UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): February 15, 2013
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
NEW YORK
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-5721 (Commission File Number)
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13-2615557 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
315 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, (address of Principal Executive Offices) |
10010 (Zip Code) |
212-460-1900
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
|X| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
As previously announced, to implement the strategic combination of Leucadia National Corporation (“Leucadia”) and Jefferies Group, Inc. (“Jefferies”) certain agreements were entered into, including the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2012 (the “First Merger Agreement”), by and among Jefferies, JSP Holdings, Inc. (“New Jefferies”) and Jasper Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub One”) and the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2012 (the “Second Merger Agreement”), by and among Leucadia, Limestone Merger Sub, LLC (“Merger Sub Two”), Jefferies, New Jefferies and Merger Sub One.
Pursuant to the First Merger Agreement, Merger Sub One will merge with and into Jefferies, with Jefferies as the surviving corporation (the “First Merger”) and each share of Jefferies common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger will be converted into one share of New Jefferies common stock and Jefferies will immediately thereafter convert into a limited liability company. Pursuant to the Second Merger Agreement, New Jefferies will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia through the merger of New Jefferies with and into Merger Sub Two, with Merger Sub Two as the surviving entity (the “Second Merger”) and each share of New Jefferies common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Second Merger will be converted into 0.81 Leucadia common shares.
Pursuant to the First Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the First Merger each of the issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share of Jefferies (the “Preferred Stock”) will be automatically converted into one share of preferred stock, par value $0.001 of New Jefferies (the “New Jefferies Preferred Stock”). Pursuant to the Second Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Second Merger each issued and outstanding share of New Jefferies Preferred Stock will automatically be converted into one new Leucadia preferred share, par value $1.00 per share.
On February 15, 2013, Leucadia, Jefferies, New Jefferies, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Mass Mutual”) and C. M. Life Insurance Company (“C.M. Life”, together with Mass Mutual, the “Preferred Stockholders”) entered into a letter agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 (the “Letter Agreement”). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the parties approved forms of and agreed to execute and file, as appropriate, the following documents:
(a) the Exchange Agreement, in the form filed as Exhibit 99.1, pursuant to which the Preferred Stockholders will receive new 3.25% Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies (the “A-1 Preferred Stock”) in exchange for the outstanding 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies (the “Series A Preferred Stock”);
(b) the Certificate of Designations of A-1 Preferred Stock, in the form filed as Exhibit 99.2. The A-1 Preferred Stock has substantially the same terms as the Series A Preferred Stock except that the A-1 Preferred Stock provides for the conversion of A-1 Preferred Stock into 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of New Jefferies (the “New Jefferies Preferred Stock”) in connection with the First Merger;
(c) the Certificate of Designations of New Jefferies Preferred Stock, in the form filed as Exhibit 99.3. The New Jefferies Preferred Stock has substantially the same terms as the A-1 Preferred Stock except the New Jefferies Preferred Stock is convertible into New Jefferies common stock instead of Jefferies common stock;
(d) the Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Leucadia, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 (the “Certificate of Amendment”), establishing the designations, rights and preferences of the 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Leucadia (the “Leucadia Preferred Shares”). 125,000 Leucadia Preferred Shares will be authorized, having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. The Leucadia Preferred Shares will be entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of 3.25% per year. Each Leucadia Preferred Share will be convertible at any time at the holder’s option, initially into 32.4231 fully paid and non-assessable Leucadia common shares, par value $1.00 per share. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain dilutive events, including the payment of cash dividends in excess of $0.0625 per quarter. Leucadia will be obligated to redeem any outstanding Leucadia Preferred Shares on January 15, 2038, and will have the option to redeem the Leucadia Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (if in part, a number of shares equal in an amount to at least 10% of the outstanding Leucadia Preferred Shares) on or after January 15, 2023, at a price of $1,000 per share plus accrued but unpaid dividends. The Leucadia Preferred Shares will be redeemable at the holder’s option upon the occurrence of a “Change of Control Transaction,” a “Fundamental Change,” a “Termination of Trading,” or a “Default Event,” all as defined in the Certificate of Amendment. In addition, if a holder of Leucadia Preferred Shares elects to convert upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change prior to January 16, 2023, the holder will receive
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“Transaction Consideration” (as so defined in the Certificate of Amendment) in respect of a specified additional number of Leucadia common shares; and
(e) the Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5, pursuant to which the Preferred Stockholders are entitled to request that Leucadia register the underlying Leucadia common shares into which the Leucadia Preferred Shares are convertible.
The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the Letter Agreement and the Leucadia Preferred Shares and does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Letter Agreement and its related exhibits (including the Certificate of Amendment), filed as Exhibits 10.1, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4 and 99.5, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) | Exhibits. |
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Letter Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2013, among Jefferies Group, Inc., JSP Holdings, Inc., Leucadia National Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company.
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Form of Exchange Agreement among Jefferies Group, Inc., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013).
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Form of the Certificate of Designations of 3.25% Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013).
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Form of the Certificate of Designations of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of JSP Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013).
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Form of Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Leucadia National Corporation.
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99.5 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Leucadia National Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. |
Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
In connection with the proposed merger between Leucadia and Jefferies, Leucadia filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a joint proxy statement of Leucadia and Jefferies and that also constitutes a prospectus of Leucadia. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on January 28, 2013. Leucadia and Jefferies mailed the joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective shareholders and stockholders on or about January 30, 2013. Leucadia and Jefferies may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF LEUCADIA AND JEFFERIES ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO
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THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Leucadia and Jefferies through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Leucadia and Jefferies by phone, e-mail or written request by contacting the investor relations department of Jefferies or Leucadia at the following:
Jefferies Group, Inc.
520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Attn: Investor Relations
203-708-5975
info@jefferies.com
Leucadia National Corporation
315 Park Avenue South Address, New York, NY 10010
Attn: Investor Relations
212-460-1900
Participants in the Solicitation
Leucadia and Jefferies, and their respective directors and executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Information regarding Leucadia’s directors and executive officers is contained in Leucadia’s proxy statement dated April 13, 2012, which has been filed with the SEC. Information regarding Jefferies’ directors and executive officers is contained in Jefferies’ annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 29, 2013. A more complete description is available in the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This filing contains “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements include statements about Jefferies’ and Leucadia’s future and statements that are not historical facts. These forward looking statements are usually preceded by the words “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” or similar expressions. All information and estimates relating to the merger of Leucadia and Jefferies and the combination of those businesses constitute forward looking statements. Forward looking statements may contain expectations regarding post-merger activities and financial strength, operations, synergies, and other results, and may include statements of future performance, plans, and objectives. Forward looking statements also include statements pertaining to Leucadia and Jefferies strategies for future development of our businesses, the payment by Leucadia of quarterly dividends, the spin off of Leucadia’s Crimson Wine Group, and Leucadia’s ability to utilize certain of its tax attributes. Forward looking statements represent only Leucadia’s and Jefferies’ beliefs regarding future events, many of which by their nature are inherently uncertain or subject to change. It is possible that the actual results may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results indicated in these forward-looking statements. Information regarding important factors that could cause actual results to differ, perhaps materially, from those in Leucadia’s and Jefferies’ forward looking statements is contained in reports that are filed and will be filed with the SEC. You should read and interpret any forward looking statement together with such reports.
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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.
Date: February 15, 2013
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
/s/ Joseph A. Orlando | ||
Name: | Joseph A. Orlando | |
Title: | Vice President and Chief | |
Financial Officer |
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Exhibit Index
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10.1 | Letter Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2013, among Jefferies Group, Inc., JSP Holdings, Inc., Leucadia National Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. | |
99.1 | Form of Exchange Agreement among Jefferies Group, Inc., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013). | |
99.2 | Form of the Certificate of Designations of 3.25% Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013). | |
99.3 | Form of the Certificate of Designations of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of JSP Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013). | |
99.4 | Form of Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Leucadia National Corporation. | |
99.5 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Leucadia National Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. |
Exhibit 10.1
[JEFFERIES LETTERHEAD]
Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company
C.M. Life Insurance Company
c/o Babson Capital Management LLC
1500 Main Street, Suite 1100
Springfield, MA 01115
Attn: Mr. Cliff Noreen
Leucadia
National Corporation
315 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
Attn: Mr. Joseph A. Orlando
February 15, 2013
Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2012 (Merger Agreement One), by and among Jefferies Group, Inc. (Jefferies), JSP Holdings, Inc. (New Jefferies) and Jasper Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub One), (ii) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2012 (Merger Agreement Two), by and among Leucadia National Corporation (Leucadia), Limestone Merger Sub, LLC (Merger Sub Two), Jefferies, New Jefferies and Merger Sub One, and (iii) that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2006 (the Purchase Agreement), by and among Jefferies, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (Mass Mutual) and C.M. Life Insurance Company (C.M. Life).
Pursuant to Merger Agreement One, Merger Sub One will merge with and into Jefferies, with Jefferies as the surviving corporation (the First Merger) and each share of Jefferies common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger will be converted into one share of New Jefferies common stock. Pursuant to Merger Agreement Two, New Jefferies will merge with and into Merger Sub Two, with Merger Sub Two as the surviving entity (the Second Merger). Each of the undersigned parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that Mass Mutual and C.M. Life, as holders (the Preferred Stockholders) of all of the 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies (the Preferred Stock), have, in connection with the First Merger and Second Merger, elected to receive (i) 3.25% Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies (A-1 Preferred Stock) in exchange for the Preferred Stock (Exchange One), (ii) 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock of New Jefferies (the New Jefferies Preferred Stock) in exchange for the A-1 Preferred Stock (Exchange Two) and, (ii) 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Leucadia (the Leucadia Preferred Shares) in exchange for the New Jefferies Preferred Stock (Exchange Three; and together with Exchange One and Exchange Two, the Exchanges).
Section 1. Exchanges. In connection with each of the Exchanges, the applicable parties hereto will enter into or file with the appropriate governmental authority, as applicable, and hereby approve the terms of, the following documents:
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Certificate of Designations of A-1 Preferred Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Certificate of Designations); |
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Exchange Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, pursuant to which the Preferred Stockholders will exchange the Preferred Stock for the A-1 Preferred Stock; |
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Certificate of Designations of New Jefferies Preferred Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the New Jefferies Certificate of Designations); |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Leucadia with respect to the Leucadia Preferred Shares in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Certificate of Amendment); and |
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Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. |
Section 2. Issuance of Leucadia Preferred Shares.
a) Representations of Preferred Stockholders. The Preferred Stockholders hereby confirm, for the benefit of Leucadia, that the representations of the Preferred Stockholders set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct, in each case, as of the date hereof and as of the Issue Date (as defined in the Certificate of Amendment).
b) Obligations of the Preferred Stockholders and Leucadia. Each of the Preferred Stockholders and Leucadia hereby agree that Leucadia, as the Company, and the Preferred Stockholders, as the Purchasers, shall be obligated to comply with the respective restrictions, promises and undertakings, applicable to the Company or the Purchasers, as the case may be, set forth in Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15 of the Purchase Agreement with respect to the Leucadia Preferred Shares. Other than as set forth in the preceding sentence, Leucadia shall have no liability or obligation under the Purchase Agreement.
