UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 


 FORM 8-K



  CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 19, 2024



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OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
001-39221
83-3789412
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
One Carrier Place
Farmington, Connecticut 06032
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(860) 674-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
OTIS
New York Stock Exchange
0.318% Notes due 2026
OTIS/26
New York Stock Exchange
0.934% Notes due 2031
OTIS/31
New York Stock Exchange



Section 8 – Other Events
 
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
 
Dollar Offering
 
On November 19, 2024, Otis Worldwide Corporation (the “Company”) issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.125% Notes due 2031 (the “Otis Notes”).
 
The Otis Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-270834) (the “Registration Statement”) filed on March 24, 2023.  On November 14, 2024, the Company filed with the SEC a Prospectus Supplement dated November 12, 2024 (the “Otis Prospectus Supplement”) containing the final terms of the Otis Notes pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Act.
 
In connection with the offer and sale of the Otis Notes, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 12, 2024 (the “Otis Underwriting Agreement”), with HSBC Securities (USA), Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule A thereto.  A copy of the Otis Underwriting Agreement has been filed as exhibit 1.1 to the Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2024.The Otis Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2020 (the “Otis Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Otis Supplemental Indenture” and, the Otis Base Indenture as supplemented by the Otis Supplemental Indenture, the “Otis Indenture”), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The Otis Base Indenture and the Otis Supplemental Indenture have been filed as exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference. The form of the Otis Notes has been filed as exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Otis Notes, after the underwriting discount and offering expenses, are estimated to be approximately $594.5 million.
 
The Otis Notes will bear interest at the rate of 5.125% per annum and mature on November 19, 2031.  Interest on the Otis Notes will be payable on May 19 and November 19 of each year, beginning on May 19, 2025.
 
At any time, and from time to time, prior to September 19, 2031, the Company may redeem the Otis Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Otis Notes being redeemed plus an applicable “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Otis Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant redemption date.  At any time on or after September 19, 2031, the Company may redeem the Otis Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Otis Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Note being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant redemption date.
 
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Otis Base Indenture) unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Otis Notes by giving irrevocable notice on or prior to the 30th day after the Change of Control Triggering Event in accordance with the Otis Indenture, each holder of the Otis Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such holder’s Otis Notes pursuant to an offer as described in the Otis Prospectus Supplement at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined in the Otis Base Indenture).
 
The Otis Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness.  The Otis Notes were issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 

The Otis Indenture imposes restrictions on the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, including certain restrictions customary for financings of this type that, among other things, limit the ability to incur additional liens, to make certain fundamental changes and to enter into sale and leaseback transactions.  In addition, the Otis Indenture contains events of default customary for financing of this type.
 
For further information about the terms and conditions of the Otis Underwriting Agreement, the Otis Indenture and the Otis Notes, please refer to the Otis Prospectus Supplement.  The descriptions of the Otis Underwriting Agreement, the Otis Indenture and the Otis Notes herein and in the Otis Prospectus Supplement are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Otis Underwriting Agreement, the Otis Indenture and the Otis Notes, respectively.
 
This report is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.  No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Act.
 
Euro Offering
 
On November 19, 2024, Highland Holdings S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Jean Monnet, L-2180 Luxembourg, and registered with Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) under number B237108 (“Highland”), an indirect wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company, issued €850 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Notes due 2027 (the “Highland Notes”).  The Highland Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Company (the Company’s guarantee of the Highland Notes, the “Parent Guarantee”).

The Highland Notes were registered under the Act, pursuant to the Registration Statement.  On November 15, 2024, the Company and Highland filed with the SEC a Prospectus Supplement dated November 13, 2024 (the “Highland Prospectus Supplement”) containing the final terms of the Highland Notes pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Act.

In connection with the offer and sale of the Highland Notes, the Company and Highland entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated November 13, 2024 (the “Highland Underwriting Agreement”), with HSBC Continental Europe, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, SMBC Bank International plc and the other underwriters named therein.  A copy of the Highland Underwriting Agreement has been filed as exhibit 1.2 to the Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2024.  The Highland Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2021 (the “Highland Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Highland Supplemental Indenture” and, the Highland Base Indenture as supplemented by the Highland Supplemental Indenture, the “Highland Indenture”), in each case among the Company, Highland and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The Highland Base Indenture and the Highland Supplemental Indenture have been filed as exhibits 4.4 and 4.5 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference.  The form of the Highland Notes have been filed as exhibit 4.6 to this Current Report and are incorporated herein by reference.

The net proceeds to Highland from the sale of the Highland Notes, after the underwriting discount and offering expenses, are estimated to be approximately €842 million, or $902 million, based on the euro/U.S. dollar rate of exchange as of November 8, 2024.  The Company and Highland intend to use the net proceeds received from the issuance of the Highland Notes and the Otis Notes to fund the repayment at maturity of the Company’s 2.056% notes due April 5, 2025, of which $1.3 billion principal amount is currently outstanding.  The Company and Highland expect to use the remainder of the proceeds to fund the repayment of certain of the Company’s commercial paper borrowings and for other general corporate purposes.

The Highland Notes bear interest at the rate of 2.875% per annum and mature on November 19, 2027.  Interest on the Highland Notes will be payable on November 19 of each year, beginning on November 19, 2025.


At any time, and from time to time, prior to October 19, 2027, Highland may redeem the Highland Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Highland Notes being redeemed plus an applicable “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Highland Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant redemption date.  At any time on or after October 19, 2027, Highland may redeem the Highland Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Highland Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Note being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant redemption date.  In addition, the Highland Notes may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, at any time at Highland’s option in the event of certain developments affecting tax laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the United States or another relevant taxing jurisdiction, as described in the Highland Prospectus Supplement.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Highland Base Indenture), unless Highland has exercised its right to redeem the Highland Notes by giving irrevocable notice on or prior to the 30th day after the Change of Control Triggering Event in accordance with the Highland Indenture, each holder of the Highland Notes will have the right to require Highland to purchase all or a portion of such holder’s Highland Notes pursuant to an offer as described in the Highland Prospectus Supplement at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined in the Highland Base Indenture).

The Highland Notes and the Parent Guarantee are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Highland and the Company, respectively, and rank equally in right of payment with all of Highland’s and the Company’s respective existing and future unsecured, unsubordinated indebtedness.  The Highland Notes were issued in minimum denominations of €100,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.

For the relevant terms and conditions of the Highland Underwriting Agreement, the Highland Indenture and the Highland Notes, please refer to the Highland Prospectus Supplement.  The descriptions of the Highland Underwriting Agreement, the Highland Indenture and the Highland Notes herein and in the Highland Prospectus Supplement are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Highland Underwriting Agreement, the Highland Indenture and the Highland Notes, respectively.

This report is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.  No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Act.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2020, among Otis Worldwide Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 10 (Commission file number 001-39221) filed with the SEC on March 11, 2020.
   
Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024, between Otis Worldwide Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
   
Form of 5.125% Otis Note due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
   
Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2021, among Otis Worldwide Corporation, Highland Holdings S.à r.l. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission file number 001-39221) filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021.
   
Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024, among Otis Worldwide Corporation, Highland Holdings S.à r.l. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
   
Form of 2.875% Highland Note due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.5 hereto).
   
Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 with respect to the Otis Notes.
   
Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 with respect to the Highland Notes.
   
Opinion of NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l., dated November 19, 2024, with respect to the Highland Notes.
   
Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto), with respect to the Otis Notes.
   
Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto), with respect to the Highland Notes.
   
Consent of NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l., dated November 19, 2024 (included in Exhibit 5.3), with respect to the Highland Notes.
   
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date:  November 19, 2024 
By:
/s/ Cristina Méndez
    Cristina Méndez
 
 
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer



Exhibit 4.2
 
EXECUTION VERSION

 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), between OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
 
RECITALS:
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2020 (the “Base Indenture” and, as supplemented or amended from time to time, including by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the issuance from time to time by the Company of its Securities on terms to be specified at the time of issuance;
 
WHEREAS, Section 901(6) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company may enter into a supplemental indenture to establish the terms and provisions of Securities of any series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue a series of Securities, and has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such Securities and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to modify the Base Indenture and provide certain additional provisions with respect to such Securities, in each case as hereinafter described;
 
WHEREAS, the parties hereto deem it advisable to enter into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of establishing the terms of such Securities and providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Trustee with respect to such Securities; and
 
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements of the Base Indenture necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01     Definitions.
 
(a)          For all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, with respect to the Securities of the series created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
Definitive Note” means a certificated Note.
 

Initial Notes” means the Notes issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.
 
Interest Payment Date” means the date specified in the Notes as the fixed date on which an installment of interest is due and payable.
 
Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by DTC), or any successor Person thereto and will initially be the Trustee.
 
Paying Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
 
Record Date” means the close of business on the date that is fifteen calendar days prior to the date on which interest is scheduled to be paid, regardless of whether such date is a Business Day; provided, that if any of the Notes are held by a securities depositary in book-entry form, the Record Date for such Notes will be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which interest is scheduled to be paid.
 
Underwriting Agreement” means that Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2024, among the Company and the Representatives (as defined therein), as representatives for the underwriters named in Schedule A thereto.
 
(b)         The terms defined in this Section 1.01 have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.01 and include the plural as well as the singular.
 
(c)          Terms used herein without definition will have the meanings specified in the Base Indenture.
 
(d)          All references to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture.
 
(e)           The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
 
Section 1.02     Index of Defined Terms.
 
