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Exhibit 10.135
Tiffany & Co.
(Translation)
Report on Form 10-K
APPLICATION FOR BONDS
September , 2003
Tiffany & Co. Japan Inc.
Address:
Name:
Consenting to the terms described in the
application for the bonds prepared by
your company with respect to the bonds of
the following contents and conditions
(the "Bonds") (in which the schedule
attached hereto (conditions of bonds with
respect to the Bonds (the "Conditions of
Bonds")) constitutes an integral part
thereof) (the "Application for Bonds"), we
hereby apply for the Bonds on the
condition that prior to the payment of the
issue price, we are entitled to
cancel the application hereunder if any of
the representations and warranties
hereunder by the Issuer or Guarantor is
false or inaccurate.
Tiffany & Co. Japan Inc. First Series
Yen Bonds (Qualified Institutional
Investors Only) guaranteed by Tiffany &
Co.
Principal Amount
_________________________________ Yen Only
Number of Bonds
_________________________________
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Terms of Application for Bonds
1.
Trade Name of Company
Tiffany
& Co. Japan Inc.
2.
Trade Name of Bond Management Company
Because the Bonds satisfy the requirements under the proviso of
the
Article 297 of the Commercial Code of Japan, a bond management
company
will not be established for the Bonds.
3.
Aggregate Principal Amount of the Bonds
15,000,000,000 Yen
4.
Principal Amount of Each Bond
100,000,000 Yen
5.
Interest Rate on the Bonds
The interest rate on each of the Bonds shall be 2.02% per annum of
the
principal amount.
6.
Place of Payment of Principal and Interest
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Head Office and Osaka Corporate
Banking Division
7.
Method of Redemption and Maturity Date
(1) The Bonds
shall be redeemed at the principal amount of the Bonds on
September 30, 2010, unless redeemed or repurchased prior to such
date.
(2) If the
Issuer or Guarantor is highly likely to be obliged to pay an
Additional Amount (defined in Section 9 of the Conditions of Bonds)
at
the next due date for the Bonds as a result of any change or
amendment
in the laws (or rules or decisions under such laws) of
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the United States or its subdivision, or its tax authorities,
or
application, authoritative interpretation or change in enforcement
of
such laws, rules or decisions, and, in the judgment of an
authorized
officer of the Issuer or Guarantor, the Issuer or Guarantor is not
able
to avoid payment of the Additional Amount with reasonable
measures
without incurring substantial expenses, the Issuer or Guarantor
may
redeem (without deducting applicable withholding amounts), at any
time,
all of the Bonds (no partial redemption) at 100 % of the
principal
amount with interest thereon until (and including) the redemption
date.
Provided, however, that redemption of the Bonds on the grounds that
the
Guarantor has incurred payment obligation of the Additional Amount
can
only be made if both the Guarantor and the Issuer are unable to
avoid
paying the Additional Amount by causing the Issuer to pay the
principal
of and interest on the Bonds.
In such event, the Issuer or Guarantor shall notify the Fiscal
Agent in
writing that: (i) the Issuer or Guarantor is highly likely to
bear
obligation to pay the Additional Amount; (ii) it has elected to
redeem
the Bonds without deducting the withholding amount pursuant to
Section
7(2) of the Conditions of Bonds instead of paying the
Additional
Amount; (iii) scheduled redemption date; and (iv) the payment
obligation is unavoidable by reasonable measures without
incurring
substantial expenses in the judgment of an authorized officer of
the
company. The notice shall be accompanied by a legal opinion of
an
outside counsel appointed by the Issuer or Guarantor (meaning a
legal
counsel other than an employee of the Issuer, Guarantor or
subsidiaries
thereof, although a legal counsel regularly retained by the
Issuer,
Guarantor or
subsidiaries thereof shall qualify as the outside counsel
hereunder) (hereinafter the "Outside Counsel"), which shall
describe
that the Issuer or Guarantor is or may be obligated to pay the
Additional Amount due to the facts described in the foregoing
paragraph. The notice shall be given as soon as practicable
upon
occurrence of such event. Notices by the Issuer or Guarantor
under
Section 7(2) of the Conditions of Bonds to the Fiscal Agent shall
be
given 30 days prior to the scheduled redemption date, and the
Issuer
shall publicly notify the Bondholders 14 days prior to the
scheduled
redemption date.
