53 hours per respondent and is expected to vary by institution, depending on individual circumstances. Burden estimates include the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data in the required form, and completing the information collection, but exclude the time for compiling and maintaining business records in the normal course of a respondent’s activities. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an organization (or a person) is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, and to one of the following: Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551; Legislative and Regulatory Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC 20219; Assistant Executive Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429.

03/2022            

 

06/2012


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10019

 

  

FFIEC 041

Page 2 of 87

 

Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank with Domestic Offices Only

 

Table of Contents

 

Signature Page

  1

Contact Information

  3, 4

Report of Income

 

Schedule RI—Income Statement

  RI-1, 2, 3, 4

Schedule RI-A—Changes in Bank Equity Capital

  RI-5

Schedule RI-B—Charge-offs and Recoveries on

 

Loans and Leases and Changes in Allowances for Credit Losses

 

Part I. Charge-offs and Recoveries on Loans and Leases

  RI-6, 7

Part II. Changes in Allowances for Credit Losses

  RI-8

Schedule RI-C—Disaggregated Data on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (to be completed only by selected banks)

 

Part I. Disaggregated Data on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

  RI-9

Part II. Disaggregated Data on the Allowances for Credit Losses

  RI-10

Schedule RI-E—Explanations

  RI-11, 12

Report of Condition

 

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

  RC-1, 2

Schedule RC-A—Cash and Balances Due from Depository Institutions (to be completed only by selected banks)

  RC-3

Schedule RC-B—Securities

  RC-3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Schedule RC-C—Loans and Lease Financing Receivables:

 

Part I. Loans and Leases

  RC-8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Part II. Loans to Small Businesses and Small Farms

  RC-14,15

Schedule RC-D—Trading Assets and Liabilities (to be completed only by selected banks)

  RC-16

Schedule RC-E—Deposit Liabilities

  RC-17, 18, 19

Schedule RC-F—Other Assets

  RC-20

Schedule RC-G—Other Liabilities

  RC-20

Schedule RC-K—Quarterly Averages

  RC-21, 22

Schedule RC-L—Derivatives and Off-Balance-Sheet Items

  RC-23, 24, 25, 26

Schedule RC-M—Memoranda

  RC-27, 28, 29, 30

Schedule RC-N—Past Due and Nonaccrual Loans, Leases, and Other Assets

  RC-31, 32, 33, 34, 35

Schedule RC-O—Other Data for Deposit Insurance Assessments

  RC-36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41

Schedule RC-P—1–4 Family Residential Mortgage Banking Activities (to be completed only by selected banks)

  RC-42

Schedule RC-Q—Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (to be completed only by selected banks)

  RC-43, 44, 45

Schedule RC-R—Regulatory Capital:

 

Part I. Regulatory Capital Components and Ratios

  RC-46, 47, 48, 49

Part II. Risk-Weighted Assets

  RC-50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63

Schedule RC-S—Servicing, Securitization, and Asset Sale Activities

  RC-64, 65

Schedule RC-T—Fiduciary and Related Services

  RC-66, 67, 68, 69

Schedule RC-V—Variable Interest Entities

  RC-70

Optional Narrative Statement Concerning the Amounts Reported in the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income

  RC-71
 

 

For information or assistance, national banks, state nonmember banks, and savings associations should contact the FDIC’s Data Collection and Analysis Section, 550 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20429, toll free on (800) 688-FDIC(3342), Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. State member banks should contact their Federal Reserve District Bank.

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10019

 

  

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RC-1

 

Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Banks and Savings Associations for March 31, 2022

All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter.

Schedule RC—Balance Sheet

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

     RCON      Amount       

Assets

              

  1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):

              

a.   Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)

           0081        29,000      1.a.

b.  Interest-bearing balances (2)

           0071        20,368,000      1.b.

  2. Securities:

              

a.   Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) (3)

           JJ34        0      2.a.

b.  Available-for-sale debt securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)

           1773        743,000      2.b.

c.   Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading (4)

           JA22        6,000      2.c.

  3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

              

a.   Federal funds sold

           B987        0      3.a.

b.  Securities purchased under agreements to resell (5, 6)

           B989        5,916,000      3.b.

  4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C):

              

a.   Loans and leases held for sale

           5369        0      4.a.

b.  Loans and leases held for investment

     B528        13,655,000            4.b.

c.   LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     3123        15,000            4.c.

d.  Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance (item 4.b minus 4.c) (7)

           B529        13,640,000      4.d.

  5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)

           3545        0      5.

  6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

           2145        0      6.

  7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)

           2150        2,000      7.

  8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

           2130        0      8.

  9. Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

           3656        0      9.

10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)

           2143        7,000      10.