Term
Page
Additional Notes
3
Base Indenture
1
Company
1
Definitive Note
1
Global Notes
5
H.15
6
H.15 TCM
6
herein
2
hereof
2
hereunder
2

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Indenture
1
Initial Notes
2
Interest Payment Date
2
Notes
3
Notes Custodian
2
Par Call Date
5
Paying Agent
2
Record Date
2
Remaining Life
6
Supplemental Indenture
1
Treasury Rate
6
Trustee
1
Underwriting Agreement
2

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

Section 2.01  Title of Securities.  There will be one series of Securities designated the “5.125% Notes due 2031” of the Company (the “Notes”);
 
Section 2.02     Limitation of Aggregate Principal Amount.
 
(a)           The aggregate principal amount of the Notes will initially be limited to $600,000,000.
 
(b)         The aggregate principal amount specified in this Section 2.02 will be subject to the amount of the Notes that is authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, the Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture and the amount of the Notes that, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, is deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder.
 
(c)         The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders, create and issue further Notes (“Additional Notes”) ranking equally with the Notes (and being treated as a single class with the Notes already Outstanding) in all respects and having the same terms as the Notes already Outstanding except for issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first Interest Payment Date thereof or the date from which interest first accrues thereon.  If any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then those Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP/Common Code/ISIN number. The Notes and any Additional Notes will be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments and redemptions.
 
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Section 2.03  Principal Payment Date.  The principal amount of the Notes Outstanding (together with any accrued and unpaid interest) will be payable in a single installment on November 19, 2031, which date will be the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
 
Section 2.04     Interest on the Notes.
 
(a)          The rate of interest on each Note will be 5.125% per annum, accruing from the date of original issuance or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date, and interest on each Note will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 19 and November 19 of each year, beginning on May 19, 2025, and at Maturity.
 
(b)        Interest with respect to the Notes will accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full monthly period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of calendar days elapsed in such a period.
 
(c)          If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on the Notes is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then the interest or principal payable on that date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue as a result of such delay.
 
(d)          Interest will be payable to the Persons in whose names such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered on the relevant Record Date; provided, that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Persons to whom the principal of such Notes is payable.
 
Section 2.05   Place of Payment.  The Place of Payment for the Notes and the place where notices and demand to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in the city of Houston, Texas.  All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the case of a Global Note).
 
Section 2.06  Sinking Fund Obligations.  The Company has no obligation to redeem or purchase any Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.  The Notes are not subject to any mandatory redemption provisions.
 
Section 2.07    Denomination.  The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Section 2.08    Currency.  Principal and interest on the Notes will be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
 
Section 2.09   Security Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Trustee will serve initially as the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Notes.
 
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Section 2.10     Form of Notes; Book Entry Provisions.
 
(a)         The Notes will be evidenced by one or more global notes (“Global Notes”) registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC.  Such Global Notes will be deposited with the Notes Custodian.
 
(b)         The Notes will be substantially in the form of Annex 1 attached hereto (other than, with respect to any Additional Notes, changes related to issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first Interest Payment Date thereof or the date from which interest first accrues thereon).  The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or usage to which the Company is subject.  Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication.  The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.  The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and DTC or its nominee.
 
(c)          Except as provided in Section 2.11, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.
 
(d)          The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree to be bound thereby.  If there is any conflict between the terms of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture will govern.
 
Section 2.11  Definitive Notes.  A Global Note deposited with DTC or with the Notes Custodian for DTC will be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or clearing system for the Global Notes or ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in either event the Company is unable to find a qualified replacement for such Depositary within 90 days, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines to allow Global Notes to be exchangeable for Definitive Notes in registered form, or (z) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, and DTC notifies the Trustee of its decision to exchange the Global Notes for Definitive Notes in registered form.
 
Section 2.12     Optional Redemption.
 
(a)          Prior to September 19, 2031 (two months prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Notes at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of (i)(A) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the relevant Redemption Date (assuming that the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (B) interest accrued to the relevant Redemption Date, and (ii) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant Redemption Date.
 
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(b)        On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant Redemption Date.
 
(c)          Notice of any redemption shall be mailed, electronically delivered or otherwise transmitted according to the procedures of DTC at least 10 days but not more than 60 days prior to the relevant Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed.  In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method according to the applicable procedures of DTC. No Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If at any time Notes are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such partial redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed. A new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of this Note upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. For so long as the Notes are held by DTC, redemption of the Notes shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of DTC. If the Redemption Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes are subject to redemption by the Company.  Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portion of the Notes called for redemption. On or before a Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of Notes to be redeemed on that date.
 
(d)           For the purposes of this Section, the terms below are defined as follows:
 
Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
 
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from such Redemption Date.
 
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 If on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable.  If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time.  In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
 
(e)         The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.  The Trustee shall have no obligation to calculate the Treasury Rate or Redemption Price in connection with any redemption of the Notes.  The Company may engage a calculation agent to calculate such amounts, in which case the calculation agent, and not the Company, will perform such calculations.
 
Section 2.13   Purchase Right.  The Company may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market, by tender offer, through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.
 
Section 2.14    Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.          Section 1402 and Section 1403 of the Base Indenture will be applicable to the Notes.
 
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ARTICLE III

AMENDMENTS TO BASE INDENTURE

Section 3.01   Amendment to Section 303 of the Base Indenture.  Solely as it relates to the Notes, Section 303 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended by adding “or electronic” after the word “manual” in the second sentence of the first paragraph thereof, the first sentence of the second paragraph thereof and the first sentence of the seventh paragraph thereof.
 
ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01    Integral Part; Effect of Supplement on Indenture.  This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.  Except for the amendments and supplements made by this Supplemental Indenture (which only apply to the Notes), the Base Indenture will remain in full force and effect as executed.
 
Section 4.02    Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation.  The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
 
Section 4.03  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.  The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations hereunder.
 
Section 4.04  Counterparts.  This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which will be regarded for all purposes as an original and all of which will constitute but one and the same instrument.  The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission will constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
 
Section 4.05     Governing Law.  This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have executed this Supplemental Indenture as of the date first above written.
 
 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
       
 
By:
/s/ Imelda Suit
 
   
Name:
Imelda Suit
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, Treasurer

 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.
       
 
By:
/s/ Marie A. Hattinger
 
   
Name:
Marie A. Hattinger
   
Title:
Vice President

[Signature Page to Otis Supplemental Indenture]


ANNEX 1
 
FORM OF NOTES
 
Annex 1

FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE

THIS SECURITY IS A SECURITY IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


FORM OF NOTE
 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
5.125% Notes due 2031
 
CUSIP:  68902V AR8
ISIN:  US68902VAR87
 
No. [      ]
Principal Amount $[      ]

OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [     ] MILLION DOLLARS ($[           ]) upon presentation and surrender of this Security on November 19, 2031 and to pay interest thereon accruing from November 19, 2024, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date (defined below), and interest on this Security will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 19 and November 19 of each year, beginning on May 19, 2025, and on the Maturity of this Security, (each an “Interest Payment Date”) at the rate of 5.125% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest with respect to this Security will accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full monthly period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of calendar days elapsed in such a period. Interest will be payable to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered on the relevant Record Date; provided, however, that interest payable at the Maturity of this Security will be payable to the Person to whom the principal of this Security is payable.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then the interest or principal payable on that date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue as a result of such delay.
 
Any interest on this Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case either to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof will be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
 
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the Paying Agent’s office maintained for that purpose in the city of Houston, Texas, in such coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
 
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature, this Security will not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
 
This Security will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
 
 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
       
 
By:
   
   
Name:
Imelda Suit
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, Treasurer

Dated:


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
 
This is one of the Securities of the series designated under, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
 
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
    N.A.,
   
as Trustee
     
 
By:
 
   
Authorized Signatory

Dated:


[REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
 5.125% Notes due 2031
 
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of February 27, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, such series initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $600,000,000, subject to future issuances of additional Securities of this series pursuant to Section 301 of the Base Indenture.
 
Prior to September 19, 2031 (two months prior to the stated maturity of the Securities of this series) (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities of this series at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:
 
  (i)
(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Securities of this series to be redeemed, discounted to the relevant Redemption Date (assuming that the Securities of this series to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the relevant Redemption Date, and
 

(ii)
100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed,
 
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant Redemption Date.
 
On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed to, but excluding, the relevant Redemption Date.
 
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.
 

 The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from such Redemption Date.
 
If on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable.  If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time.  In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
 
The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the Redemption Price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.  The Trustee shall have no obligation to calculate the Treasury Rate or Redemption Price in connection with any redemption of the Securities of this series.  The Company may engage a calculation agent to calculate such amounts, in which case the calculation agent, and not the Company, will perform such calculations.
 

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed, electronically delivered or otherwise transmitted according to the procedures of DTC at least 10 days but not more than 60 days prior to the relevant Redemption Date, to each Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed. If a Redemption Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the person in whose name the Securities of this series are registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Securities of this series are subject to redemption by the Company.
 
In the case of a partial redemption of the Securities of this series, selection of the Securities of this series for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method according to the applicable procedures of DTC.  No Securities of this series of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.  If at any time Securities of this series are to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such partial redemption will state the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed.  A new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of this Security will be issued in the name of the Holder of this Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.  For so long as the Securities of this series are held by DTC, redemption of the Securities of this series shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of DTC.
 
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after any Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption.
 
The Company has no obligation to redeem or purchase this Security pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.
 
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities of this series by giving irrevocable notice on or prior to the 30th day after the Change of Control Triggering Event in accordance with the Indenture, each Holder of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the Holder’s Securities of this series pursuant to a Change of Control Offer in accordance with Section 1009 of the Base Indenture, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date.
 
