UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2018

 

 

 

Assurant, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-31978

 

     
DE   39-1126612

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

28 Liberty Street, 41st Floor  

New York, New York 10005

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(212) 859-7000  

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A  

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

¨ 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))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to the Rights of Security Holders

 

In connection with the public offering (the “Offering”) by Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) of 2,500,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”), or $250 million aggregate liquidation preference as well as an additional 375,000 shares (the “Option Shares” and together with the Firm Shares, the “Shares”), or $37.5 million aggregate liquidation preference, solely to cover overallotments, of its 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”), on March 12, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to establish the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rate, the redemption provisions, the amount payable with respect thereto in the event of the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series, the terms and conditions of conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the voting rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations became effective upon such filing.

 

Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distributions will be declared or paid on shares of the Company’s common stock or any other class or series of stock ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and no common stock or any other class or series stock ranking junior or on parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be purchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of the Company’s common stock has been set aside for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Unless converted or redeemed earlier in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will convert automatically on the mandatory conversion date, which is expected to be March 15, 2021, into between 0.9354 and 1.1225 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion will be determined based on the average volume weighted average price per share of common stock over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately prior to March 15, 2021. Dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, at an annual rate of 6.50% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per share, and may be paid in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in shares of the Company’s common stock or, subject to certain limitations, any combination of cash and shares of common stock. If declared, dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year to, and including, March 15, 2021, commencing on June 15, 2018.

 

In addition, upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $100.00 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, to be paid out of the Company’s assets legally available for distribution to its stockholders after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Company’s creditors and holders of shares of its stock ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any stock ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, the Company’s common stock.

 

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering together with proceeds from the issuance of new indebtedness, cash on hand and common stock consideration, to fund the Company’s previously announced acquisition of TWG Holdings Limited (the “TWG Acquisition”), refinance its existing 2.50% Senior Notes due 2018 and pay related fees and expenses.

 

If, on or prior to December 17, 2018, the merger agreement for the TWG Acquisition is terminated, the TWG Acquisition is not consummated or the Company determines in its reasonable judgment that the TWG Acquisition will not occur, the Company has the option to redeem all, but not less than all, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as more fully described in the Certificate of Designations.

 

The summary of the Certificate of Designations is qualified in its entirely by reference to the text of the Certificate of Designations, which is included as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On March 12, 2018, the Company filed the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to establish the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rate, the redemption provisions, the amount payable with respect thereto in the event of the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, the terms and conditions of conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the voting rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, became effective upon such filing. The information set forth under Item 3.03 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On March 7, 2018, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the

 

 

 

“Underwriters”), relating the Offering. The offering price to the public of the Firm Shares was $100.00 per share, and the Company agreed to sell the Firm Shares to the Underwriters at a price of $96.50 per share, with the Underwriters receiving an underwriting discount and commission of $3.50 per share. In addition to the Firm Shares, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30 day option to purchase from the Company the Option Shares, solely to cover overallotments, on the same terms, which the Underwriters exercised in full on March 8, 2018. The net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately $276.7 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

 

The offering of the Shares has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-222648) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company under the Act. A prospectus supplement relating to the Offering has been filed with the SEC. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Cautionary Statement

 

Some of the statements included in this Form 8-K may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s best estimates, assumptions and projections and are subject to significant uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K as a result of new information or future events or developments. For a detailed discussion of the general risk factors that could affect the Company’s results, please refer to the risk factors identified in the Company’s annual and periodic reports filed with the SEC.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated March 7, 2018
3.1 Certificate of Designations of the 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 12, 2018
4.1 Specimen certificate of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (included in Exhibit 3.1)
5.1 Opinion of Jessica M. Olich, Esq.
23.1 Consent of Jessica M. Olich, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

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.

 

             
        Assurant, Inc.
       
Date: March 12, 2018       By:  

/s/ Carey S. Roberts

            Carey S. Roberts
            Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
             

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

 

 



ASSURANT, INC.


SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

(INITIAL LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE OF $100 PER SHARE)






UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 7, 2018

 

 

 

March 7, 2018

 

To the Managers named in Schedule I hereto
for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as managers (the “ Managers ”), the number of shares of its 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $100.00 per share (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”), set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Firm Shares ”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than the number of additional shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Additional Shares ”) if and to the extent that you, as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Shares. ” If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Managers listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Managers” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

 

The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into a variable number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”). Such shares of Common Stock into which the Shares are convertible are hereinafter referred to as the “ Conversion Shares .” The terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be set forth in a certificate of designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) to be filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, relating to the securities (the “ Shelf Securities ”), including the Shares, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement ”, and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated January 22, 2018 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus .”

 

 

 

The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus ,” and the term “ preliminary prospectus ” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act, “ Time of Sale Prospectus ” means the documents and pricing information set forth opposite the caption “Time of Sale Prospectus” in Schedule I hereto, and “ broadly available road show ” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of the date hereof. The terms “ supplement ,” “ amendment ,” and “ amend ” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

 

As described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Shares, together with proceeds from the issuance of new indebtedness, available cash on hand and common stock consideration, to finance: (a) the purchase price of the acquisition of TWG Holdings Limited, a Bermuda limited company (the “ Target ” and together with its subsidiaries “ TWG ”), pursuant to an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 8, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ TWG Acquisition Agreement ”), by and among the Target, TWG Re, Ltd., a corporation incorporated in the Cayman Islands (“ TWG Re ”), Spartan Merger Sub, Ltd., a Bermuda exempted limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Merger Sub ”), and Arbor Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Target, pursuant to or in connection with which (i) the Company will acquire the Target pursuant to a statutory merger, whereby Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target, with the Target surviving such Merger and (ii) the Target and TWG Re will undertake an internal reorganization such that, at the time of the Merger, the outstanding capital stock of the Target will consist exclusively of ordinary shares and TWG Re will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Target; (b) the refinancing of the Company’s 2.50% Senior Notes due 2018 and (c) related fees and expenses.

 

1.                   Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers (the “ Initial Sale Time ”) and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4) (in each case, a “ Representation Date ”) that:

 

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a)                   Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

 

At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto (including the filing with the Commission of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017 (the “ Annual Report on Form 10-K ”)) became effective and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (i) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, and (ii) did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date, neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by any of the Underwriters through the Managers expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Managers consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

Each preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Shares will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

b)                   Time of Sale Prospectus. As of the Initial Sale Time and at the Closing Date, the Time of Sale Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Managers specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Managers consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

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c)                   Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

d)                  Company is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer . (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv) as of the date and time this Agreement is executed (“ Execution Time ”), the Company was and is a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, that automatically became effective not more than three years prior to the Execution Time; the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form and the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration form.

 

e)                   Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Shares under this Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Managers as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Managers and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Managers specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Managers consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

f)                    Distribution of Offering Material by the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus,

 

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the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Managers or any electronic road show or other written communications reviewed and consented to by the Managers (each, a “ Company Additional Written Communication ”), provided that this restriction will not restrict the Company from making any filings with the Commission under the Exchange Act after the Closing Date insofar as they are required to be made under such Act. Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Company Additional Written Communication based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Managers specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Managers consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

g)                   No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.

 

h)                   The Underwriting Agreement and Certificate of Designations. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

The Certificate of Designations will have been, on or prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by the Company. The Certificate of Designations will set forth the rights, preferences and priorities of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the rights set forth in the Certificate of Designations upon filing with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Designations will conform, when duly authorized, in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and complies in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the law of the State of Delaware, The New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”) and the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws.

 

i)                     Authorized Capital Stock. The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

j)                     Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

k)                   The Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

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The Shares will be convertible into the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designations; a number of Conversion Shares (the “ Maximum Number of Conversion Shares ”) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) the aggregate maximum number of Firm Shares and Additional Shares to be sold hereunder, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) and (y) the product of (i) the aggregate maximum number of Firm Shares and Additional Shares to be sold hereunder, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be added to the Mandatory Conversion Rate (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) assuming (A) the Company paid no dividends on the Shares prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date and (B) the Floor Price (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) is greater than 97% of the relevant Average Price (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action and such Conversion Shares, when issued upon such conversion or delivery (as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designations will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and will not be subject to preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company

 

l)                     Accuracy of Statements. The statements in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock,” “Description of Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares Representing Preferred Stock We May Offer” and “Description of Capital Stock We May Offer” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

 

m)                 Registration Rights. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

n)                   No Material Adverse Change . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the financial condition, business, properties, prospects or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”).

 

o)                   Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the

 

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Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Ernst & Young LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the TWG’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended 2017 included in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the TWG as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

p)                   Preparation of the Financial Statements. The historical financial statements together with the related notes thereto incorporated by reference or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such historical financial statements of the Company comply as to form in all material respects with the accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The pro forma financial information included in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments used in the preparation thereof give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements and such other pro forma financial information included in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the pro forma financial statements included in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidance with respect to pro forma financial information. Except as disclosed in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the pro forma financial statements included in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S X under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements. No other financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.

 

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q)                   Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect (i) on the financial condition, business, properties or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each, a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, except for statutory liens, taxes and governmental charges that are not yet delinquent and similar liens or charges that do not secure indebtedness. The Company does not have any subsidiary that, as of the date of filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K, was required to be, but was not, listed on Exhibit 21 thereto.