Section 3. Waiver. Each of the undersigned parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) none of the First Merger, the Second Merger, Exchange One, Exchange Two or Exchange Three shall constitute, or be deemed to result in, a Change of Control Transaction, a Default Event, a Designated Event, a Fundamental Change, a Mandatory Redemption Event or a Termination of Trading (as each term is defined in that certain Certificate of Designations of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies, the Certificate of Designations, the New Jefferies Certificate of Designations, and the Certificate of Amendment) and (b) none of the First Merger, the Second Merger, Exchange One, Exchange Two or Exchange Three shall result in any adjustment to the Conversion Rate or the Conversion Price (as each term is defined in the Certificate of Designations, the New Jefferies Certificate of Designations and the Certificate of Amendment). In addition, the Preferred Stockholders hereby waive any and all appraisal rights that they may have as a result of the First Merger, the Second Merger and any of the Exchanges under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 4. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, including counterparts by facsimile and portable document format (.pdf), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Sincerely, |
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JEFFERIES GROUP, INC. |
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/s/ Roland T. Kelly |
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Name: Roland T. Kelly |
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Title: Assistant Secretary |
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JSP HOLDINGS, INC. |
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/s/ Roland T. Kelly |
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Name: Roland T. Kelly |
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Title: Authorized Person |
[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]
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LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION |
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/s/ Joseph A. Orlando |
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Name: Joseph A. Orlando |
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Title: Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
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MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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By: Babson Capital Management LLC, as its Investment Advisor |
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/s/ Clifford M. Noreen |
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Name: Clifford M. Noreen |
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Title: President |
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C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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By: Babson Capital Management LLC, as its Investment Advisor |
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/s/ Clifford M. Noreen |
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Name: Clifford M. Noreen |
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[Signature Page to Letter Agreement]
Exhibit A
Certificate of Designations of Jefferies Group, Inc.
[Filed as Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013]
Exhibit B
Exchange Agreement
[Filed as Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013]
Exhibit C
Certificate of Designations of JSP Holdings, Inc.
[Filed as Exhibit 99.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Jefferies Group, Inc. on February 15, 2013]
Exhibit D
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Leucadia National Corporation
[Filed as Exhibit 99.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Leucadia National Corporation on February 15, 2013]
Exhibit E
Registration Rights Agreement
[Filed as Exhibit 99.5 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Leucadia National Corporation on February 15, 2013]
Exhibit 99.4
CERTIFICATE
OF
AMENDMENT OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law, the undersigned hereby certifies:
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The name of the Corporation is Leucadia National Corporation (the Corporation). The name under which the Corporation was formed is Talcott National Corporation. |
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The Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Department of State on May 24, 1968. |
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The Corporation is authorized to issue a total of 606,000,000 shares, consisting of 600,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of $1 per share of Common Stock and 6,000,000 shares of Preferred Shares of the par value of $1 per share. An amendment of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation effected by this Certificate of Amendment to add the designations, rights and preferences of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares par value $1 per share (the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares) is hereby made. |
To effect the foregoing, a new Article SIXTH of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, relating to the 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, is hereby added, and all subsequent Articles of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation are renumbered accordingly. Article SIXTH shall read in its entirety as follows.
SIXTH: The Corporations Board of Directors has designated 125,000 shares of Preferred Shares as 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, which shall have the following designations, rights and preferences:
Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as the 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares) and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 125,000.
Section 2. Certain Definitions. As used in this Article SIXTH, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
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Acquisition Stock Price shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8(b) hereof. |
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Additional Shares shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8(a) hereof. |
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Adjustment Event Date shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(k) hereof. |
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Affiliate of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing. |
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Base Dividend shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(a)(iv) hereof. |
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Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of such board. |
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Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or U.S. federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open. |
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Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person. |
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Certificate means this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation. |
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Change of Control Transaction means any of the following: (i) any acquisition by any person or group (as defined in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) (other than (x) any ESOP or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation (unless such ESOPs and other employee benefit plans in the aggregate own greater than 80% of the Corporations outstanding voting stock) or (y) holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and their Affiliates) of (a) more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation (whether by merger, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of capital stock or otherwise), unless the Corporations management, directors or their appointees constitute at least 50% of the acquirors or the surviving companys board of directors or similar governing body, or (b) assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless the Corporations management, directors or their appointees constitute at least 50% of the acquirors board of directors or similar governing body, or (ii) continuing directors (i.e., members of the Board of Directors currently or individuals who become such members on the basis of appointment, election or nomination for election duly approved by a majority of the continuing directors on the Board of Directors at such time) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. |
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Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock or other capital stock or similar equity interests on any date means the closing sale price per share or interest (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the principal United States securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which such shares of Common Stock or such other capital stock or similar equity interests are traded. In the absence of such a quotation, the Corporation shall be entitled to determine in good faith the Closing Sale Price on such basis as it considers appropriate. The Closing Sale Price shall be determined without reference to extended or after hours trading. |
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Common Stock means any stock of any class of the Corporation that has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and that is not subject to redemption by the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of Section 10, however, shares issuable on conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall include only shares of the class designated as common stock of the Corporation at the date of this Certificate (namely, the Common Stock, par value $1 per share) or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and that have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and which are not subject to redemption by the Corporation; provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion shall be substantially in the proportion that the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications. |
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Conversion Agent shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 18(a) hereof. |
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Conversion Date shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 7(b) hereof. |
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Conversion Price per share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares means, on any date, the Liquidation Preference divided by the Conversion Rate in effect on such date. |
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Conversion Rate per share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares means 32.4231 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 9 hereof. |
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Conversion Transaction Expiration Date shall mean either (a) the date that is 75 days after the latest date any holder of shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall have made an HSR Filing in connection with the conversion of such shares into Common Stock in anticipation or as a result of such transaction or (b) 30 days after the date of such transaction, if no such filing shall have been made. |
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Corporation shall have the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Certificate, and shall include any successor to such Corporation. |
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Corporation Option Redemption shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6(a). |
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Default Event shall mean any of the following events shall have occurred: |
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(i) the Corporation shall fail to pay in full accrued and unpaid dividends for an aggregate of twenty (20) or more Dividend Payment Dates; or |
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(ii) a failure of the Corporation to comply in any material respect with its obligations set forth in this Certificate or a failure of Jefferies Group, Inc. (or its successor-in-interest) to comply in any material respect with its obligations set forth in the Purchase Agreement, which failure is not remedied within 10 days upon either the Corporations receipt of notice from any holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares or actual knowledge of the failure by any Officer, or the occurrence under the Registration Rights Agreement of a Registration Default, as defined under Section 2(g) of such agreement, which failure is not remedied within 60 days upon either the Corporations receipt of notice from any holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares or actual knowledge of the Registration Default by any Officer; or |
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(iii) the Corporation or any of its material subsidiaries shall (A) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee or liquidator for itself or any of its property; (B) admit in writing its inability to pay debts as they mature; (C) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (D) be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent; (E) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, a petition or answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any such law; (F) have failed to have in involuntary petition in bankruptcy filed against it dismissed and discharged within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of such filing; (G) corporate actions shall be taken for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or (H) an order judgment or decree shall be entered without the application, approval or consent of the Corporation or such material subsidiary, by any court of competent jurisdiction, approving a petition seeking reorganization of the Corporation or of all or a substantial part of its assets, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for sixty (60) calendar days; or |
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(iv) the Termination of Trading; or |
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(v) any of the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement in relation thereto shall be false or misleading in any material respect. |
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Default Rate shall mean 4.0% per annum. |
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Designated Event means an event or condition that shall be deemed to have occurred upon a Fundamental Change or a Termination of Trading. |
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Determination Date shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(k) hereof. |
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Dividend Payment Date shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4(a) hereof. |
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Dividend Period shall mean the period beginning on, and including, a Dividend Payment Date and ending on, and excluding, the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. |
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ESOP shall mean an Employee Stock Ownership Plan established and maintained solely for the benefit of the employees of the Corporation. |
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Exchange Act shall mean the U. S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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Fair Market Value shall mean, at any date of determination and with respect to any property, the sale value of such property that would be realized in an arms-length sale at such time between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller (neither being under a compulsion to buy or sell). |
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Fundamental Change means the occurrence of any transaction or event (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which 90% or more of the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the right to receive, consideration which is not at least 90% of the shares of common stock of the Person which is conducting the business of the Corporation immediately after such |
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transaction or event that (i) is listed on, or immediately after such transaction or event will be listed on, a United States national securities exchange or (ii) is approved, or immediately after such transaction or event will be approved, for quotation thereof in an inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United States national securities association. (For the avoidance of doubt, any merger, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of stock or similar transaction pursuant to which the holders of Common Stock will receive, or have the right to receive, primarily cash or Illiquid Securities in exchange for or in consideration of, their shares of Common Stock shall constitute a Fundamental Change.) |
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GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America. |
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Hart Scott Rodino Act shall mean the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. |
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Holders Redemption Notice shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6(d)(i) hereof. |
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HSR Filing shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 17. |
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Illiquid Securities shall mean shares of Capital Stock or other interests (a) which are not listed on a United States national securities exchange or approved for quotation thereof in an inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United States national securities association or (b) in respect of which, there is no liquid market for the purchase and sale of such shares or other interests. |
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Issue Date means March 1, 2013. |
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Junior Stock shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3(a) hereof. |
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Letter Agreement shall mean the Letter Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2013, by and among Jefferies Group, Inc., JSP Holdings, Inc., the Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, C.M. Life Insurance Company. |
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Liquidation Preference shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5(a) hereof. |
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Mandatory Redemption Events shall mean any one or more of a Change of Control Transaction, Designated Event or a Default Event. |
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Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Comptroller, any Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. |
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outstanding means, when used with respect to the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, as of any date of determination, all shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding as of such date; provided, however, that, if such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares is to be redeemed or repurchased, notice of such redemption or repurchase has been duly given pursuant to this Certificate and a sufficient sum set apart for the payment of the Redemption Price for the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to be redeemed, then immediately after such Redemption Date such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding; provided further that, in determining whether the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action hereunder, Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares owned by the Corporation or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether any Registrar or Transfer Agent shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which such Registrar has actual knowledge of being so owned by the Corporation or a Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding. |
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Parity Stock shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3(b) hereof. |
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Paying Agent shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 18(a) hereof. |
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Person shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof. |
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Proposed Redemption Date shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 6(c)(i). |
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Purchase Agreement shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2006, by and among Jefferies Group, Inc., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. |
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Record Date means (i) with respect to the dividends payable on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, the January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, respectively, immediately preceding such date and (ii) solely for the purpose of adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise). |
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Redemption Date shall mean (a) in the case of a Corporation Option Redemption, the date that is fixed for redemption of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares by the Corporation in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof and (b) in the case of a redemption in accordance with Section 6(b), the date as specified in Section 6(b). |
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Redemption Price means $1,000.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to the date of payment. |
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Registrar shall mean the Person responsible for recordation and registration of the name, addresses and amounts of the registered holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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Registration Rights Agreement shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Corporation, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. |
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Related Fund shall mean, with respect to any holder of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, any fund or entity that (a) invests in securities or bank loans and (b) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor of such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or advisor. |
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Right of First Refusal shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 15(b)(i) hereof. |
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Rights Plan shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(n) hereof. |
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Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1 hereof. |
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Spin-Off shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(a)(iii) hereof. |
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Stated Value means $1,000 per share. |
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Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, association, business entity or other Person of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (b) any partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (ii) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). |
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Termination of Trading shall mean that shares of Common Stock (or other shares of common stock or other securities or rights into which the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares is then convertible) are, for a period of more than 15 consecutive Business Days, neither listed for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange nor approved for listing on a United States national securities exchange or for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system of any registered United States national securities association. |
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Trading Day means, in respect of Common Stock or other securities as the context requires, a day during which trading in securities generally occurs on the principal national or regional securities exchange on which such Common Stock or other security is then listed, or, if such Common Stock or other security is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange, on the Nasdaq National Market, or if such Common Stock or other |
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security is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, on the principal other market on which such Common Stock or other security is then traded. |
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Transfer Agent shall mean the Person assigned to transfer the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 12 hereof. |
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Transaction Consideration shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8(a) hereof. |
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Voluntary Acquisition Transaction shall mean a Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Change in respect of which the Corporation voluntarily enters into one or more agreements to effect such transaction and such agreements shall have been approved by the Board of Directors. |
Section 3. Rank. The Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall, with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution (after payment of amounts owing to creditors of the Corporation), rank:
(a) senior to the Common Stock and any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity with the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the Junior Stock); and
(b) on a parity with any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity with the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the Parity Stock).