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
 
The Securities of this series are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, Securities of this series may be exchanged for other Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the relevant office or agency.
 

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities of this series, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Base Indenture not involving any transfer.
 
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall deem and treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner of this Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on this Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
If and to the extent that any provision of this Security limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture will control.
 
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture will have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
 

ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
 

Insert social security or other identifying number of assignee
 
 
 
Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee
 
 
 
 

and irrevocably appoint                                                                     , as agent, to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.
 
The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 
Date:
 
 
         
 
Signed
 
 
(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

Signature Guarantee*:
*
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
 
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
 
Date of
Exchange
 
Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
 
Amount of
increase in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
 
Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
 
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Notes Custodian
                 




Exhibit 4.5

EXECUTION VERSION

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 2
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), among HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”), having its registered office at 6, rue Jean Monnet, L-2180 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Societes, Luxembourg) under B237108 (the “Company”), OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Guarantor”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
 
RECITALS:
 
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2021 (the “Base Indenture” and, as supplemented or amended from time to time, including by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the issuance from time to time by the Company of its Securities on terms to be specified at the time of issuance;
 
WHEREAS, Section 901(6) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Guarantor may enter into a supplemental indenture to establish the terms and provisions of Securities of any series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue a series of Securities, and has duly authorized the creation and issuance of such Securities and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to modify the Base Indenture and provide certain additional provisions with respect to such Securities, in each case as hereinafter described;
 
WHEREAS, the Guarantor desires to guarantee the Securities issued hereunder on the terms set forth in Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, the parties hereto deem it advisable to enter into this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of establishing the terms of such Securities and providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Trustee with respect to such Securities; and
 
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements of the Base Indenture necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01      Definitions.
 
(a)      For all purposes of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, with respect to the Securities of the series created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
 
Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the City of New York or the City of London, or the relevant Place of Payment, are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close, and that is a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (known as the T2 system), or any successor or replacement thereto, operates.
 
Clearstream” means CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A., or the successor to its securities clearance and settlement operations.
 
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Definitive Note” means a certificated Note.
 
Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., a company organized under the laws of Belgium, as operator of the Euroclear System, or its successor in such capacity.
 
Government Obligations” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct and unconditional obligation of the European Union, (ii) backed by the European Union’s budgetary and cash resources and by the European Commission’s right to call for additional resources from member states, (iii) a direct obligation of the German government or (iv) an obligation of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the German government the payment of which is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the German government or the central bank of the German government, which, in each case of (x)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), is not revocable, callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (x)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above or in any specific principal or interest payments due in respect thereof.
 
Initial Notes” means the Notes issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.
 
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Interest Payment Date” means the date specified in the Notes as the fixed date on which an installment of interest is due and payable.
 
Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by Euroclear and Clearstream), or any successor Person thereto and will initially be The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream.
 
Paying Agent” means The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch.
 
Record Date” means the close of business on the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date on which interest is scheduled to be paid, regardless of whether such date is a Business Day; provided that, if any of the Notes are held by a securities depositary in book-entry form, the Record Date for those Notes will be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which interest is scheduled to be paid.
 
Underwriting Agreement” means that Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2024, among the Company, the Guarantor and the underwriters named in Schedule A thereto.
 
(b)      The terms defined in this Section 1.01 have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.01 and include the plural as well as the singular.
 
(c)       Terms used herein without definition will have the meanings specified in the Base Indenture.
 
(d)     All references to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture.
 
(e)       The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
 
Section 1.02       Index of Defined Terms.
 
Term
Page
Additional Amounts
7
Additional Notes
4
Applicable Procedures
2
Base Indenture
1
Business Day
2
Clearstream
2
Code
2
Company
1
Comparable Government Bond
11
Comparable Government Bond Rate
12
Definitive Note
2
Euroclear
2
FATCA
9

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Global Notes
6
Government Obligations
2
Guarantor
1
Indenture
1
Initial Notes
2
Interest Payment Date
3
Luxembourg
1
Make-Whole Redemption Price
11
Notes
4
Notes Custodian
3
Par Call Date
11
Paying Agent
3
Record Date
3
Remaining Scheduled Payments
12
Supplemental Indenture
1
Taxes
7
Taxing Jurisdiction
7
Trustee
1
Underwriting Agreement
3

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES
Section 2.01     Title of Securities.  There will be one series of Securities designated the “2.875% Notes due 2027” of the Company (the “Notes”);
 
Section 2.02       Limitation of Aggregate Principal Amount.
 
(a)       The aggregate principal amount of the Notes will initially be limited to €850,000,000.
 
(b)     The aggregate principal amount specified in this Section 2.02 will be subject to the amount of the Notes that is authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, the Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Base Indenture and the amount of the Notes that, pursuant to Section 303 of the Base Indenture, is deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder.
 
(c)      The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders, create and issue further Notes (“Additional Notes”) ranking equally with the Notes (and being treated as a single class with the Notes already Outstanding) in all respects and having the same terms as the Notes already Outstanding except for issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first Interest Payment Date thereof or the date from which interest first accrues thereon.  If any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then those Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP/Common Code/ISIN number.  The Notes and any Additional Notes will be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments and redemptions.
 
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Section 2.03      Principal Payment Date.  The principal amount of the Notes Outstanding (together with any accrued and unpaid interest) will be payable in a single installment on November 19, 2027, which date will be the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
 
Section 2.04      Interest on the Notes.
 
(a)       The rate of interest on each Note will be 2.875% per annum, accruing from the date of original issuance or from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date, and interest on each Note will be payable annually in arrears on November 19 of each year, beginning on November 19, 2025, and at Maturity.
 
(b)       Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated, and including the last date on which interest was paid or duly provided for in the Notes (or from the issue date, if no interest has been paid on the Notes), but excluding the next following Interest Payment Date.  This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA), as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Markets Association.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full monthly period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of calendar days elapsed in such a period.
 
(c)       If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on the Notes is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then the interest or principal payable on that date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue as a result of such delay.
 
(d)       Interest will be payable to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered on the relevant Record Date; provided, that interest payable at Maturity will be payable to the Persons to whom the principal of such Notes is payable.
 
Section 2.05      Place of Payment.  The Place of Payment for the Notes will be the office of the Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the City of London, initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, located at 160 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4LA, United Kingdom.  The place where notices and demand to or upon the Company or Guarantor in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served, will be the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in the City of Houston, Texas.  All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Notes will be given or made only to the registered Holders (which will be Euroclear, Clearstream or a nominee, in the case of a Global Note).
 
Section 2.06      Sinking Fund Obligations.  The Company has no obligation to redeem or purchase any Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.  The Notes are not subject to any mandatory redemption provisions.
 
Section 2.07    Denomination.  The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of €100,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.
 
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Section 2.08    Currency.  Payments of principal, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable will be payable in euros.  If the euro is unavailable to the Company or the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control, then all payments in respect of the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable, will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or the Guarantor or so used.  The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the then most recent U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate published in the Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the Wall Street Journal has not published such exchange rate, the rate will be determined by the Guarantor in its sole discretion on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for euro.  Any payment in respect of the Notes so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the Notes or the Indenture.  Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
 
Section 2.09     Security Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Trustee will serve initially as the Security Registrar for the Notes. The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch will serve initially as the Paying Agent for the Notes.
 
Section 2.10      Form of Notes; Book Entry Provisions.
 
(a)     The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more permanent global notes (the “Global Notes”) in definitive, fully registered, book-entry form without coupons.  The Global Notes will be deposited with a common depositary (and registered in the name of the common depositary or its nominee) for, and in respect of interests held through, Clearstream and Euroclear.  The Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes registered in the name of a nominee of, and deposited with the Notes Custodian, as the common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream.
 
(b)      The Notes will be substantially in the form of Annex 1 attached hereto (other than, with respect to any Additional Notes, changes related to issue date, issue price and, under some circumstances, the first Interest Payment Date thereof or the date from which interest first accrues thereon).  The Notes and Guarantee may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or usage to which the Company is subject.  Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Initial Notes will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.  The aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and Euroclear and/or Clearstream or their nominee.
 
(c)       Except as provided in Section 2.11, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Notes.
 
(d)       The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree to be bound thereby.  If there is any conflict between the terms of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture will govern.
 
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Section 2.11    Definitive Notes.  A Global Note deposited with Euroclear or Clearstream or with the Notes Custodian for Euroclear or Clearstream will be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note, in exchange for such Global Note, only if (x) the depositary for any of the Notes represented by a registered Global Note notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or clearing system for the series of Notes of which such Global Note is a part, and the Company is unable to find a qualified replacement for such depositary within ninety (90) days, (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines to allow such Global Note to be exchangeable for a Definitive Note in registered form, or (z) there has occurred and is continuing an event of default with respect to the Notes of which such Global Note is a part and the depositary notifies the Trustee of its decision to exchange any Global Note of such series for Definitive Notes in registered form.
 
Section 2.12      Additional Amounts.
 
(a)       All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes by the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor, or by a paying agent on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s behalf, will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other similar governmental charges (collectively, “Taxes”) imposed or levied by Luxembourg, the United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor may be organized, engaged in business for tax purposes or resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law or the official interpretation or administration thereof.
 
(b)       In the event such deduction or withholding for Taxes is so required, subject to the exceptions and limitations described in this Section 2.12, the Company will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) on the Notes as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by any beneficial owner, after withholding or deduction for such Taxes, will be equal to the amount such beneficial owner would have received in the absence of such deduction or withholding.
 