 

r)                    Dividends from Significant Subsidiaries. None of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock or from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Significant Subsidiary from the Company, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

s)                    Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) (“ Default ”) under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an “ Existing Instrument ”) or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, as applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Time of Sale Prospectus and by the Prospectus, including the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares hereunder and the issuance of a number of Conversion Shares issuable by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, (i) have been or, in the case of the Certificate of Designations, will be on or prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized or will be, on or prior to the Closing Date, by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any Default under the amended and restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) will not constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for any such breaches, Defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of the TWG Acquisition Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any Default under the amended and restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Time of Sale Prospectus or by the Prospectus, including the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares hereunder and the issuance of a number of Conversion Shares issuable by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, except (a) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “ FINRA ”), (b) any law or regulation applicable to the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (c) as may be required pursuant to the rules of NYSE. As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) issued by the Company, the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

t)                    No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) which has as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, where any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely, would,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

u)                   Labor Matters. No material dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries exists, except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

v)                   Intellectual Property Rights. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company or its subsidiaries own or possess a valid right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patentable inventions, trade secret, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property ”) used by the Company or its subsidiaries in, and material to, the conduct of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ business as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, there is no material infringement by third parties of any of the Company’s Intellectual Property.

 

w)                 All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each Significant Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to have or obtain such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

x)                   Title to Properties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(p) above (or elsewhere in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus) that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except such as do not materially and adversely affect the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

y)                   Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related

 

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or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and except where a failure to make such filings or payments would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

z)                   Company Not an Investment Company. The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

aa)                Insurance. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are insured with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect.

 

bb)               Reinsurance Treaties, etc . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (i) all reinsurance treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party and as to which any of them reported recoverable premiums due or other amounts in its most recent statutory financial statements are in full force and effect, except where the failure of such treaties, contracts, agreements and arrangements to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice from any other party to any reinsurance treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement that such other party intends not to perform such treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement in any material respect, and the Company has no knowledge that any of the other parties to such treaties, contracts, agreements or arrangements will be unable to perform its obligations under such treaty, contract, agreement or arrangement in any material respect, except where (A) the Company or any such subsidiary has established reserves in its financial statements that it deems adequate for potential uncollectible reinsurance or (B) such nonperformance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

cc)                No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

 

dd)              No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer, nor to the knowledge of the Company, employee, agent or affiliate of, nor any other person acting on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries has in his or her capacities as such (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political

 

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activity; or (ii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain and enforce, policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for compliance with applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

 

ee)                No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

 

ff)                 No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the best of the knowledge of the Company, any agent or affiliate is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, OFAC’s list of “specially designated nationals and blocked person”) (“ SDN List ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country, region or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “ Sanctioned Country ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund any activities of or business in any country that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or target of Sanctions or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

gg)               Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are

 

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in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

hh)               ERISA Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ ERISA ”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code, of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan,” (ii) Sections 412, 4971 or 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, or (iii) Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the excise tax imposed thereunder. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which is reasonably likely to cause disqualification of any such “employee benefit plan” under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

ii)                   Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in XBRL included or

 

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incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

jj)                   Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; and such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Managers or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

 

2.                   Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Purchase Price ”).

 

On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to the number of Additional Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto at the Purchase Price, provided, however, that the amount paid by the Underwriters for any Additional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on such Additional Shares. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the date of the Prospectus. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section  4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “ Option Closing Date ”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not

 

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jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.

 

3.                   Public Offering . The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at $100.00 a share (the “ Public Offering Price ”) and to certain dealers selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $2.10 a share under the Public Offering Price.

 

4.                   Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date .”

 

Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later than the tenth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you.

 

The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.

 

5.                   Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations . The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)                 Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i)               there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and

 

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(ii)               there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

(b)                The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section  5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.

 

The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

 

(c)                 The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters and to the effect set forth in Exhibit B; the Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of in-house counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters and to the effect set forth in Exhibit C.

 

(d)                The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters.

 

The opinion of counsel for the Company described in Section  5(c) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

 

(e)                 The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, letters dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (with respect to the historical and pro forma financial information of the Company in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus) and Ernst & Young LLP (with respect to the historical financial information of TWG in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus), each independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

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(f)                 The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

 

(g)                The Company shall have filed the requisite listing application with NYSE for the listing of the Shares and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares.

 

(h)                The Certificate of Designations shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and shall have become effective.

 

(i)                  The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of the following:

 

(i)               a certificate, dated the Option Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, confirming that the certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof remains true and correct as of such Option Closing Date;

 

(ii)               an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Option Closing Date, relating to the Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof; an opinion of in-house counsel for the Company, dated the Option Closing Date, relating to the Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof;

 

(iii)               an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Option Closing Date, relating to the Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof;

 

(iv)               letters dated the Option Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, each independent public accountants, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof; provided that the letter delivered on the Option Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than three business days prior to such Option Closing Date; and

 

(v)               such other documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional Shares.

 

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6.                   Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)                 To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section  6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

 

(b)                Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.

 

(c)                 To furnish to you a copy of each proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and not to use or refer to any proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which you reasonably object.

 

(d)                Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

(e)                 If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(f)                 If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the

 

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Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(g)                To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.

 

(h)                To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(i)                  Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP in connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and amendments, the registration statement on Form 8-A and supplements to any of the foregoing, as applicable, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Shares (within the time required by Rule 456 (b)(1), if applicable), costs associated with filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section  6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the NYSE, (v) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company

 

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relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement, (ix) expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for clearance, settlement and book-entry transfer through DTC and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section  8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution” and the last paragraph of Section  10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

(j)                  If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the Shares have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Shares to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission;

 

The Company also covenants with each Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of the Managers with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the restricted period set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Restricted Period ”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, pledge, sale or disposition or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause  (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be sold hereunder and any shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, (b) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters have been advised in

 

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writing, (c) any stock options, restricted stock awards or other awards or grants to be issued by the Company pursuant to the stock incentive plans referred to in each of Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (d) any shares of Common Stock or other securities issued or realized upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of awards or grants issued pursuant to stock incentive plans disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (e) any shares of Common Stock or other securities issued to participants in the Company’s employee stock purchase plan referred to in each of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (f) shares of Common Stock to be issued to TPG Capital, L.P. pursuant to the TWG Acquisition Agreement and as disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus or (g) the issuance, if any, of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(k)                To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Shares, containing only the information that describes the final terms of the Shares or the offering in a form consented to by the Underwriters, in the form attached as Schedule III hereto (the “Pricing Term Sheet”), and to file such Pricing Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business on the business day following the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish the Representative with copies of any such Pricing Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

 

(l)                  To use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the listing of the Shares and a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the NYSE.

 

(m)              To reserve and keep available at all time, free of preemptive or similar rights, a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares.

 

(n)                During the period from and including the date hereof through and including the earlier of (a) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Additional Shares and (b) the expiration of the Underwriters’ option to purchase the Additional Shares, not to do or authorize or cause any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion rate of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

7.                   Covenants of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

 

8.                   Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the

 

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Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

 

(b)                Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the third and tenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” regarding concessions and stabilizing transactions in the Time of Sale Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, road show, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

(c)                 In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section  8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “ indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ indemnifying party ”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party

 

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shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Managers, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section  8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section  8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

(d)                To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section  8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause  8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause  8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section  8 are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

 

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(e)                 The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section  8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section  8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section  8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section  8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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. The remedies provided for in this Section  8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

(f)                 The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section  8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.

 

9.                   Termination . The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the NYSE, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

If the Underwriters terminate their obligations hereunder pursuant to this Section 9, the Company’s only obligation to the Underwriters hereunder shall be limited to the

 

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Company’s obligations under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company under Section 1 and payment of expenses referred to in Section 6(i) hereof.

 

10.               Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section  10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and

 

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disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

 

If any Underwriter defaults pursuant to this Section 10, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse such defaulting Underwriter for its out-of-pocket expenses.

 

11.               Entire Agreement . (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.

 

(b)                The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arm’s length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.

 

12.               Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

13.               Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

14.               Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

15.               Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.

 

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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Very truly yours,

ASSURANT, INC.
   
   
    By: /s/ Richard S. Dziadzio
    Name: Richard S. Dziadzio
    Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
     
     

 

 

Accepted as of the date hereof

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto.

 

 

By: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

  By: /s/ Joel Carter
  Name: Joel Carter
  Title: Managing Director
   
     

By: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

  By: /s/ Kevin Cheng
  Name: Kevin Cheng
  Title: Vice President
   
   

By: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

  By: /s/ Kevin Brillhart
  Name: Kevin Brillhart
  Title: Director

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

   
Managers:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

Registration Statement File No.: 333-222648
   
Time of Sale Prospectus:

1.              Prospectus dated January 22, 2018 relating to the Shares

 

2.              The preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 6, 2018 relating to the Shares

 

3.              Free writing prospectus, containing the Pricing Term Sheet, filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act

 

Lock-up Restricted Period: 90 Days
   
Title of Shares to be purchased: 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share
   
Number of Firm Shares: 2,500,000
   
Number of Additional Shares 375,000
   
Purchase Price: $96.50 a share
   
Closing Date and Time: March 12, 2018  10:00 a.m.
   
Closing Location: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
   
Address for Notices to Underwriters:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

 

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

Attention Equity Syndicate Desk

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

 

Sch-I- 1  

 
 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue

Attention: Equity Syndicate Department New York, New York 10152

 

With a copy to:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Attn: Joseph Kaufman
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

 

Address for Notices to the Company:

Assurant, Inc.

Attn: Carey S. Roberts

28 Liberty Street

41st Floor

New York, New York 10005

 

With a copy to:

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Attn: Richard D. Truesdell, Jr.
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

 

Sch-I- 2  

 

SCHEDULE II

 

 

Underwriter 

Number of Firm Shares To Be Purchased 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 750,000
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 750,000
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 750,000
BMO Capital Markets Corp. 71,250
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. 71,250
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

107,500 

Total:

2,500,000 

Sch-II-1 

 

SCHEDULE III

 

 

PRICING TERM SHEET

 

[Attached]

 

 Sch-III- 1

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-222648

March 7, 2018

 

 

Assurant, Inc.