Section 4. Dividends. (a) Quarterly Dividends. Holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, whether or not earned or declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for payment, cumulative cash dividends at the rate per annum of 3.25% of the Stated Value per share, subject in each case to the provisions of Section 6(f). Such dividends shall be cumulative from the Issue Date and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 (each a Dividend Payment Date); provided that, if any Dividend Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related dividend will be paid on the next day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if the dividend payment had been made on such Dividend Payment Date and without any interest or other payment with respect to the delay. Dividends shall also be payable upon any Redemption Date and upon the final distribution date relating to the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation. The first Dividend Payment Date shall be April 15, 2013. Dividends on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends shall be payable to holders of record as they appear in the records of the Corporation at the close of business on the applicable Record Date.
(b) Cumulative Dividends. Dividends on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall accumulate from and including the Issue Date. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which may be in arrears. Subject to Section 4(d), holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividends in excess of the full cumulative dividends as described above.
(c) Dividend Priority. No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to any dividend period unless all dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid or declared and a sufficient sum set apart for the payment of such dividend, upon all outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
(d) Dividend Preference. No dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior Stock (in the case of Junior Stock) and cash in lieu of fractional shares) may be declared, made or paid, or set apart for payment upon, any Parity Stock or Junior Stock, nor may any Parity Stock or Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any money paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any Parity Stock or Junior Stock) by or on behalf of the Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior Stock (in the case of Junior Stock)), other than in connection with the purchase by the Corporation of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or deemed
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exercise of options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock which were issued pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant incentive or benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, in each case, adopted in good faith and approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors, unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid, or are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment, on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and any Parity Stock for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full dividends have not been paid on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and any Parity Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Stock so long as the dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of dividends declared per share on the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Stock will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Stock bear to each other. Holders of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares will not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends.
Section 5. Liquidation Preference. (a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the Corporations assets (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Stock, holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive $1,000.00 per share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares plus an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution to such holders (such amounts which are entitled to be received herein referred to as the Liquidation Preference); but such holders shall not be entitled to any further payment. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the Corporations assets, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and liquidating payments on any Parity Stock, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and any other Parity Stock ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and any such other Parity Stock if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.
(b) Certain Transactions not a Liquidation. Neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer, for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration, of all or substantially all of the Corporations property or assets nor the consolidation, merger or amalgamation of the Corporation with or into any corporation or other entity or the consolidation, merger or amalgamation of any corporation or other entity with or into the Corporation shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
(c) Liquidating Distributions on Junior Stock. Subject to the rights of the holders of any Parity Stock, after payment has been made in full to the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, as provided in this Section 5, holders of Junior Stock shall, subject to the respective terms and provisions (if any) applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to share therein.
Section 6. Redemption of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. Shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be redeemable by the Corporation in accordance with this Section 6.
(a) Redemption at the Corporations Option. The Corporation shall have no option to redeem any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares before January 15, 2023. On or after January 15, 2023, the Corporation shall have the option to redeem, (each a Corporation Option Redemption), subject to Section 6(n) hereof, in whole or in part (if in part, in an amount equal to at least 10% of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares) at the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date specified by the Corporation, but in any event the Corporation must redeem any outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares on January 15, 2038 at the Redemption Price.
(b) Redemption at Holders Option. In the event of a Mandatory Redemption Event, each holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to require the Corporation to redeem all or any portion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares held by it at the Redemption Price. In the event of a Mandatory Redemption Event in respect of which any such holder elects to require the Corporation to make such a redemption, the Redemption Date shall be (i) in the case of a Voluntary Acquisition Transaction giving rise to such
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election, the date of closing of such Voluntary Acquisition Transaction or (ii) in all other cases the date which is the 30th day after such holders Holders Redemption Notice in respect thereto.
(c) Redemption Procedure. Within 15 days after an Officer becomes aware of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Mandatory Redemption Event (other than a Voluntary Acquisition Transaction), within five Business Days after a Voluntary Acquisition Transaction shall have been announced to the public or becomes a matter of public record and in the event the Corporation elects a Corporation Option Redemption, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date specified by the Corporation, the Corporation shall send a written notice by first class mail to each holder of record of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at such holders registered address, stating:
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(i) in the case of a Corporation Option Redemption, the Redemption Date and, in the case of the occurrence or potential occurrence of a Mandatory Redemption Event, the events causing such Mandatory Redemption Event and the date upon which such Mandatory Redemption Event occurred or is expected to occur (the Proposed Redemption Date); |
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(ii) the Redemption Price that will be payable with respect to the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as of the Redemption Date or the Proposed Redemption Date, and whether such Redemption Price will be paid, subject to the provisions of Section 6(f) in cash or, if applicable, in shares of Common Stock or if a combination of cash and Common Stock, the portions of the Redemption Price in respect of which the Corporation will pay in cash and shares of Common Stock; |
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(iii) the Conversion Price, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto made after the Issue Date, in each case as of the date of such notice; |
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(iv) if such Mandatory Redemption Event is proposed to be made in connection with, or in anticipation of, a Fundamental Change that occurs prior to January 16, 2023, the Transaction Consideration, the number of Additional Shares and the additional Transaction Consideration which such holder would be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 8. |
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(v) that shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which are the subject of such redemption may be converted at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date; |
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(vi) if applicable, that holders who want to convert shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares must satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 7 of this Certificate; |
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(vii) that certificates evidencing the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to be redeemed must be surrendered to the Corporation to collect the Redemption Price; |
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(viii) if fewer than all the outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are to be redeemed by the Corporation, the number of shares to be redeemed of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares; |
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(ix) that, unless the Corporation defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, dividends in respect of the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which are the subject of such redemption will cease to accumulate on and after the Redemption Date; |
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(i) With respect to a redemption at the option of a holder in connection with a Mandatory Redemption Event, such holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares that are outstanding at the time of such Mandatory Redemption Event shall exercise its rights in Section 6(b) to have all or any portion of its Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares redeemed by the Corporation by sending a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit B by first class U.S. mail, overnight courier, hand delivery or facsimile transmission) (a Holders Redemption Notice) to the Corporation at any time prior to the close of business on (A) in the case of a Voluntary Acquisition Transaction, the tenth Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date or (B) in all other cases, (x) the 30th day |
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after the date such holder shall have received the Corporations notice described in Section 6(c) above or (y) if no such notice shall have been given, the 60th day after such holder shall have become aware of the existence of such Mandatory Redemption Event. Upon receipt by the Corporation of the Holders Redemption Notice, the holder of the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares in respect of which such Holders Redemption Notice was given shall (unless such Holders Redemption Notice is withdrawn as specified below) thereafter be entitled, subject to legally available funds, to receive the Redemption Price with respect to such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, subject to this Section 6. |
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(ii) With respect to any redemption pursuant to this Section 6, the delivery to the Corporation of the certificates evidencing such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to be redeemed (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of the Corporation or such other place as the Corporation may specify shall be a condition to the receipt by the holder of the Redemption Price. |
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(iii) Any redemption by the Corporation contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the holder whose shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are to be redeemed promptly following the later of the Redemption Date and the time of delivery of the certificates evidencing such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 6. |
(e) Withdrawal of Holders Redemption Notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares that remains outstanding after a Mandatory Redemption Event who shall have delivered to the Corporation the Holders Redemption Notice shall have the right to withdraw such Holders Redemption Notice in whole or as to a portion thereof that is at least a full share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day before the Redemption Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Corporation in accordance with provisions of this Section 6(e) specifying:
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(iii) the number of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, if any, that remain subject to the original Holders Redemption Notice and have been or will be delivered for redemption by the Corporation. |
The Corporation will promptly return to the respective holders thereof all certificates representing any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to which a Holders Redemption Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with this Certificate, in which case, upon such return, the Holders Redemption Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(f) Payment of Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be paid, at the option of the Corporation, in cash, shares of Common Stock, or any combination thereof; provided, that if the Corporation is redeeming Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at a holders request upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Redemption Event, the Redemption Price shall be payable only in cash; provided further, that if upon the Redemption Date, the Corporation is prohibited from paying the Redemption Price in cash under the terms of any indebtedness of the Corporation or by applicable law, the Corporation shall, if permitted under the terms of such indebtedness and under applicable laws, elect to pay the Redemption Price in shares of Common Stock; and provided further that the Corporation shall not be permitted to pay all or any portion of the Redemption Price in shares of Common Stock in the case of a Default Event and provided further that the Corporation shall not be permitted to pay all or any portion of the Redemption Price in shares of Common Stock in the case of a Change of Control Transaction or a Designated Event unless:
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(ii) the Corporation shall have registered such shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case, if required or desirable to permit such holder to freely sell or transfer such shares without any restrictions as to time, amount or other factors which limit the ability of such holder to freely trade such shares in recognized liquid markets; |
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(iv) any necessary qualification or registration under applicable state securities laws have been obtained, if required or desirable to permit such holder to freely sell or transfer such shares without any restrictions as to time, amount or other factors which limit the ability of such holder to freely trade such shares in recognized liquid markets; provided further that if the Corporation shall be prohibited under any agreements applicable to it from paying the Redemption Price in cash, or an event of default (howsoever described) shall arise under any such agreement upon the payment of the Redemption Price in cash, then, notwithstanding any notice by the Corporation to the contrary, the Corporation shall, to the extent not prohibited by such agreements and applicable law, pay the Redemption Price in Common Stock or, in the case of a merger in which the Corporation is not the surviving Person, common stock of the surviving Person or its direct or indirect parent company which is the equivalent of Common Stock. |
If each of the foregoing conditions to pay the Redemption Price in shares of Common Stock are not satisfied with respect to any holder or holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares prior to the close of business on the last day prior to the Redemption Date and the Corporation has elected to redeem the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 6 through the issuance of shares of Common Stock, then, notwithstanding any election by the Corporation to the contrary, subject to there being legally available funds therefor, the Corporation shall pay the entire Redemption Price of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of such holder or holders in cash provided if the Corporation does not (whether prohibited by applicable law, agreements in respect of its indebtedness or otherwise) pay the Redemption Price in the form and on the date required hereunder the dividend rate on each share of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which is the subject of such redemption shall be increased, commencing on the applicable Redemption Date, to the Default Rate and shall thereafter accrue on the Liquidation Preference per share for each such share. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Corporation may not change the form of consideration to be paid for the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares after the mailing of written notice of the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 6(c).