(c)       No Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to any Taxes if such Taxes are imposed, withheld, deducted or levied for reasons unrelated to the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s ownership or disposition of Notes, nor will Additional Amounts be payable for or on account of:
 
(i) any Taxes which would not have been so imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for:
 
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(A)      the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or other equity owner or person having such a power) being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, being or having been present in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction;
 
(B)       the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with any applicable certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, if compliance is required under the tax laws and regulations of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority thereof or therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is a party as a precondition to exemption from such Taxes; or
 
(C)       the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s present or former status as a personal holding company or a foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States, as a controlled foreign corporation with respect to the United States, as a passive foreign investment company with respect to the United States, as a foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
 
(ii)      any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to meet the requirements (including the certification requirements) of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
 
(iii)    any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the presentation by the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note for payment on a date more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment of the Note is duly provided for and notice is given to Holders, whichever occurs later;
 
(iv)     any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, capital gains, personal property, wealth or similar Taxes;
 
(v)      any Taxes which are payable other than by withholding or deducting from a payment of principal of or interest on such Note;
 
(vi)     any Taxes which are imposed, withheld, deducted or levied with respect to, or payable by, a Holder that is not the beneficial owner of the Note, or a portion of the Note, or that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or member of such partnership, limited liability company or similar entity would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had such beneficial owner, settlor, beneficiary or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment;
 
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(vii)    any Taxes required to be withheld or deducted by any paying agent from any payment on any Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding or deduction by at least one other paying agent;
 
(viii)  any Taxes imposed, withheld, deducted or levied under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof (“FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA;
 
(ix)    any Taxes that would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for a change in any law, treaty, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective after the applicable payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
 
(x)      a Tax deduction on account of Tax imposed by Luxembourg if on the date on which the payment falls due such Tax deduction is required in respect of the Luxembourg law of 23 December 2005, as amended, introducing in Luxembourg a 20% withholding tax as regards Luxembourg resident individuals; or
 
(xi)     any combination of items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x).
 
(d)       For purposes of this Section 2.12, the acquisition, ownership, enforcement, or holding of or the receipt of any payment with respect to a Note or a Guarantee, as applicable, will not constitute a connection (x) between the Holder or beneficial owner and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or (y) between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity and a relevant Taxing Jurisdiction.  For purposes of this Section 2.12 the term “United States” means the United States of America, any state thereof and the District of Columbia.
 
(e)       Any reference in the Indenture or in the Notes to principal or interest will be deemed to refer also to Additional Amounts which may be payable under the provisions of this Section 2.12.
 
(f)       Except as specifically provided in the Notes, neither the Company nor the Guarantor will be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority.
 
Section 2.13      Redemption for Tax Reasons.
 
(a)       The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time, if:
 
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(i) the Company or the Guarantor have or will become obliged to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, regulations, treaties, or rulings of a Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in, or amendment to, the official application, official interpretation, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations, treaties or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States), which change or amendment is enacted, adopted, announced or becomes effective on or after November 13, 2024; or
 
(ii)      on or after November 13, 2024, any action is taken by a taxing authority of, or any action has been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in, a Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in Section 2.13(a)(i) above, whether or not such action was taken or brought with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, or there is any change, amendment, clarification, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations, treaties or rulings, which in any such case, will result in a material probability that the Company or the Guarantor will be required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes (it being understood that such material probability will be deemed to result if the written opinion of independent tax counsel described in Section 2.13(c)(ii) below to such effect is delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent).
 
(b)      Notice of any such redemption will be mailed, or delivered electronically if held by any depositary in accordance with such depositary’s customary procedures, at least ten (10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed; provided that the notice of redemption will not be given earlier than ninety (90) days before the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes to be redeemed was then due.  Such notice, once delivered by the Company, will be irrevocable.  Any notice of redemption may provide that payment of the redemption price and the Company’s obligations with respect to the redemption may be performed by another person.
 
(c)       Prior to the mailing or delivery of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 2.13 the Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent:
 
(i) a certificate signed by one of the Company’s officers stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right to so redeem have occurred, and
 
(ii)      a written opinion of independent tax counsel of nationally recognized standing to the effect that the Company or the Guarantor have or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of a change or amendment described in Section 2.13(a)(i) above or that there is a material probability that the Company or the Guarantor will be required to pay Additional Amounts as a result of an action, change, amendment, clarification, application or interpretation described in Section 2.13(a)(ii) above, as the case may be.
 
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Section 2.14       Optional Redemption.
 
(a)      At any time, and from time to time, prior to October 19, 2027 (one month prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes) (the “Par Call Date)”, the Company may redeem Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes to be redeemed from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”).
 
(b)       At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
 
(c)     Notice of redemption shall be mailed or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary in accordance with Section 1104 of the Base Indenture not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed.  If less than all of the Notes then Outstanding are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Notes or portions thereof in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture or pursuant to applicable depositary procedures.  If a Redemption Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes are subject to redemption by the Company. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portion of the Notes called for redemption on and after the applicable Redemption Date. On or before a Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on that date.
 
(d)       For the purposes of this Section, the terms below are defined as follows:
 
Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an independent investment bank selected by the Company, a German federal government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Notes to be redeemed, assuming for such purpose that the Notes to be redeemed matured on the applicable Par Call Date, or if such independent investment bank in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German federal government bond as such independent investment bank may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German federal government bonds selected by the Company, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.
 
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Comparable Government Bond Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption yield on the notes to be redeemed, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third business day prior to the date of the notice of redemption relating to such redemption date, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such business day of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined above) on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such business day as determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company.
 
Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each Note being redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding interest accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date) of such Note that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for the redemption.
 
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine the Redemption Price.
 
Section 2.15     Guarantees.  The Notes and the Company’s obligations under the Indenture are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture.
 
Section 2.16      Purchase Right.  The Company and the Guarantor may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market, by tender offer, through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.
 
Section 2.1        Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.  Section 1402 and Section 1403 of the Base Indenture will be applicable to the Notes.
 
ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01      Integral Part; Effect of Supplement on Indenture.  This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.  Except for the amendments and supplements made by this Supplemental Indenture (which only apply to the Notes), the Base Indenture will remain in full force and effect as executed.
 
Section 3.02      Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation.  The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
 
Section 3.03      Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.  The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and perform its obligations hereunder.
 
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Section 3.04      Counterparts.  This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which will be regarded for all purposes as an original and all of which will constitute but one and the same instrument.  The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission will constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
 
Section 3.05      Governing Law.  This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
[signature page follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have executed this Supplemental Indenture as of the date first above written.
 
 
HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
   
 
By:
/s/ Bradley G. Thompson
 
   
Name:
Bradley G. Thompson
   
Title:
Class A Manager, Chief Executive Officer

 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
   
 
By:
/s/ Imelda Suit
 
   
Name:
Imelda Suit
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, Treasurer

 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
   
 
By:
/s/ Marie A. Hattinger
 
   
Name:
Marie A. Hattinger
   
Title:
Vice President

[Signature Page to Highland Supplemental Indenture]
 

ANNEX 1
 
FORM OF NOTES
 

FORM OF FACE OF 2027 NOTE

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V., AS OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR SYSTEM (“EUROCLEAR”), AND CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A., LUXEMBOURG (“CLEARSTREAM” AND, TOGETHER WITH EUROCLEAR, “EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF EUROCLEAR/CLEARSTREAM), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK DEPOSITORY (NOMINEES) LIMITED, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A SECURITY IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.


FORM OF 2027 NOTE
 
HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
2.875% Notes due 2027
 
CUSIP: L47988 AD9
ISIN: XS2939370107
Common Code: 293937010
 
No. [   ]
Principal Amount €[  ]

HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated and existing under the laws of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Luxembourg”), having its registered office at 6, rue Jean Monnet, L-2180 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Societes, Luxembourg) under B237108 (the “Company”), which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Depository (Nominees) Limited, the registered Holder hereof, as nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as common depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) and CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A. (“Clearstream”), or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [    ] EUROS (€) upon presentation and surrender of this Security on November 19, 2027 and to pay interest thereon accruing from November 19, 2024, or from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date (defined below), and interest on this Security will be payable annually in arrears on November 19 of each year, beginning on November 19, 2025, and ending on the Maturity of this Security (each an “Interest Payment Date”) at the rate of 2.875% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment; provided that any accrued and unpaid interest on this Security shall be paid at Maturity. Interest with respect to this Security will accrue on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated, and including the last date on which interest was paid or duly provided for in the Securities (or from the issue date, if no interest has been paid on the Notes), but excluding the next following Interest Payment Date.  The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full monthly period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of calendar days elapsed in such a period. Interest will be payable to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered on the relevant Record Date; provided, however, that interest payable at the Maturity of this Security will be payable to the Person to whom the principal of this Security is payable.  If the date on which a payment of interest or principal on this Security is scheduled to be paid is not a Business Day, then the interest or principal payable on that date will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue as a result of such delay.
 
Any interest on this Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case either to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof will be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
 

The Place of Payment for this Security will be the office of the Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the City of London, initially the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent, located at 160 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4LA, United Kingdom.  The place where notices and demand to or upon the Company  or the Guarantor in respect of this Security and the Indenture may be served, will be the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in the City of Houston, Texas.
 
Payments of principal, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of this Security will be payable in euros.  If the euro is unavailable to the Company or the Guarantor due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s or the Guarantor’s control, then all payments in respect of the Securities of this series will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to the Company or so used.  The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated a rate of conversion, on the basis of the then most recent U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate published in the Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the Wall Street Journal has not published such exchange rate, the rate will be determined by the Guarantor in its sole discretion on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for euro.  Any payment in respect of this Security so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under this Security or the Indenture.  Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent will have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the foregoing.
 