11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) (6)

           2160        2,007,000      11.

12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)

           2170        42,718,000      12.

Liabilities

              

13. Deposits:

              

a.   In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)

           2200        31,307,000      13.a.

(1)  Noninterest-bearing (8)

     6631        13,423,000            13.a.(1)

(2)  Interest-bearing

     6636        17,884,000            13.a.(2)

b.  Not applicable

              

14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

              

a.   Federal funds purchased (9)

           B993        0      14.a.

b.  Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (10)

           B995        0      14.b.

15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)

           3548        0      15.

16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness) (from Schedule RC-M)

           3190        73,000      16.

17. and 18. Not applicable

              

19. Subordinated notes and debentures (11)

           3200        0      19.

 

1.

Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.

2.

Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.

3.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in item 2.a amounts net of any applicable allowance for credit losses, and item 2.a should equal Schedule RC-B, item 8, column A, less Schedule RI-B, Part II, item 7, column B.

4.

Item 2.c is to be completed by all institutions. See the instructions for this item and the Glossary entry for “Securities Activities” for further detail on accounting for investments in equity securities.

5.

Includes all securities resale agreements, regardless of maturity.

6.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in items 3.b and 11 amounts net of any applicable allowance for credit losses.

7.

Institutions that have adopted ASU 2016-13 should report in item 4.c the allowance for credit losses on loans and leases.

8.

Includes noninterest-bearing demand, time, and savings deposits.

9.

Report overnight Federal Home Loan Bank advances in Schedule RC, item 16, “Other borrowed money.”

10.

Includes all securities repurchase agreements, regardless of maturity.

11.

Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

00623

New York, NY 10019

 

  

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RC-2

Schedule RC—Continued

 

Dollar Amounts in Thousands

   RCON      Amount      

Liabilities—continued

       

20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)

     2930        2,058,000     20.

21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)

     2948        33,438,000     21.

22. Not applicable

       

Equity Capital

       

Bank Equity Capital

       

23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     3838        0     23.

24. Common stock

     3230        2,127,000     24.

25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     3839        942,000     25.

26. a.   Retained earnings

     3632        6,241,000     26.a.

b.  Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)

     B530        (30,000   26.b.

c.   Other equity capital components (2)

     A130        0     26.c.

27. a.   Total bank equity capital (sum of items 23 through 26.c)

     3210        9,280,000     27.a.

b.  Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     3000        0     27.b.

28. Total equity capital (sum of items 27.a and 27.b)

     G105        9,280,000     28.

29. Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28)

     3300        42,718,000     29.

Memoranda

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

 

     RCON      Number       

  1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 2021

     6724        2a      M.1.

 

1a =

An integrated audit of the reporting institution’s financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) or Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the institution

1b =

An audit of the reporting institution’s financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the institution

2a =

An integrated audit of the reporting institution’s parent holding company’s consolidated financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting conducted in accordance with the standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately)

2b =

An audit of the reporting institution’s parent holding company’s consolidated financial statements only conducted in accordance with the auditing standards of the AICPA or the PCAOB by an independent public accountant that submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but not on the institution separately)

3 =

This number is not to be used

4 =

Directors’ examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by state-chartering authority)

5 =

Directors’ examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may be required by state-chartering authority)

6 =

Review of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

7 =

Compilation of the bank’s financial statements by external auditors

8 =

Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)

9 =

No external audit work

 

 

To be reported with the March Report of Condition.

 

     RCON      Date       

  2. Bank’s fiscal year-end date (report the date in MMDD format)

     8678        1231      M.2.

 

1.

Includes, but is not limited to, net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and accumulated defined benefit pension and other postretirement plan adjustments.

2.

Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.

 

06/2012

EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

EX-FILING FEES

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Form F-10    Form F-3
(Form Type)    (Form Type)
Thomson Reuters Corporation    TR Finance LLC
   Thomson Reuters Applications Inc.
   Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc.
   West Publishing Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

                 
     Security
Type
 

Security

Class Title

  Fee
Calculation
Rule or
Instruction
  Amount
Registered
(1)
 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit

(1)

 

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering

Price

(2)

 

Fee

Rate

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

(3)

                 

Fees to Be

Paid

  Debt   Debt Securities of
Thomson Reuters
Corporation
  457(o)   (1)   (1)   (2)   0.0000927   (3)
                 
    Debt   Debt Securities of
TR Finance LLC
  457(o)   (1)   (1)   (2)   0.0000927   (3)
                 
    Debt   Guarantees of Debt
Securities of TR
Finance LLC
  457(n)   (4)   (4)   (4)   0.0000927   (4)
                 