(g) Payments in Common Stock. Payment of the specified portion of the Redemption Price in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(f) hereof shall be made by the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the portion of the Redemption Price, as the case may be, to be paid in shares of Common Stock by (ii) 97.5% of the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 Trading Days immediately preceding and including the second Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date (appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during such period of any event described in Section 9). The Corporation will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock in payment of the Redemption Price. Instead, the Corporation will pay cash based on the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 Trading Days immediately preceding and including the second Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date (appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during such period of any event described in Section 9) for all fractional shares on the Redemption Date.
(h) Time of Payment. If the Corporation gives notice of redemption, then by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall, subject to there being legally available funds therefor, pay to the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares a sufficient sum of cash or, if applicable, Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock, sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price of all shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which are to be redeemed as of the Redemption Date.
(i) No Dividends on Preferred Shares. If on the Redemption Date, the Corporation has paid the Redemption Price as aforesaid for the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares delivered for redemption as set forth herein, dividends shall cease to accumulate as of the Redemption Date on those shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares called for redemption and all rights of holders of such shares shall terminate, except for the right to receive the Redemption Price pursuant to this Section 6.
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(j) Condition to Redemption Payment. Payment of the Redemption Price for shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares is conditioned upon physical delivery of certificates representing the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, together with necessary endorsements, to the Corporation at its office or at such other place as the Corporation may designate at any time after delivery of the notice of redemption.
(k) Payment of Dividends in Certain Circumstances. If the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and before the related Dividend Payment Date, holders of the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at the close of business on that Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividends to be paid on those shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date.
(l) Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Redeemed in Part. If fewer than all the outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are to be redeemed at the option of the Corporation, the particular shares to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata among the holders thereof (based on the respective outstanding Redemption Prices for such shares held by each holder).
(m) New Stock Certificates. Upon surrender of a certificate or certificates representing shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares which are to be redeemed in part and part of such shares shall remain outstanding after a Redemption Date, the Corporation shall execute and deliver to such holder of such outstanding shares, a new certificate representing such shares in an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares surrendered for partial redemption.
(n) Arrears in Dividends. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, unless full cumulative dividends (whether or not declared) on all outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares have been paid or contemporaneously are declared and paid for all Dividend Periods terminating on or before the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall have no right to exercise its option to redeem the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, and no sum shall be set aside for such redemption, unless pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
(o) Compliance with Laws. The Corporation will comply with all the applicable provisions of Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act, if required, in connection with any offer by the Corporation to redeem the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares and to the extent necessary to comply therewith, the time periods specified herein shall be extended accordingly.
Section 7. Conversion.
(a) Right to Convert. Each share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible at the option of each holder thereof at any time in accordance with, and subject to, this Section 7 into a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as such shares shall then be constituted) equal to the Conversion Rate in effect at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 6, such conversion right shall cease and terminate, as to the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to be redeemed, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price therefor, as provided herein.
If the Corporation is a party to a consolidation, merger, amalgamation, binding share exchange or other transaction pursuant to which shares of Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property as set forth in Section 10, each share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares may be surrendered for conversion at any time from and after the date that is 30 days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction until the Conversion Transaction Expiration Date in respect of such transaction and, at the effective time of the transaction, the right to convert Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a right to convert such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person that the holder would have received if such holder had converted such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares immediately prior to the transaction. Upon such change, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be references to such cash, securities or other property in each case as the context requires.
(b) Conversion Procedures. Conversion of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares may be effected by any holder thereof upon the surrender to the Corporation, at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other office or agency as may be directed by the Board of Directors, of the certificate or
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certificates for such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to be converted accompanied by a complete and manually signed Notice of Conversion (attached hereto as Exhibit A) along with (A) appropriate endorsements and transfer documents as required by the Board of Directors and (B) if required pursuant to Section 7(c) funds equal to the dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date. In case such Notice of Conversion shall specify a name or names other than that of such holder, such notice shall be accompanied by payment of all transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock in such name or names. Other than such taxes, the Corporation shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares pursuant hereto. The conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares will be deemed to have been made on the date (the Conversion Date) such certificate or certificates have been surrendered and the receipt of such Notice of Conversion and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any (or the demonstration to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such taxes have been paid). Promptly (but no later than 10 Business Days) following the Conversion Date, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered (i) certificates representing the number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable full shares of Common Stock to which the holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares being converted (or such holders transferee) shall be entitled, and (ii) if less than the full number of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates is being converted, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of shares evidenced by such surrendered certificate or certificates less the number of shares being converted. On the Conversion Date, the rights of the holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as to the shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive shares of Common Stock and the Person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder of such shares of Common Stock at such time.
(c) Dividend and Other Payments Upon Conversion.
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(i) If a holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares exercises conversion rights, such shares will cease to accumulate dividends as of the end of the day immediately preceding the Conversion Date. On conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, except for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Record Date corresponding to a Dividend Payment Date to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date, in which case the holder on such Dividend Record Date shall receive the dividends payable on such Dividend Payment Date, accumulated and unpaid dividends on the converted shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the holder thereof through delivery of the Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof. If a holder of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares elects to have its shares converted into Common Stock, shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares surrendered for conversion after the close of business on any Record Date for the payment of dividends declared and before the opening of business on the Dividend Payment Date corresponding to that Record Date must be accompanied by a payment to the Corporation in cash of an amount equal to the dividend payable in respect of those shares on such Dividend Payment Date; provided that a holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares on a Record Date who converts such shares into shares of Common Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares on such Dividend Payment Date, and such holder need not include payment to the Corporation of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion. |
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(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares are converted during the period between the close of business on any Record Date and the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date and the Corporation has called such shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares for redemption during such period, or the Corporation has specified a Redemption Date during such period, then, in each case, the holder who tenders such shares for conversion shall receive the dividend payable on such Dividend Payment Date and need not include any such cash payment of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion. |
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(d) Fractional Shares. In connection with the conversion of any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, no fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued, but the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional interest in an amount equal to the fractional interest multiplied by the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date, rounded to the nearest whole cent.
(e) Total Shares. If more than one share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be surrendered for conversion by the same holder at the same time, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of those shares shall be computed on the basis of the total number of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.
(f) Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock. The Corporation shall:
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(i) at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon the conversion of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient if necessary to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares; |
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(ii) prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, comply with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws and regulations that require action to be taken by the Corporation (including, without limitation, the registration or approval, if required under such laws and regulations, of any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares hereunder); and |
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(iii) ensure that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, upon delivery, be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights and will be listed upon the New York Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange or interdealer quotation system of any registered United States national securities association on which the Common Stock of the Corporation may be then be listed or included. |
Section 8. Additional Shares Issuable Upon Conversion Following the Occurrence of a Designated Event that is Also a Fundamental Change.
(a) General. If a holder exercises its right pursuant to Section 7 hereof to convert its Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change that occurs prior to January 16, 2023 then (i) at the effective date of the transaction constituting such Fundamental Change, the right to convert Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a right to convert such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person (the Transaction Consideration) that the holder would have received if the holder had converted such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares immediately prior to such transaction constituting a Fundamental Change and (ii) in the circumstances set forth in Section 8(b) hereof, upon conversion, such holder will be entitled to receive, in addition to the Transaction Consideration in respect of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate, an additional Transactional Consideration in respect of an additional number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the Additional Shares) determined as set forth in Section 8(b).
(b) Determination of Additional Shares. The number of Additional Shares referred to in Section 8(a)(ii) shall be determined for the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares by reference to the table below, based on the price per share at which the Common Stock of the Corporation is being acquired (the Acquisition Stock Price).
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(i) The Acquisition Stock Prices set forth in the first row of each table below (i.e., column headers) will be adjusted as of each date on which the Conversion Rate of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares is adjusted. The adjusted Acquisition Stock Prices will equal the Acquisition Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to such Acquisition Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The initial number of Additional Shares set |
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forth in the table will be adjusted from time to time in the same manner as the Conversion Rate is adjusted from time to time in the manner provided under Section 9. |
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(ii) Upon a Fundamental Change which takes place prior to January 16, 2023 the holder of each share of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive upon conversion of each share, in addition to shares of Common Stock to which it is entitled based on the Conversion Rate, a number of Additional Shares per $1,000.00 of Liquidation Preference per share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares so converted which corresponds to the Acquisition Stock Price then in effect and date of such Fundamental Change as set forth in the table below: |
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$27.50 |
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$30.84 |
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$35.00 |
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$40.00 |
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$50.00 |
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$60.00 |
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$75.00 |
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$90.00 |
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$110.00 |
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$130.00 |
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$150.00 |
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$175.00 |
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$200.00 |
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1/29/2013 |
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8.905 |
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7.347 |
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6.172 |
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5.078 |
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4.117 |
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2.868 |
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2.104 |
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1.402 |
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0.974 |
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0.619 |
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0.399 |
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0.256 |
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0.141 |
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0.070 |
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1/15/2014 |
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8.905 |
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6.875 |
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5.752 |
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4.711 |
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3.803 |
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2.632 |
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1.922 |
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1.274 |
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0.881 |
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0.556 |
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0.355 |
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0.225 |
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0.121 |
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0.058 |
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1/15/2015 |
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8.905 |
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6.387 |
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5.315 |
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4.330 |
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3.476 |
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2.387 |
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1.734 |
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1.143 |
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0.786 |
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0.492 |
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0.311 |
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0.194 |
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0.101 |
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0.045 |
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1/15/2016 |
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8.905 |
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5.891 |
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4.870 |
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3.939 |
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3.141 |
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2.136 |
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1.542 |
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1.010 |
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0.691 |
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0.429 |
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0.268 |
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0.164 |
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0.082 |
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0.034 |
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1/15/2017 |
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8.905 |
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5.402 |
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4.426 |
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3.546 |
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2.803 |
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1.883 |
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1.349 |
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0.878 |
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0.598 |
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0.369 |
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0.228 |
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0.137 |
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0.066 |
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0.025 |
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1/15/2018 |
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8.905 |
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4.931 |
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3.991 |
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3.156 |
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2.464 |
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1.629 |
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1.158 |
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0.749 |
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0.509 |
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0.312 |
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0.191 |
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0.112 |
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0.052 |
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0.017 |
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1/15/2019 |
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8.905 |
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4.457 |
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3.544 |
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2.751 |
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2.109 |
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1.363 |
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0.959 |
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0.618 |
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0.419 |
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0.256 |
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0.155 |
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0.090 |
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0.039 |
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0.010 |
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1/15/2020 |
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8.905 |
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3.958 |
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3.062 |
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2.305 |
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1.717 |
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1.073 |
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0.746 |
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0.480 |
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0.327 |
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0.200 |
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0.120 |
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0.068 |
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0.027 |
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0.005 |
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1/15/2021 |
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8.905 |
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3.408 |
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2.511 |
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1.788 |
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1.262 |
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0.745 |
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0.512 |
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0.333 |
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0.229 |
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0.142 |
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0.085 |
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0.047 |
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0.017 |
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0.001 |
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1/15/2022 |
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8.905 |
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2.758 |
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1.819 |
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1.126 |
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0.695 |
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0.369 |
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0.256 |
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0.172 |
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0.121 |
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0.076 |
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0.045 |
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0.024 |
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0.007 |
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0.000 |
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1/15/2023 |
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2.106 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.000 |
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(A) If the Acquisition Stock Price is between two Acquisition Stock Price amounts in the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Acquisition Stock Price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. |
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(B) If the Acquisition Stock Price is in excess of $200.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no Additional Shares will be issued upon conversion. |
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(C) If the Acquisition Stock Price is less than $24.19 per share (subject to adjustment), the number of Additional Shares issued on conversion will be the amount set forth in the farthest column on the left of the table which contains Additional Share numbers. |
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(iv) If the Transaction Consideration includes securities or other property other than cash, the value thereof for purposes of determining the Acquisition Stock Price shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. |
Section 9. Adjustments in the Shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
(a) Conversion Rate Adjustments. Each share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible into a number shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment from time to time by the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9. References to Conversion Rate in this Certificate means the Conversion Rate in effect on the relevant date. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9, the Conversion Rate may not be reduced below the initial Conversion Rate as of the date hereof, except for adjustments made under Section 9(a)(i) as a result of a share split or share combination. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Corporation as follows:
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(i) If the Corporation issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, or if a share split or share combination is effected, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula: |
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CR 1 = CR O times OS 1 divided by OS O |
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CR O = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such event |
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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such event |
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OS O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event |
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OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event |
An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a)(i) shall become effective on the date immediately after (x) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution described in this Section 9(a)(i) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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(ii) If the Corporation issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants, options or other securities entitling them for a period of not more than 20 days after the date of issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock, or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock within 20 days after the issuance thereof, in either case at an exercise price per share or a conversion price per share less than the Closing Sale Price of shares of the Common Stock on the business day immediately preceding the time of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula (provided that the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the extent that such rights, warrants options, or other securities or convertible securities are not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof): |
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CR 1 = CR O times (OS O +X) divided by (OS O +Y) |
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CR O = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such event |
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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such event |
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OS O = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event |
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X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities |
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Y = the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities and (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending two Trading Days prior to the date of announcement for the issuance of such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities |
An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a)(ii) shall be made successively whenever such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities are issued, and shall become effective on the day following the date of announcement of such issuance. If, at the end of the period during which such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities are exercisable or convertible, not all rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities have been exercised or converted, as the case may be, the adjusted Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted to what it would have been based upon the number of additional shares of Common Stock actually issued (or the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon conversion of convertible securities actually issued).