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
 
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual or electronic signature, this Security will not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
 
This Security will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
 
 
HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
   
 
By:
   
   
Name:
Bradley G. Thompson
   
Title:
Class A Manager, Chief Executive Officer

Dated:


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
 
This is one of the Securities of the series designated under, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
 
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
 
as Trustee
 
   By:  
   
Authorized Signatory

Dated:


[REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
 
HIGHLAND HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
 
2.875% Notes due 2027
 
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, Otis Worldwide Corporation, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, such series initially limited in aggregate principal amount to €850,000,000, subject to future issuances of additional Securities of this series pursuant to Section 301 of the Base  Indenture.

This Security is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor, as provided in Article Fifteen of the Base Indenture and Section 2.15 of the Supplemental Indenture.
 
At any time on or after October 19, 2027 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem Securities of this series, in whole or in part, at a redemption price (the “Par Call Redemption Price”) equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

At any time, and from time to time, prior to the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem Securities of this series, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Securities of this series to be redeemed from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (the “Make-Whole Redemption Price”).

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Par Call Redemption Price or the Make-Whole Redemption Price, as applicable, interest will cease to accrue on the portion of the Securities of this series called for redemption on and after the applicable Redemption Date.
 
Notice of redemption shall be mailed or otherwise delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the depositary in accordance with Section 1104 of the Base Indenture not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities of this series to be redeemed.  If less than all of the Securities then Outstanding of this series are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the particular Securities or portions thereof in accordance with Section 1103 of the Base Indenture or pursuant to applicable depositary procedures.
 

Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an independent investment bank selected by the Company, a German federal government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, assuming for such purpose that the Securities of this series to be redeemed matured on the applicable Par Call Date, or if such independent investment bank in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German federal government bond as such independent investment bank may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German federal government bonds selected by the Company, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.
 
Comparable Government Bond Rate’’ means, with respect to any redemption date, the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption yield on the notes to be redeemed, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third business day prior to the date of the notice of redemption relating to such redemption date, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such business day of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined above) on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such business day as determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company.
 
Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Securities of this series being redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding interest accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date) of such Securities that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for the redemption.
 
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine the Redemption Price.
 
The Company has no obligation to redeem or purchase this Security pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement.  The Notes are not subject to any mandatory redemption provisions.
 
All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Securities of this series by the Company or, in the case of the Guarantee, the Guarantor, or by a paying agent on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s behalf, will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other similar governmental charges (collectively, “Taxes”) imposed or levied by Luxembourg, the United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantor may be organized, engaged in business for tax purposes or resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (a, “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless such deduction or withholding is required by law or the official interpretation or administration thereof.
 
In the event such deduction or withholding for Taxes is so required, subject to the exceptions and limitations described below, the Company will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) on the Securities of this series as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by any beneficial owner, after withholding or deduction for such Taxes, will be equal to the amount such person would have received in the absence of such deduction or withholding.
 

However, no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to any Taxes if such Taxes are imposed, withheld, deducted or levied for reasons unrelated to the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s ownership or disposition of Securities of this series, nor will Additional Amounts be payable for or on account of:
 
(a)       any Taxes which would not have been so imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for:
 
(i) the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or other equity owner or person having such a power) being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, being or having been present in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction;
 
(ii)     the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with any applicable certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement, if compliance is required under the tax laws and regulations of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority thereof or therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is a party as a precondition to exemption from such Taxes; or
 
(iii)     the Holder’s or beneficial owner’s present or former status as a personal holding company or a foreign personal holding company with respect to the United States, as a controlled foreign corporation with respect to the United States, as a passive foreign investment company with respect to the United States, as a foreign tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
 
(b)      any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to meet the requirements (including the certification requirements) of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
 
(c)       any Taxes which would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for the presentation by the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security of this series for payment on a date more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment of the Note is duly provided for and notice is given to Holders, whichever occurs later;
 

(d)       any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, capital gains, personal property, wealth or similar Taxes;
 
(e)       any Taxes which are payable other than by withholding or deducting from a payment of principal of or interest on such Security of this series;
 
(f)       any Taxes which are imposed, withheld, deducted or levied with respect to, or payable by, a Holder that is not the beneficial owner of the Note, or a portion of the Note, or that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner, a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or member of such partnership, limited liability company or similar entity would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had such beneficial owner, settlor, beneficiary or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment;
 
(g)      any Taxes required to be withheld or deducted by any paying agent from any payment on any Security of this series, if such payment can be made without such withholding or deduction by at least one other paying agent;
 
(h)     any Taxes imposed, withheld, deducted or levied under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof (“FATCA”), any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA;
 
(i)     any Taxes that would not have been imposed, withheld, deducted or levied but for a change in any law, treaty, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective after the applicable payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
 
(j)      a Tax deduction on account of Tax imposed by Luxembourg if on the date on which the payment falls due such Tax deduction is required in respect of the Luxembourg law of 23 December 2005, as amended, introducing in Luxembourg a 20% withholding tax as regards Luxembourg resident individuals; or
 
(k)       any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) above.
 
For purposes of this paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph, the acquisition, ownership, enforcement, or holding of or the receipt of any payment with respect to a Security of this series or a Guarantee, as applicable, will not constitute a connection (x) between the Holder or beneficial owner and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or (y) between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder or other equity owner of, or a person having a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, a trust, a limited liability company, a partnership, a corporation or other entity and a relevant Taxing Jurisdiction.
 
Any reference in the Indenture and herein to principal or interest will be deemed to refer also to Additional Amounts.
 

Except as specifically provided herein, neither the Company nor the Guarantor will be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority.
 
The Company may redeem Securities of this series at its option, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of this series to be redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, at any time, if:  (1) the Company or the Guarantor have or will become obliged to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws, regulations, treaties, or rulings of a Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in, or amendment to, the official application, official interpretation, administration or enforcement of such laws, regulations, treaties or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States), which change or amendment is enacted, adopted, announced or becomes effective on or after November 13, 2024; or (2) on or after November 13, 2024, any action is taken by a taxing authority of, or any action has been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in, a Taxing Jurisdiction or any taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in clause (1) above, whether or not such action was taken or brought with respect to the Company or the Guarantor, or there is any change, amendment, clarification, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations, treaties or rulings, which in any such case, will result in a material probability that the Company or the Guarantor will be required to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities (it being understood that such material probability will be deemed to result if the written opinion of independent tax counsel described in clause (B) below to such effect is delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent).
 
Notice of any such redemption will be mailed, or delivered electronically if held by any depositary in accordance with such depositary’s customary procedures, at least ten (10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities of this series to be redeemed; provided that the notice of redemption will not be given earlier than ninety (90) days before the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities of this series to be redeemed was then due.  Such notice, once delivered by the Company, will be irrevocable.  Any notice of redemption may provide that payment of the redemption price and the Company’s obligations with respect to the redemption may be performed by another person.
 
Prior to the mailing or delivery of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph and the two immediately preceding paragraphs the Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Paying Agent:  (A) a certificate signed by one of the Company’s officers stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the Company’s right to so redeem have occurred, and (B) a written opinion of independent tax counsel of nationally recognized standing to the effect that the Company or the Guarantor have or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of a change or amendment described in clause (1) above or that there is a material probability that the Company or the Guarantor will be required to pay Additional Amounts as a result of an action, change, amendment, clarification, application or interpretation described in clause (2) above, as the case may be.
 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to Securities of this series, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities of this series by giving irrevocable notice on or prior to the 30th day after the Change of Control Triggering Event in accordance with the Indenture, each Holder of the Securities of this series will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the Holder’s Securities of this series pursuant to a Change of Control Offer in accordance with Section 1009 of the Base Indenture, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date.
 
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series will occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
 
The Securities of this series are issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons in minimum denominations of €100,000 and any integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, Securities of this series may be exchanged for other Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the relevant office or agency.
 
No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities of this series, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Base Indenture not involving any transfer.
 
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall deem and treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner of this Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on this Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
If and to the extent that any provision of this Security limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture will control.
 
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture will have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
 

ASSIGNMENT FORM
 
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
 
   
Insert social security or other identifying number of assignee
   
  
   
Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee
 
 
 



and irrevocably appoint                                                            , as agent, to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.

The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Date:
 
 

 
Signed
 
 
(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

Signature Guarantee*:
*
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
 
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
 



Date of
Exchange
 
Amount of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
 
Amount of
increase in
principal amount
of this Global
Note
 
Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase
 
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Notes Custodian


GUARANTEE
 
Dated:
 
For value received, the undersigned hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees (this “Guarantee”) to the Holders of the accompanying Security and to the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the Indenture and such Security, whether for payment of principal of, or interest on or premium, if any, on, such Security and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and such Security.  This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on such Security.  The Guarantee will be governed by the laws of the state of New York. The provisions of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg act dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the “Luxembourg Companies Act 1915”) are not applicable to such Security.  No Holder of such Security may initiate proceedings against the Company based on article 470-21 of the Luxembourg Companies Act 1915.
 