The notice and legal opinion delivered under Section 7(2) of
the
Conditions of Bonds shall be kept at the main office of the
Fiscal
Agent, shall be available during normal business hours for
inspection
and copying by the Bondholders, and persons requesting such
copying
shall bear all expenses necessary therefor.
Under the Conditions of Bonds, the principal of the Bond shall
include
premiums payable under Section 7(2) of the Conditions of Bonds, if
any.
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All
reasonable expenses necessary for the procedures under Section
7(2)
of the Conditions of Bonds shall be borne by the Issuer or
Guarantor.
(3) The
Issuer, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries
may,
at any time after the issue date, purchase the Bonds in the market
or
otherwise at any price and retain, resell or cancel them.
(4) Unless
otherwise provided under the Conditions of Bonds, the Issuer
may
not pay all or part of the principal of or interest on the Bonds
prior
to the due dates.
8.
Method and Due Date of Interest Payment
(1) The Bonds
shall accrue interest from October 1, 2003, and the interest
shall first be payable on March 30, 2004 for the interest
accumulated
to such date, and thereafter, be payable in arrears on March 30
and
September 30 of each year for the six-month period ending on
and
including each such date. Interests for a period other than six
months
shall be payable for the actual number of days during that
period
(calculated on daily pro rata basis of 365 days per year, rounded
off
at the first decimal place). The interest payment dates provided
in
this subsection shall be hereinafter referred to as the
"Interest
Payment Date."
(2) Interest
on the Bonds shall not accrue after the redemption date;
provided, however, that if the Issuer or Guarantor fails to redeem
the
Bonds on the redemption date, delinquency interest shall be payable
for
the actual number of days during the period from the due date
(exclusive) to the date of actual redemption (inclusive) at the
rate
provided in this Section 6 (calculated on daily pro rata basis of
365
days per year, rounded off at the first decimal place);
provided,
further, that the period shall not extend beyond 14 days after
the
public notice by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to Section 8(3) of
the
Conditions of Bonds that it has received funds for redemption.
9.
Issue Price of the Bonds
100% of the principal amount of the Bonds
10. Conversion
of Bearer Bonds to and from Nonbearer Bonds
The form of the bond certificate of the Bonds (the "Bond
Certificate")
shall be limited to bearer bonds with coupons attached (such
coupons
attached to the Bond Certificate shall be hereinafter referred to
as
the "Coupons") and shall not be converted to nonbearer
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bonds, split into the Bond Certificates with par value less
than
100,000,000 Yen, or consolidated with other Bond Certificates.
11. Agreement
on Underwriting of Residual Amounts Not applicable.
12.
Regulations on Private Placement
(1) No
registration statement has been filed with respect to the Bonds
under Article 4 Paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Law of
Japan
(Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended).
(2) Any person
who intends to acquire the Bonds shall request the recording
of the aggregate acquired amount of the bonds pursuant to the
provisions of Article 37 of Ordinance Concerning Enforcement of the
Law
on Recording of Bonds, Etc. of Japan (Imperial Ordinance No. 409
of
1942, as amended).
(3) Any person
who intends to acquire the Bonds shall undertake not to
transfer the Bonds to any person other than the Qualified
Institutional
Investors (as defined in Cabinet Office Ordinance Concerning
Definitions Provided in Article 2 of Securities and Exchange
Law,
hereinafter the same).
(4) When
transferring any Bonds to any Qualified Institutional Investor,
the transferor shall notify the transferee in writing, in advance
or at
the same time of transfer, that no registration statement has
been
filed with respect to the Bonds pursuant to the provisions of
Article
4, paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Law and as to the
conditions in respect of the Bonds set out in this Section 12.
13. Private
Placement Arrangers
Lehman Brothers Japan Inc., Tokyo Branch, Mizuho Securities Co.,
Ltd.,
JP Morgan Securities Asia Private Limited, Tokyo Branch
14. Start Date
of Solicitation and Acceptance of Application September 12,
2003
15.
Application Period
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September 12-17, 2003
16. Applicants
for the Bonds shall pay the issue price for the Bonds on the
issue date to the Head Office of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
17. Issue
Date
September 30, 2003
18. Limitation
of Application for Recordation of Transfer as of Payment
Date
Application for recordation of transfer of the Bonds as of the
payment
date may not be made through the network
operated by Japan Bond Settlement
Network Co., Ltd.