For purposes of this Section 9(a)(ii), in determining whether such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities entitle the holder to subscribe for or purchase or exercise a conversion right for shares of Common Stock at less than the average Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities
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(iii) If the Corporation distributes shares of the Corporations Capital Stock, evidences of the Corporations indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to all or substantially all of the holders of the Corporations Common Stock, excluding: |
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CR O = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such distribution |
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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such distribution |
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SP O = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending two Trading Days prior to the record date for such distribution |
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FMV = the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the record date for such distribution |
An adjustment made pursuant to the above paragraph shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective on the day immediately after the dated fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(a)(iii) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock or shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation which have Closing Sale Prices for the first 20 Trading Days after the payment of such dividend or distribution shall have been made (such transaction herein referred to as a Spin-Off), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Spin-Off of the Crimson Wine Group, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the close of business on the record date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such payment of such dividend or distribution will be increased based on the following formula:
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CR 1 = CR O times (FMV O +MP O) divided by MP O |
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CR O = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such distribution |
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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such distribution |
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FMV O = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 20 Trading Days after the effective date of such Spin-Off |
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MP O = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the first 20 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of such Spin-Off |
The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will occur on the 20th Trading Day from, and including, the effective date of such Spin-Off. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Conversion Price shall not be reduced by more than $0.81 as a result of the Spin-Off of the Crimson Wine Group.
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If any such dividend or distribution described in this Section 9(a)(iii) is declared but not paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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(iv) If the Corporation makes any cash dividend or distribution during any of the Corporations quarterly fiscal periods to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, in an aggregate amount that, together with other cash dividends or distributions made during such quarterly fiscal period, exceeds $0.0625 per share (the Base Dividend) (appropriately adjusted from time to time for any share dividends on or subdivisions of the Common Stock), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula: |
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CR 1 = CR O times SP O divided by (SP O -C) |
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CR O = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date for such distribution |
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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the record date for such distribution |
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SP O = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending two Trading Days prior to the record date of such distribution |
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C = the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to holders of Common Stock that exceeds the Base Dividend |
An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a)(iv) shall become effective on the date immediately after the Record Date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution described in this Section 9(a)(iv) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
No adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 9(a)(iv) shall be made, if the Corporation distributes, no later than 20 days after the payment date for any aforesaid cash dividend or distribution in excess of the Base Dividend, to each holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to holders of Common Stock that exceeds the Base Dividend, multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock in which the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares held by such holder is convertible on the date preceding the date of such payment to such holder.
The Base Dividend shall be subject to adjustment on account of any of the events set forth in Section 9(a)(i). Any such adjustment will be effected by multiplying the Base Dividend by a fraction, the numerator of which will equal OS O and the denominator of which will equal OS 1, in each case, within the meaning of Section 9(a)(i).
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(b) Adjustments to Conversion Rate for Diluting Issues. |
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(i) For purposes of this Section 9(b), the following definitions shall apply: |
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New Shares of Common Stock shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued (or, pursuant to Section 9(b)(ii) below, deemed to be issued) by the Corporation after the Issue Date, other than the following shares of Common Stock, and shares of Common Stock deemed issued pursuant to the following Options and Convertible Securities (collectively Exempted Securities): |
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(1) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued as a dividend or distribution on Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares; |
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(2) shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on shares of Common Stock in respect of which an adjustment of the Conversion Price is made pursuant to Section 9(a); or |
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(3) shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities actually issued upon the exercise of Options or shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities, in each case provided such issuance is pursuant to the terms of such Option or Convertible Security, in each case in respect of which an adjustment of the Conversion Price shall have been made under this Section (b) upon issuance of such Options or Convertible Stock; |
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Convertible Securities shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.
Market Value Price shall mean, in respect of any share of Common Stock on any date, (a) the Closing Sale Price on the date the Corporation enters into a binding agreement to issue shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities or if such date is not a Trading Day, on the immediately preceding Trading Day, if under the terms of such binding agreement such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are to be issued within six Trading Days following the execution of such binding agreement, otherwise, (b) the Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding such date or (c) if the shares of such Common Stock are not traded on a principal national or regional stock exchange or not listed on the Nasdaq National Market or other similar market, the Fair Market Value of such share of Common Stock (as determined in good faith by the majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors).
Option shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
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(ii) The circumstances described below shall apply to issues of New Shares of Common Stock: |
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(1) If the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the Issue Date shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities (other than Options or Convertible Securities which are themselves Exempted Securities) or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto, assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, convertibility or exchangeability but without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be New Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date. |
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(2) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 9(b)(iii) below, are revised as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (A) any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (B) any increase or decrease in the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, then, effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective, the Conversion Price computed upon the original issue of such Option or Convertible Security (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price as would have obtained had such revised terms been in effect upon the original date of issuance of such Option or Convertible Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no readjustment pursuant to this clause (i) shall have the effect of increasing the Conversion Price to an amount which exceeds the lower of (x) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the original adjustment made as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security, or (y) the Conversion Price that would have resulted from any issuances of New Shares of Common Stock (other than deemed issuances of New Shares of Common Stock as a result of the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security) between the original adjustment date and such readjustment date. |
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(3) If the terms of any Option or Convertible Security, the issuance of which did not result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 9(b)(iii) (either because the consideration per share (determined pursuant to Section 9(b)(iv)) of the New Shares of Common Stock subject thereto was equal to or greater than the Conversion Price then in effect, or because such Option or Convertible Security was issued before the Issue Date) or Section 9(g), are revised after the Issue Date as a result of an amendment to such terms or any other adjustment pursuant to the provisions of such Option or Convertible Security (but excluding automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution or similar provisions of such Option or Convertible Security) to provide for either (A) any increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any such Option or Convertible Security or (B) any increase or decrease in the |
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consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion or exchange, then such Option or Convertible Security, as so amended or adjusted, and the New Shares of Common Stock subject thereto (determined in the manner provided in Section 9(b)(ii)(1) above) shall be deemed to have been issued effective upon such increase or decrease becoming effective. |
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(4) Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 9(b)(iii), the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price as would have obtained had such Option or Convertible Security (or portion thereof) never been issued. |
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(5) If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, is calculable at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended but is subject to adjustment based upon subsequent events, any adjustment to the Conversion Price provided for in this Section 9(b)(ii) shall be effected at the time of such issuance or amendment based on such number of shares or amount of consideration without regard to any provisions for subsequent adjustments (and any subsequent adjustments shall be treated as provided in clauses (2) and (3) of this Section 9(b)(ii)). If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion and/or exchange of any Option or Convertible Security, or the consideration payable to the Corporation upon such exercise, conversion and/or exchange, cannot be calculated at all at the time such Option or Convertible Security is issued or amended, any adjustment to the Conversion Price that would result under the terms of this Section 9(b)(ii) at the time of such issuance or amendment shall instead be effected at the time such number of shares and/or amount of consideration is first calculable (even if subject to subsequent adjustments), assuming for purposes of calculating such adjustment to the Conversion Price that such issuance or amendment took place at the time such calculation can first be made. |
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(iii) In the event the Corporation shall on any date after the Issue Date issue New Shares of Common Stock (including New Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to Subsection 9(b)(ii)), without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the Market Value Price on such date, then the Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent) determined in accordance with the following formula: |
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CP2 = CP1 times (A + B) divided by (A + C). |
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For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply: |
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CP2 shall mean the Conversion Price in effect immediately after such issue of New Shares of Common Stock; |
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CP1 shall mean the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue of New Shares of Common Stock; |
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A shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue of New Shares of Common Stock (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options outstanding immediately prior to such issue or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (including the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares) outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Options therefor) immediately prior to such issue); |
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B shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if such New Shares of Common Stock had been issued at a price per share equal to the Market Value Price of such date (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation in respect of such issue by such Market Value Price); and |
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C shall mean the number of such New Shares of Common Stock actually issued in such transaction. |
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(iv) For purposes of this Section 9(b), the consideration received by the Corporation for the issue of any New Shares of Common Stock shall be computed as follows: |
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(A) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Corporation, excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest and calculated without reduction for any customary fees, commissions, discounts or allowances payable by the Corporation in connection with the issuance and sale of New Shares of Common Stock; |
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(B) insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the Fair Market Value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors; and |
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(C) in the event New Shares of Common Stock are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Corporation for consideration which covers both, be the proportion of such consideration so received, computed as provided in clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. |
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(2) The consideration per share received by the Corporation for New Shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 9(b)(i), relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing |
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(A) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration and calculated without reduction for any customary fees, commissions, discounts or allowances payable by the Corporation in connection with the issuance and sale of such Options or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by |
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(B) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities. |
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(v) Upon each adjustment to the Conversion Price as provided in Section 9(b)(iii) the Conversion Rate shall be automatically adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Rate then in effect by a fraction whose numerator is the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Price as so adjusted. |
(c) Reclassification. The reclassification of Common Stock into securities other than Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon an event to which Section 6(b) applies) shall be deemed to involve (a) a distribution of such securities other than Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution within the meaning of Section 9(a)(iii)), and (b) a subdivision, split or combination, as the case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be the day upon which such split or combination becomes effective within the meaning of Section 9(a)(i)).