The obligations of the undersigned to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
 
[signature page follows]


 
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
   
 
By:
   
   
Name:
Imelda Suit
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, Treasurer




Exhibit 5.1

 
MARTIN LIPTON
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
EDWARD D. HERLIHY
DANIEL A. NEFF
STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM
JOHN F. SAVARESE
SCOTT K. CHARLES
JODI J. SCHWARTZ
ADAM O. EMMERICH
RALPH M. LEVENE
RICHARD G. MASON
ROBIN PANOVKA
DAVID A. KATZ
ILENE KNABLE GOTTS
ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM
RACHELLE SILVERBERG
STEVEN A. COHEN
DEBORAH L. PAUL
DAVID C. KARP
RICHARD K. KIM
JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER
MARK GORDON
JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN
WAYNE M. CARLIN
STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA
NICHOLAS G. DEMMO
IGOR KIRMAN
JONATHAN M. MOSES
T. EIKO STANGE
WILLIAM SAVITT
GREGORY E. OSTLING
DAVID B. ANDERS
ADAM J. SHAPIRO
NELSON O. FITTS
JOSHUA M. HOLMES
DAVID E. SHAPIRO
DAMIAN G. DIDDEN
IAN BOCZKO
MATTHEW M. GUEST
DAVID E. KAHAN
DAVID K. LAM
BENJAMIN M. ROTH
JOSHUA A. FELTMAN
ELAINE P. GOLIN
51 WEST  52ND  STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150
TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000
FACSIMILE:    (212) 403-2000


 
EMIL A. KLEINHAUS
KARESSA L. CAIN
RONALD C. CHEN
BRADLEY R. WILSON
GRAHAM W. MELI
GREGORY E. PESSIN
CARRIE M. REILLY
MARK F. VEBLEN
SARAH K. EDDY
VICTOR GOLDFELD
RANDALL W. JACKSON
BRANDON C. PRICE
KEVIN S. SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL S. BENN
ALISON Z. PREISS
TIJANA J. DVORNIC
JENNA E. LEVINE
RYAN A. McLEOD
ANITHA REDDY
JOHN L. ROBINSON
JOHN R. SOBOLEWSKI
STEVEN WINTER
EMILY D. JOHNSON
JACOB A. KLING
RAAJ S. NARAYAN
VIKTOR SAPEZHNIKOV
MICHAEL J. SCHOBEL
ELINA TETELBAUM
ERICA E. AHO
LAUREN M. KOFKE
ZACHARY S. PODOLSKY
RACHEL B. REISBERG
MARK A. STAGLIANO
CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ LUMERMANN
CHRISTINA C. MA
NOAH B. YAVITZ
BENJAMIN S. ARFA
NATHANIEL D. CULLERTON
ERIC M. FEINSTEIN
ADAM L. GOODMAN
STEVEN R. GREEN
MENG LU
GEORGE A. KATZ (1965–1989)
JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967–1991)
LEONARD M. ROSEN (1965–2014)
 


OF COUNSEL

ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN
MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ
KENNETH B. FORREST
BEN M. GERMANA
SELWYN B. GOLDBERG
PETER C. HEIN
JB KELLY
JOSEPH D. LARSON
LAWRENCE S. MAKOW
PHILIP MINDLIN
THEODORE N. MIRVIS
DAVID S. NEILL
TREVOR S. NORWITZ
ERIC S. ROBINSON
ERIC M. ROSOF
MICHAEL J. SEGAL
WON S. SHIN
DAVID M. SILK
ELLIOTT V. STEIN
LEO E. STRINE, JR.*
PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR.
JEFFREY M. WINTNER
AMY R. WOLF
MARC WOLINSKY

* ADMITTED IN DELAWARE
 


COUNSEL

DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN
SUMITA AHUJA
HEATHER D. CASTEEL
FRANCO CASTELLI
ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG
PAMELA EHRENKRANZ
ALINE R. FLODR
KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA
LEDINA GOCAJ
ADAM M. GOGOLAK
ANGELA K. HERRING
MICHAEL W. HOLT
DONGHWA KIM
MARK A. KOENIG
CARMEN X.W. LU
J. AUSTIN LYONS
ALICIA C. McCARTHY
JUSTIN R. ORR
NEIL M. SNYDER
JEFFREY A. WATIKER

November 19, 2024

Otis Worldwide Corporation
One Carrier Place
Farmington, Connecticut 06032

Re: Otis Worldwide Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special outside counsel to Otis Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the sale by the Company to the Underwriters (as defined below) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 12, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and the Underwriters listed in Schedule A of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-270834) (the “Registration Statement”) of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), issued under the Indenture dated as of February 27, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

We have examined and relied on originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records, certificates of the Company and public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter, including (a) the Registration Statement; (b) the base prospectus, dated March 24, 2023, included in the Registration Statement, but excluding the documents incorporated therein; (c) the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated November 12, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein; (d) the final term sheet, dated November 12, 2024, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act; (e) the Prospectus Supplement, dated November 12, 2024, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act, but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein; (f) a copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as set forth in the certificate of the Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated as of November 19, 2024; (g) the Indenture; (h) a copy of the Global Notes (CUSIP 68902V AR8), represented by Certificate Nos. 001 and 002, dated as of November 19, 2024; (i) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement; (j) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Notes; and (k) the Designated Officers’ Certificate of the Company, dated as of November 12, 2024. In such examination, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the agreements, records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; (iv) all Notes will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable foreign, U.S. federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement; and (v) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Underwriters. We also have assumed that the terms of the Notes have been established so as not to, and that the execution and delivery by the parties thereto and the performance of such parties’ obligations under the Notes will not, breach, contravene, violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (1) any law, rule or regulation to which any party thereto is subject (excepting the laws of the State of New York and the federal securities laws of the United States of America as such laws apply to the Company), (2) any judicial or regulatory order or decree of any governmental authority, or (3) any consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority. We also have assumed that the Indenture and the Notes are the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others. We have further assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile, conformed, electronic or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.



We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we have not considered, and we express no opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York and the federal securities laws of the United States of America, in each case as in effect on the date hereof.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications set forth in this letter, we advise you that, in our opinion, the Notes, when duly executed, authenticated, issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

The opinion set forth above is subject to the effects of (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (b) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (c) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (d) provisions of law that require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in United States dollars; (e) limitations by any governmental authority that limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States; and (f) generally applicable laws that (i) provide for the enforcement of oral waivers or modifications where a material change of position in reliance thereon has occurred or provide that a course of performance may operate as a waiver, (ii) limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected, (iii) limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct, (iv) may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed-upon exchange, (v) may limit the enforceability of provisions providing for compounded interest, imposing increased interest rates or late payment charges upon delinquency in payment or default or providing for liquidated damages or for premiums upon acceleration, or (vi) limit the waiver of rights under usury laws. Furthermore, the manner in which any particular issue relating to the opinion would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it. We express no opinion as to the effect of Section 210(p) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended.

We express no opinion as to whether, or the extent to which, the laws of any particular jurisdiction apply to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the enforceability of the governing law provision contained in the Notes and the Indenture. We express no opinion as to the ability of another court, federal or state, to accept jurisdiction and/or venue in the event the chosen court is unavailable for any reason, including, without limitation, natural disaster, act of God, human health or safety reasons (including a pandemic) or otherwise.

This letter speaks only as of its date and is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act. We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 19, 2024, and to the use of our name in the Prospectus Supplement forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption “Validity of the Notes.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz




Exhibit 5.2

 
 
MARTIN LIPTON
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
EDWARD D. HERLIHY
DANIEL A. NEFF
STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM
JOHN F. SAVARESE
SCOTT K. CHARLES
JODI J. SCHWARTZ
ADAM O. EMMERICH
RALPH M. LEVENE
RICHARD G. MASON
ROBIN PANOVKA
DAVID A. KATZ
ILENE KNABLE GOTTS
ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM
RACHELLE SILVERBERG
STEVEN A. COHEN
DEBORAH L. PAUL
DAVID C. KARP
RICHARD K. KIM
JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER
MARK GORDON
JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN
WAYNE M. CARLIN
STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA
NICHOLAS G. DEMMO
IGOR KIRMAN
JONATHAN M. MOSES
T. EIKO STANGE
WILLIAM SAVITT
GREGORY E. OSTLING
DAVID B. ANDERS
ADAM J. SHAPIRO
NELSON O. FITTS
JOSHUA M. HOLMES
DAVID E. SHAPIRO
DAMIAN G. DIDDEN
IAN BOCZKO
MATTHEW M. GUEST
DAVID E. KAHAN
DAVID K. LAM
BENJAMIN M. ROTH
JOSHUA A. FELTMAN
ELAINE P. GOLIN
51 WEST  52ND  STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150
TELEPHONE: (212) 403-1000
FACSIMILE:    (212) 403-2000


 
EMIL A. KLEINHAUS
KARESSA L. CAIN
RONALD C. CHEN
BRADLEY R. WILSON
GRAHAM W. MELI
GREGORY E. PESSIN
CARRIE M. REILLY
MARK F. VEBLEN
SARAH K. EDDY
VICTOR GOLDFELD
RANDALL W. JACKSON
BRANDON C. PRICE
KEVIN S. SCHWARTZ
MICHAEL S. BENN
ALISON Z. PREISS
TIJANA J. DVORNIC
JENNA E. LEVINE
RYAN A. McLEOD
ANITHA REDDY
JOHN L. ROBINSON
JOHN R. SOBOLEWSKI
STEVEN WINTER
EMILY D. JOHNSON
JACOB A. KLING
RAAJ S. NARAYAN
VIKTOR SAPEZHNIKOV
MICHAEL J. SCHOBEL
ELINA TETELBAUM
ERICA E. AHO
LAUREN M. KOFKE
ZACHARY S. PODOLSKY
RACHEL B. REISBERG
MARK A. STAGLIANO
CYNTHIA FERNANDEZ LUMERMANN
CHRISTINA C. MA
NOAH B. YAVITZ
BENJAMIN S. ARFA
NATHANIEL D. CULLERTON
ERIC M. FEINSTEIN
ADAM L. GOODMAN
STEVEN R. GREEN
MENG LU
GEORGE A. KATZ (1965–1989)
JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967–1991)
LEONARD M. ROSEN (1965–2014)
 