 

Offering of
2,500,000 Shares of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock 

(the “Offering”)

 

This pricing term sheet relates to the Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 6, 2018 relating to the Offering (the “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) the related base prospectus dated January 22, 2018, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-222648. The Offering is not conditioned on the consummation of the TWG Acquisition. Terms not defined in this pricing term sheet have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

Issuer: Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Ticker / Exchange for the Common Stock: AIZ / The New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”).
Trade Date: March 8, 2017.
Settlement Date: March 12, 2017.
Title of Securities: 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”).
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Offered: 2,500,000 shares.
Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock: Up to 375,000 additional shares, solely to cover over-allotments.
Public Offering Price: $100.00 per share.
Underwriting Discount: $3.50 per share.
Net Proceeds (before expenses): Approximately $241.3 million (or approximately $277.4 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in full).
Liquidation Preference: $100.00 per share.
Dividends: 6.50% per annum of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock .   Dividends will accumulate from the Settlement Date (as defined above) and, to the extent that the Issuer’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares (out of funds legally available for payment in the case of dividends paid in cash or if legally permitted to be issued in the case of dividends paid in shares of Common Stock) a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Issuer will pay such dividends in cash, by delivery of shares of Common Stock or through any combination of cash and shares

 Sch-III- 2

 
  of Common Stock, as determined by the Issuer in its sole discretion (subject to certain limitations).
  The expected dividend payable on the first dividend payment date of June 15, 2018 is approximately $1.6792 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock .   Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $1.6250 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.
Dividend Payment Dates: March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2018 and ending on, and including, March 15, 2021.
Dividend Record Dates: The March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date.
Acquisition Termination Redemption: If the TWG Acquisition has not closed on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 17, 2018 or if an Acquisition Termination Event occurs, the Issuer may, at its option, give notice of an acquisition termination redemption to the holders of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.  If the Issuer provides such notice, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date, the Issuer will redeem the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount.
Mandatory Conversion Date: The second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Settlement Period. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be March 15, 2021.
Initial Price: Equal to $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below), which is approximately $89.0869.
Threshold Appreciation Price: Equal to $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below), which is approximately $106.9061 and represents a premium of approximately 20% over the Initial Price.
Floor Price: Initially $31.1804 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion Rate: The conversion rate for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be more than 1.1225 shares of Common Stock and not less than 0.9354 shares of Common Stock (respectively, the “ Maximum Conversion Rate ” and “ Minimum Conversion Rate ”), depending on the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock, as described below.  The Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate are subject to adjustment as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
  The following table illustrates the conversion rate per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Preliminary

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Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock:

 

  Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock Conversion Rate per Share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
     
  Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price 0.9354 shares of Common Stock, which is the Minimum Conversion Rate
     
  Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price Between 0.9354 and 1.1225 shares of Common Stock, determined by dividing $100.00 by the Applicable Market Value
     
  Less than the Initial Price 1.1225 shares of Common Stock, which is the Maximum Conversion Rate.
     
Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder: Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, at any time prior to March 15, 2021, a holder of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may elect to convert such holder’s shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the Minimum Conversion Rate.
   
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change: If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to March 15, 2021, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the right to convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period.
   
 

The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price:

 

  Fundamental Change Share Price

Fundamental Change

Effective Date

$25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $89.0869 $93.00 $100.00 $106.9061 $120.00 $145.00 $175.00 $225.00 $250.00 $300.00
March 12, 2018 1.0253 0.9985 0.9616 0.9392 0.9331 0.9224 0.9129 0.8989 0.8859 0.8827 0.8843 0.8853 0.8871
March 15, 2019 1.0572 1.0388 1.0026 0.9737 0.9653 0.9503 0.9369 0.9171 0.9053 0.9063 0.9090 0.9101 0.9120
March 15, 2020 1.0921 1.0868 1.0568 1.0172 1.0039 0.9796 0.9588 0.9340 0.9282 0.9318 0.9346 0.9356 0.9375
March 15, 2021 1.1225 1.1225 1.1225 1.1225 1.0753 1.0000 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354

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  The exact Fundamental Change Effective Date and Fundamental Change Share Price may not be set forth in the table, in which case:
   
  ·       if the Fundamental Change Share Price is between two Fundamental Change Share Prices in the table or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Price amounts and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365 or 366-day year, as applicable;
   
  ·        if the Fundamental Change Share Price is greater than $300.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate; and
   
  ·       if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $25.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate.
   
Discount Rate for Purposes of Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount: The discount rate for purposes of determining the “Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) is 6.50% per annum.
   
Listing: The Issuer intends to apply to list the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on NYSE under the symbol “AIZP” and, if approved, the Issuer expects trading to commence within 30 days of the Initial Issue Date.
   

CUSIP / ISIN for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

04621X 207 / US04621X2071

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

Co-Managers

BMO Capital Markets Corp. 

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. 

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

_____________________ 

 

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for the offering, the prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the offering. You may get these documents for free by searching the SEC online data base (EDGAR) on the SEC web site at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it by contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155

 

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Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department or by calling at (866) 803-9204; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10152, by calling 800-326-5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.

 

This communication should be read in conjunction with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the prospectus . The information in this communication supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the prospectus.

 

Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded . Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER

 

_____________, 20__

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

 

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC 

383 Madison Avenue 

New York, New York 10179

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 

375 Park Avenue 

4th Floor 

New York, New York 10152

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “ Representatives ”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), providing for the public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) by the several Underwriters, including the Representatives (the “ Underwriters ”), of 2,500,000 shares (the “ Shares ”) of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share of the Company (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”). The Shares will be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (“ Common Stock ”), in accordance with the Certificate of Designations of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on or about March 12, 2018.

 

To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the final prospectus (the “ Restricted Period ”) relating to the Public Offering (the “ Prospectus ”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to

 

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purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock orCommon Stock beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)), by the undersigned or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock to the Company solely for the purpose of satisfying tax withholding amounts that become due in connection with the vesting of awards granted under an equity incentive plan of the Company, or (c) transfers of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift; provided that in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (c) each donee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the Restricted Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock or Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

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Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  (Name)
   
   
  (Address)
   
   

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EXHIBIT B

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Form of Opinion

 

1. The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Company has corporate power and authority to issue the Shares, to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder.

 

2. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

3. The execution and filing of the Certificate of Designations has been duly authorized by the Company and the Certificate of Designations has been duly executed and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares is not subject to any preemptive or, to our knowledge, other similar rights.

 

4. The Underlying Securities initially issuable upon conversion of the Shares have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Shares in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we express no opinion as to the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of Section [●] of the Certificate of Designations or any related provisions of the Certificate of Designations or the Shares that require or relate to adjustments to the conversion rate at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or forfeiture.

 

5. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

6. The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus.

 

7. The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement and the Certificate of Designations will not contravene (i) any provision of the statutory laws of the State of New York or any federal law of the United States of America that in our experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in

 

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relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, provided that we express no opinion as to federal or state securities laws, (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, or (iii) any agreement that is specified in Annex A hereto; provided that we express no opinion in clause (iii) as to compliance with any financial or accounting test, or any limitation or restriction expressed as a dollar (or other currency) amount, ratio or percentage in any of the agreements specified in Annex A.

 

8. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency under the laws of the State of New York or any federal law of the United States of America that in our experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, except such as may be required under federal or state securities or Blue Sky laws as to which we express no opinion.

 

1. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and

 

2. Nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that, insofar as relevant to the offering of the Shares:

 

a. on the date of the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,

 

b. at [●:●] P.M. New York City time on March [7], 2018, the Disclosure Package contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or

 

c. the Prospectus as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement or as of the date hereof contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

In-House Form of Opinion

 

1. The Company has corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

 

2. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3. Each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, and each has corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4. To my knowledge and other than as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement.

 

5. The Company and each Significant Subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to have or obtain such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization would not individually or in the

 

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aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

6.50% SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

ASSURANT, INC.

 

Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies that, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 103, 141 and 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, (a) on January 8, 2018 and January 19, 2018 the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”), pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as such may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”), delegated to its Pricing Committee (the “ Pricing Committee ”), subject to any limitations as determined by its Finance and Risk Committee (the “ Finance and Risk Committee ”), the power to create, designate, authorize and provide for the issuance of shares of a new series of the Corporation’s undesignated preferred stock, to be designated the “6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”, and to establish the number of shares to be included in such series, and to fix the powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof; and (b) on January 18, 2018, the Finance and Risk Committee adopted the resolutions delegating the power to approve final terms and conditions of an offering relating to common and preferred stock, and (c) on March 9, 2018, the Pricing Committee adopted the resolution set forth immediately below, which resolution is now, and at all times since its date of adoption has been, in full force and effect:

 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, a series of preferred stock be, and hereby is, created and designated 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions and other terms thereof are as set forth in this certificate of designations, as it may be amended from time to time (the “ Certificate of Designations ”) as follows:

 

  Part 1.           Designation and Number of Shares . Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, there is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $1.00 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), a series of Preferred Stock consisting of 2,875,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as the “6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”). Such number of shares may be decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the requirements of applicable law; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of such shares then outstanding.

 

Part 2.           Standard Provisions . The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full in the Certificate of Designations.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by Richard S. Dziadzio, its Chief Financial Officer, this 12 th day of March, 2018.

 

  ASSURANT, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Richard S. Dziadzio
    Name: Richard S. Dziadzio
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
       
       

 

 

[Signature Page to Certificate of Designations of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock]

 

       

 

 

ANNEX A

 

STANDARD PROVISIONS

 

Section 1.                                           General Matters; Ranking . Each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, as applicable, of the Corporation, shall rank (i) senior to each class or series of Junior Stock, (ii) on parity with each class or series of Parity Stock, (iii) junior to each class or series of Senior Stock and (iv) junior to the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness.