19. Terms
other than above shall be as described in the schedule attached
hereto (Conditions of Bonds), which shall constitute an integral
part
of this Application for Bonds.
II.
Representations and Warranties by the Issuer
(1) The Issuer
is duly organized and validly existing as a limited
liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and
has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
property, to execute and deliver related agreements, to issue
the Bonds, and, to perform its obligations set forth in the
Fiscal and Paying Agency Agreement, the Recording Agency
Agreement and an agreement with arrangers of the private
placement (collectively, the "Related Agreements") and the
Conditions of Bonds pursuant to the provisions thereunder.
(2) The
issuance of the Bonds and execution and delivery of each
of the Related Agreements and the performance of its
obligations thereunder and the Conditions of Bonds by the
Issuer have been duly authorized by the Issuer's Board of
Directors and the aggregated principal amount of the Bonds is
within the amount so authorized. The Related Agreements
constitute the legal, valid and binding
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obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights in
general.
(3) All
necessary consents, authorizations and approvals of, and
registrations and filings with any court, government agency or
other regulatory body or agency required of the Issuer for or
in
connection with the execution and delivery of the Related
Agreements, issuance of the Bonds and compliance with the
terms of the Conditions of Bonds and Related Agreements have
been obtained or made and remain in full force and effect.
(4) The
authorization for the issuance of the Bonds, the issuance
of the Bonds, the issuance and delivery of the Bond
Certificate (including Coupons), the performance of its
obligations under the Bonds pursuant to the Conditions of
Bonds, and execution of each of the Related Agreements or the
performance of its obligations thereunder by the Issuer will
not
conflict with, or result in a breach of any applicable
statute, rule or regulation, any of the certificate of
incorporation or other constitutive documents of the Issuer,
any material agreement by which it is bound, judgment,
injunction, order, decision, or other instruments, or will
result in creating any lien on material assets of the Issuer
or its subsidiaries.
(5) All
payments of principal, interest and all other moneys
payable by the Issuer in respect of the Bonds shall be free of
any present taxes imposed by or on behalf of the United States
or any political subdivision (other than U.S. back-up
withholding taxes, if any).
(6) The Bonds
will be legal, valid and binding upon the Issuer as
direct, unconditional obligations of the Issuer ranking pari
passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations
of the Issuer.
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(7) When the
entire amount of the Issue Price has been paid in
full and when the signature of the Board Chairman of the
Issuer in facsimile has been put on the Bond Certificates and
the Coupons, and the Bond Certificates accompanied by the
Coupons have been delivered to or to the order of the
purchaser, the Bond Certificates accompanied by the Coupons so
delivered will have been duly and validly issued and will
represent legally valid and binding obligations of the Issuer
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective
terms, except that enforceability may be limited by the laws
of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws relating to creditors' rights in general.
(8) No
circumstances exist which, had the Bonds already been
issued, would, or would with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, constitute an Event of Default as defined in the
Conditions of Bonds.
(9) The Issuer
is not involved in, any litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings which would have a material adverse
effect, if determined adversely, on the Issuer's ability to
perform and comply with its obligations under the Related
Agreements and/or the Conditions of Bonds, nor, to the best of
the knowledge and belief of the Issuer, are any such
proceedings pending or threatened against the Issuer, nor, so
far as the Issuer is aware, do circumstances exist which are
likely to lead to such proceedings.
(10)
Neither the Issuer, nor any of its affiliates (as defined in
Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S.
Securities Act")), has engaged or will engage in any directed
selling efforts to the United States (as defined in Regulation
S under the U.S. Securities Act) with respect to the Bonds,
and each of the foregoing persons has complied and will comply
with the offering restriction requirements of Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act.
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III. Representations
and Warranties by the Guarantor
(1) The
Guarantor is a company duly incorporated and validly
existing as a limited
liability company under the laws of
State of Delaware.
(2) The
execution and delivery of the Guarantee by the Guarantor
have been duly authorized by the Guarantor's Board of
Directors, and the Guarantee constitutes legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Guarantor enforceable against it in
accordance with its respective terms, except that
enforceability may be limited by the laws of bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to
creditors' rights in general.
(3) The
delivery of the Guarantee by the Guarantor will not
conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or
provisions of laws or constitutive documents of the Guarantor
or a