OF COUNSEL

ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN
MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ
KENNETH B. FORREST
BEN M. GERMANA
SELWYN B. GOLDBERG
PETER C. HEIN
JB KELLY
JOSEPH D. LARSON
LAWRENCE S. MAKOW
PHILIP MINDLIN
THEODORE N. MIRVIS
DAVID S. NEILL
TREVOR S. NORWITZ
ERIC S. ROBINSON
ERIC M. ROSOF
MICHAEL J. SEGAL
WON S. SHIN
DAVID M. SILK
ELLIOTT V. STEIN
LEO E. STRINE, JR.*
PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR.
JEFFREY M. WINTNER
AMY R. WOLF
MARC WOLINSKY

* ADMITTED IN DELAWARE
 


COUNSEL

DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN
SUMITA AHUJA
HEATHER D. CASTEEL
FRANCO CASTELLI
ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG
PAMELA EHRENKRANZ
ALINE R. FLODR
KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA
LEDINA GOCAJ
ADAM M. GOGOLAK
ANGELA K. HERRING
MICHAEL W. HOLT
DONGHWA KIM
MARK A. KOENIG
CARMEN X.W. LU
J. AUSTIN LYONS
ALICIA C. McCARTHY
JUSTIN R. ORR
NEIL M. SNYDER
JEFFREY A. WATIKER

November 19, 2024

Otis Worldwide Corporation
One Carrier Place
Farmington, Connecticut 06032

Highland Holdings S.à r.l.
6, rue Jean Monnet
L-2180  Luxembourg
R.C.S. Luxembourg:  B 237108

Re: Otis Worldwide Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special outside counsel to Otis Worldwide Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and to Highland Holdings S.à r.l. (the “Issuer”), a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée), incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and an indirect wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company, in connection with the sale by the Issuer to the Underwriters (as defined below) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated  November 13, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company, the Issuer and the Underwriters listed in Schedule A of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-270834) (the “Registration Statement”) of €850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), issued under the Indenture dated as of November 12, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2024 (the “Supplemental Indenture”, and the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), in each case among the Company, the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Indenture provides that the Notes are to be guaranteed by the Company (the “Guarantee”).

We have examined and relied on originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records, certificates of the Company, the Issuer and public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this letter, including (a) the Registration Statement; (b) the base prospectus, dated March 24, 2023 , included in the Registration Statement, but excluding the documents incorporated therein; (c) the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated November 13, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein; (d) the final term sheet, dated November 13, 2024, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act; (e) the Prospectus Supplement, dated November 13, 2024, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act, but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein; (f) a copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as set forth in the certificate of the Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated as of November 19, 2024; (g) the Indenture; (h) a copy of the Global Note (CUSIP No. L47988 AD9), represented by Certificate No. 001, dated as of November 19, 2024; (i) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement; (j) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Notes; and (k) a copy of the Guarantee of the Notes. In such examination, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the agreements, records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; (iv) all Notes will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable foreign, U.S. federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement; and (v) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Underwriters. We also have assumed that the terms of the Notes and Guarantee have been established so as not to, and that the execution and delivery by the parties thereto and the performance of such parties’ obligations under the Notes and the Guarantee will not, breach, contravene, violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (1) any law, rule or regulation to which any party thereto is subject (excepting the laws of the State of New York and the federal securities laws of the United States of America as such laws apply to the Company and the Issuer), (2) any judicial or regulatory order or decree of any governmental authority or (3) any consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority. We also have assumed that the Indenture and the Notes are the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Issuer and others. We have further assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile, conformed, electronic or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.


We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we have not considered, and we express no opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York and the federal securities laws of the United States of America, in each case as in effect on the date hereof. We have also relied upon and assumed for correctness the opinion letter dated the date hereof of NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l., Luxembourg counsel to the Company and the Issuer, as to all matters of Luxembourg law.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications set forth in this letter, we advise you that, in our opinion:

1.            The Notes, when duly executed, authenticated, issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms.

2.            The Guarantee, when duly executed, and when the Notes have been executed, authenticated, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, will be a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

The opinions set forth above are subject to the effects of (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (b) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (c) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (d) provisions of law that require that a judgment for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in United States dollars; (e) limitations by any governmental authority that limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States; and (f) generally applicable laws that (i) provide for the enforcement of oral waivers or modifications where a material change of position in reliance thereon has occurred or provide that a course of performance may operate as a waiver, (ii) limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected, (iii) limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the extent the action or inaction involves negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct, (iv) may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed-upon exchange, (v) may limit the enforceability of provisions providing for compounded interest, imposing increased interest rates or late payment charges upon delinquency in payment or default or providing for liquidated damages or for premiums upon acceleration, or (vi) limit the waiver of rights under usury laws. Furthermore, the manner in which any particular issue relating to the opinions would be treated in any actual court case would depend in part on facts and circumstances particular to the case and would also depend on how the court involved chose to exercise the wide discretionary authority generally available to it. We express no opinion as to the effect of Section 210(p) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended.

We express no opinion as to whether, or the extent to which, the laws of any particular jurisdiction apply to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the enforceability of the governing law provision contained in the Notes and the Indenture. We express no opinion as to the ability of another court, federal or state, to accept jurisdiction and/or venue in the event the chosen court is unavailable for any reason, including, without limitation, natural disaster, act of God, human health or safety reasons (including a pandemic) or otherwise.

This letter speaks only as of its date and is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act. We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 19, 2024, and to the use of our name in the Prospectus Supplement forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption “Validity of the Notes.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz




Exhibit 5.3

 
   
2, rue Jean Bertholet
L - 1233 Luxembourg
T +352 26 12 29 1
F +352 26 68 43 31
 
Highland Holdings S.à r.l.
6, rue Jean Monnet
L-2180 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 
(the “Addressee”)
 
Luxembourg, 19 November 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Highland Holdings S.à r.l. –€850,000,000 2.875% Notes due 2027 issue

We have acted as special legal counsel in Luxembourg to Highland Holdings S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 6, rue Jean Monnet, L-2180 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (R.C.S. Luxembourg) under number B237108 (the “Issuer”) in connection with the issuance and sale of €850,000,000 2.875% Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”).

Capitalised terms used in this opinion letter have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A. Terms not otherwise defined in this opinion letter shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Opinion Documents. Section headings used in this opinion letter are for ease of reference only and are not to affect its construction or be taken into consideration in its interpretation.

This opinion letter is addressed solely to you at your request.

This opinion letter is solely given for the benefit of, and may be relied upon by, you. We consent to the filing of this opinion as exhibit to the Form 8-K. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securites Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC in that respect. This opinion letter is strictly limited to the legal matters stated in it and may not be read as extending by implication to any legal matters not specifically referred to in it. Nothing in this opinion letter should be taken as expressing an opinion in respect of any representations or warranties, or other information, contained in the Opinion Documents or any other document reviewed by us in connection with this opinion letter, except as expressly confirmed in this opinion letter.

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have exclusively reviewed the Opinion Documents, the Corporate Documents and the Public Records, and we have assumed that the Opinion Documents reflect the reality of the transaction contemplated thereby. We have not investigated or verified any factual matter, whether or not disclosed to us, in the course of our review, and we assume that any such matter is accurate, complete and up-to-date as of the date hereof.


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We have not been involved in structuring, drafting or negotiating the Opinion Documents, the Base Prospectus and Final Prospectus Supplement.

This opinion letter sets out our opinion on certain matters of the laws with general applicability in Luxembourg as at the date hereof and as presently interpreted under published authoritative case law of Luxembourg courts, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. The opinions and statements expressed in this opinion letter are limited in all respects to and are to be construed and interpreted in accordance with Luxembourg law. We do not express any opinion on the validity or enforceability of the Opinion Documents. We do not undertake to revise, update or amend this opinion letter in connection with or to notify or inform you of, any developments and/or changes under Luxembourg law subsequent to the date hereof.

This opinion letter is subject to Luxembourg law and that any issues of interpretation or liability arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter are submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg. No person other than NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l. may be held liable in connection with this opinion letter.

In this opinion letter, legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their French or German terms. Luxembourg legal concepts concerned may not be identical in meaning to the concepts described by the English terms as they exist under the law of other jurisdictions.