(d) No Adjustments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 9(a)(i), no adjustment shall be made thereunder, nor shall an adjustment be made to the ability of a holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares to convert, for any distribution described therein if the holder will otherwise, by virtue of it being a holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, participate in the distribution without conversion of such holders shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
(e) Increases in Conversion Rate for Tax Purposes. The Corporation may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 9(a), as the Board of Directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (or rights to acquire such Capital Stock) resulting from any dividend or distribution of such Capital Stock (or rights to acquire Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
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(f) Other Increases in Conversion Rate. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Corporation, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall mail to holders of record of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred a notice of the increase at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect and in accordance with applicable law and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
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(g) No Adjustments in Certain Circumstances. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made: |
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(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan, in each case adopted in good faith and approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors, providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan; |
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(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant incentive benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, in each case adopted in good faith and approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors; |
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(iii) upon the issuance of any shares or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with any bona fide acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (whether effected as a purchase of stock or assets, a consolidation, merger, or share exchange), or the formation of a strategic alliance or a venture; |
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(iv) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in the preceding Section 9(g)(ii) and outstanding as of the Issue Date; |
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(v) upon the repurchase by the Corporation of shares of Common Stock or rights or options to purchase such Common Stock from any employee compensation plan or trust or employees upon or following their resignation or termination of employment, which repurchase shall have been approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors; |
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(vi) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; |
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(vii) which would result in a duplicate adjustment being made as a result of the application of more than one clause of this Section 9; or |
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(viii) for accumulated and unpaid dividends. |
(h) Required Adjustments. No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be required in connection with any event, transaction or other occurrence unless the terms of this Certificate specifically require that such an adjustment be made in connection with such event, transaction or other occurrence.
(i) Rounding. All adjustments to the Conversion Rate under this Section 9 shall be made by the Corporation and shall be calculated to the nearest one ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share.
(j) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to the holder of each share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at its last address appearing on the records of the Corporation within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(k) Effective Time of Adjustments. In any case in which this Section 9 provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after (A) a record date for an event, (B) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive a dividend or distribution pursuant to Section 9(a)(i) or (C) a date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights, warrants, options or other securities pursuant to Section 9(a)(ii) (each date referred to in clause (A), (B) or (C) herein a Determination Date), the Corporation
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may elect to defer the actual adjustment contemplated thereby until the applicable Adjustment Event Date (x) by issuing to the holder of any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (or portion thereof) converted after such Determination Date and before such Adjustment Event Date, the additional shares of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon such conversion by reason of the applicable required adjustment over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 7(d); provided that in the case of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 9(a)(iii) with respect to a Spin-Off, the Corporation may defer the issuance of such additional shares and cash payment, if any, until the third (3rd) Business Day immediately following the last day of the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the relevant ex dividend date.
For purposes of this Section 9(k), the term Adjustment Event Date shall mean:
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(i) in any case referred to in Section 9(k)(A) hereof, date of the occurrence of such event; |
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(ii) in any case referred to in Section 9(k)(B) hereof, the date any such dividend or distribution is paid or made; and |
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(iii) in any case referred to in Section 9(k)(C) hereof, the date of expiration of such rights, warrants, options or other securities (or the conversion period of any convertible securities issued upon exercise thereof). |
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(l) Par Value. Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate to the contrary, in no event shall the Conversion Rate be adjusted so that the Conversion Price would be less than $1.00. |
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(m) Notice of Certain Actions. In case: |
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(i) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9(a); or |
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(ii) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially all of the shares of Common Stock of rights, warrants, options or other securities to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class of capital stock of the Corporation or any other rights, warrants, options or other securities of the Corporation; or |
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(iii) of any reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of the outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation, merger or amalgamation to which the Corporation is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Corporation is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; |
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(iv) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation; or |
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(v) any other event or condition giving rise to an adjustment in the Conversion Rate; |
the Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares at its address appearing in the records of the Corporation, as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or grant, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or grant are to be determined, or (B) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, grant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
(n) Adoption of Rights Plan. If the Corporation adopts a plan or other arrangement which grants rights or other benefits to the holders of Common Stock (herein referred to as a Rights Plan) while any Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares remains outstanding, holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares will receive, upon conversion of their Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, the rights
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and benefits granted by such Rights Plan in addition to shares of Common Stock to be received upon conversion, unless, prior to conversion, the entitlement to such rights or benefits have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless such rights or benefits have separated from the Common Stock. If the rights and benefits provided for in the Rights Plan adopted have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of such Rights Plan so that holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares would not be entitled to receive any rights or benefits in respect of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed, to all holders of Common Stock such rights and benefits which shall be assumed to be the equivalent of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant to Section 9(a)(iii), subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of such rights or benefits. In lieu of any such adjustment, the Corporation may amend such applicable Rights Plan to provide that upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares the holders thereof will receive, in addition to shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the rights which would have attached to such shares of Common Stock if such rights or benefits had not become separated from the Common Stock under such Rights Plan. To the extent that the Corporation adopts any future Rights Plan, upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock, a holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall receive, in addition to shares of Common Stock, the rights under the future Rights Plan whether or not such rights or benefits have separated from shares of Common Stock at the time of conversion and no adjustment will be made in accordance with Section 9(a)(iii) or otherwise.
(o) Additional Obligations of the Corporation.
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(i) The Corporation shall not, by amendment to its certificate of incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation, issuance or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, or which would have the effect of circumventing or avoiding the provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, this Section 9 hereof), but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Certificate and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Stock against dilution or other impairment. |
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(ii) Before taking any action that would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate the Corporation will take or cause to be taken any and all necessary corporate or other action that may be necessary in order that the Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon payment of the applicable Conversion Price. |
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(iii) If the Corporation shall amend the provisions of any Common Stock, Preferred Shares or other rights, options or securities or make any adjustment to any of them (pursuant to any antidilution provision or otherwise) so as to reduce the consideration per share applicable thereto, increase the number of shares issuable upon exercise thereof or otherwise change the economic terms (such as the purchase price, exercise price, conversion price or conversion ratio thereof), then the Corporation shall make appropriate adjustment, as nearly as practical to those that would be required by the provisions of this Section 9 most nearly analogous to the effect of such amendment or adjustment, to the Conversion Rate, and to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, as shall be fair and equitable; provided, however, that no such adjustment shall duplicate any adjustment required to be made in respect thereof by virtue of the other provisions of this Section 9. |
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(iv) In the event that any of the events or conditions described in this Section 9 give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then the adjustments provided for in this Section 9 in respect of such event or condition shall give effect both to the event or condition giving rise to such adjustment and to all such adjustments made in respect of other rights, warrants, options, securities and similar securities; provided, however, that no such adjustment shall duplicate any adjustment required to be made in respect thereof by virtue of the provisions of this Section 9. |
(p) For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no adjustment to the Conversion Rate or the Conversion Price in connection with the First Merger or the Second Merger (as such capitalized terms are defined in the Letter Agreement).
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Section 10. Consolidation, Merger, Amalgamation and Sale of Assets.
(a) General. The Corporation without the consent or vote of the holders of any of the outstanding Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to any Person or may permit any Person to consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into, or transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties to, the Corporation so long as the Corporation at least 10 days prior to such transaction shall have given each such holder a notice of such transaction setting forth the general terms thereof and the amount and nature of the cash, securities or other property to be delivered to the holders of Common Stock in connection therewith; provided, however, that (a) the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares will become shares of such successor, transferee or lessee or Person of which such successor, transferee or lessee or Person is a Subsidiary, having in respect of such successor, transferee, lessee or Person the same powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, that the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares had immediately prior to such transaction; and (b) the Corporation delivers to the holders a certificate executed by two Officers and an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel stating that such transaction complies with this Certificate.
(b) Preservation of Rights and Powers. Upon any consolidation by the Corporation with, or merger by the Corporation into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation as described in Section 10(a), the successor resulting from such consolidation or into which the Corporation is merged or the transferee or lessee to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made, will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Corporation under the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, including, without limitation, the right and power to redeem the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as set forth in Section 6, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor (if still in existence) will be released from its obligations and covenants with respect to the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
Section 11. Voting Rights.
(a) General. The holders of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this Section 11 or as otherwise required by applicable law.
(b) Vote Required for Amendment of the Certificate. The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, voting separately as a series, in person or by proxy, at a special meeting called for the purpose, or by written consent in lieu of meeting, is required in order to amend any provisions of this Certificate or the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation to affect adversely the rights, preferences or voting power of the holders of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. However, the Corporation may create additional classes of Parity Stock and Junior Stock, increase the authorized number of shares of Parity Stock and Junior Stock and issue additional series of Parity Stock and Junior Stock without the consent of any holder of shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares or Parity Stock. Any such issuance of Parity Stock or Junior Stock shall not be deemed to affect adversely the rights of the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. The separate votes of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares provided for in this Section (11)(b) will, in each case, be in addition to any required vote of the holders of other classes and series of the Corporations stock necessary to authorize the action in question.
(c) Voting Rights Per Share of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. In all cases on which the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote, each share of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote.
Section 12. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Corporation, at its sole discretion, may appoint a Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
Section 13. Currency. All shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be denominated in U.S. currency, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto shall be made in U.S. currency. All references herein to $ or dollars refer to U.S. currency.
Section 14. Form. Stock certificates evidencing the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be issued, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, in definitive, fully registered form and shall be in the
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Section 15. Transfer.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Article FOURTH of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, neither the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares nor any beneficial ownership therein (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) may be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except (i) to an affiliate or a Related Fund of the transferor or (ii) sold or transferred in compliance with Section 15(b) hereof.
(b) Right of First Refusal. Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 15(a) or any other provision to the contrary herein (but subject to the provisions of Article FOURTH of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation):
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(i) if a holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares has received a bona fide offer from a Person who is not an Affiliate of such holder to purchase or acquire any or all of the shares of its Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, or to acquire any beneficial ownership in any such shares, which such holder wishes to accept, it shall give the Corporation at least 30 days notice of such proposed transaction (which notice shall include the identity of the proposed transferee, all terms of the proposed transaction and any other information the Corporation reasonably requests) and offer to sell or transfer such shares, or the beneficial ownership therein, as applicable, to the Corporation or its designee upon the same terms and conditions as has been offered to such holder (a Right of First Refusal). If the Corporation accepts such offer, the transaction shall occur within five Business Days after the Corporation accepts the offer; if the Corporation fails to respond to or accept such offer within 30 days after receipt of the notice (including the aforesaid information), such holder shall be free to sell or transfer such shares (and only such shares), or the specified beneficial ownership therein, within five Business Days after the conclusion of such 30 day period, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 15(b)(ii); and |
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(ii) whether or not the Corporation exercises the Right of First Refusal pursuant to Section 15(b)(i), the Corporation may reject, within the 30-day period specified in Section 15(b)(i), any proposed sale or transfer of any shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, or any beneficial ownership interest therein to any Person (a) who is in the reasonable good faith judgment of a majority of the full Board of Directors (and not a committee thereof) a competitor of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (b) whom a majority of the full Board of Directors (and not a committee thereof) reasonably and in good faith determines to be unacceptable as a holder of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares. |
(c) The Corporation may refuse to register any sale, pledge or transfer of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares or any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares that is not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15.