 

Section 2.                                           Standard Definitions . As used herein with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

Accumulated Dividend Amount ” means, with respect to any Fundamental Change Conversion, the aggregate amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, for Dividend Periods prior to the Fundamental Change Effective Date for the relevant Fundamental Change, including for the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Effective Date, subject to the proviso in Section 9(a).

 

Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate ” means a rate equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, assuming for such purpose that the date on which the Corporation provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption is the Fundamental Change Effective Date, and that the Acquisition Termination Share Price is the Fundamental Change Share Price.

 

Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount ” means an amount of cash equal to the sum of:

 

(i) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount; and

 

(ii) the Accumulated Dividend Amount,

 

assuming in each case, for such purpose that the date on which the Corporation provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption is the Fundamental Change Effective Date.

 

 “ Acquisition Termination Event ” means either (1) the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement is terminated or (2) the Corporation determines in its reasonable judgment that the TWG Acquisition will not occur.

 

Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount ” means, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount payable in cash equal to $100.00 plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date (whether or not declared); provided , however , that if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount will equal the Reference Amount, which may be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof pursuant to Section 5.

 

 “ Acquisition Termination Market Value ” means the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the second Trading Day following the date on which the Corporation provides notice of an Acquisition Termination Redemption.

 

Acquisition Termination Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

Acquisition Termination Redemption Date ” means the date specified by the Corporation in its notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption that is not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date on which the Corporation provides notice of such Acquisition Termination Redemption; provided , that, such date shall be a Business Day; provided , further , that, if the Acquisition Termination Share Price is greater than the Initial Price and the Corporation elects to:

 

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(i) pay cash in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate, or

 

(ii) deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of all or any portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount,

 

the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date will be the second Business Day following the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used to determine the Acquisition Termination Market Value.

 

Acquisition Termination Share Price ” means the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Corporation provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption.

 

ADRs ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Agent Members ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20(a). 

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Amended and Restated Merger Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 8, 2018, by and among the Corporation, Spartan Merger Sub, Ltd., a Bermuda exempted limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, TWG, Arbor Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TWG, and TWG Re, Ltd., a corporation incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

 

Applicable Market Value ” means the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the Settlement Period.

 

Average Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(iii).

 

Average VWAP ” per share over a certain period means the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share for each Trading Day in such period.

 

Averaging Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).

 

Board of Directors ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

By-Laws ” means the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation, as they may be amended or restated from time to time.

 

Certificate of Designations ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Clause A Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).

 

Clause B Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).

 

Clause C Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).

 

close of business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.

 

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Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent ” means Computershare Inc., the Corporation’s duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and any successor appointed under Section 15.

 

Conversion Date ” shall mean the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Date or the Early Conversion Date, as applicable.

 

Corporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Depositary ” means DTC or its nominee or any successor appointed by the Corporation.

 

Dividend Payment Date ” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year to, and including, March 15, 2021, commencing on June 15, 2018.

 

Dividend Period ” means the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on, and include, the Initial Issue Date and shall end on, and exclude, the June 15, 2018 Dividend Payment Date.

 

Dividend Rate ” shall have the meaning set for in Section 3(a).

 

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Early Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).

 

Early Conversion Average Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).

 

Early Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

 

Early Conversion Settlement Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).

 

Effective Date ,” as used in Section 13(a)(i), shall mean the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

 

Ex-Date ” means the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Corporation or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Exchange Property ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).

 

Fixed Conversion Rates ” means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.

 

Floor Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e)(ii).

 

A “ Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred, at any time after the Initial Issue Date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, if any of the following occurs:

 

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(i)  any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Corporation, any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or any of the Corporation’s or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, filing a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of capital stock then outstanding entitled to vote generally in elections of the Corporation’s directors;

 

(ii)  the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change in par value) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or a combination thereof); (B) any consolidation, merger or other combination of the Corporation or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or a combination thereof); or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any person other than one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; or

 

(iii) the Common Stock (or other Exchange Property) ceases to be listed or quoted for trading on any of NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or another U.S. national securities exchange or any of their respective successors).

 

However, a transaction or transactions described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) becomes the Exchange Property.

 

Fundamental Change Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(i).

 

Fundamental Change Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).

 

Fundamental Change Conversion Period ” means the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after the date of notice of such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than March 15, 2021.

 

Fundamental Change Conversion Rate ” means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the table below for the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price applicable to such Fundamental Change:

 

  Fundamental Change Share Price

Fundamental Change

Effective Date

$25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $89.0869 $93.00 $100.00 $106.9061 $120.00 $145.00 $175.00 $225.00 $250.00 $300.00
March 12, 2018 1.0253 0.9985 0.9616 0.9392 0.9331 0.9224 0.9129 0.8989 0.8859 0.8827 0.8843 0.8853 0.8871
March 15, 2019 1.0572 1.0388 1.0026 0.9737 0.9653 0.9503 0.9369 0.9171 0.9053 0.9063 0.9090 0.9101 0.9120
March 15, 2020 1.0921 1.0868 1.0568 1.0172 1.0039 0.9796 0.9588 0.9340 0.9282 0.9318 0.9346 0.9356 0.9375
March 15, 2021 1.1225 1.1225 1.1225 1.1225 1.0753 1.0000 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354 0.9354

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The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:

 

(i) if the Fundamental Change Share Price is between two Fundamental Change Share Price amounts in the table above or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table above, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Price amounts and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365 or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

(ii) if the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $300.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate; and

 

(iii) if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $25.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate.

 

 The Fundamental Change Share Prices in the column headings in the table above are each subject to adjustment as of any date on which the Fixed Conversion Rates are adjusted. The adjusted Fundamental Change Share Prices shall equal (x) the Fundamental Change Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Fundamental Change Share Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table above are each subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.

 

Fundamental Change Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).

 

Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(ii).

 

Fundamental Change Effective Date ” shall mean the effective date of the relevant Fundamental Change.

 

Fundamental Change Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).

 

Fundamental Change Share Price ” means, for any Fundamental Change, the price paid (or deemed paid) per share of Common Stock in the Fundamental Change, which shall equal (i) if all holders of Common Stock receive only cash in exchange for their Common Stock in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Change, and (ii) in all other cases, the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date.

 

Global Preferred Share ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20(a).

 

Holder ” means each Person in whose name shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are registered, who shall be treated by the Corporation and the Registrar as the absolute owner of those shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.

 

Initial Dividend Threshold ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).

 

Initial Issue Date ” means March 12, 2018, the first original issue date of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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Initial Price ” means $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $89.0869.

 

Junior Stock ” means (i) the Common Stock and (ii) each other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks either (x) senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or distribution rights upon its liquidation, winding-up or dissolution or (y) on parity with Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

Liquidation Dividend Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

Liquidation Preference ” means, as to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, $100.00 per share.

 

Mandatory Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i).

 

Mandatory Conversion Date ” means the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Settlement Period.

 

Mandatory Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

 

Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in Part 1 of this Certificate of Designations.

 

Market Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session; or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock.

 

Maximum Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).

 

Minimum Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).

 

Nonpayment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Nonpayment Remedy ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iii).

 

NYSE ” means The New York Stock Exchange.

 

Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

 

open of business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

 

Parity Stock ” means any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank on parity with Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

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Person ” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Preferred Stock Directors ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).

 

Pricing Committee ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Prospectus ” means the prospectus dated January 22, 2018, included in the Corporation’s registration statement (file number 333-222648), relating to securities to be issued from time to time by the Corporation.

 

Prospectus Supplement ” means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 6, 2018 relating to the offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet.

 

Record Date ” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, statute, contract or otherwise).

 

Record Holder ” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, a Holder of record of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as such Holder appears on the stock register of the Corporation at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date.

 

Reference Amount ” means, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

 

(i)                                      a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate; plus

 

(ii)                                   cash in an amount equal to the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount;

 

provided that the Corporation may deliver cash in lieu of all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock set forth in clause (i) above, and the Corporation may deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of all or any portion of the cash amount set forth in clause (ii) above pursuant to Section 5.

 

Registrar ” initially means Computershare Inc., the Corporation’s duly appointed registrar for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 15.

 

Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. These Regular Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a particular Regular Record Date is a Business Day.

 

Relevant Stock Exchange ” means NYSE or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading.

 

Reorganization Common Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Reorganization Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

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Reorganization Valuation Percentage ” for any Reorganization Event shall be equal to (x) the Average VWAP of one share of such Reorganization Common Stock over the relevant Reorganization Valuation Period (determined as if references to “Common Stock” in the definition of “VWAP” were references to the “Reorganization Common Stock” for such Reorganization Event), divided by (y) the Average VWAP of one share of Common Stock over the relevant Reorganization Valuation Period.

 

Reorganization Valuation Period ” for any Reorganization Event means the five consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding, but excluding, the effective date for such Reorganization Event.

 

Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Senior Stock ” means each class or series of capital stock of the Corporation established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or distribution rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

Settlement Period ” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding March 15, 2021.

 

Share Dilution Amount ” means the increase in the number of diluted shares of Common Stock outstanding (determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and as measured from the Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees and agents and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

 

Shelf Registration Statement ” means a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of or resales of shares of Common Stock issued as payment of a dividend on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion.

 

Spin-Off ” means a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of 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 that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Threshold Appreciation Price ” means $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $106.9061.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; provided that if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading, “ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

 

Transfer Agent ” shall initially mean Computershare Inc., the Corporation’s duly appointed transfer agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 15.

 

Trigger Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).

 

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“TWG” refer to TWG Holdings Limited, a Bermuda limited company.

 

TWG Acquisition ” refers to the Corporation’s pending acquisition of TWG pursuant to the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement.