Fees Previously

Paid

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —  
           
    Total Offering Amounts     $3,000,000,000     $278,100
           
    Total Fees Previously Paid         —  
           
    Total Fee Offsets         $278,100
           
    Net Fee Due               —  

 

(1)

There are being registered under this registration statement on Form F-10 and Form F-3 (this “Registration Statement”) such indeterminate number of debt securities of Thomson Reuters Corporation (“TRC”) and TR Finance LLC (together with TRC, the “Debt Issuers”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000, together with (i) in the case of debt securities issued by TR Finance LLC, the full and unconditional guarantee by TRC; and (ii) in the case of debt securities issued by either of the Debt Issuers, subsidiary guarantees by one or more of each of Thomson Reuters Applications Inc., Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. and West Publishing Corporation (collectively, together with the Debt Issuers, the “Registrants”).

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act with respect to the debt securities to be sold by the Debt Issuers. In no event will the aggregate principal amount of all debt securities sold by the Debt Issuers from time to time pursuant to this Registration Statement exceed US$3,000,000,000.

(3)

On June 23, 2020, the Registrants filed a registration statement on Form F-10 and Form F-3 (File No. 333–239390) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), amended on July 6, 2020 and declared effective on July 10, 2020, to register debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000 and a registration fee of US$389,400 was payable in connection therewith, of which the Registrants carried over filing fees of US$166,250 (consisting of US$44,500 in unused registration fees from the Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-210327) initially filed on March 22, 2016, together with $121,750 of unused registration fees from the Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-225722) initially filed on June 19, 2018 (the “2018 Registration Statement”)), and paid US$223,150 in connection with the filing of the Prior Registration Statement. All of debt securities registered under the Prior Registration Statement remain unsold and unissued, which unsold and unissued debt securities are hereby deregistered. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, a total of US$278,100 of previously paid filing fees are being offset against the total registration due for this Registration Statement, consisting of (i) US$54,950 of unused registration fees from the 2018 Registration Statement that were previously carried forward to the Prior Registration Statement and (ii) US$223,150 that had been paid in connection with the filing of the Prior Registration Statement. Accordingly, no registration fees are payable herewith.

(4)

The guarantees being registered hereon are being sold without separate consideration. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate fee for the guarantees is payable.

 


Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources

 

                       
    

Registrant

or Filer

Name

 

Form

or

Filing

Type

 

File

Number

 

Initial
Filing

Date

 

Filing

Date

 

Fee Offset

Claimed

  Security
Type
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Security
Title
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Unsold
Securities
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
 

Unsold

Aggregate

Offering

Amount

Associated

with Fee

Offset

Claimed

 

Fee Paid

with Fee

Offset

Source

 
Rule 457(p)
                       
Fee Offset Claims   Thomson Reuters Corporation, TR Finance LLC, Thomson Reuters Applications Inc., Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. and West Publishing Corporation   F-10 and Form F-3   333–239390   June 23, 2020     $278,100 (1)   Debt   (2)   Debt Securities (2)   $3,000,000,000    
                       
Fee Offset Sources   Thomson Reuters Corporation, TR Finance LLC, Thomson Reuters Applications Inc., Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. and West Publishing Corporation   F-10 and Form F-3   333–239390     June 23, 2020             $223,150
                       
Fee Offset Sources   Thomson Reuters Corporation   F-10   333-225722       June 19, 2018                       $54,950

 

(1)

On June 23, 2020, the Registrants filed the Prior Registration Statement to register debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000 and a registration fee of US$389,400 was payable in connection therewith, of which the Registrants carried over filing fees of US$166,250 (consisting of US$44,500 in unused registration fees from the Registration Statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-210327) initially filed on March 22, 2016, together with $121,750 of unused registration fees from the 2018 Registration Statement), and paid US$223,150 in connection with the filing of the Prior Registration Statement. All of debt securities registered under the Prior Registration Statement remain unsold and unissued, which unsold and unissued debt securities are hereby deregistered. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, a total of US$278,100 of previously paid filing fees are being offset against the total registration due for this Registration Statement, consisting of (i) US$54,950 of unused registration fees from the 2018 Registration Statement that were previously carried forward to the Prior Registration Statement and (ii) US$223,150 that had been paid in connection with the filing of the Prior Registration Statement. The Registrant(s) have terminated or completed any offerings that included the unsold securities under the Prior Registration Statement and the 2018 Registration Statement.

(2)

The Registrants registered under the Prior Registration Statement such indeterminate number of debt securities of the Debt Issuers (and guarantees thereof) in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000. Moreover, TRC registered under the 2018 Registration Statement such indeterminate number of debt securities of TRC in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,000,000,000.