Section 16. Ratings. So long as the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares remains outstanding, the Corporation will pay annually, the fees and expenses incurred in obtaining and will maintain at all times ratings for such Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares as established by at least two of Moodys Investor Services, Standard & Poors or Fitch Ratings.
Section 17. Hart-Scott-Rodino Compliance. At the request of any holder of shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares then outstanding, the Corporation shall cooperate with such holder in the filing of a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Labor (an HSR Filing), so long as such filing relates to a prospective conversion or redemption of such shares in accordance with the terms hereof. The provisions regarding the payment of the costs and expenses for the HSR Filing are set forth in the Letter Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.
Section 18. Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.
(a) General. The Corporation may, at its sole discretion, elect to appoint an (i) an office or agency where Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares may be presented for payment (the Paying Agent) and (ii) an office or agency where Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares may be presented for conversion (the Conversion Agent). The Transfer Agent, if one is appointed, may act as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, unless another Paying Agent or Conversion Agent is appointed by the Corporation. The Corporation may appoint
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the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent and may appoint one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents in such other locations as it shall reasonably determine. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent and the term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent. The Corporation may change any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent without prior notice to any holder. The Corporation shall notify the Registrar of the name and address of any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent appointed by the Corporation and instruct the Registrar to notify each holder of the name and address of such Paying Agent or Conversion Agent. The Corporation or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, coregistrar or Conversion Agent. Until each holder is notified to the contrary, the Corporation will be the Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent.
(b) Place of Payments. Payments due to the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be payable at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for such purpose in The City of New York and at any other office or agency maintained by the Corporation for such purpose. Payments shall be payable by wire transfer (provided, that appropriate wire instructions have been received by the Corporation at least 15 days prior to the applicable date of payment) of immediately available funds to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the holder with, a bank located in New York City. Unless notified to the contrary, such wire instructions for the initial holders will be set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Section 19. Financial and Business Information. The Corporation shall deliver to each holder of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares:
(a) Quarterly Statements - within 60 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Corporation (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,
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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a senior financial officer of the Corporation as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that the Corporation shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this Section 19(a) if it shall have timely made its Form 10-Q (prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor) available on EDGAR;
(b) Annual Statements - within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, duplicate copies of:
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setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, and provided that the Corporation shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this Section 19(b) if it shall have timely made its Form 10-K (prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor) available on EDGAR.
Section 20. Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion or redemption of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
Section 21. Headings. The headings of the Sections of this Certificate are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the __ day of ___________, 2013.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the Conversion) ___ shares of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares), represented by share certificate No(s). ___ (the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Certificates) into shares of common stock, par value $1 per share (Common Stock), of Leucadia National Corporation (the Corporation) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Incorporation establishing the terms of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (the Certificate of Incorporation), as of the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any. A copy of each Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Certificate is attached hereto (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof).
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of the shares of Common Stock issuable to the undersigned upon conversion of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) as amended from time to time or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act.
The Corporation is not required to issue shares of Common Stock until the original Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Certificate(s) (or satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Corporation. The Corporation shall issue and deliver shares of Common Stock to an overnight courier not later than two business days following receipt of the original Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Certificate(s) to be converted.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM
OF NOTICE OF ELECTION OF REDEMPTION
UPON A MANDATORY REDEMPTION EVENT
TO: LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from Leucadia National Corporation (the Corporation) as to the occurrence of a Mandatory Redemption Event with respect to the Corporation and requests and instructs the Corporation to redeem ___ shares of the undersigneds Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation at the Redemption Price.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
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Exhibit 99.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN AND AMONG
LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
AS ISSUER,
AND
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND
C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Dated as of February [●], 2013
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated February [●], 2013 (this Agreement), between Leucadia National Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of New York (the Company), and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company, as the initial holders (the Initial Holders). In connection with the exchange (through a series of steps that are outlined in that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2013, by and among the Company, the Initial Holders, Jefferies Group, Inc., and JSP Holdings, Inc. (the Letter Agreement)) of the shares of 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Jefferies Group, Inc., which were originally purchased under that Purchase Agreement, as of dated February 17, 2006, between Jefferies Group, Inc. and the Initial Holders (as amended, the Purchase Agreement), the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.
The Company agrees with the Initial Holders, (i) for the benefit of the Initial Holders, as Initial Holders, and (ii) for the benefit of the beneficial owners from time to time of the Underlying Common Shares (as defined herein) issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Shares (each of the foregoing a Holder and together the Holders), as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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Affiliate means with respect to any specified person, an affiliate, as defined in Rule 144 (as in effect on the date hereof), of such person. |
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Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. |
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Certificate of Amendment means the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, setting forth the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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Common Shares means the common shares, $1 par value, of the Company, and any other securities as may constitute Common Shares for purposes of the Certificate of Amendment, including the Underlying Common Shares. |
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Convertible Preferred Shares means the 3.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $1 per share, of the Company that has the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Amendment. |
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Damages Accrual Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2(g) hereof. |
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Damages Payment Date means each Dividend Payment Date specified in the Certificate of Amendment. |
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Deferral Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 3(g) hereof. |
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Deferral Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(g) hereof. |
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Effectiveness Deadline Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. |
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Effectiveness Period means the period commencing on the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and ending on the date that all Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities. |
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. |
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Existing Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. |
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Filing Deadline Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. |
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Holder has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this Agreement. |
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Initial Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. |
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Initial Holders has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. |
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Issue Date means the first date of original issuance of the Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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Letter Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. |
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Liquidated Damages has the meaning set forth in Section 2(g) hereof. |
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Losses has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof. |
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Material Event has the meaning set forth in Section 3(g) hereof. |
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New York Court has the meaning set forth in Section 7(l) hereof. |
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Notice and Questionnaire means a written notice delivered to the Company containing substantially the information called for by the notice and questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A. |
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Notice Holder means, on any date, any Holder that has delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date. |
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Periodic Report means a Current Report on Form 8-K, a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K (together with any required prospectus supplement) which the Company files, pursuant to Rule 430B(d) under the Securities Act, to provide information omitted from a Prospectus pursuant to Rule 430B(b) or to amend any such information previously provided. |
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prospectus supplement thereo (including, without limitation, a prospectus or prospectus supplement that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of any effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430B under the Securities Act), and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. |
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Purchase Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto. |
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Record Date has the meaning assigned to such term in the Certificate of Amendment. |
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Record Holder means with respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to Underlying Common Shares as to which any such Liquidated Damages have accrued, the registered holder of such Underlying Common Shares or the Convertible Preferred Shares which are convertible into such Underlying Common Shares. |
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Registrable Securities means the Underlying Common Shares and any securities into or for which such Underlying Common Shares have been converted or exchanged, and any security issued with respect thereto upon any stock dividend, split, reclassification or similar event until, in the case of any such security, (A) the earliest of (i) its effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in accordance with the Registration Statement covering it, (ii) expiration of the holding period that would be applicable thereto under Rule 144(k) to a sale by a non-Affiliate of the Company or (iii) its sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, and (B) as a result of the event or circumstance described in any of the foregoing clauses (A)(i) through (iii), the legend with respect to transfer restrictions required by the Certificate of Amendment is removed or removable in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Amendment or such legend, as the case may be. |
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Registration Default has the meaning set forth in Section 2(g) hereof. |
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Registration Expenses has the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof. |
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Registration Statement means a registration statement of the Company that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement including any post-effective amendment thereto, all exhibits, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement. |
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Requesting Holders has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof. |
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Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor or similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. |
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Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any successor or similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. |
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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder. |
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Shelf Registration Statement means a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. |
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Section 2. Shelf Registration.
(a) No later than the 45th day (the Filing Deadline Date) after the receipt by the Company of a request from the Holders of at least 20% of the outstanding Registrable Securities to register their Registrable Securities (the Requesting Holders), the Company shall file with the SEC either (a) an amendment to an effective Shelf Registration Statement (an Existing Shelf Registration Statement), a Prospectus supplement or a Periodic Report, or (b) a Shelf Registration Statement (an Initial Shelf Registration Statement) covering the resale from time to time of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders making the registration request and containing the information required by the Securities Act with respect to such Registrable Securities and such Holders, including the method of distribution of such Registrable Securities selected by such Holders.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause any amendment to an Existing Shelf Registration Statement or any Initial Shelf Registration Statement it files pursuant to Section 2(a) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is practicable but in any event by the date (the Effectiveness Deadline Date) that is 135 days after the Filing Deadline Date.
(c) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Existing Shelf Registration Statement or the Initial Shelf Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) continuously effective under the Securities Act and available for the resale of the Registrable Securities until the Registrable Securities covered thereby cease to be Registrable Securities. Each Requesting Holder that became a Notice Holder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the of effectiveness of any amendment to an Existing Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or of any Initial Shelf Registration Statement or the date of filing of any Prospectus supplement or Periodic Report shall be named as a selling securityholder in the relevant Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Requesting Holder to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law.
(d) If an Existing Shelf Registration Statement, an Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities ceases to be effective for any reason at any time while such Registrable Securities are Registrable
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(e) The Company shall not be required to comply with Section 2(a) more than three times.
(f) Following the date that, pursuant to Section 2(a) and 2(b) any Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, an amendment to an Existing Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or a Prospectus supplement or Periodic Report is filed, each Holder that is not a Notice Holder who wishes to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus shall deliver a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company prior to any intended distribution by it of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the date a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event upon the later of (x) ten (10) Business Days after such date or (y) ten (10) Business Days after the expiration of any Deferral Period in effect when the Notice and Questionnaire is delivered or put into effect within ten (10) Business Days of such delivery date:
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provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in accordance with this Section 2(f) and Section 3(g) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder in any Registration Statement or Prospectus.
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Each event described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) is individually referred to herein as a Registration Default. For purposes of this Agreement, each Registration Default set forth above shall begin on the dates set forth in the table set forth below and shall continue until the ending dates set forth in the table below:
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Commencing on (and including) any date that a Registration Default has begun and ending on (but excluding) the next date on which there are no Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing (a Damages Accrual Period), the Company shall pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, to Record Holders of the Registrable Securities affected by the Registration Default an amount (the Liquidated Damages) accruing, for each day in the Damages Accrual Period, in respect of each share of Underlying Common Shares (which is a Registrable Security affected by such Registration Default) at a rate of 0.25% per annum (based upon a 365 day year) of the Conversion Price, as such term is set forth in the Certificate of Amendment, in effect on the first day of any such period to and including the 30th day following the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur and 0.50% per annum of the Conversion Price, as such term is set forth in the Certificate of Amendment, in effect on the first day of any such period from and after the 31st day following the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur, but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liquidated Damages (i) shall be payable to any Record Holder that has not delivered a Current Notice and Questionnaire to the Company; or (ii) shall accrue as to any Registrable Security from and after the date such security ceases to be a Registrable Security. The rate of accumulation of the Liquidated Damages with respect to any period shall not exceed the rate provided for in this paragraph notwithstanding the occurrence of multiple concurrent Registration Defaults.