 

Unit of Exchange Property ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Valuation Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).

 

Voting Preferred Stock ” means any other class or series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and upon which like voting rights for the election of directors have been conferred and are exercisable.

 

VWAP ” per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed on Bloomberg page “AIZ<EQUITY>AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is not available, the market value per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose).

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, except that, solely for purposes of this definition, the reference to “more than 50%” in the definition of “Subsidiary” shall be deemed to be replaced by a reference to “100%”.

 

Section 3.                                           Dividends .

 

(a)                                  Rate . Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Senior Stock, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) out of funds of the Corporation legally available for payment, in the case of dividends paid in cash, and shares of Common Stock legally permitted to be issued, in the case of dividends paid in shares of Common Stock, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 6.50% of the Liquidation Preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Dividend Rate ”) (equivalent to $6.50 per annum per share), payable in cash, by delivery of shares of Common Stock or through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(c), as determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(e)).

 

If declared, dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at such annual rate, and dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or Dividend Periods there have been funds legally available or shares of Common Stock legally permitted for the payment of such dividends.

 

If declared, dividends shall be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to Record Holders on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, whether or not such Record Holders early convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or such shares are automatically converted, after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this delay.

 

The amount of dividends payable on each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for each full Dividend Period (subsequent to the initial Dividend Period) shall be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. Dividends payable on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the initial Dividend Period and any other partial Dividend Period shall be computed based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day months). Accumulated dividends on shares of Mandatory

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock shall not bear interest, nor shall additional dividends be payable thereon, if they are paid subsequent to the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

 

No dividend shall be paid unless and until the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to any Dividend Period unless all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, whether payable in cash, property or shares of Common Stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends.

 

Except as described in this Section 3(a), dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accumulate on the applicable Conversion Date.

 

(b)                                  Priority of Dividends . So long as any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock, and no Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid in full in cash, shares of the Common Stock or a combination thereof upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

 

(i)              any dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock;

 

(ii)             purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Common Stock, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, or acquisitions of shares of Common Stock surrendered, deemed surrendered or withheld in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units); provided that the number of shares purchased to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount;

 

(iii)            purchases of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding agreement to buy such securities that existed prior to the date of the Prospectus Supplement;

 

(iv)           any dividends or distributions of rights in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan;

 

(v)            the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Junior Stock and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares; and

 

(vi)           the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged.

 

 When dividends on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (i) have not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from such Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a regular dividend period related to such Dividend Payment Date), or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular

 

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Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any shares of Parity Stock unless dividends are declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such shares of Parity Stock shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders of the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate those payments so that the respective amounts of those payments for the declared dividend bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such shares of Parity Stock bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of legally available funds); provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will continue to accumulate. For purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Stock, the Corporation shall use the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such non-cumulative Parity Stock.

 

Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may be declared and paid (payable in cash or other property or securities) on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

 

(c)                                   Method of Payment of Dividends . (i) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(e), the Corporation may pay any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, as determined in the Corporation’s sole discretion:

 

(A)                               in cash;

 

(B)                                by delivery of shares of Common Stock; or

 

(C)                                through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

 

(ii)                                   The Corporation shall make each payment of a declared dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in cash, except to the extent the Corporation elects to make all or any portion of such payment in shares of Common Stock. The Corporation shall give notice to Holders of any such election, and the portion of such payment that will be made in cash and the portion that will be made in shares of Common Stock, no later than 10 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend, provided that if the Corporation does not provide timely notice of this election, the Corporation will be deemed to have elected to pay the relevant dividend in cash.

 

(iii)                                All cash payments to which a Holder is entitled in connection with a declared dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be computed to the nearest cent. If the Corporation elects to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at 97% of the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (the “ Average Price ”).

 

(d)                                  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered to the Holders in payment or partial payment of dividends. A cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent) shall instead be paid by the Corporation to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend.

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in connection with any declared dividend, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to:

 

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(i)              the declared dividend divided by

 

(ii)             $31.1804, subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as provided in Section 13 (such dollar amount, as adjusted, the “ Floor Price ”).

 

To the extent that the amount of any declared dividend exceeds the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in connection with such declared dividend and (y) 97% of the Average Price, the Corporation shall, if it is able to do so under applicable law and in compliance with the Corporation’s indebtedness, notwithstanding any notice by the Corporation to the contrary, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with the terms of its indebtedness, the Corporation will not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

 

 (f)                                    To the extent that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Corporation’s reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Common Stock issued as payment of a dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Corporation shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such shares of Common Stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares are freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not, and have not been within the three months preceding, “affiliates” of the Corporation for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Corporation shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Common Stock approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Common Stock is not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed), and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Corporation will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it is not presently subject to taxation as a foreign corporation and such qualification or action would subject it to such taxation.

 

Section 4.                                           Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up . (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, plus an amount (the “ Liquidation Dividend Amount ”) equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders, after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Corporation’s creditors and holders of shares of any Senior Stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any Junior Stock, including, without limitation, Common Stock.

 

(b)                                  If, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the Liquidation Dividend Amount of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and (2) the liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, on all Parity Stock, if applicable, are not paid in full, the Holders and all holders of any such Parity Stock shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of the Corporation’s assets in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences and amounts equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.

 

(c)                                   After the payment to any Holder of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for each of such Holder’s shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

 

(d)                                  Neither the sale of all or substantially all of Corporation’s assets or business (other than in connection with the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation), nor its merger or consolidation into or with any other Person, shall be deemed to be the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.                                           Acquisition Termination Redemption; No Sinking Fund .

 

Other than pursuant to the acquisition termination redemption provisions set forth in this Section 5, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be subject to any redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. However, at the Corporation’s option, it may purchase or exchange the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock from time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer or otherwise, without the consent of, or notice to, holders.

 

Within 10 Business Days following the earlier of (a) the close of business on December 17, 2018, if the consummation of the TWG Acquisition has not occurred on or prior to such time on such date, and (b) the date on which an Acquisition Termination Event occurs, the Corporation may, at its option, give notice of an acquisition termination redemption (an “ Acquisition Termination Redemption ”) to the Holders (provided that, to the extent the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the Depositary, the Corporation may give such notice in any manner permitted thereby). If the Corporation provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption to Holders, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date, the Corporation will redeem the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole, but not in part, at a redemption amount per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount.

 

If the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price:

 

(i) the Corporation may elect to pay cash in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate, and if the Corporation makes such an election, the Corporation will deliver cash (computed to the nearest cent) in an amount equal to such number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which the Corporation has made this election multiplied by the Acquisition Termination Market Value; and

 

(ii) the Corporation may elect to deliver shares of common stock in lieu of paying cash for some or all of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount, and if the Corporation makes such an election, the Corporation will deliver a number of shares of Common Stock equal to such portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount to be paid in shares of Common Stock divided by the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Acquisition Termination Market Value; provided that, if the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount or portion thereof in respect of which shares of Common Stock are delivered exceeds the product of such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by 97% of the Acquisition Termination Market Value, the Corporation shall, if the Corporation is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent); provided further , however that to the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with the terms of its indebtedness, the Corporation will not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

 

 If any portion of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount is to be paid in shares of Common Stock, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered to the Holders. The Corporation shall instead pay a cash adjustment to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date. If more than one share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is to be redeemed from a Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with the payment of the Reference Amount shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so redeemed.

 

To the extent a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Corporation’s reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of or for resales of Common Stock issued in payment of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount, the Corporation shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf

 

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Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such shares of Common Stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares are freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not, and have not been within the three months preceding, “affiliates” of the Corporation for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Corporation shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the shares of Common Stock approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Common Stock is not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed) and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Corporation shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject the Corporation to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where the Corporation is not presently qualified or where the Corporation is not presently subject to taxation as a foreign corporation and such qualification or action would subject the Corporation to such taxation.

 

The notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption shall specify, among other things:

 

(i)            the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount;

 

(ii)           if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount of cash comprising the Reference Amount per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (before giving effect to any election to pay or deliver, with respect to each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, cash in lieu of all or a portion of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate or shares of Common Stock in lieu of some or all of the cash in respect of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount);

 

(iii)          if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, whether the Corporation will pay cash in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate comprising a portion of the Reference Amount (specifying, if applicable, the number of such shares of Common Stock in respect of which cash will be paid);

 

(iv)          if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, whether the Corporation will deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of paying cash for all or any portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount comprising a portion of the Reference Amount (specifying, if applicable, the percentage of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount in respect of which shares of Common Stock will be delivered in lieu of cash); and

 

(v)           the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date (specifying, as applicable, a fixed date or that the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date will be the second Business Day following the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used to determine the Acquisition Termination Market Value).

 

Section 6.                                           Voting Rights .

 

(a)                                   General . Holders shall not have any voting rights other than those set forth in this Section 6, except as specifically required by Delaware corporate law or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation from time to time.

 

(b)                                  Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment . (i) Whenever dividends on any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of six or more dividend periods (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Dividend Period beginning on, and including, the Initial Issue Date and ending on, but excluding, June 15, 2018), whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “ Nonpayment ”), the authorized number of directors of the Board of Directors shall, at the next annual meeting of the stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and Holders, voting together as a single class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, shall be entitled, at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders as provided below, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of

 

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Directors (the “ Preferred Stock Directors ”); provided that the election of any such Preferred Stock Directors will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors; and provided further that the Board of Directors shall, at no time, include more than two Preferred Stock Directors.