Assumptions

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that:

a.
all documents reviewed by us as execution versions of documents or as fax, photo or electronic copies of originals are in conformity with the executed originals thereof and such originals are complete and authentic;

b.
the Issuer has complied with all requirements of the Luxembourg legislation and regulations on the domiciliation of companies, and in particular with the Luxembourg Domiciliation Act;

c.
the place of central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the place of effective management (siège de direction effective) and (for the purposes of the Recast Insolvency Regulation) the centre of main interests (centre des intérêts principaux) of the Issuer are located at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and the Issuer has no establishment (within the meaning of the Recast Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;


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d.
the Articles of Association and the Public Records of the Issuer are each true, complete and up-to-date as at the date hereof and such information has not been materially altered since;

e.
the Resolutions are in full force and effect and have not been amended, revoked or declared null and void, and correctly reflect the resolutions taken by the persons authorized to do so, and the factual statements made and the confirmations given in the Corporate Documents and in the Opinion Documents are complete and correct;

f.
the signature(s) - whether manuscript or electronic - appearing on the Opinion Documents (where executed on behalf of the Issuer ) are in fact the genuine signatures of the person(s) authorized under the Resolutions to execute the Opinion Documents on behalf of the Issuer;

g.
the entering of the Opinion Documents by the Issuer is not impaired (consentement vicié) by error (erreur), wilful misconduct (dol), duress (violence) or lesion (lésion);

h.
the Opinion Documents have in fact been signed on behalf of the Issuer by the persons authorized to that effect;

i.
the issue of the Notes and the approval and entry by the Issuer into the Opinion Documents (i) are in good faith, for business purposes, in the Issuer’s corporate interest (intérêt social), and (ii) without misappropriating corporate assets (abus de biens sociaux) and without the intention to defraud any other parties (in particular creditors) or to deprive such parties of any legal benefits or to circumvent any applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction;

j.
the Notes will not be subject to a public offering in Luxembourg, unless the relevant requirements of the Prospectus Regulation as referred to in the Prospectus Act, have been fulfilled and the Notes have not and will not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor (as defined in the PRIIPs Regulation) in the European Economic Area unless the applicable requirements of the PRIIPs Regulation have first been complied with;

k.
all authorizations, approvals and consents required under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (other than Luxembourg), which may be required in connection with the execution and performance of the Opinion Documents have been or will be obtained;

l.
all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Opinion Documents have been or will be satisfied;


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m.
the statements of fact in the Opinion Documents and in the Corporate Documents reviewed by us are true, accurate, complete and not misleading;

n.
no provision of law (other than Luxembourg law) would adversely affect or have any negative impact on the opinions we express in this opinion letter; and

Opinions

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein and to any matters, documents or events not disclosed to us, we express the following opinions:

Corporate Status

1.
The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing for an unlimited duration as a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) under the laws of Luxembourg.

Corporate Power

2.
The Issuer has the corporate power and authority to issue the Notes and execute the Opinion Documents.

Corporate Action

3.
The Issuer has taken all necessary corporate action required by its Articles of Association and the Companies Act in connection with the entry into the Opinion Documents and the issue of the Notes.

Due Execution

4.
The Opinion Documents have been validly approved and executed on behalf of the Issuer.

Qualifications

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:


A.
This opinion letter is subject to all limitations resulting from the application of Luxembourg public policy rules, overriding statutes and mandatory laws as well as to all limitations by reasons of bankruptcy (faillite), administrative dissolution without liquidation proceedings (procédure de dissolution administrative sans liquidation), insolvency, liquidation (liquidation), reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), out-of-court mutual agreement (réorganisation extra-judiciaire par accord amiable), judicial reorganization, fraudulent conveyance (actio pauliana), reorganisation or similar Luxembourg or foreign laws or orders affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.


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B.
Our opinion that the Issuer exists is based on the Corporate and Public Documents.


C.
Corporate documents (including but not limited to a notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver, administrator, or administrative receiver) may not be held immediately at the Companies Register or are not subject to be deposited/held at the Companies Register and there may also be a delay in the relevant document to be deposited with the Companies Register or appearing on the file of the Issuer with the Companies Register, which may therefore be incomplete and/or inaccurate, and the Extract and the Negative Certificate may not constitute conclusive evidence of the facts reflected therein.


D.
Under Article 19-3 of the Companies Register Act, documents and extracts of documents will only be valid vis-à-vis third parties from the day of their publication in the RESA unless the Issuer proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof. Third parties may however rely upon documents, such as the Resolutions, or extracts thereof, which have not yet been published in the RESA. Such documents are not enforceable against third parties during 15 (fifteen) days following publication if they prove that it was impossible for them to have knowledge thereof.


E.
An enquiry with the Companies Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether or not a winding-up petition or a petition for the making of an administration or bankruptcy order or similar action has been presented or is threatened to be presented; therefore, any reliance on the Negative Certificate should be made with regard to the functionality of the Companies Register.


F.
Any activity by the Issuer contrary to criminal law as well as any serious violation (contravention grave) by the Issuer of the provisions of the Luxembourg Commercial Code, of the laws governing commercial companies (including without limitation with respect to any business licence requirement) and may lead to the liquidation and winding-up of the Issuer.


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G.
If any document is signed by way of an electronic signature (as opposed to a handwritten (“wet ink”) signature), such electronic signature will have an equivalent effect to a handwritten signature if the electronic signature that is used, is either a qualified electronic signature within the meaning of the eIDAS Regulation, or otherwise meets the conditions of Article 1322-1 LCC in that the electronic signature used is a data set, linked inseparably to the deed which guarantees the integrity of the deed, identifies the signatory and expresses the signatory’s adherence to the deed. An electronic signature which does not comply with these requirements can also be used for the execution of agreements such as the Opinion Documents but will not have the same probative force as a handwritten signature which binds the court and only can be disallowed via a specific signature verification procedure. In case of a dispute as to its effects, it will however not be dismissed in court merely on the grounds that it is an electronic signature. The document signed with such an electronic signature will be admissible as evidence by a Luxembourg court and the electronic signature will constitute a means to prove the consent of the person purported to have signed if the signature meets a certain degree of integrity and authenticity.


H.
We express no opinion as to the accuracy of any warranties and representations given or made by the parties to the Opinion Documents (expressly or impliedly) as to matters of fact (other than to the extent they are subject matter of specific opinions set out in this opinion letter and are verified by our searches referred to in this opinion letter).

Yours faithfully,

NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l.
Authorized Signatory:
Margaretha (Greet) Wilkenhuysen


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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF DEFINITIONS

Addressee
has the meaning attributed thereto on the first page of this opinion letter
   
Underwriting Agreement
an e-mailed scanned copy of the fully signed version of the New York law governed underwriting agreement entered into by and between, amongst others, the Issuer and Otis Worldwide Corporation, dated 13 November 2024
   
Articles of Association
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
   
Companies Act
the Luxembourg Act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, recast
   
Companies Register
the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (R.C.S. Luxembourg)
   
Companies Register Act
the Luxembourg Act of 19 December 2002 on the register of commerce and companies and the accounting and annual statements of undertakings, as amended
   
Corporate Documents
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
   
eIDAS Regulation
the Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC
   
Extract
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B


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Indenture
 
an e-mailed scanned copy of the fully signed version of the New York law governed base indenture entered into by and between the Issuer, Otis Worldwide Corporation as Parent Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., dated 12 November 2021, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 2 with respect to the Notes dated 19 November 2024
   
Luxembourg
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
   
Luxembourg Commercial Code
the Luxembourg Commercial Code (Code de Commerce)
   
NautaDutilh
NautaDutilh Avocats Luxembourg S.à r.l.
   
Negative Certificate
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
   
Opinion Documents
the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the Notes
   
PRIIPs Regulation
the Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products
   
Prospectus Act
the Luxembourg Act of 16 July 2019 on prospectuses for securities, as amended
   
Prospectus Regulation
the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC
   
Public Records
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B


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Recast Insolvency Regulation
the Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)
   
RESA
the Luxembourg Electronic Register of Companies and Associations (Recueil Electronique des Sociétés et Associations)
   
Resolutions
has the meaning attributed thereto in Exhibit B
   
Securities Act
the Securities Act of 1933


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EXHIBIT B
LIST OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
AND PUBLIC RECORDS

List of corporate documents and public records of the Issuer:

1.
an electronic copy of the (restated) articles of association of the Issuer dated 28 February 2023 (the “Articles of Association”);

2.
an electronic copy of (i) the resolutions of the managers (gérants) of the Issuer, dated 9 October 2024 which, inter alia, approve the entering by the Issuer into the Opinion Documents, and (ii) the written resolutions of the managers (gérants) of the Issuer, dated 13 November 2024, approving the extension of the offer from an aggregate principal amount not to exceed EUR 800 million to the amount of up to EUR 900 million (together referred to as the “Resolutions”);

3.
an electronic copy of a certificate of non-registration of judgments, issued by the Companies Register for the Issuer on 19 November 2024 and reflecting the situation of 18 November 2024, and stating that the Issuer has not been declared bankrupt (en faillite) and has not been subject to administrative dissolution without liquidation proceedings (procédure de dissolution administrative sans liquidation) and that it has not applied for reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement) or such other proceedings listed in Article 13, items 4 to 12, 16 and 17 of the Companies Register Act (the “Negative Certificate”); and

4.
an electronic copy of a register extract for the Issuer issued by the Companies Register dated 19 November 2024 (the “Extract”).

The Articles of Association and the Resolutions are collectively referred to as the “Corporate Documents”.

The Negative Certificate and the Extract are collectively referred to as the “Public Records”.



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Document and Entity Information
Nov. 19, 2024
Entity Listings [Line Items]  
Document Type 8-K
Amendment Flag false
Document Period End Date Nov. 19, 2024
Entity File Number 001-39221
Entity Registrant Name OTIS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key 0001781335
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE
Entity Tax Identification Number 83-3789412
Entity Address, Address Line One One Carrier Place
Entity Address, City or Town Farmington
Entity Address, State or Province CT
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 06032
City Area Code 860
Local Phone Number 674-3000
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
Written Communications false
Soliciting Material false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Common Stock [Member]  
Entity Listings [Line Items]  
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
Trading Symbol OTIS
Security Exchange Name NYSE
0.318% Notes due 2026 [Member]  
Entity Listings [Line Items]  
Title of 12(b) Security 0.318% Notes due 2026
Trading Symbol OTIS/26
Security Exchange Name NYSE
0.934% Notes due 2031 [Member]  
Entity Listings [Line Items]  
Title of 12(b) Security 0.934% Notes due 2031
Trading Symbol OTIS/31
Security Exchange Name NYSE

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