Liquidated Damages shall cumulate from the first day of the applicable Damages Accrual Period, and shall be payable in cash on each Damages Payment Date during the Damages Accrual Period to the Record Holder of the Registrable Securities affected by the Registration Default on the Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Damages Payment Date (and on the Damages Payment Date next succeeding the end of the Damages Accrual Period if the Damages Accrual Period does not end on a Damages Payment Date) to the Record Holders of the Registrable Securities affected by the Registration Default as of the date that such Damages Accrual Period ends. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties agree that the sole
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damages payable for a violation of the terms of this Agreement with respect to which Liquidated Damages are expressly provided shall be such Liquidated Damages.
All of the Companys obligations set forth in this Section 2(g) that are outstanding with respect to any Registrable Security at the time such security ceases to be a Registrable Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security have been satisfied in full (notwithstanding termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(k)).
The parties agree that the Liquidated Damages provided for in this Section 2(g) constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages that may be incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities by reason of a Registration Default affecting such Registrable Securities.
Section 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the registration obligations of the Company under Section 2 hereof, the Company shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a Prospectus or Prospectus supplement or a Periodic Report in respect of an Existing Shelf Registration Statement or an Initial Shelf Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Requesting Holders thereof in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such Initial Shelf Registration Statement or Existing Shelf Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided that before filing any Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto with the SEC, furnish to the Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be filed for their review.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, post-effective amendments and prospectus supplements to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and available for the resale of the Registrable Securities for the applicable period specified in Sections 2(c); cause any Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement or a Periodic Report and to make any required filing of a Prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) As promptly as practicable give notice to the Notice Holders (i) when any Prospectus, Prospectus supplement, Periodic Report, Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed with the SEC and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been declared effective, (ii) of any request, following the effectiveness of a Registration Statement under the Securities Act by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for an amendment to any Registration Statement or a supplement to Prospectus, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or
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exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of a Material Event, and (vi) of the determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement will be filed with the SEC, which notice, at the discretion of the Company (or as required pursuant to Section 3(g)), may state that it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in which event the provisions of Section 3(g) shall apply.
(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been qualified for sale, in either case at the earliest possible moment, and provide immediate notice to each Notice Holder and the Initial Holders of the withdrawal of any such order.
(e) Deliver to each Notice Holder in connection with any sale of such Notice Holders Registrable Securities, as many copies of the Prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Notice Holder may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents (except during such periods that a Deferral Notice is outstanding and has not been revoked) to the use of such Prospectus or each amendment or supplement thereto by each Notice Holder in connection with any offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in the manner set forth therein.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable best efforts (i) to register or qualify or cooperate with the Notice Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Notice Holders Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Notice Holder reasonably requests in writing (which request may be included in the Notice and Questionnaire); and (ii) to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period of the Notice Holders offer and sale of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom); provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Agreement or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in suits or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(g) Upon (A) the issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of proceedings with respect to any Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any fact (a Material Event) as a result of which any Registration Statement shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the occurrence or pending corporate development that, in the reasonable discretion of the Company based on consultation
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The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed (x) in the case of clause (A) above, as promptly as is practicable, (y) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon as, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, public disclosure of such Material Event would not be prejudicial to or contrary to the interests of the Company or, if necessary to avoid unreasonable burden or expense, as soon as practicable thereafter and (z) in the case of clause (C) above, as soon as in the reasonable discretion of the Company, such suspension is no longer appropriate. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(g) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, without incurring or accruing any obligation to pay Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 2(g), no more than one (1) time in any three month period or four (4) times in any twelve month period, and any such period during which the availability of the Registration Statement and any Prospectus is suspended (the Deferral Period) shall, without incurring any obligation to pay Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 2(g), not to exceed 30 days in any three month period or 60 days in any 360 day period.
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(i) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the New York Stock Exchange.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the Company to facilitate or participate in any underwritten offering of any Registrable Securities by any Notice Holder or, in connection with any such underwritten offering, to enter into any underwriting agreement or to provide any auditors comfort letters or any opinions of counsel to any Notice Holder or underwriter.
Section 4. Holders Obligations. Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable Securities, that no Holder shall be entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as required pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof (including the information required to be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in the next sentence. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder not incomplete or misleading and any other information regarding such Notice Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. Any sale of any Registrable Securities by any Holder shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Holder that the information relating to such Holder and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered by such Holder in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to or provided by such Holder or its plan of distribution and that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by such Holder or its plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 5. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred directly or indirectly in connection with the performance by the Company of its obligations under Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement (the Registration Expenses) whether or not any Registration Statement is declared effective. Such fees and expenses shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (x) with respect to filings required to be made with the New York Stock Exchange and (y) with the SEC and otherwise relating to compliance with federal and state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Notice Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement may designate), (ii) printers expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of reproduction of the Registration Statements and the Prospectus and the filing by EDGAR of any Registration Statement, Prospectus, Prospectus supplement or Periodic Report), (iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of counsel to the Holders, in each case in connection with any Registration Statements, Prospectus or Periodic Report, (iv) fees and disbursements of the transfer agent, and (v) fees and
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Section 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each such Holder and each person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any violation by the Company of the provisions of the Securities Act or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any amendment thereof, in each case at the time such became effective under the Securities Act, or in any Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder specifically for inclusion therein.
The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) against, or contribute as provided in Section 6(d) hereof to Losses of each person who may be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities registered under the Registration Statement (pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2 (11) of the Securities Act), its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Holders provided in this paragraph (a).
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder of securities covered by the Registration Statement, severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
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under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses or otherwise materially prejudices the indemnifying party; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified parties shall have the right to employ one separate counsel (and one local counsel), and the indemnifying parties shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified parties would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified parties to represent them within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified parties to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which shall not be unreasonably delayed or refused), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. No indemnified party shall consent to any settlement or compromise without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, which shall not be unreasonably delayed or refused.
(d) Contribution. In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively Losses) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the registration and sale of the Underlying Common Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall the Holders be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the amount, net of any discount or commission, received by them from their respective sales of such Underlying Common Shares. If the allocation
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provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Convertible Preferred Shares which were converted into the Underlying Common Shares sold under the Registration Statement; benefits received by the Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the proceeds received from the sale of their Underlying Common Shares under the Registration Statement. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 6, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
(e) Continuing Effect. The provisions of this Section 6 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and shall survive the sale by a Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement.
Section 7. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Conflicting Agreements. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Holder that it is not, as of the date hereof, a party to, and agrees that it shall not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement. The Company further represents and warrants that the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Companys securities under any other agreements.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Underlying
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Common Shares constituting Registrable Securities (with Holders of Convertible Preferred Shares deemed to be the Holders, for purposes of this Section, of the number of outstanding shares of Underlying Common Shares into which such Convertible Preferred Shares are or would be convertible as of the date on which such consent is requested). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement; provided, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 7(b), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder.
(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, by telecopier, by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or by first-class mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed given (i) when made, if made by hand delivery, (ii) upon confirmation, if made by telecopier, (iii) one (1) Business Day after being deposited with such courier, if made by overnight courier or (iv) on the date indicated on the notice of receipt, if made by first-class mail, to the parties as follows:
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(d) Approval of Holders. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) or Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 144) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each Holder.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
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shall be deemed to be original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. Except as provided in the Purchase Agreement and the Letter Agreement, there are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings among the parties with respect to such registration rights. No party hereto shall have any rights, duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth in this Agreement.
(k) Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate upon the end of the Effectiveness Period, except for any liabilities or obligations under Sections 4, 5 or 6 hereof and the obligations to make payments of and provide for Liquidated Damages under Section 2(g) hereof to the extent such damages cumulate prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period, each of which shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.
(l) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any state or federal court located in The City, County and State of New York (each a New York Court), (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any New York Court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto.
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MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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Babson Capital Management LLC, as Investment Adviser |
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C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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Babson Capital Management LLC, as Investment Sub-Adviser |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial holder of Common Shares of Leucadia National Corporation (the Company), par value $1 per share (the Registrable Securities), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the SEC a registration statement (the Shelf Registration Statement) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [●], 2013 (the Registration Rights Agreement), among the Company and the Initial Holders named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling Securityholder in the related prospectus, deliver a prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities and be bound by those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain indemnification provisions as described below). Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement so that such beneficial owners may be named as selling Securityholders in the related prospectus at the time of effectiveness.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as selling Securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling Securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
Notice
The undersigned beneficial owner (the Selling Securityholder) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item 3(b) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder: |
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Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held: |
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Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held: |
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Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder: |
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Telephone: |
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Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities: |
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Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned Selling Securityholder does not beneficially own any Securities or shares of Common Shares issued upon conversion, repurchase or redemption of any Securities. |
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Principal amount of all Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) beneficially owned: |
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CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities: |
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Principal amount of the Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: |
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CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: |
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Beneficial Ownership of other Company Securities owned by the Selling Securityholder: |
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Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3). |
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Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder: |
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CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities beneficially owned: |
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Relationship with the Company: |
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Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years. |
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State any exceptions here: |
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Nature of the Selling Securityholder: |
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Is the Selling Securityholder a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, a majority owned subsidiary of a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, or a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act, and if so, please state which one. |
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If the entity is a majority owned subsidiary of a reporting company, identify the majority stockholder that is a reporting company. |
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If the entity is not any of the above, identify the natural person or persons having voting and investment control over the Companys securities that the entity owns. |
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Is the Selling Securityholder a registered broker-dealer? |
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[ ] Yes* [ ] No |
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State whether the Selling Securityholder received the Registrable Securities as compensation for underwriting activities and, if so, provide a brief description of the transaction(s) involved. |
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State whether the Selling Securityholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and if so, list the name(s) of the broker-dealer affiliate(s). |
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[ ] Yes* [ ] No |
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* If the answer is Yes to either question above, you must answer both the following questions: |
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Were the Registrable Securities purchased in the ordinary course of business? |
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[ ] Yes [ ] No |
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At the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities, did the Selling Securityholder have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities. |
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[ ] Yes** [ ] No |
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** If the answer is Yes, please describe such agreements or understandings: |
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Plan of Distribution: |
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Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as follows (if at all): such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or alternatively through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts, fees and commissions or agents commissions. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market or (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market. The Selling Securityholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Registrable Securities owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Registrable Securities from time to time pursuant to the prospectus. The Selling Securityholder also may transfer and donate shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling Securityholder for purposes of the prospectus. |
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State any exceptions here: |
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Note: In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of the Company.
The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.
The Selling Securityholder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons set forth therein.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Securityholders against certain liabilities.
The undersigned understands that the Securities and Exchange Commission may require further information about the undersigned and its affiliates and its and their respective officers, directors, employers and owners as a condition of registering the Registrable Securities of the undersigned.
In accordance with the undersigneds obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the undersigned agrees to provide any additional information the Company may reasonably request and to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided that may occur at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:
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To the Company: |
Leucadia National Corporation |
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315 Park Avenue South |
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New York, NY 10010 |
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Attention: [●] |
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With a copy to: |
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In the event any Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder will notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing this Notice and Questionnaire, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities or Blue Sky applications. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company without independent investigation or inquiry in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities or Blue Sky applications.
Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Company, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above. This Notice and Questionnaire shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts-of-laws provisions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its authorized agent.
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Dated: |
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Beneficial Owner: |
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Please return the completed and executed notice and questionnaire to:
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Leucadia National Corporation |
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315 Park Avenue South |
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New York, NY 10010 |
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Attention: Investor Relations |