 

(ii)           In the event of a Nonpayment, the holders of record of at least 25% of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock may request that a special meeting of stockholders be called to elect such Preferred Stock Directors ( provided , however , that if the next annual or a special meeting of stockholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such Preferred Stock Directors shall be included in the agenda for, and shall be held at, such scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall stand for reelection annually, at each subsequent annual meeting of the stockholders, so long as the Holders continue to have such voting rights. At any meeting at which the Holders are entitled to elect Preferred Stock Directors, the holders of record of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and other Voting Preferred Stock so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the Preferred Stock Directors. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such other Voting Preferred Stock voted.

 

(iii)          If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid in full (a “ Nonpayment Remedy ”), the Holders shall immediately and, without any further action by the Corporation, be divested of the voting rights described in this Section 6(b), subject to the revesting of such rights in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment. If such voting rights for the Holders and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall have terminated, the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two.

 

(iv)          Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class), when they have the voting rights described in this Section 6(b). In the event that a Nonpayment shall have occurred and there shall not have been a Nonpayment Remedy, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, except in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such Preferred Stock Director being removed or if no Preferred Stock Director remains in office, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the election of any such Preferred Stock Directors to fill such vacancy will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote.

 

(c)                                   Other Voting Rights . So long as any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon (subject to the last paragraph of this

 

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Section 6(c)), voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at an annual or special meeting of such stockholders:

 

(i)                                     amend or alter the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any Senior Stock;

 

(ii)                                 amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Certificate of Designations so as to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; or

 

(iii)                               consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, unless in each case: (i) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding and are not amended in any respect or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent; and (ii) such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;

 

provided , however , that in the event a transaction would trigger voting rights under clauses (ii) and (iii) above, clause (iii) shall govern; provided , further , however , that for all purposes of this Section 6(c):

 

(1) any increase in the amount of the Corporation’s authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock,

 

(2) any increase in the amount of the Corporation’s authorized or issued shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and

 

(3) the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock,

 

shall be deemed not to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of Holders.

 

If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation specified in this Section 6(c) would affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the series of Voting Preferred Stock adversely affected and entitled to vote shall vote as a class in lieu of all other series of Voting Preferred Stock.

 

(d)           Without the consent of the Holders, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to:

 

(i) conform the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the description thereof in the Prospectus as supplemented and/or amended by the “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” section of the Prospectus Supplement; or

 

(ii) file a certificate of correction with respect to the Certificate of Designations to the extent permitted by Section 103(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(e)             Prior to the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding and Holders shall have no voting rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including the right to vote on any amendment to the Corporation’s

 

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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations that would adversely affect the rights of holders of the Common Stock.

 

(f)              The number of votes that each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any Voting Preferred Stock participating in the votes set forth in this Section 6 shall have and shall be in proportion to the liquidation preference of such share.

 

(g)                  The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other procedural aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.

 

Section 7.                                           Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date . (a) Each outstanding share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert (unless previously converted or redeemed in accordance with Section 5, Section 8 or Section 9) on the Mandatory Conversion Date (“ Mandatory Conversion ”), into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate.

 

(b)                                  The “ Mandatory Conversion Rate ” shall, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 7(c), be as follows:

 

(i)                                      if the Applicable Market Value is greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 0.9354 shares of Common Stock per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Minimum Conversion Rate ”);

 

(ii)                                   if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be equal to $100.00 divided by the Applicable Market Value, rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock; or

 

(iii)                                if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 1.1225 shares of Common Stock per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Maximum Conversion Rate ”);

 

provided that the Fixed Conversion Rates are each subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.

 

(c)                                   If the Corporation declares a dividend for the Dividend Period ending on March 15, 2021, the Corporation shall pay such dividend to the Record Holders as of the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3. If on or prior to March 15, 2021, the Corporation has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock through March 15, 2021, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that Holders receive an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

 

(i)              the amount of such accumulated and unpaid dividends that have not been declared (“ Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount ”), divided by

 

(ii)             the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Average Price (calculated using March 15, 2021 as the applicable Dividend Payment Date).

 

To the extent that the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Average Price, the Corporation shall, if it is able to do so under applicable law and in compliance with the Corporation’s indebtedness, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) pro rata to the Holders. To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash

 

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under applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.     

 

  Section 8.                                           Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder . (a) Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, subject to satisfaction of the conversion procedures set forth in Section 10, the Holders shall have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), at any time prior to March 15, 2021 (“ Early Conversion ”), into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8(b).

 

(b)                                  If, as of any Early Conversion Date, the Corporation has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all full Dividend Periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date prior to such Early Conversion Date, the Minimum Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, with respect to the relevant Early Conversion, so that the Holders converting their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at such time receive an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

 

(i)              such amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends that have not been declared for such full Dividend Periods (the “ Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount ”), divided by

 

(ii)             the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) the Average VWAP per share of the Common Stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Early Conversion Settlement Period ”) commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date (such average being referred to as the “ Early Conversion Average Price ”).

 

To the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver shares of Common Stock in respect of such shortfall.

 

Except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 8(b), upon any Early Conversion of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, unless such Early Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Corporation shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3.

 

 Section 9.                                           Fundamental Change Conversion . (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to March 15, 2021, the Holders shall have the right (the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Right ”) during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period to:

 

(i)              convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 9(a) being a “ Fundamental Change Conversion ”) into a number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property in accordance with Section 14) equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

(ii)               with respect to such converted shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, receive an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 6.50% per annum, of all dividend payments on such shares (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount) for (a) the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date and (b) all the remaining full Dividend Periods from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date following the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, March 15, 2021 (the “ Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount ”), payable in cash to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so; and

 

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(iii)              with respect to such converted shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount payable in cash,

 

subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Corporation’s right to deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of all or part of such amounts as set forth in Section 9(d); provided that, if the Fundamental Change Effective Date or the Fundamental Change Conversion Date falls after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the next Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holders as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3, and such dividend shall not be included in the Accumulated Dividend Amount, and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount shall not include the present value of the payment of such dividend.

 

(b)           To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, Holders must submit their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion at any time during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period. Holders that submit their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right. Holders who do not submit their shares for conversion during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be entitled to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or to receive the relevant Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the relevant Accumulated Dividend Amount.

 

The Corporation shall provide written notice (the “ Fundamental Change Notice ”) to Holders of the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than the second Business Day immediately following the actual Fundamental Change Effective Date. The Fundamental Change Notice shall state:

 

(i)                                      the event causing the Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)                                   the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, as the case may be;

 

(iii)                                that Holders shall have the right to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period;

 

(iv)                               the Fundamental Change Conversion Period; and

 

(v)                                  the instructions a Holder must follow to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change.

 

(c)                                   As soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Corporation shall notify Holders of:

 

(i)                                      the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (if notice is provided to Holders prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date, specifying how the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined);

 

(ii)                                   the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and whether the Corporation will pay such amount in cash, shares of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable; and

 

(iii)                                the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date and whether the Corporation will pay such amount in cash, shares of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.

 

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(d)                                  (i) For any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that are converted during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, in addition to the Common Stock issued upon conversion at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, the Corporation shall at its option (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section):

 

(A)                                pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so;

 

(B)                                increase the number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) to be issued on conversion by a number equal to (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price; or

 

(C)                                pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.

 

(ii)                                   In addition, to the extent that the Accumulated Dividend Amount exists as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the converting Holder shall be entitled to receive such Accumulated Dividend Amount upon such Fundamental Change Conversion. The Corporation shall, at its option, pay the Accumulated Dividend Amount (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section):

 

(A)                                in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so;

 

(B)                                in an additional number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) equal to (x) the Accumulated Dividend Amount divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price; or

 

(C)                                through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.

 

(iii)                                The Corporation shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash, except to the extent the Corporation elects on or prior to the second Business Day following the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date to make all or any portion of such payments in Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property). If the Corporation elects to deliver Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in respect of all or any portion of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount or the dollar amount of any portion thereof paid in Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) exceeds the product of the number of additional shares the Corporation delivers in respect thereof and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Corporation shall, if it is able to do so under applicable law and in compliance with the Corporation’s indebtedness, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

 

(iv)                               No fractional shares of Common Stock (or, to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) shall be delivered by the Corporation to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. The Corporation shall instead pay a cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent) to each a converting Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) based on the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date.

 

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(v)           If the Corporation is prohibited from paying or delivering, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (whether in cash or in shares of Common Stock), in whole or in part, due to limitations of applicable Delaware law, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will instead be increased by a number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

 

(A)                                the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount, divided by

 

(B)                                the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price.

 

To the extent that the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

 

Section 10.                                    Conversion Procedures . (a) Pursuant to Section 7, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, any outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock.

 

If more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by the same Holder is automatically converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so converted. A Holder of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that are mandatorily converted shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of the Common Stock, except that such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of the Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

 

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted are in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Except as provided under Section 13, prior to the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Common Stock, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(b)                                  To effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8, a Holder must:

 

(i)              complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

 

(ii)             deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;

 

(iii)            if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

 

(iv)           if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8 of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form appointed by the Corporation).

 

The Early Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (“ Early Conversion Date ”).

 

If more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

 

A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

 

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted are in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the latest of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Early Conversion Date, (ii) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period, and (iii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the applicable Early Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13, prior to the close of business on such applicable Early Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock representing less than all the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Corporation shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a certificate evidencing the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form, the Corporation shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

(c)                                   To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9, a Holder must:

 

(i)              complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

 

(ii)             deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;

 

(iii)            if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

 

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(iv)           if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9 of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form appointed by the Corporation).

 

The Fundamental Change Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Date ”).

 

If more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same holder, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

 

A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

 

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted are in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13, prior to the close of business on such applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock representing less than all the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Corporation shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a certificate evidencing the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form, the Corporation shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

(d)                                  In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock should be sent, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Corporation and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Corporation.

 

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(e)                                   Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and other amounts and shares of Common Stock, if any, to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 7, 8 or 9, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, subject to the right of the Record Holders of such shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on such Regular Record Date to receive payment of the full amount of such declared dividend on such Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.

 

Section 11.                                    Reservation of Common Stock . (a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (which shall initially equal a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) 2,875,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate and (y) the product of (i) 2,875,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be added to the Mandatory Conversion Rate assuming (A) the Corporation paid no dividends on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date and (B) the Floor Price is greater than 97% of the relevant Average Price). For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or as payment of any dividend on such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

(c)                                   All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion or redemption of, or as payment of a dividend on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders) and free of preemptive rights.

 

(d)                                  Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

 

(e)                                   The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount or Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount) of, or issuable in respect of the payment of dividends, the Accumulated Dividend Amount, the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; provided , however , that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the earlier of (x) the first conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof and (y) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount, any Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or any Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon the earlier of (1) the first conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and (2) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount, any

 

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Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.

 

Section 12.                                    Fractional Shares . (a) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holders as a result of any conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(b)                                  In lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder that are converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date pursuant to Section 7 or at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9, the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, Early Conversion Date or Fundamental Change Conversion Date, as applicable.

 

Section 13.                                    Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates . (a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as set forth in this Section 13, except that the Corporation shall not make any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in any of the transactions set forth in Sections 13(a)(i)-(vi) without having to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the Maximum Conversion Rate as of the Record Date for such transaction, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder.

 

(i)              If the Corporation exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 ×

OS 1  

OS 0

where,

 

CR 0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

 

CR 1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date or immediately after the open of business on such Effective Date, as applicable;

 

OS 0 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on such Effective Date, as applicable, before giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination; and

 

OS 1 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

 

Any adjustment made under this Section 13(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 13(a)(i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date and the number of shares of Common Stock

 

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outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination shall, in each case, not include shares that the Corporation holds in treasury. The Corporation shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock that it holds in treasury.

 

(ii)             If the Corporation issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 ×

OS 0 + X 

OS 0 + Y

where,

 

CR 0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance;

 

CR 1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

 

OS 0 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date;

 

X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

 

Any increase made under this Section 13(a)(ii) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered, if any. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such issuance had not occurred.

 

For the purpose of this Section 13(a)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such Average VWAP per share for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

(iii)            If the Corporation distributes shares of its capital stock, evidences of the Corporation’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Corporation or rights, options or warrants to acquire its capital stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

 

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(A)                        dividends, distributions or issuances as to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(i) or Section 13(a)(ii) shall apply;

 

(B)                         dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(iv) shall apply;

 

(C)       any dividends and distributions upon conversion of, or in exchange for, shares of Common Stock in connection with a recapitalization, reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or other combination, share exchange, or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition resulting in the change in the conversion consideration as set forth under Section 14;

 

(D)       except as otherwise set forth in Section 13(a)(vii), rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan adopted by the Corporation; and

 

(E)       Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 13(a)(iii) shall apply;

 

then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 ×

SP

SP 0 – FMV

 

where,

 

CR 0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

 

CR 1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

 

SP 0 =    the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and

 

FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants so distributed, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock on the Ex-Date for such distribution.

 

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 13(a)(iii) will become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of the Corporation’s capital stock, evidences of the Corporation’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Corporation or rights, options or warrants to acquire its capital stock or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 13(a)(iii) where there has been a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 ×

FMV 0 + MP 0  

MP 0

where,

 

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CR 0    =   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

 

CR 1    =   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

 

FMV 0 =  the Average VWAP per share of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and

 

MP 0 =    the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

 

The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated as of the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period but will be given effect as of immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date of the Spin-Off. Because the Corporation shall make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Corporation shall delay the settlement of any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock where any date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder occurs during the Valuation Period until the second Business Day after the last date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder with respect to such conversion occurs. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

For purposes of this Section 13(a)(iii) (and subject in all respects to Section 13(a)(i) and Section 13(a)(ii)):

 

(A)        rights, options or warrants distributed by the Corporation to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain conditions), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“ Trigger Event ”):

 

(1)       are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock;

 

(2)       are not exercisable; and

 

(3)       are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock,

 

shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 13(a)(iii) (and no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this Section 13(a)(iii) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made under this Section 13(a)(iii).

 

(B)       If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Initial Issue Date, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof).

 

(C)       In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (B)) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a

 

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distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iii) was made:

 

(1)       in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or repurchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution pursuant to Section 13(a)(iv), equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase; and

 

(2)       in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued;

 

provided that, in each case, such rights, options or warrants are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock and are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock.

 

For purposes of Section 13(a)(i), Section 13(a)(ii) and this Section 13(a)(iii), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 13(a)(iii) is applicable includes one or both of:

 

(A)                 a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 13(a)(i) is applicable (the “ Clause A Distribution ”); or

 

(B)       an issuance of rights, options or warrants to which Section 13(a)(ii) is applicable (the “ Clause B Distribution ”),

 

then:

 

(1)       such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 13(a)(iii) is applicable (the “ Clause C Distribution ”) and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 13(a)(iii) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made; and

 

(2)       the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 13(a)(i) and Section 13(a)(ii) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Corporation (I) the “Record Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Record Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on such Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 13(a)(i) or “outstanding immediately prior to close of business on such Record Date” within the meaning of Section 13(a)(ii).

 

(iv)                If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.56 per share (the “ Initial Dividend Threshold ”), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR 1 = CR 0 ×

SP 0 – T 

SP 0 – C


where,

 

CR 0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR 1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

SP 0 =    the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution;

 

T = the Initial Dividend Threshold; provided that if the dividend or distribution is not a regular quarterly cash dividend, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be deemed to be zero; and

 

C = the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock.

 

The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the conversion rate; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to the conversion rate under this Section 13(a)(iv).

 

Any increase made under this Section 13(a)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above) in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

(v)                  If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Date ”), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0  x

AC + (SP 1 x OS 1

  OS 0   x SP 1

where,

 

CR 0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date;

 

CR 1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date;

 

AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS 0 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

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OS 1 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP 1 =    the Average VWAP of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date (the “ Averaging Period ”).

 

The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period but will be given effect as of immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date. Because the Corporation will make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Corporation shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock where any date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder occurs within the Averaging Period until the second Business Day after the last date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder with respect to such conversion occurs.  For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustment under this Section 13(a)(v) will be made if such adjustment would result in a decrease in any Fixed Conversion Rate, except as set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence.

 

In the event that the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Corporation or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made.

 

(vi)           If:

 

 (A)                                the record date for a dividend or distribution on shares of the Common Stock occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and

 

(B)                                such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holders had such record date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20-trading day period,

 

then the Corporation shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each share of their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution, and in such a case, the Holders would receive the dividend or distribution on Common Stock together with the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(vii)           If the Corporation has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock, the Holders shall receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, each Fixed Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation distributed to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, shares of its capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as set forth in Section 13(a)(iii), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

 

(viii)         The Corporation may (but is not required to), to the extent permitted by law and the rules of NYSE or any other securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is then listed, increase each Fixed Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if such increase is irrevocable during such 20 Business Days and the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) determines that such increase would be in the best interest of the Corporation. The Corporation may also (but is not required to) increase each Fixed Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares of

 

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Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason. However, in either case, the Corporation may only make such discretionary adjustments if it makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate.

 

(ix)            The Corporation shall not adjust the Fixed Conversion Rates:

 

(A)                 upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Stock under any plan;

 

(B)                 upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants to purchase such shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future benefit or other incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(C)                 upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in (B) of this Section 13(a)(ix) and outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;

 

(D)                 for a change in par value of the Common Stock;

 

(E)                 for stock repurchases that are not tender offers referred to in Section 13(a)(v), including structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors;

 

(F)                  for accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, except as described in Sections 7, 8 and 9; or

 

(G)                 for any other issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, except as otherwise stated herein.

 

(x)             Adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share. No adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Fixed Conversion Rate; provided , however , that if an adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Fixed Conversion Rates by at least 1%, then such adjustment will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder upon any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock the Corporation shall give effect to all adjustments that otherwise had been deferred pursuant to this clause (x), and those adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Except as otherwise provided above, the Corporation will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the VWAPs, the Average VWAPs and the Fixed Conversion Rates of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

(xi)            For the avoidance of doubt, if an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates, no separate inversely proportional adjustment will be made to the Initial Price or the Threshold Appreciation Price because the Initial Price is equal to $100.00 divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein) and the Threshold Appreciation Price is equal to $100.00 divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein).

 

(xii)           Whenever any provision of the Certificate of Designations requires the Corporation to calculate the VWAP per share of Common Stock over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors, or any authorized committee thereof, shall make appropriate adjustments (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Fundamental Change Share Price and

 

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the Average Price, as the case may be) to account for any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Ex-Date, Effective Date, Record Date or Expiration Date, as the case may be, of such event occurs during the relevant period used to calculate such prices or values, as the case may be.

 

(b)         Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table in the definition of “Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” are to be adjusted, the Corporation shall:

 

(i)            compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates;

 

(ii)           within 10 Business Days after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event; and

 

(iii)          within 10 Business Days after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, to the Holders, a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates were determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates. 

 

Section 14.                                    Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Common Stock . In the event of:

 

(i)              any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the surviving corporation and in which the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation is not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person);

 

(ii)             any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation; 

 

(iii)            any reclassification of Common Stock into securities including securities other than Common Stock; or

 

(iv)            any statutory exchange of securities of the Corporation with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),

 

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (each, a “ Reorganization Event ”), each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders, become convertible into the kind of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), the “ Exchange Property ,” with each “ Unit of Exchange Property ” meaning the kind and amount of such Exchange Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive).

 

If the transaction causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the Exchange Property into which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be deemed to be:

 

(i)              the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election; and

 

(ii)             if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of the Common Stock.

 

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The Corporation shall notify Holders of the weighted average referred to in clause (i) in the preceding sentence as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

The number of Units of Exchange Property the Corporation shall deliver for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock converted or subject to Acquisition Termination Redemption following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 to shares of Common Stock were to Units of Exchange Property (without interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a Record Date that is prior to the date such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred stock are actually converted). For the purpose of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 7(b) is applicable, the value of a Unit of Exchange Property shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof (which determination will be final), except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes common stock or American Depositary Receipts (“ ADRs ”) that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such common stock or ADRs shall be the average over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value of the volume weighted Average Prices for such common stock or ADRs, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof (which determination will be final)); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such common stock or ADRs over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.

 

The above provisions of this Section 14 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions of Section 13 shall apply to any shares of capital stock or ADRs of the Corporation (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

 

The Corporation (or any successor thereto) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 14.

 

In connection with any Reorganization Event, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment as described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) below, as the case may be:

 

(i)            In the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 14 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed entirely of shares of common stock (the “ Reorganization Common Stock ”), the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event, divided by (y) the number of shares of Reorganization Common Stock that a holder of one share of Common Stock would receive in such Reorganization Event (such quotient rounded down to the nearest cent).

 

(ii)            In the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 14 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed in part of shares of Reorganization Common Stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event, multiplied by (y) the Reorganization Valuation Percentage for such Reorganization Event (such product rounded down to the nearest cent).

 

(iii)          For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 14 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed entirely of consideration other than shares of common stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to zero.  

 

Section 15.                                    Transfer Agent, Registrar, and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent . The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Registrar and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent for Mandatory

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock shall be Computershare Inc. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Corporation removes Computershare Inc., the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent, registrar or conversion and dividend disbursing agent, as the case may be, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall give notice thereof to the Holders.

  

Section 16.                                    Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes.

 

Section 17.                                    Notices . All notices or communications in respect of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are represented by Global Preferred Shares, such notices may also be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by DTC or any similar facility used for the settlement of transactions in Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Section 18.                                    No Preemptive Rights . The Holders shall have no preemptive or preferential rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock, obligations, warrants or other securities of the Corporation of any class.

 

Section 19.                                    Other Rights . The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

 

Section 20.                                    Book-Entry Form . (a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in definitive, fully registered form eligible for book-entry settlement with the global legend as set forth on the form of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a “ Global Preferred Share ”), which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Certificate of Designations. The Global Preferred Shares may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, or usage ( provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). The Global Preferred Shares shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders represented thereby with the Registrar, at its New York office as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary, duly executed by the Corporation and countersigned and registered by the Registrar as hereinafter provided. The aggregate number of shares represented by each Global Preferred Share may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

 

This Section 20(a) shall apply only to a Global Preferred Share deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall, in accordance with this Section 20(a), countersign and deliver any Global Preferred Shares that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Registrar to Cede & Co. or pursuant to instructions received from Cede & Co. or held by the Registrar as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to an agreement between the Depositary and the Registrar. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Certificate of Designations with respect to any Global Preferred Share held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Registrar as the custodian of the Depositary, or under such Global Preferred Share, and the Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Registrar or any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of

 

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the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Share. The Holder of the Global Preferred Shares may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take pursuant to the Global Preferred Shares, this Certificate of Designations or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Owners of beneficial interests in Global Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated shares of Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, unless (x) the Depositary notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days. In any such case, the Global Preferred Shares shall be exchanged in whole for definitive stock certificates that are not issued in global form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference, and such definitive stock certificates shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by the Depositary in a written instrument to the Registrar.

 

(b)  Signature . Two Officers permitted by applicable law shall sign each Global Preferred Share for the Corporation, in accordance with the Corporation’s By-Laws and applicable law, by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Global Preferred Share no longer holds that office at the time the Registrar countersigned such Global Preferred Share, such Global Preferred Share shall be valid nevertheless. A Global Preferred Share shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Registrar manually countersigns such Global Preferred Share. Each Global Preferred Share shall be dated the date of its countersignature. The foregoing paragraph shall likewise apply to any certificate representing shares of Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Section 21.                                    Listing . The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if its listing application for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is approved by NYSE, upon such listing, the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock listed on NYSE.

 

If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented thereby shall be listed on NYSE or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Corporation, appoint a registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented thereby in accordance with the requirements of such exchange. Such registrar (which may be the Registrar if so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Registrar upon the request or with the written approval of the Corporation. If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented thereby, are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Registrar will, at the request and expense of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented thereby as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.

 

Section 22.                                    Stock Certificates . (a)  Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be represented by stock certificates substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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(b)           Stock certificates representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be signed by (i) the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, or any Assistant Vice President of the Corporation and (ii) by the Chief Financial Official, Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, in accordance with the By-Laws and applicable Delaware law, by manual or facsimile signature.

 

(c)           A stock certificate representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be valid until manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Each stock certificate representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be dated the date of its countersignature.

 

(d)           If any Officer of the Corporation who has signed a stock certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent and Registrar countersigns the stock certificate, the stock certificate shall be valid nonetheless.

 

Section 23.                                    Replacement Certificates . If any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent Liquidation Preference of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF 6.50% SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

CERTIFICATE]

 

[INCLUDE FOR GLOBAL PREFERRED SHARES]

 

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

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SHARES. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

 

 

Certificate Number [      ] [Initial] Number of Shares of Mandatory
Convertible Preferred Stock [     ]

 

CUSIP 04621X 207

ISIN US04621X2071

 

ASSURANT, INC.

 

6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
(par value $1.00 per share)
(Liquidation Preference as specified below)

 

Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies that [              ] (the “ Holder ”), is the registered owner of [      ] [the number shown on Schedule I hereto of] fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation’s designated 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, with a par value of $1.00 per share and a Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per share (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”). The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are transferable on the books and records of the Registrar, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of Assurant, Inc. dated March 12, 2018 as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Certificate of Designations. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Designations to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business. In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Certificate of Designations, the provisions of the Certificate of Designations shall control and govern.

 

Reference is hereby made to the provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Certificate of Designations, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Holder is bound by the Certificate of Designations and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

 

Unless the Transfer Agent and Registrar have properly countersigned, these shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Certificate of Designations or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed on behalf of the Corporation by two Officers of the Corporation this [   ] of [      ] [    ].

 

  ASSURANT, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

COUNTERSIGNATURE

 

These are shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Designations.

 

Dated: [      ], [    ]

 

  COMPUTERSHARE INC.,
  as Registrar and Transfer Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR 6.50% SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK]

 

Cumulative dividends on each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in the Certificate of Designations.

 

The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible in the manner and accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

 

The Corporation shall furnish without charge to each Holder who so requests the powers, designations, limitations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of stock of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

 

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Holder
in order to Convert 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “ Conversion ”) 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ”), of Assurant, Inc. (hereinafter called the “ Corporation ”), represented by stock certificate No(s). [     ] (the “ Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates ”), into common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (the “ Common Stock ”) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Designations of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designations ”), as of the date written below. Holders that submit shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right.

 

If Common Stock is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto, if any. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) is attached hereto.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Certificate of Designations.

 

Date of Conversion:    
Applicable Conversion Rate:    
Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be Converted:  
Shares of Common Stock to be Issued:*    
Signature:    
Name:    
Address:**    
Fax No.:    
           

*                  The Corporation is not required to issue Common Stock until the original Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Corporation or the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent.

 

**           Address where Common Stock and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Corporation.

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the shares of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to:

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or taxpayer identification number, if any)

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoints:

 

as agent to transfer the shares of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

Date:
 
Signature:  
   
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Certificate)
 
Signature Guarantee:  
     

(Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Assurant, Inc.

 

Global Preferred Share
6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

 

Certificate Number:

 

The number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock initially represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be [      ]. Thereafter the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall note changes in the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by this Global Preferred Share in the table set forth below:

 

Amount of Decrease
in Number of Shares
Represented by this
Global Preferred Share
  Amount of Increase in
Number of Shares
Represented by this
Global Preferred Share
  Number of Shares
Represented by this
Global Preferred
Share following
Decrease or Increase
  Signature of
Authorized Officer of
Transfer Agent and
Registrar
             
             
             

(I)                      Attach Schedule I only to Global Preferred Shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

  March 12, 2018

  

 

Assurant, Inc.
28 Liberty Street
41st Floor
New York, New York 10005

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Assurant, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and as such, have served as counsel for the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of 2,875,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Securities”) pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-222648) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on January 22, 2018. The Securities are being sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated March 7, 2018 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). The Securities include 375,000 shares that the Underwriters have the option to purchase pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. The Securities are being issued pursuant to the Certificate of Designations of 6.50% Series D Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 12, 2018 (the “Certificate of Designations”). The Securities will be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underlying Securities”) in accordance with the Certificate of Designations.

 

I have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, I advise you that, in my opinion, (i) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in the manner provided in the Certificate of Designations and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and (ii) the Underlying Securities issuable upon the conversion of the Shares have been duly authorized and when issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Certificate of Designations, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The foregoing opinion is limited to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the States of Delaware and New York, and I am expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

I have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by me to be responsible, and I have assumed, without independent verification, that (i) all documents submitted to me as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to me as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that I reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that I reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that I reviewed were and are accurate.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to me under the heading “Validity of the Securities” in the Prospectus Supplement dated March 7, 2018. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

  

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  Very truly yours,
   
   
  /s/ Jessica M. Olich

  

 

 

 

 

 

[ Signature Page to Exhibit 5 Opinion ]